, 1873-01-31

| side, and there being no District or pnh,;o
Attorney, he has It all his own way.
/ trust the time is near when the public-tba
People-tho soTereign-win say even to railroad
corporations, as has at all times been said to the
people for tllem that private rights and priyats
| property can alwavs be taken for public nss
though it.bo 1sttroad~; md. furthermore. Al
1irst Of all that railroads are in fact, and alyaya
were, public institutions, made, first Of al, in
the name OF and to saue- the public, in tha
hands OF its agents and instruments, the stocE
I holders and that they can no more get above
and beyond the pores OF legis1ation foE tie pub
Lie good than can the farmer who haa bought aud
paid the last cent for his farm, built his blf;
ings and fences, ~snd got ali things arranged
to his mind, when he is told that the public want
to so exactly between his milk house and kitc}ten
or between his front door and the road to mill
and to meeting, and his children aud chickens
must keep of the track and look ont for sparka
:: And j. IL believed TINT the right to have carr
tolled on railroads for fair aud uniform COM
pengat1on, and under proper regulations, will be
as plainly recognized as the right to zida is now
undisputed; and TINT some tribunal will be dis
to determine what shall bo & fsir CON.
pensntion for riding, and FOR all the privileges q,
these great, .nl-pervading highways Soma
power must represent tho public interest in the
use Of its institutions, No Legislature has had
nor does it appear that any have attempted it,
In tho early periods OF zailroading, it, for
time, seemed, or it WAS assumed, that, in the
nature Of the institution, the Company must
IS it wanted to. It vas so dangerous
&C., everybody. and especially the Lcgislaturo'
must Keep at q great distance, not only from
railroad, bnt from a rzilroad man." Nothing
but their cars could run on their road, aud moth,
ing but the unaccouatable ard euperhunau wis
dom Of their men could conceive and CARY ont
theory to run it.
Eut railroad mea have demonstrated that
they can run anybody cars On their railroad pro-
T1ded such cars belonged to any other railroad, or
holders or some relatives. that they can mako
proper arrangements rith, to-wit: the ''WM.e
lime" the ''Blue Lina," the .sR.d Limo" tns
- Union Star Line" tho various express linoa
the Pullman Palace Csr Line, )" sad some rail-
road companies don't snam to have many cars Of
their own The Pullman cars p:y the best of
any, for they pay both corporations well, and
cost the railroad nothing but to toll them, and
return full fare.
See tho freigbt-cars on. any road, especially
Eastern roads. Almost every road in the copu-
try, and all the outside lines, are represented in
q single train.
The question now is, Why cannot every Com
pany, or corporation, or individual have this
Same right and privilege OF the public thorough
fare, and on fair, practicable, uniform, and, to
the Company, remunerative terms? The pub
lie interests need and demand the right And
tue public are just now about to look the sub
jact up, and get this question answered in
telGgibiy, fairly, and upon principle.
From San Francisco to Bangor, from Duluth
to Mobile, by all the different routos, tie people
want to know-and won't be satisfied without
and where railroads ceased to
be- public institutions, and where and when the
public lost its first and foremost rights in rail
roads, and what Legislature ever had power to.
u did, ALLEVIATE to railroad companies the mo-
nopoly of the commerce OF the States and the
Nation, and OF individuals, to their exclusive
lse and discretion, and that Of their stockhold-
'rs, in their pleasure, interest, and discretion,
PROGRESS.