The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-06-12

% b. sooe Of The owners Of property -
rsoons,rsacs against fursher action upon
this subject. Thisseems to - the crowning
oct. to The present tste. of The WIZ usae.
sstios. Tar ssk that ~ shall = lonees
Be hoard In The cosociIs Of eur cisg! The
whole matter b ~ right. Al il mGDt not -
disturbed. The whole transaction 10 con.
cluded. We are ssSsd. sesIed sd delivered.
and there's nothing more to be said. Are
we. my fellow citizens, in America i
this free soil upon which we s,snd, or are
we serfs Of the Gear of Russia Blu, who
sre these that demonstrated The first 10
the Hon. Judge Grant, ex.vice president OF
the Railroad, who. we understand, has been
well remuaersted for oil damages, even to
his sAsjs trees; Coies T. Davies, who are
allowed the privilege Of loading and unload
ing care from the track OF the Company
along their board yard and save ell expense
Of hauling next Gomez Geo. J.. Daven.
port, ho rents his ground 10 the coal CON-
psny, besides being q stock holder In both
Railroad and coal compsBy.
Why II such men a. these will not STAND
I'D for the Railroad, where can they expect
to End friendsi The Congregational and
Methodist churches seem TO be represented
BY Messrs. Price and Davies. have often
heard IL said that Price owned the Mstho.
dist church. bat IL 10 certainly news tn me
tha, Bro. John L. Davies has any su.hosi,y
to sign away the right nd privileges Of ou'
am one Of tie building commit.
tee OF that church and have never heard o.
sny such willingness upon the part Of the
church or the comm ittee, neither do be
lie se there 10 one in ten Of that church ol
c aggregation that will ever conscn, to any
such shi"g. They are damaged enough
now-so much 20 - to prevent their build.
ing . new church edi6ce on their ground
Bat We are accused Of opposing the Raj.
road interests and thereby injuring our city
Gentlemen. IL 10 not So We ssk for on,
rights In common with other citizens. Tn,
use Of Fifth street in ito present condition
BY the Railroad Company is de,rime nisl I,
our properly, and II they are permitted Z,
lay another track there, our properly be
comes almost vslueless. We only ask 10
the tui6'msnt Of the first contract, wi,hou
further privilege. We have right to ex
psct. We admit all the advantages to on
city derived from the road, but we do no
wish TO bear oil the burden and loss. W.
ask the Railroad Company. after 30 long
delay. 10 fulfil their contract They or
able. Government hiss donated to then
100000 acres of land, the best upon whcl
the loot Of man ever trod The d,feren
counties and cries have given their hun
d.eds and thousands OF dollars. and yet the,
are not satisfied, and are unwilling TO per
form contracts made in good faith. vel
know the benefits VI railroad, to any coun
try, that IL 10 only BY them that We INA
expect to zee our broad prairies supple
with the necessar,es OF life and comfortabI
homes. But We here should not BE- oe
pressed for the benefits that are to resuI
10 others. I expect yet to see. even in m
day, this great Improvement Of the sge Hy
ing scross our beautiful prsirics, ieapin
the Big Muddy" irightniag the bold esgl
from her covert in the Rocky Mountain to2
and she be seen soaring away, scream,s,
victory, victory TO the Anglo-ssxon race.
The meeting was Afterwards address,
BY hessrs Buchanan. Gildsy. Bennett M,
Parker, whose remarks were clear. full. sr
gsmcntstive and to the point. when il wa
moved BY Mr.. Collins that Messrs. Bennett,
8uehansa and Parker be appointed cos,
oit,es 10 Investigate the q leston in i,s Il
gal bearinss and report to neg. meeting
and that the Chair sppoint committee O
five to raise funds 10 pay the nves,igatin
committse tor their services. Carried.
The Chair appointed Nessss. PIumel
Shsible. Dr.. Thistle. Cotes aud Gildsy.
Moved, that the proceedings OF this NEE,
ing be signsd By the olicsrs and pub i.he ed
in the city papers. Carried.
4r. Mitchell then moved to adjourn Il
mex, "Wednesday evening: June l7th, at
o'clock. Carried.
HAavkY Huoass. Oh y.
D. B. 6AsLLEY. Sec'y.