Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-04-14

Dlhte W iossh 10 ~ Suie, - ~ not equally
| unjust for the State to authorize the Coun-
ty to Loan theirs, and that too against
repeated reno Instances, from large num-
bers, of the inhabitants?
1t appears to us, that what is trrong
collectively Is not right individually.
Each individual should be allowed to con-
troll his own credit, as he alone is respon-
sible for the results.
Again, Article Sec. Is, provides that
| the property of no person shall be taken
for public use without just compensation
| therefor. But the Kenosha and Beloit
Rail Road Company propose, by this act,
to take the property of the county in the
| form of bonds, drawing interest, to be
sold in the market to the highest bidder
for the private use of said Company. and
that too. by force, and without Thank
you, Sir" s
+ We hear it asserted almost daily. that
influences enough can be used to compel
the measure sought to be enforcrd. We
ask in the name of reason, humanity. and
that portion of common justice yet re-
manning ON Earth. what more could des-
potism do to degrade its subjects, than is
sought to be accomplished by this act +?
Talk not about ehattle Slavery in the
South! or of Serfdom in Russia! But
rather let us guard against the introduc-
ton of a more brutal Seryitude into this
| once happy, prosperous, and pleasant lit
tie County. If it has come to this, that
private property cannot be held and con-
trolled in KenoSha County, only upon
the traHtenure Of the popular will where
are our liberties and incentives to indus
try ? If a perpetual tax can thus be ere
atcd, at the will of the majority, for pri-
vate use and without our consent. and al
most without our knowledge, what mi
putty cannot be perpetrated ? The rich
will become richer, and the poor poorer
indeed until the two great distinctions
are formed in Society, of wretched power
/ ty on the one hand, and bIoated wealth
and oppression on the other. If this
doctrine is to obtain crcdence " here is our
! safety? What will induce our children
and the rising race, to put forth their eff
forts in the career of industry, ieedM, and
greatness which have broken our prairies.
subducd our forests. made our public
! roads and bridges, navigated our lakes.
built our towns, villages. and cities, plant
ed our free education on every hill top,
built our churches, and carried forward
our system ofinternal Improvements If
the right to private property is to be thus
/ invaded in the County of Kenosha, where
| is our asylum for the worll's oppressed
i sons Where are our boosted institu-
| tons How can we invite those hardy
| sons of toll from the old world to leave
! their father land and seek a home among
Us A? We shall be but saying to them.
! bring here your bodies. bones. muscles.
and blood your wives and children, toll
on for years, endure the ch.llS, and ttrerS.
and rrivations of western settlement.
/ and whcn~by prudence and frugalitv YOU
| have made Little home. and something
for your aged wife and dependent chill
,lrn,, r., t,,,r, H., e
! some ruthless corporation, or-Wall Street
Broker, may by Ldw rob you of all your
| life long toll, to clut their bloated Golfers.
| and leave Won all to the cold charities of
a selfish world
Article IL, See. , Of the Constitution
provides that no municipal corporations
shall take private property for public use
against the consent of the owner. without
the necessity thcreofbcimy first establish
cd by the verdict of 4 jury. From this
we see that before even the State could
appropriate through any municipal cor
porat;on one dollars worth of private
property for even pu5iic use. where each
individual is presumed to lie Benefited. a
jury under all the solemnities of an oath.
and the pains and penalties Of perjury,
are first II decide the absolute necessity
In this County Loan proposition, which
is admitted to be but an individual de
mand of credit first and eventually mon
| ey. of each taxable inhabitant, for the pri-
waite use of said company, bare majority
| of one man. and he to be but day or an
! hour i'll the town with nothing to gain
/ or lose, in the matter. and unable to read
the letters on his ballot, is to decide a
| question involving, it may be. the citizens
of this County in the loss of their whole
| life long labor. For if we can be thus
robbed ofour credit for one hundred thou
sand dollars, by the same rule of Dt0rdLS
we may to the full extent of our ability.
and our wives and children go pduperS
upon the icy benevolencc of these soul
less corporations.
! We are told by the interested advocates
of this Loan, that the land in the County
will rise in rdtue. This admit, might
be the case in some instances, provided
this proposed Road were to be construct
ed by Surplus capital, invested here with
out the aid of the County. But let this
County be mortgaged for one hundred
thousand dollars, and three hundred thou
sand dollars TO make that good, and eve