Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-07-13
EDGEF1ELD AND RAILROADS,

In the last Edsetied AdrertiSer we find an
editorial article on railroads, 10 which our attell-
! liOn in common with other editors in railroad
villages is directed. The Advertiser says there
are some rabid anl-railruad men in Edgefird 10
whom his preaching seems to do no good, and
he desires lis brethren 10 answer few inerrng l.
t"rips on the subject, to The end that said incor-
! rigibles may be won over, and come to a knowl-
edge of The truth as il is in relation To railroads.
i1r desires statistics. These we are not pre-
parrc 10 give, hui VT will briefly record our gene
raj notions on railroads. and they can 90 at their
worth. Perhaps some of our frirnds about here
could give Us IN exhibit Of lhe actual state of
atf.Irs. For the sake of our good friend the
Ad:euiser, We would be pleased 10 receive such
Il communication
One of the turmentors of the Advertiser Of
| fers 10 bet half he is worth that every ore of
those villages 10 which railroads have been built
are worse uff now than brtore they had ANYTHING
TO do with such roads. If he is in earEcst, we
have no doubL he ca;; get taken up al his offer
! quite readily. We raiInul see any evidences If
worse state of things now than brfure. On
the contrary. we feel sure the REVERSE is true
81 Have y"nr people" says the Advertiser, g 50
OVERCOME The mark 10 srken 1T the very
thought Of rnir"ad q If so, we have vet 10
see first symptoms of the Nausea. If :hr roads
are moi paying, some ut the Stockholders may
feel Il little SIutamiSh; we cannot say-thr
amount of o1r stock not being sufficient 10 affect
our nerves in any way" Have your improve
ments but involved you in debt AMI difficulties?
he asks again. We think not. improvements
most generally hegrt some debt, but the inrrra-
sed r.t,rs at which lots have been held and sold
in those villages have fully warranted all the
| Improvements made. if nothing else had done so.
Has your general interests been injured 2" lf>O
we are " holly blind to The fact. Has Your com.
fort, our daily satisfaction, been dimini. he'd? Has
the aggregate wealth Of yonr corporation been
decreased ! Yonr suciety been injured! Your
schools cut down! Yuur manufacturers thrown
oal Of employment? In short, do you Inuk
back with regret to the days when yuu had no
raiIr"ad e All the interrogation anticipates. mil
ny will smi'e "t these questions. How can a
railroad comm lmiralon with HE cities and villa
yes of the Stare dimini.h our daily comfort
We are social prople-likr TO travel. visit and
haze mail facilities. To hear dailr whit the world
is abnnt-and can railroads der,rt anything
from suciaiiy !--If affirmative answers can he
made To any uf The queries. We plead total igno-
rance on the subject. We know Of nn one, even
the most inve;crate =" old fngy," who looks back
wi,Iluily 10 the days of II" railroads. A few
stage contractors and professional wag"ners
may hate The whistle of lie locomotive, bnt to
the ears of The stage and wagon horst it is Iull
Of subnc>l poetry.
We have thus briefly answered, in a kind of
guessing way, the Inquiries of our urighb"r.--
Some one, we hope, mare competent, will re-
gard the thirst of our friend for knowledge, and
al him in its pursuit Our conclusion on the
brct Of railroads is similar to that of the good
"ld dame on iI" subject Of c"iIrr.p"ts She had
lived frtv or fifty years without one, when, on
becoming po >,.s>r'l of a bright new lin she en-
cai'nra vi h unaffected aInazcmcnt, 81 canl see
ho'o cny on! can lire ~ilhow co6ec-pot"
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