, 1865-09-12
RAILROAD MONOPOLIES.
4 Move in the Right Direction.
Resolutions OF tho Lafayette County
(Wfs.1 Union Convention.

GFrom The Darlington twis.) Union, Gtb.l
The following resolutions, unanimously
adopted BY the Lafayette county Union Con-
vcntion, at Its late session held in this village,
show that the people are becoming fully
placing some check upon The cxorbltant
heights charged by our railroads. For several
years the farmers Of Lafayette county have
felt that the oncrous charges imposed upon
them for transportating their produce to
market absorbed a largc sharc, ifnot all tho
proats, aecrulng from the cultivation Of the
soil-that by the sweat Of their brow they
have been filling the Golfers of fra1lroad COM
panies, whiletheS have not added materially to
thefr own substance. They have borne this
drainage patiently, hoping that the oyil would
In some way work Its own cure. They have
battlcd manfu1ly against the burning, scdrch-
Ing drought, md the destructive raYases Of
insects, and with scarce a murmur harl pro-
ceeded to gather tho scanty remnants Lift to
them, only 10 see their surplus products swnl-
lowed up In high tariffs charged for transpor-
tation. They have canvuased the s1bject
among themselves; they have become stock
ket for their cereals, aud thus save the enorm-
Gus cost Of transportation. But they must
seek market for their stock, and they find
the evil only modified, not removed Pa
ticncc ceasing to be virtue, they rise In their
might and say:
WnEHEAE, The wealth nua prosperity af Glls
Stale consist In Its producing md agricultural in-
ieefts and believing 1t TO be the duty OF the hw-
making powers to guard these sources Of p7usoeriy
and Eealth against the fraud aud oppression eflno-
.NuEnEAs, We begin TO feel the grinding opprcs-
sion caused BY the cxorbltnnt and unjust ries Of
freight charged upon the products Of our izlnsify
by railroad companies, SERVING to absorb the profits
upon every a1tlcle produce, whether 1t hcnine-
M, manufactured artlces grni, beet pos, Elut-
ton or WOOL resulting In financial ruin to lie pro-
ducei and tie interests OF tho Slate, aEploHiu.
up the hbot Of Our hnutls CAUSING q yencgn3
f'agnation In improvements, depressing Eli
producing interests, enhancing the prize Of II nrtl.
cles brought into the State for consump,ionor In.
proSeMent, creating and petpetuatin9 a narketl
line o. contrast between tle money gods aud mo-
norolsis-{eseated BY the consolidation Of rnii-
ruAd conranfesl on the one hand, enriched q. rhey
are by these onerous md unjust CHARGES npou tho
productive wealth Of the Stotc, and The p.oduccr
Who is corrcepondtDgly Impoverished iaerb3
therefore,
Reselrtd, That We will support no man :or Office
who does not pledge himself TO labor Tor l:isll-
tive enactment controlling onr railroad ccnlranIcs
md ptrseniln1 them In the fi1tnze from ehasvirc
rate q tariff for carrying freight grcaiet ih1a that
established by Law.
Let our, voters be earnest and unite{ III this
matter, md the muct needed rcfon vii,
surely be accomplished. We earnestly hope
that the attention OF the Union Stale tonyen
ton will be drawn 10 this subject, nld that
the action Of that body may be as poAtiro ns
the magnitude Of cur grievances demands,