The Lincoln County herald., 1871-05-18
To the veters Of anrrlears Tswnship,
NRAa Nsw HoPE, May I8, 1871.

Fettoto CtSeass Through the tu- /.
aueacs ofistsvsstsd psrsiss ftomsPiks
county, . few Of the citisens Of Hurricane
tsvnship base rbese1 ps,,ailed spon to
petition the County Court Of Lincoln
County to grant 40 order for the oitisens
Of oar township 70 hold "a election to
determine whether . tax Of s75. 900 shall
BE- imposed upon the township OF sot to
aid 10 tho construction Of the 90 called
Cl,rksville and Western railroad; and
in pursuance Of the prayers of these few
citizens, and BY virtue Of the statute
made and provided 10 such cases, the
County Court granted she petition Of
those twenty-five or six petitioners, and
ordered sn election to be held in our
township on tho 2ad inst, that the voters
Of the township may say BY their votes
whether Hurricane TOWNSHIP will tax her
siready heavily burdened citizens to the
tune Of Seventy foe TAomand Dollars
for the purpose Of building up the wan
ing fortunes of Clarksville.
Those advisers whispered 10 the credu
lous ears Of some Of our citizens the
story, that if Hurricane aud Monroe
townships vail only vote the email and
Insignificant sums Of $4,000 and $780,.
600 respectively, they will, thereby,
accomplish the great desideratum 80
devoutly prayed for BY many Of our oiti-
zens, viz the death Of the St. Louis and
Kcokuk railroad. and thereby secure to
themselves the building Of the so called
Clarksville and Western road, which they
intimate may be built on what is known
as the "Ridge Route" This wealthy
railroad company, (so called Clarksville
and Westerly further say to our people,
that if perchance the st. Louis and
Keokuk road should 60 on and expend
the $500, 900 appropriated by the County
Court, then. and 10 that case, the tax
voted by Hurricane township will not be
collected.
Fellow oitisens, beware how you vote
upon this important question; It's not
the voice Of friendship and safety which
invites you to this feast.
Let US look at the case as it stands.
Already the bonds of Lincoln county
have been issued to the enormous sum oi
$500, 900, and these bouds are in the
hands of sn agent for the purpose Of con
structing the st. Louis Keokuk railroad.
s56 900, We have been Informed by the
Herald, have already been expended 10
grading some nine miles Of that road.
Does any voter IN Hurricane township
doubt for . moment that the balance OF
those bonds will not, to dollar, be ex.
pended in tho further construction of tha,
road, and that the people Of the county
Hurricane township taking a large pro
portion of the burdeu) have to pay the
debt, both principal and interest? II
there should be . voter in our township
whose prejudice 90 blinds him, that be
cannot see this patent, self evident fact
let him speedily consult the President ol
the St. Louis and Keokuk railroad, as tht
writer has, and if he 10 the subject Of
reason his doubts will all vanish as thin
air. 4"
Let US look at the proposition Of these
Pike county advisers, viz. I; If eseu the
bonds Of the county which have already
been issued and partly expended should
be wholly, expended in the construction
Of the road, then, and il that case, the
tax you have imposed upon yourselves BY
your votes will not be, collected. Wha
q monstrous idea. Whoever heard Of ,
people voting tax upon themselves to ,
railroad company ever getting rid Of tina,
tax only by the products of their labor
We affirm that the tax once voted vii
be, like the laws Of the Medes and Per
SLAMS, uusltersblo and irrsvocable, 80 IA
as its payment 10 concerned. ,pa
Vote the tax, aud the 90 called Clarks
vile and Western rsilroad company vii
pocket It, though, you have to pay 5000,
600 to- get rid Of tAs 81. Louis aud Keo
} kuk debt.
Now let us sum up the whole mattel
and see what We will do by voting. thil
|tax upon'us. - y ''-'A ~ - o. .'-1
Taking il for granted that the $500,
900 debt is a. sure to be paid-as any deb
which va. contracted 4 proposition
which # not believed, will make itssl
felt most pupgently) aud ws hsve thi'