Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-08-05
Mir Heudee has worked faithfully for

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reason? He has all to gain. and nothing
to lose by such course Have we not
all worked +? And how many of you ex
pect or claim ang particular reward P
Professionally he must be great gamer.
He is now one Of the commissioners and
we-yoe and |, resder-have got to pay
him for much Of the labor he has done
and is now doing. He is also Secretary
of the Charter Commissioners aud, as such
will be paid. and unless we very much
misread certain signs and tokens he ex
poets to be made one Of the Directors oD
Friday next, aud even hopes to be made
President of our seetioa OF the read
One word about the opposition which
our enterprise is to encounter Before
the End Thursday in October next, our
road will Re beyond the reach of opposi'
tiou from any source whatever if we all
quietly and uuse6shIy do our duty 80
wards it. We have heard no opposition
suggested, except such as might come
possibly from the VT, Central Rail Road,
through Gov Smith We think Mr.
Hendee will not claim that there is any
danger from that quarter W @ Smith
expects this District to Ienominate him
for Congress on the 18th at Stowe, aud it
is rumore that the Gov wants to 90 to
the U. S. Senate. How much support
would either of these gentlemen get from
the line Of this route. il they were to
move finger against our chcrisi ed Oh
ject They do not want to oppose Us
and, if We are not misiuformed. Senator
Heudee has letter in his own pocket,
from the persons authorized to speak, Civ
ing US assurances that DO opposition need
be apprehended from the Smiths or the
Central X. r.! The entire Vermont Sen
ate from Franklin county, including Brad
ley Barlow OF St. Adams, one Of Gov.
Smiths principle men. are pledged to
our route Where. we again say, 20
tell us where" is this opposition which
nobody but Hendce is able to cope with
to come ,troms
We believe there arc no reasonable
grounds to apprehcpd any opposition TO
our road this fall, unless De By "atr o,cm ~,
discreet conduct, provoke a needless oppo
sition ut home. This, in our c,ndia
opinion, is the rock which we arc now
most likely to split upon. Certain hot
headed, radical railroad men thirk tina,
it is our duty to punish all the men who
dtte.ed with us about this bonding bust.
ness We think decidedly differently
We have f,ored these fellows in u square
stand up fight. We have bonded not only
ourselves but them. They have got to
fork over the greenbacks just as much as
we. and now that the thing is accomplish
ed In way not pleasant to them, they
seem to take just as much interest in the
matter as VIC do who went 10 for tho bond
ing principle Do we need their friend
ship. cooperation and good vii! ? During
the fight on the bonding question we Il
dy at them without mercy or regard to
consequences They seemed to have respect
for our manhood, and do not suppose
that one dozen in the whole county stop
ped our papers on account of the blows
we gave them, or in any other manner
showed any i'll will towards US, and since
We have "dowued" them. scores of them
have said well you've beaten US
we gracefully ground arms We
thirk their spirit, in the main, has been
admirable, aud we shall not 60 in for the
formation Of any Rail Road Ring. in
Rail Road which is to be built with all
the peoples money We do not wish to
sec the Lamoille Valley Road running
through an enemy's country, which should
necessitate a military detail to protect us
from assault, or to prevent us from being
preclpitated down some of our frigh,ful
emoankments by IN outraged pcasaptry.
A generous aud manly treatment Of the
respectable part of our community who
doubted the right and expediency of this
Bonding plan is the only way we can ever
hope to gain their good will aud patron.
age. We've got their money much against
their wills, don't let us kick them for IT,
So much upon The general impolicy Of re
producing this once strong but now sub.
sided oppotition In our judgment il will
not bear the scrutiny of honest good
judgment
AZ to the allegation that Mr.. Powers
gets his chief support in Cambridge ami
Eden the only towns where the anti Rail
Road feeling is in the ascendeucy, il is sim
ply untrue There are some as warm
friends Of the R R in the town of Cam
bridge as in any other town in the county,
and most Of these men, to our own per-
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