The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-08-09

one that couldhave been offered them. The
c'mpletion Of that work, all ought to have
seen, would have been Of incaculable in
| terest; and, iEasmuch as all would have
been equally benefited, should not all have
been willing to pay something to build it?
Strictly speaking, | do not think the plan
offered to build the road ought to have been
considered Il taxation. The taxpayers were
only asked to subscribe in proportion to what
they were worth the sum of 81 per cent.
on their general tax--mcrcly showing the
amount for each to pay to build The road.
No one could have scarcely felt the amount.
The citizens Of Spartanbrg remind me of
some OF our Baptist brethren, belonging to
Il beaUtifully-situated church in your Dis.
trict. If it were left to vote with them,
they would vote away the preacher before
they would pay him anything for preach
ing. L think it is wise thing that so
many elections are kept out OF the hands of
the people, since they have voted out of OK
istcnce an important railroad. No telling
what they would not vote away. They v0-
ted away the Homestead Law, or were so
much opposed to it, the Legislature repeal
cd 1t to satisfy them. | should not be sur
prlsed at all to hear they had voted away
the road already completed to Spartanbury
&. III. The stockholders of that road had
better be very vigilant and not let the In
terast OF that road come to a test vota.
wish my trionJs well, aud my enemies
no harm; but, in good faith, | think it
would be nothing but right for the Legis.
ture of South Carolina to appropriate funds
for the completion of the Blue Ridge Road.
Ii they are not willing to have the profits
ot railroad extension themselves, is it not
right that they should help to extend where
they are willing to have extension BY
the time the citizens OF Spart.,nhurg pay
their part ol II million or two dollars To the
building oi that road they will come to their
milk
We have railroad now located from the
Sabine Pass to Henderson, the county site
ot Rusk county, distance of Two h.r 1
miles The citizens OF Rusk county - e
only asked to Subscribe Or hundred thou
sand dollars, and in one ..snn,h after the
books were opened ihey had subscribed two
hundre thousand dollars The stockhol-
dcrs OF Tie whole route then called a meet
ing aud made an cStimutc of the probable
amount OF co>t-m;,dc it twelve Thousand
doirS per mile, and found they already
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nal "i Science and .lr:s, c.,uGuctcd by tie
Professors SlllImaH am. ID. D4nr. and
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ucte ~ Professor lhcophiiu, iarsumS. lin
whlci. he maintains thar the n"tom of man
bci = born troln au animal docs not : and
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IN opposition to all religious bellies. H.
admits that m'n l. superior III degree 20
"nIrei., and is Immortal, which III are
not. lie Is not sure, however, tia; ami
mails hereafter VIII continue wlthog' souls
ne assures u" that he woudnot he disturb
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after demonstrate thar he ..,,r,l, -. ,l,,
champanz. had sivcn birth To- ntT.,rin,, :,
organized that it could be insnjr.J yiih
the bl cath of spiritual and ;uunnr,,I rr.
Lad become the subject of an rh. ,ttrit.nt..
of human nature. The learned p,og,.,,.r !.
also of opinion that RELIGION wnulJ IN nn.
wise be di,para.cd, even if science shoplJ
hereafter solve a great problem in cthnolo.