The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-09-16
The Railroad Future-Roadw

VILE s.sroads until the latter reache
MsR1nzie, but will be thirty or fort,
miles westward, passing through, per
| haps, Hartsford Greenvflie, HopkInsyill
and Murray, Kentucky, to Troy. IN thi
State, where j; viii be thirty six milet
northwest Of the Memphis, Carksvile
and Louisville Road at Mex enzie. a
Troy this new, road will connect Will
the New Orleans and Paducah Road
= which goes south by the, Mississippi
River route, The great New Orleans
aud louisville Road will pass through I
very productive section OF Kentuck J
and Tennessee which now has noa con
venient outlet. 1t will give another
available outlet to Memphis, New Or
leans, Mobile, and all points West and
and South. 1t viii interest the Eliza
BEETHOVEN and Padueah Railroad, the
IOwensboro and Russell lie Railroad, the
! Evansville, Henderson and Nashville
Road, the Milan and Mayfeld extension
of the Mississippi Central Railroad, and
lat Troy the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
/ Branches from the new road will con
meet it with roads from st. Louis to
4 Shawneetown, to Paducah, and to other
\ points. as we'll as with several other roads
from Chicago southwark.
The necessity of building a railroad
from Hickman to Troy, there to connect
with the above line ofrailways, can but
be apparent to every citizen. The
same situation in regard to this connec-
ton presents itself to Hickman as faced
it when the Mobile and Ohie road was
| being located, and our refusal or inabil-
lty to act must be attended with similar
unfortunate results. 1t is given as the
opinion of experienced railroad men
that narrow gauge road on the route
proposed could be built at not ex-
ceeding $1,000 a mile, and that only
about one half the amount would have
to be raised in cash. This road can be
built if our citizens will take hold of it
with the proper spirit.
p Heff-
E. TIE Louisville Commercial is aston
fished to think that Democrats can ac-
eept as accomplished facts, and submit to
constitutional amendments, and yet not
SdHGtiUu titb H4AdtAiNdt HiOk " CN
traliEing the government, breaking down
all State rights, and selling all Offices of
honor and profit to those who give pres
ents to high Officials irkBidl CoHrjer.
IF you endorse the amendments, of
course, to be consistent, you must en-
dorse such measures as are necessary and
proper to carry those amendments into
successful operation. You must endorse
and ratify the Kuklux bill, and all other
.abominable measures passed by the Rad
zeal Congress to carry out those amend
meuts. No wonder, then, the Louis
Vile COMMERCIAL is astonished to hear
men declaring their willingness to take
the "N9w Departure" and thus endorse
the 14th and 18th amendments, and at
the same time denounce legitimate mea-
sures passed in pursuance thereof
HopLia$rdie Conservative.
The chief error of the Conservative
is in confounding the expression "aeeept
as accomplished facts with an endorse
ment of the amendments" If the Con-
serratire would be fair, let it point TO 4
so called New Departure platform which
endorses the amendments; or, if it cannot,
we submit if it should not change its
words. The New Departure Democrats
are as much opposed to these measures
as the Bourbons, and insist that Demo
cratic opposition to their. ratification 1cds
right. We can not better illustrate this
point than to use the figure made by
Senator Thurman in his late Columbus
speech;
"Why, if I should see man strike
another in an unlawful and brutal man
ner in the street, throttle him and knock
him down and trespass upon his rights,
I should see his wounds and bruises, and
see him bleeding. l should be compelled
to say that he was dotcR and bleeding,
but who would call that a confession that
the william tcho outraged hin, had done
iCltdf lcas proper. laughter So when
these men overthrowed the Constitution
and ruined the peace of the country
when they ruined the South, we remou-
'strated and opposed them, and now, be-
cause we cannot deny that the thing has
been accomplished? because we are com
PEELED to admit the fact that these re
Construction laws have been executed,
and that the amendments to the Con-
stitution are fastened upon as, we are told
forsooth that we admit that the Radicals
were right and we were wrong That's
logic for you. A
That the Louisville Commercial would
affect astonishment was to be expected,
but that good Democratic organ like
the Conservative should travel out of its
way to misunderstood position taken
by the Democratic party in Ohio, Penn
sylvania, aud other States, is most strange!
Say that he proves that the Democracy
of Ohio is wrong-even infainous-what
party good has he accomplished? Say
the next National Democratic Congen-
tion fails to make,the departure--or pro-
nounees it wreng--could the CoHserra
the rejoice IN seeing the Democracy of
the above States, or any part of it, ruled
out? In fact, can We entertain the slight
est hope of carrying the next PTesiden
tiai election, without the full, hearty, and
entire CO cooperation of these States which
have already. taken the New Departure {?
Would not every KENTUCKY Democrat
prefer the election of Mr. Hendricks on
the Ohio Democratic platform to Mr..
Grant on the Ohio Republican platform z
Could we take any pride in Ohio and
Pennsylvania rerersiag their action, if
they desired 2 If by possibility, Hen
bricks, Hancock, oE-a New Departure
man, should head our National ticket
next year, won't the Coasertatire feel