The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-05-15
For the Republican.
ANTI.-PROGRESSION.

rOr tue NcpuDHcan.
ANTI PROGRESSION,
Are we alive or do We simply repre-,
rent life without any of its living prln
| ciple. Are We progressive or have
we reached the acme Of materi.l pro-
gressi II, and now sit lrisnr"ly by and
see the moving world around IL grasp>
ing after phau,oms, cropping in chaotic
darkness Tor hight. for truth, for wealth.
to' honors, and raise no warning, voice
about all su,h folly. Ito ! ye, savans OF
the world, come into onr portion OF the
great "land of i'rnn'-S w. Pa, and
here learn the folly of your wild schemes
and slupendous enterprises, your stupid
canals, sluggish slarkwaters, and dan.
gerous railroads-your erratic notions
of supplying all the world with your
productions, of Nature or art, mineral
or mechanical. Come, and see u.s.! W.,
whp live ~ did our toreta,hers, witho I
changing tfeir thoughts, syle of living,
or mode of travel. True we have had
Telegraph forced upon rs, running
clear across the eastern end of the county
while few feet of wire az branch line,
is ventured aS tar west az the county seat
But then, as | hea,d an old citizen re.
mark not very long s,nce-"What good
does it do! The poles jst stand there,
aud | doL't see as it due, u bit Of COED l."
Once in great while there is noise
heard from the dominant party here in
the Legislature, i. .. when We get rep,
resentative WHO knows that the time to
urge a Bin is Jefore the vote is taken -
III one OF these lucid, or should say
-crazy-intervals of progression, We
second charter for a stone rad one
mile east and west of the conu,y seat, at
another time small bill tor the protec>
ton of fish in some creek, with n few
exceptions such AZ those mentioned, We
remain sta'u quo, only OCCASIONAL, be-
ing interrupted by snme stupid imherile
clam"ring tor progress. And now. Mr..
L litor IL there not some way of putting
a stop to even these occasional ,n,errnp>
tiops' and allow us to persue the
seven tenor of our way" ummolested.
so that our "monied men" may have
chance of sending their spare funds to
the ,cest to build up that great country,
while impcveriShing our own9 This
thought is worth more than a mere read-
ing. For many an honest good mean.
ing man has coined his muscle, bone
and brain into mon y and then allowed
it to be sqnandered by the thousand in
the west. Thus men who, here, would
pinch a cent until the eagle squalls. have
helped to make the west "faal" place
When il this same money had been
expended in improving our own country,
1t would have been paying large per
cent. IN money invested. beside inc, eas.
ing many told, The value of trer-holds
already possessed. And as there is some
talk OF R'i'road up the Monongahpla
river, whrh WI aft I'D chance ter such
an Investment, wonId it not Dr well
tor the Republican party to favor that
enterprise and thus secure lts defeat in
Greene county tor. f course. the y. G
Il. II, will rs is, the opposition and thus
make it sure thlng) To that end why
not makea clIl r railroad convention
at some ont.ot.tNe-way ,place Waynes.
burg Carmichacls, or Jacktnwn, any
place will ito, and send delegate. Gone
would be- a. much AZ we could stani.) to
the proposed railroad g nv.rtion a,
Pittsburgh. Aud by 'hw means save
our sec ion OF the country from all tins
out side noise aud Improvement hulabo,
loo Give us the Union a. i, was"