Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-07-15

Our Railroad.

ture prospects Of Orleans County, and
preiudieial TO the interests of every land
holder, the question comes home to every
rejecting man, what can be done TO car /
~ it on and complete it? To effect this,
we only need honesty and good faith, the
payment Of subscriptions, and the judi
ciors application of our funds. 1t must
be a subject Of deep regret to every man
who regards his own interest or the in
terest of his neighbors, that such a course
of ruinous and expensive litigation
should now be going on, when the con-
struction of the road is suspended for
want of the very funds which We are
now so foolishly wasting.
Il would seem that the d;safected sub
seribers in Derby and its vicinity, would
see the improperly of the course they
are pursuing and relent, pay their sub
scriptions, join heart and hand with their
friends aud neighbors in completing the
enterprise which we all have so much at
heart, and which they have so often re-
commended. Many Of these gentlemen
have ever stood high for prObity and
good Judgment, and 1t would seem that
they could not now by their acts give the
lie to all their former professions Of dis
linterestedness and zeal for the public
good. We may well suppose them to
/ have some cause for modification and
disappointment. To carry this road
through the centerof their own town and
past their own doors, has been a favorite
scheme for which they have labored for
years. They have mainly directed ard
governed the affairs Of the county for q
long time, ard 10 be now baked in their
long cherished plan may be little hu-
initiating. But let them recollect that to
yield with a good grace to circumstances
which are beyond control, is the mark OF
f a judicious and a generous mind. Yield.
gentlemen, to the will and the interest Of
. the mass Of the county; it is no more
than yolr fellow citizens have often done
E to you.
Nodsub: or friends II Derby are dis
= appointed; they have been led on frs
p in Recommending and now in opposing
, the road, by a Jealous and impe.noa:
leader whose partial friends have mista
: ken a fluent aud impassioned repetition
r Of common place phrases for orator.
! Surprising him eloquent, they fondly be.
lieved him safe as a leader and q guide
In this case has happened the mistake
, which so often occurs III the worlds his
. tory. cooI and judicious men have been
r led BY the assurance and Promptitude o.
4 one every way inferior to themselves
The III success which hos hitherto attend
ed all their plans, It would seem might
inspire these gentlemen with some dis
2 trust Of TIE sagacity Of their leader. L
they viii but discard his guidance, and
rely on their own cool judgment and good
sense, all viii be well.
IF our friends in Derby have placed &
> confidence in T7ining's survey, and have
graduated their subscriptions on the be-
lief that that was the only route, and that
survey now appears to be an error or an
imposition, they ought to recoIect that Il
was got up by one among them, and in
tended for their own benefit. If now z
better route Is discovered, instead OF
striving TO defeat the enterprise which
they once loved 50 we'll, and argued fol
50 earnestly, they ought rather to rejoice
tha. q better route has been found, by
watch all their own real interests can b.
as well advanced, the public generally
better served. and labor and capital to the
amount Of $4,000 can be saved to be
applied to some other purpose.
We have reason to hope Cor much
from the honesty and good sense Of the
disafected in DERBY, but what shall We
expect from the maIcontents in Barton
= These men recommended the road, So
licited and obtained subscriptions in other
parts Of the county, protested much zeal
and disinterestedness in the enterprise
We embarked with them in the common
cause. By cur joint e1er,;ons, by OUT
money As wei as theirs, the road Is built
TO Barton and the cars pass to their
doors. \ food Of business IS poured
into their village, and the trade and bust
ness Of tue county seems TO be fast con-
centrating there. Instead Of manfuIly
carrying out the original plan and CON-
pleting the railroad, these sagacious indi-
yiduals fancy they can better serve their
own interest by preventing the extension
Of the road and making their village the
grand depot Of the county. Having got
their own ends answered, they seek to
deprive their neighbors who have toiIed