The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-06-11

Il HiaSkt TO blossom as the Rose,
The Dark Side of the Picture.
The proposition submitted toour peo-
/ pie last Saturday, June Gta, whether
they would vote a tax Of $4,000 upon
the corporation Of Pulaski, to be issued
IN bonds Of the Memphis & Knox
Vile Railroad Company, was
CARRIED BY VOTE OF 3f6 TO 20.
Strenuous efforts were made bv the
opponents Of the tax 20 defeat it. and
they brought to bear to secure that end
the most iuSenius arguments, but all to
no effect. The convention excitement
of the past three weeks had oyershad-
lowed the interest in regard to the rail-
road until after the nominations were
made, but Immediately upon the consul
nation of this work the widest enthu-
siasm manifested itself among our peo-
pie, and this interest continually in
creased up to the time that it became
manifest that the subscription woulI
carry overwhelmingly.
The town was posted with bills and
pIacards calling upon the people to vote
for the prosperity OF Pulaski, and every
store was flooded with tickets "for sub
scription." Men of all stations, condi-
tions, trades, professions and politics as
sembled about the polls and public pIa-
ces early Saturday morning with zeal
Dus determination to work without ceas-
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how well they worked is manifest in the
result attained. The discussion between
It's advocates and opponents often be-
came heated, but no i'll will was engen-
dered so far as we know. The opposers
were men of high standing in Pulaski,
men of means and men Of progress, and
although it is matter of some sur
prise how they could take such view
Of the matter, all give them credit for
honest motives. The arguments and in
fluences brought to bear to secure the
voting Of the $4,000 We're so
POWERFUL AND uRREsIsrIBLE
that they could not fail, and although
the opposition developed a system of
reasoning apparently sound and con-
vincing to an unthinking mind, yet the
absolute importance to our people of
selling an opportunity to benefit them
selves and their town was so apparent
and so clearly manifest that no subter-
tuge could shake the invincible spirit
that had been infused into them. The
Opposers bore their defeat with graceful
equanimity after they BECAME convinced
Of the hOpeiessness OF their cause, but
even yet there are mutterings and omin-
Gus shakings of the head. and PROPOSE
tions to sell property at cost, &C., all OF
which amounts TO just nothing.
The belief is among all classes that
Pulaski has now stepped upon the
HIGH PLANE TO PROSPERITY
and without doubt all arguments and
precedents point to this result as almost
absolute in its certainty. 1t is not to
be disputed that values are already look
ing up, even before the vote, or to say
the least Of it, there has been unusual
efforts to invest in town property by
outsiders and a reluctance TO sell ut pre-
vailing prices by holders. This was in
anticipation, but now that the vote has
been taken and carried, may we not look
for on immediate influx of progressive
men Of all classes? Surely this would
be so if the tax we have voted was ade-
quate to secure the road, but before these
results can be fully realized an additional
sum has to be raised by county or pri-
waite subscription. The raising of the re-
quired amount is not doubted, but until
it is, the fun effects of the action cannot
be realized. On the other hand, the no
subscription party points to
DARK FUTURE FOR PULASKI.
Oppressive taxation without return,
dire inheritance of poverty to oar chill
dren, &c. One of their arguments was,
and still is, that the company would
spend orr $4,000 and then come back
and tell us that il we do not give them
another $4,000 we win lose what we
have already invested. This possible
contingency is magnified and taken to-
gether with their other horrible predic-
tions, is calculated to make faint heart
quake, If it were not for the fact that
any man can see that such stuff is all
bosh. We hope, now that the vote has
been made, that all classes will fall
gracefully into line and help to bring
about that state of things which the adj
vocates of the tax averred were sure to
follow. We may be mistaken in our es-
innate of what is to follow our action,
and it behooves us to work theoretically
TO secure as near as possible the realiza-
ton of our bright dreams of wealth and
prosperity.