Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-01-28

son who reads that BOUGHTEN production
knows better, because the whole drift of it
and also the statements of its friends are
in favor of the Healdville route.
Here is the cheat the friends of the
Rutland and Burlington railroad, and the
opponents of the Rutland and Woodstock
| railroad never intend to build road from
Healdville-They use that as ruse for
the purpose of defeating the Chittenden
route, and when that is accomplished, the
people in Mount Holly and Plymouth,
will find that they have been cheated, and
the road will be built by way of Gas
sets station, Springfield and Claremont,
and we shall all be left out in the cold.
do not desire to force another railroad
upon the people of Rutland, or anybody
else, but it does seem to me that it is for
the interest of our people to aid in this
work / feel an interest and pride in
common with others, in the growth and
prosperity of our town, and, although /
have but little money, have bone and
muscle to spend in her sci sice, and am
willing to spend it. have tie greatest
respect for those who honestly differ with
me upon the question, bat ] loathe and
despise the man who plays the puppet,
and who has no fixed IDEAS or opinions Of
his own.
am well aware that the work we pro-
pose to ACCOMPLISH is no child's play; it
requires money and some PLUCK, and yet
it can be accomplished When the city
of Portland needs but 43 miles of railroad
to connect her with the Pacific seaboard
somebody is going to build it, and the
question now is. whether we shall be con-
trolled by those interested, white-livered
croakers, and lose the opportunity which
is now offered to US, or build our share Of
the great chain of railroads, and make
Rutland what shn was ordained to bc,anl
what we all hop. she will become.
The question to be determined by the
people of RItland at this time, is not
whether a road shall be built connecting
Portland and the Pacific, because that will
be done whether we do. our duty or not
and ii we now turn a cold shoulder to the
work, the people north and south will
move in, and We shall be.cut off from all
the benefits which we might otherwise de-
rive from it. If the road Is not built by
way OF Chittenden and Sherburne, it Will
20 80 far, either to the north or south Of
Us, that the scream of the engines whistle
Will never be heard in Rutland
The theory of the opponents of this road
Is "A dangerous one to follow; if it had
been adopted and carried out, We should
now be where we were = thousand years
ago no progress would ever have been
made, if men had listened to this coward
" time-serving doctrine that we must sus-
pend all business and Improvements be-
cause we unfortunately owe a few dollars,
the men who founded our government,
acted upon a different principlc; had il
not been so We should to-day be crouch
ing at the foot of the British Lion, asking
pardon for our offences against loyalty, CT.
enjoying the blessings of free government
under the benefcent rule of jeff Davis
and Henry A. Wise
That patriot and civil hero. Henry VIII
son, once said, when talking of a class ot
people who were the exact counterpart Of
the men who oppose the building of this
road, that there il always class OF peo-
pie III every community who cling to
every lingering wrong, and wall over
every rotton institution a. it falls, ana ii
| mistake not we have a few of that class
III the town of Rutland they oppose every
measure which goes in advance Of their
preconceived notions, and set down the
friends of progress and improvement as
spendthrifts and Migrants"
These men who oppose us say they are
in favor of building the road, but are fall
of reasons and excuses why this is not the
time To do il. Let us not be deceived by
them, they are not with Us, but are
opposed to. our road, and at the same time
are terribly fearful that we shall obtain
a majority of the grand list and BALD it.
Ii not SO, why have they used such VIC
lent exertlons to prevent 1t, and Lborcd
so hard with men to prevent their signing
the commissioners book: The truth j.,
they are afraid the grand list will b.
obtained and the road built Beware OF
such men but keep steadily at work.
The opposition to this great public work
has been the history OF all great improve
ments and reformations. Had the views
OF the man who wrote that pamphlet been
the rule and guide of mankind tor the
last five hundred years, Columbus would
never have discovered the country where
such men live; the glorious history of the
United States would have never been
written; the Rutland and Burlington
railroad never would have been built;
Gen. Grant would not have crushed tic
rebellion and the writer Of that pamph-
let never would have lived to demonstrate
to mankind how quickly nature falls into
revolt when gold becomes its object
1t Is perhaps well that we have such
men, because it nerves the progressive
portion of mankind to greater efforts and
noblcr exertions They stand, and whine.
and grumble, and. find fault, while drawer
and more determined spirits go ahead and
do the work What was ever accom-
pli>hed by such men. whom neither glory
or danger can excite They are dead
weights upon the community, and. as TN
writer Of that pamphlet says, they may as
well tic milestone about their neckS a1d :
fan into the sea. as they are OF no rthty
to the rest of mankind.
have the fullest confidence that road
viii b.. built connootinzs the great points
l I,a,. named, but it depends upon yea,
70 say whether il shall
run 10y the WAY OF the Rutland and
Woodstock route, which will open the
beautiful valleys OF eastern Vermont and
western New Hampshire to rs, or whei her
Won will follow the timid tine-seryiug
policy of the opponents OF this road, and
lose the golden opportunity now offered
you.
Now is the time to strike for Rutland.
but if we suffer this chance to pass uuim-
proved we may never have another. The
people in Claremont and vicinity are
awake i'll this matter, and In connection
with men here are doing all they can to
defeat our road, and supply a link in the
chain which shall cut Us off from Ill ben
eft and advantage from it.
/ feel and know that we are working in
a good cause which deserves success. We
hope to succeed, but if we are defeated
now we shall not be discouraged, but work
on and work ever until the work is ac-
complished, and Rutland occupies the
position to which she is entitled, for 'per-
severance is Roman virtue, that wins
each God-like act. and plucks success even
from the spear proof crest of rugged dam
ger"
The proudest motto for the friends of
the Rutland and Woodstock railroad: