Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-20
Argos Correspondence.
BY BIRTHSTONE.
AEsos, IND, ) Feb. IS, 1873.

AA6CS, IND 4 eD. Is, 1913.
Mr.. MILLfkAE:
The prospect is, that the vote on the
Constitutional Amendment will be quite
limited, as there are many who know
nothing of the election, and others who
know not what it is for. During the past
few days, We have frequently asked of per-
sons, if they were coming out to cate on
Tuesday? Don't know" "What is the
election about?"
Matters of such vital interest should be
known to every person, and we know of
no better way for them to keep posted
In such affairs, than to take their county
papers
The principal topic discussed here dur
Ing the past week, has been the proposed
nullln cation of the corporation. When
ehls matter was first sprung, the nullliers
were decidedly in the majority; but there
has eeen'a reaction in this matter and if
put 70 a. vote to-day, the result would he
exceedingly doubtful The ADVANTAGES to
'oe derived from a corporation in the wav
'of schools, street improvements SO rn
der the supervision of competant board
OF omcers' should be carefully considered.
oeiore'we record our votes in favor Of
snRulment,
Inc TACT that but few improvements of
puoic utility. have been made by our cor.
porate authorities during the past two
years, should not influence us in making
up our verdict, nor should the blame rest
"noily on the town officers, that these
much needed improvements have not been
made.
There seems to be on the part of MANY
OF our citizens, disposition to disregard
all ordinaces passed by our town Board
and they (the board) for fear of giving of.
Tense, or form some other cause. have
made no effort to enforce those ordinances
The result is, time passes and nothing is
done Many in view of this fact, are
ready to record their votes against the
corporation as a thing of no consequence.
ana while this spirit of antagonism is fos
Tered and kept alive between the citizens.
ana town officers in the discharge of their
outies, we cannot reasonably expect the
corporation to be complete success. But
let every man put his shoulder TO the
wheel, let US be united in our efforts let
commendable pride stimulate us to
determination to sustain what we have
undertaken, and instead Of opposing our
ofncers at every step, let US give them en-
couragement, by cheerfully performing
such duties as their ordinances NAV i'm
pose upon us. If we were animated hy
this Spirit, our corporation would be !
complete success, and matter of pride.
not to our citizens only; but to the sur
rounding country generally.
AS another argument in favor of sus.
tanning the corporation, allow me to call
the attention of "croakers" to the unpar-
alieled prosperity of our village since it
was incorporated Notwithstanding this
measure was opposed step by step, as well
as the enactments of our corporate au-
thorities, by few prominent citizens of
our town; but as our corporation grows
older our prosperity increases; and a
spirit of public enterprise has sprung I'D
IN our midst, which calls forth the admi.
ration and deserved concentrations of
many ofour neighboring Villages.
Then fellow citizens, when this matter
is presented to us to he "voted up or
down" let US record such an overwhelm-
ing majority in favor of sustaining our
corporation and the dignity of our town,
that all nuzifers and croakers will forever
hold their peace.
BY referring to "Sundown's" cores
pondence in last weeks Bourbon, Mirror
1t wiil be seen that franks managing
ton in regard to the growth of Argos,
next summer llike your Bourbon itemizer,
in regard to the business blocks to be
erected in that place,) considerably trans
cends the bounds of all probability, or
possibly in an absent minded mood. he