Nebraska advertiser., 1868-02-06
Nebraska a0uertIser
Jarvis s. CHURCH, Editor.
Indignation

Fhers~was held az Nemaha City on
the LIST inst, what was termedssan In.
dignatiOn Meeting" at which it was Our
good fortune to be present. Oar only
curiosity was to ascertain, if possible.
why it was hat q portion of our farming
community we're indignant, and to see il
their alledged grievances and cause Of
complaint had any real foundation il
fact. As a Journalist, we believe the
working class-the farming population
of the counlry-are the real producers
Of wealth, and that any community, &c
be prosperous, must so economist their
expenditures for the public good as 10
shorten the distance, cheaper the trans.
portation, and reduce the time in which
the produce may reach the consumer
and we firmly believe that, so far as one
section of country is more successful in
accomplishing this result than another,
then by just that much does the working,
producing and consuming population of
the more successful locality have the pc
c~uniary advantage over the other. Now
for the sole purpose of securing TO the
producer and the consumer in our county,
and to those in the counties west, this
advantage, we have advocated and will
continue so to do, the only policy which,
in our Judgment, is at all feasible, or
which gives any promise Of so soon (if
ever building a railroad from the Mis-
sissippi river, on west through our county,
to a connection with the Unicn Pacific
Railroad.
The building Of so long a line Of road
is a vasi enterprise, requiring for its
completion a large amount Of money; and
IT would be preposterous to suppose that
every step taken by those having his
matter under Amusement would meet the
approval of the comma nifty generally.
Men are differently organized. A pro-
posed. enterprise looked at from q point
OF view and by one class of men, might
appear wild and visionary, while a few
shrewd and far-seeing men,, in a position
TO comprehend all tho facts bearing upon
the question, might come 10 a far differ
ent conclusion, aud by pushing vigor-
ously the work, might encounter the in
dignation and scorn Of those who could
not see as they did, and yet in the end
be acknowledged by their oppose-s as
b~enefactors of the : human family.
Thomas Jefferson, in his first inaugural
address, said, 81 shall often go wrong
through defect Of judgment. When
right, l snail often be thought wrong by
those whose positions will not command
a view Of the whole ground I ask your
indulgence for my own errors, which
will never be intentional. aGd your sup
port against the errors Of others who
may condemn what they would not, if
seen in all its parts" We commend the
philosophy Of the above extract 70 hose
who feel indignant at what the County
Commissioners and the railroad officials
have done and are doing towards the
construction Of a railroad.
So far as we could learn from what
was said at the meeting in Nemaha
City, the real complaint was that $500
had been appropriated 10 send Commits
siOner Holmes TO Washington, and a few
alledged that there had been fraud used
in carrying the election and making the
canvass thereof, in favor of issuing the
bonds for railroad purposes. The usual
committee was appointed to raise funds
TO investigate the matter. We hope
every opportunity will be given 10 those
who feel that there has been q wrong
committed 10 make such an examination
as they desire. Every citizen has the
right to know what his agents are doing.
Suspicion must be allayed, and there is
no way so sure to do it as an open, frank
svOwal of what has been done, and The
reasons for so doing. The people will
be generous TO such as lheY find are hon
estly doing their duty and working for
the public good.