Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-14
THE TENNESSEE AND PACIFICRAIL
ROAD.

Our friends Of the Lebanon Herald and
Register copies an item from this paper
published ten days since, to the effect that
the County Court had not then ordered the
vote on the proposed tax for the Tennessee
and Pacific railroad to be re submitted
to the people Of Davidson county, and
after expending in some unjust criticisms
upon Nashville for indifference and dilas
toriness in regard to that enterprise, con-
cludes by Publishing the announcement
that the County Court has since ordered
the election for the 18th May ensuing.
The fttest answer we can make to the
remarks of our Lebanon contemporary,
will be in the figures of that results
which we hope and confidently believe,
will foot up a decisive majority in its
favor
That journal certainly cannot be un-
aware of the explanation of the defeat
Of that proposition in March, and it is
scarcely necessary to say that it was due
to the fact that under the terms of the
law permitting it at that time, it was res
quired to receive an arbitrary number Of
votes, and that it was held in conjunction
with an election for officers, the result of
which was determined before the opening
of the polls, and, that for this reason the
aggregate vote was ireduced below the
number fixed Next month the question
will be submitted by itself, and will be
determined by majority Of the votes
cast 1t is proper to say, that the people
of Nashville and Davidson county do feel
deep interest in the matter. There are
some who disiavor it, as there are in Will
son, but on full canvass of its merits,
they viii be in the minority. Even those
who oppose the tax are in favor of the
road. Our Wilson county friends
should remember that Davidson has never
been niggard in her tax subscriptions to
railroads, and that her people now sus-
tain an immense outlay to meet the levies
they have already imposed upon them~
selves. Wilson is vet in the gristle in
the railroad building business, the tax
she voted for this road being her first es-
say. She must not grow impatient If her
neighbors here do not turn out spontane-
ously and open polls without formal or
ders, and vote a railroad TO Lebanon.
Give US time, aud although we bear now
a heavy burden, we will assume the Ten
nessee and Pacific tax for the purpose Of
getting in closer connection with the
sterling people and the ample resources
Of old Wilson.
This Is early 10 commence the discuss
sion before our citizens, of the necessity
of making the movement to construct the
road to Lebanon, but the article in the
Wilson county paper to which we are
replying, gives expression to the feeling
that pervadessthat section We have
little doubt, il the tax should be rejected
by Davidson county in May, that Wilson
viii immediately cancel her subscription,
and revive the Gallatin and Lebanon
project and in conjunction with Sumner
and the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road Directory construct the latter road.
A glance at the map win show the blow
that this viii give to Nashville and her
interests A road from Lebanon to MUIR
freesboro win shortly follow, and another
stab will be given. All these facts will
be demonstrated in due time, but it is
worth while for this people to be in
formed now, that the Lebanon section of
the Tennessee and Pacific railroad is a
necessity, and that to postpone the build-
ing it is to throw away a great portion OF
the expected benefits to accrue from the
system we have already built.