Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-01-06

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these facts, in their true light, to the agents
of the Company before they commence loca-
ting the road. PRo Bono PusLlco. i
For the Journal.
ssRailr0ad Connections"
MEssRs. EDIroRs III learn that few Of
the citizens of Muscatine have been CEN
surfing you, as proprietors of the press, for
permitting communication upon the SUBJ
ject which heads this article, to be published
in your paper. a
Let US look for single moment at the
scene they present. A few individuals are
endeavoring to muzzle the press, and pre-
vent the publication of facts which might
possibly affect them in a pecuniary point Of
view. Why have those men even limited at
the idea of your refusing to publish that
article? If the arguments adduced had
been false, they certainly need have no fear,
for falsehood upon subjects of such general
notoriety - (when every person Of sober
Judgment in our city is able to discern and
understand the whole matter) y could never
deceive the people. II she article contained
nothing but facts and truths, they should not
feel alarmed, for arguments backed BY such
twin Gibraltars would never affect them Pc
cuniarily, if they were engaged in business
which would be Of interest to the community
at large. What! men, good citizens, en-.
deavoring to suppress truth from the minds
of the masses, that the feu may be benefited?
Has it come to this, that we find individuals
in Muscatine, who haye not the moral cour-
nge to stand up like men, and look facts
and truths in the face? Facts are !" stub
born things," and oftentimes men quail and
trcmble before them, while at the sight of
truth they turn pale and fall. am sorry
that the /" gl,rious few are so weak and
impoteat, and 1 wonld merely say to them
that their opposition to "truth - will not
turn it into falsehood, neither will their pre-
tended love for Muscatine's welfare, longer
deceive our people. The grounds taken in
that article, are facts incontrovertible and
undeniable, and if the individuals dissenting
from those views desire to take the matter
up. they are perfectly at liberty to do so !;
although my object in inditing that article,
as well as this, was not to open the way for
a controversy, but with the honest inten-
ton of stating plain, simple, common place
facts, which, upon their perusal, would
strike every man rs sound and legitimate.
But, Messrs. Editors, with that true pub
lie spirit which has always prompted your
actions, you have given the article place
in your columns, and have also, with gem
uine candor, given us your views upon the
subject; and, considering the field you had
to work in, and the multitude Of facts
against you, must give you credit for do
ing remarkably we'll. There were some
few things that found place in your reply J,
which, without heing noticed, might make a
wrong impression; and, trusting that the
same liberality of feeling and love of truth,
which prompted you to permit my 6rst COM
munieation to appear in your columns, will
still actuate you to insert this article, I will
briefly respond. 80 @ esoi
Your ideas upon the object of railroads
in general, were very correct and precise,
and indeed they were quite timely, but don't
you know that in the very frst step yos took
towards reply, you stumbled over fact,
and aoundering around in q bewildered
state, you made yourself quite merry, start
ing of with Misrepresentation do not
charge you with doing it Intentionally, but
am charitable enough to suppose it was an
oversight on your part. never said Ma
haska and Keokuk counties would refuse TO
issue their bonds IL the Cedar Rapids road
was built. Isaid il the Osksloosa road did
not reach those counties, it could not be ex-
pected they would assist in its construction;
of course it could make no difference to
them whether the Cedar Rapids road was
built or not, providing they we're furnished
with an eastern market for their produce by
railroad. ...., 800. ~,
But tho burthen, Of your remarks relates
to the southern trade, and in your views
you materially differ from all the statistical
information that can be gathered apon the
seoJSSss now NV Simos ucitu0r 10 sup L
pose you would permit me to occupy your
columns, to enter into an elaborate statisti-
cal proof upon which my former assertions
were predicatcd. You will bear with me, |
trust, while | take one single article Of mer-
and endeavor to convince you that
it will be decidedly more beneficial for both
the producer and merchant, to send their
east than south.
:. Let us take the article of pork. Probably |
there will be $4,000 hegs purchased by the |
of Muscatine during the present
winter, which will be packed and sent to
New York, via st. Louis. Now, with
continuous line OF railroad to New York,
whole hogs frozen coald he sent through at
sss than one-sixth Of the usual expense;
Which sns-siyth wopld 80 to the psedps9
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