Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-04-21
For the Telegraph.
" WIG IDI'SItI5
The Loan Question.
Messrs. Editors !.

the Loan Question, and by appearing be-
fore your readers has made its arguments
public property.
The letter of Mr.. Kellogg contains some
truth, considerable poetry, and quite
number of false conclusions.
Though inmy opinion, the Loan should
not be pressed, yet, the truth should be
known, and this can only be by fair and
open discussion.
Mr.. Kellogg considers the Loan Tn
constitutional. If so, what have we to
fear2 viii not an Injunction settle the
matter, and save our farms Does he
fear that the cry of 4" unconstitutional y
will do more at public meetings than it
will at courts and that it is not to be
trusted for safety
Where great principles of Truth and
Freedom are embodied in Constitutions.
such Constitutions should be honored
and respected, and enforced at any cost :;
but where questions of mere expediency
are laid down, they are intended to be al
tered and amended as the progress of So
ciety may require. We see men differ
continually, on almost every question, as
to what is, and what is not Constitution
al
Mr.. Kellogg says in one place, =" In
all questions of public interest, first priia-
+ ciptes must be settled, before any advance
/ Is made as to the means to be used" and
i'll another place he says, ''the question is
not whether the Road is needed. to aid
the prosperity Of the City and Country.
but how shall the means be raised. &C.
1t appears to me here is a palpable CON
tradiction.
/ lfiirst principles should be settled first,
we should ask, Is the Road needed? VIII
it pay before we talk of means to build
it. On these questions but little thought
has been bestowed. and variety of opin-
ions thereofexists in the Anti-Loan party.
Some of the Anti-Loaners say. and |
am informed Mr.. Kellogg has said. Sooner
than not have the road. | will vote for the
Loan"
Mr.. Kellogg makes mis- strongest point
on the following conclusion, the premises
for which he fails to give" The sccuri-
ty offered by the Company is worthless"
" Milwaukee and Chicago Railroads will
do all the business west Of here" And
finally" kcnosh2 has no Iarbor" To
this | rcply,--Thc County should see
that the security Is good. If the Com
pany refuse t. explain the nature Of the
security. and to give good security. no
ono ought to vote for the Loan. If the
I Company fairly explains the kind Of Sc
curity offered, and the people vote with
out seeing that it is good, they ought to
pay for their careleSsncss.
What if milwaukee, and Chicago Rail
roads car do all 1.-THE Business. COMPETE
ton is our only safety against monopoly.
\ store in kenosha can be built lar@c
enough t. 10 all the business ; but would
it be to the advantage Of the people. Most
assurcdly. No. Traffic will seek the short
est and cheapest route, rs naturally as an
ayaricious man grabs at dollar. There
fore if the Road is built. it will secure a
large amount Of business; and with the
immense country settling up west Of Us,
there will lie enough business to maintain
a Railroad to every Lake city.
All We want to know is. VIII the Road
pay its running expenses. and the inter
est on It's bonls Dividends are the
! Company's affair 1t builds the Road as
4 matter OF profit. We want it as CON
venicnce. 1t is nothing but sellishne>>
on either side
The cost Of carrying grain to market is
a loss to the producer. and whatever less
ems this is a benefit to him.
Mr.. Kellogg says there Is no IIarbor
in Kcnosha. The first thing that struck
me ON entering Southport, was the oppor-
tunity for one of the prettiest and safest
harbors on the lakes.
Mr.. Kellogg SAYS" Towns and cities
crow iustas they arc demanded, and the
farmer cln dlaw no more from mother
earth than Sic will supply" He Is lee
turer on phrenology and progress, but
this bctokens aniudolent mind. Its like
the old saying. " The world owes every
man aliying." Whence came the demand
for Detroit. over the demand for a City
on the opposise side The energy and
enterprise of our institutions and people
made City there. and it is uor needed.
One man gets a bare subsistence from one
hundred acres of land and another lives
well off forty acres. Whence the differ
ence Energy. industry, skill.
The kenosha folks think Loan Thun-
der will make the clouds give down"
Just the old idea that Railroads will not
make hens lay eggs! \ farmerm Wheat
land raised one thousand bushels of wheat.
1t costs ten cents bushel TO carry it to
Kcrosha. \ hundred dollars for freight.
The Railroad will carry it for twenty
dollars. Here is saring Of eighty dol
las.
| think the farmers of this County pos
+ seSS the means f. build this Road, Its
Tor their interest to have is built. The
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