The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-11-03
THE RAILROAD.

The Police Jury of Rapides were
in general and regular session, four
days of last week, adjourned on
Thursday, and did not touch the
Railroad question. Though We can
not conceal our mortified feelings at
their action, or rather their monaco
ton in this vital and progressive
matter, still,we do not now allude to
it in any carping spirit, nor to find
fault with, or impugn the motives, of
the members of our Parochial Legis-
lature. Far be it from US to cavil
with Jury of our people and one of
their own creation, WHO can but have
the Parish's veal at heart, but in the
interest Of that people, large ma
jority of whom we fervently believe
endorse our Railroad views, we must
take up the subject where our Jury
dropped it, and continue the good
fight in behalf of every interest, good
and binding, which must rid at last
Rapides of her palsied and torpid TO
gyism and antiprogressiveness.
With our present intent we start
out with the undeniable and fixed
fact, that in our affairs as a people,
as community, and part and parcel
of a yet not lead State, that come
what will, good, bad Or Indifferent,
we cannot any more be worsted or
blinded as laggards in the race for
existence, for life itself. We have
reached the very lowest round of the
ladder of depression, the last screw
has pinched us to mere skeleton,
and any change in our situation can
but better us. Hence we follow up
our yet linked condition in favor of
the Railroad and take up the gaunt-
let of truth and conviction, that the
freeholders of our Parish are for a
Railroad, are heart and soul in it's
favor, in favor and for the early com
pletion Of the New Orleans Pacific
Railway and desire by all means to
have fair and legitimate chance to
express that favorable opinion
That this is their right none can
gainsay, none will deny, and the Pc
tition of the General Agent here
should be granted by the Police Jury
at their next session in January.
It is we'll here to state what that
petition was at the past session,
which was not acted on, but with
drawn by the General Agent at the
urgent and special request of the
President of the Police Jury. 1t was
SO plain, so fair, so reasonable, that
its very language but speaks such
sentiments: "Your petitioner would,
therefore, respectfully ask, that your
Honorable Body submit to the free
holders Of Rapides Parish, whether
they will subscribe two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars to the Capital
Stock Of the New Orleans Pacific
Railway, or such sum as your Honor
able Body may think proper, and on
such terms and conditions, as you
may think fit, and your petitioner
will ever pray" This is the nature
of the bond, the obligation, the sac
red duty the live people of Rapides
are respectfully asked to sign, to be-
come joint and mutual copartners
therein, and here again we ask, where
does the error enter that would pre-
vent US from granting the prayer, nay
grasping and kneeling at it. We can
see none, we can divine at none, have
heard none, which even merits to be
seriously entertained by sane men,
Hence we yet keep it up before our
people, keep it before our Police Ju
ry, the elected and sworn representa-
tives of that community of freehold
ers, whose future fate and destiny are
interviewer with it, and as little as
we can ask of them is to grant the
Petitioners prayer, and let final judg-
ment 60 before the peoples court, the
true source of all power as last, and
which we must all submit to-thus
we argue, thus we too pray and thus
we intend to urge the prayer, know
ing full we'll it will be granted by the
Jury at their next session, and that
the freeholders of Rapides will ratify
and grant it with fervent and mo.
MED will!
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