Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-08-14

t4atl lheilner man nor corporation has NOR
nl right to'sliirk obligations which are 1T al
possible to be met. II this principle be ap
pied tpItae Rygs eFto case, tte pressure o
moral necessity as well lsas of business Wis
dom. will be found 10, urge. the sale of tb
Main LipshEiEH ik ddIHdI
shfs gaYPesliP ofs ths, Main Line otter
forces the State, sometimes wilfully anc
sometimes unintenfibidily,, Ito do injustice
o'eertin portions Of her citizens. Her pc.
eunlary interests being materially belad III
FlIh the prosperity Of the Main Line anG
the branches, her Legislature has reeeated.
y,preSentedi tse serlnation' Of corspa4ties for
the construction of in,Pre vofie1fs, because
4lHyi%ero dethied likely 10 divaft trade
from ancient channels. and thus reduce the
revenues oftHe State? tHane6, whole sse-
tions have been for years denied railroads
'rcqdirel f9f tie Development Of 4heir re-
sources, ,2ud have suffered All, the .lesSes sRd
IneoaFeaepess Of isolation from nlaEket.--
The tntmohweatsh should not aperaait her.
sefflto reniain. nj a sifnAtiofr which demands
so severe . sacrifice from her eitizcus.- =
Her duty is TO- be Impartial !, with all Sec
tions, ,lsiOwisgito ;favafs, itnt treating all
alise hp thoir projects for'tbc public good.
Willie she'owns q liHc of Improvements
competing With ,riqak in and out, If tie
State ,tshe, cannot thus be- i.nparlial-s All
eoagsrsAat with icsialutiony lcan freadiIys re-
eallrdFcafed instances in which gross wroll5cr
has, fsom this CAUSE, been Inflicted by the
ConinopSeslti pp0n North Eastern, Cen
trelo Aefth5 Western aud SoutA7Wcstern
scctidassii Itis time these Discrimination
in favor of one district, at the expense oi
tie interests and rights of another, Should
cease; and it is very clear that the only cf-
feetuqlacure is to remove the cause By sell
ling the Improvements, whose management
requires fte adoption Of this restrictive in
ilcfensible aud injurious policy
The energies of the State could be moro
wisely employed than in aanaging railroads
and canals. The Commonwealth is full on
snrcn to be improved cdScated, e,ruobIod.4-
She has done herpart for the pockets of the
people. Let her low Go something for
their minds and hearts; and let her vast
powor not be expended in driving cana
boats Or locomotives, gathering up trade
for her highways, and chaleriag about toll.
and traffic. However wisely she may have
otcc thus employed herself, the time fcl
such occupation has disappeared wiflf that
growth of wealth, that upheaving OF enter
prise, ana that combination Of capital whicl
have made private assdeiatious Aeqnal tc
what only great Commonwealth could
have, twenty years, since, attempted Le,
these associations meet upon a common lev.
ell, and accomplish, each fer itself, what it:
position enables Il to etfeetl 1t is fitting
that the State withdraw from the competi-
tiop. She has a higher call--a more hon,
orable duty. Her duties are to her chill
drcn, 70 whom. she should be a kind anG
watchfui parent. Her aim should be to re-
lieye them from all oppression, to aid then
in their noble purposes, to assist in achev-
ing grand results. To this end SHE should
threw of her tranlmels, that their weight
may not be upon those who seek her protec-
lion. With these removed, and her inau.
ehcc directed where enduring principles
point, who. can foretel 10 what eniinenct
Pennsylvania map not attaine Either this
or continued lyiag in the slough; is the al
Tentative now presented to the people. Lel
them cboose, as they prefer brilliaut or q
'barren iuture for their State, theinsc!ye,
and their children. a5t
a we'll managed Commonwealth nere'
corrupts her children. Yet on Pennsyl2a-
MAS public improvements thousands Of en-
ployees have wrecked their characters; and
hundreds Of her most promising sons have
had sad and real reason to curse the day
they ever learned that Pennsylvania bad a
line of railroad or canal on which to seduce
to crime. Under the necessarily loose and
Irresponsible mode9 of transacting business
upon these works, this evil has been, and is
:
being done. While the works remain in her
hands, they will be the homes of partisans
and swindlers who will ruin themselves, dis
grace the State, and spread moral desola-
ton among the people. Change Of adrnin-
istration will not cure the evil. 1t is inhc-
rent in the thing, and will be manifested
while human nature remains as prone to
evil as at present. Thus, the pecuniary in
terests OF the State, the business prosperity
of the people, the high destiny which our
Commonwealth should fulfil, and moral good
Of all, are bound up in the proposition for
divorce of the State and her public i'm
provements. With these considerations 10
the one scale, and the paltry objections in
tue other, what intelligent conscienti ious,
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