Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-21
Ehat ADclic1tjorf.


TO apply to the Legislature at its next session for an
amendment of our incorporation charter, 20
blc us 10 i.sne bonds by which 10 raise the sum Of
twenty thousand dollars, that TO be subscribed
by l!e E!geiied Town Council to the connecting
Railroad link proposed 10 be tuilt from some point
the GreenvilIe and Columbia Railroad to: Aiken; ol-
aoys Prorded that EdgefeId village is 10 he one of
the points on the line Of said connexion. We do not
know that there is any serious opposition 70 this mea
sure indeed as far ave yet learned almost
every nclinrs ~ yield il his sanction. And why
not IL it be found npo<i TO negotiate such bonds
(as some have snccrn.ly insinualc) there is end
TO The matter and body hurt. II they be easily ne
goah!e k"wever, (as will no dOn,l be The raseI We
raise respectable amrun, Of money upon the
hypUihccalion rf our real estate, with which to
help n work that must rrdound 10 the interest OF
every man. woman and child (and particularly all
ouncrs of real es,aej in our town. 10 one believes
that there will be the slightest danger Of lo.s by the
operation. For long before bonds fall due, the in
vesIRent will not only be ut par but in ali probability
viii De yielding from ten 10 twenty per cent. The
stock can then he sold, lat premium perhaps,) the
debt cancelled, our bonds satisfied, while The road
shall have been built village made prosperous End
everything g ri sht side up" We speak confidently
in The ma,lc., because We conceive that there is
ry ground for doing Ths connecting link, when
and perhaps as soon as bull, will DO talong with
the parent road ahorel Ike great channel or outlet for
al! that magnificent trade which il be opened
up % Charleston by The Blue Ridge railroad The
o::Icr bra ncil of the C5renville aRd Columbia read
from New Market or g" cS' on to Columbia will also
be kept busy with that portion Of this produce Which
NAY BE- destined for Columbia aud The country above
Columbia This Trade Of itself will be enough to
make the whn!. GrcenviI!e and Columbia Railroad
with a!l lis branches, pay handsome dividend. il
then il is even now beginning 10 rank viii, The lavo-
re Railroad stocks Of llie South, hGw immensely III
cra'ivc must b. IL appreciation when these other aids
lis help Is it going far predict that it will
become The hist sIuek orany kind in The Southern
country! We honestly believe lie prediction would
he verified in years, perhaps in la!fihe Time Let
there h. lr:l nu iII-lmei limdny, no orcr-canouS
scruplrs in Ibis matter IF the "ap;rcalion." Let
keep ii before our eyes that Unless strain every
nerve, We may he lei! forever outside. L-l III no, I've
unmnd!ui liza; opyrnniy is here offered, which,
ii rras,'cd rsc.uiriy aud speedily, will enable Us 10
cast oil that weight of contempt which resls up
| an. progressive i.uw.czens every Nhcrc else
throughout The Stale. We should reflect moreover
thai this opportunity may not long he ours. Onr fault
a. community has always been pr0crusInaiion, or
perhaps shon!d SAY certain mixture Of procrasna-
| lion and conceii. Mhile We have been sitting down
in se!f-cnmp iccn apathy. luu'ishIy imagining that
we were SorI ul celestial People, towards whom all
The great aud gco lhine< Of The day must naturally
and inevitably lend, OILERS have girled MP their Uins
like heroes OF ac!p and toll, 10 The task Of securing
those great advantages a, might long since have hren
ours. have ohIain"a Ili"m aud enjnyng Them
ricliy Su"ir ,vil 'e lIc case with us aud pros
poets asain, unless We lay hold with pTomHnde aud
spirit nrnn line erea enterprise ch al length beck
oS lis uu; Of lhis sough of Indifference and stupidity.
/, is mailer Of r'irns see that almost all ciIi
Ze.is have yiclc 10 His sniElnrnS an attentive and
all eager hciirjr2-.ia they are at length ready for
aclIon-Iha thcy determined. if the game is AT
las, To r iU>i. Iir fault shall Hot he ilcirS-ad that
ttey now stand prepared 10 promo!e by every means
III their power li acquisition, 10 themselves and their
children, Of those great fcilics of ihe age without
which e:r respected village must sink into decay
and Li'arla!inn The application" Of which We
have spuhrmiS ucir best evidences HAT such is e
Determination Of oue community. Let US all agree
lien 70 M object proposed Without Whisper OF sell
THIS viii We cuinand lie confidence Of those friends
elsewhere who are disposed 10 work with us. Thus
wii build iic rU,,l and attain ihal extraordinary
dr'l,cTa u. lic being places, directly OH tie line Of
The very greatest of Suulheru railways