The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-02-04
NORTH GEORGIA"
AND THE HERALD"

view of a communication from |
''Gloveless North Georgia." publish
ed in the Herald of last Tuesday.
We like the spirit and temper"
and "insinuations" of this editorial
as little as the Herald does that Of
the author whom he severely criti>
cises. We are as much attached to
Democratic principles and as loyal
10 the Democratic party as the
Herald or any other journal III the
State. We would regret as much as
any one to see disafectiOn in the
ranks, and we would regret quite as
much any deviation Of the party
from the principles of the party
but we are not astonished to hear
complainiugs from North West
Georgia.
When it is remembered that in the
good old days Of yore in ante bel
Ium times before there was any
such party as the Republican or
Radical, that the white men of Geor-
gia granted State aid to the Atlantic
ana Gulf Road, and that by Legis-
lature, composed of good and true
men fresh from the battle fields,
aid Of the State was granted to The
Macon & Brunswick and Air Line
roads-that the men of the noun
tains have voted to aid in building
every road and opening every river
asked for ia Middle and Lower Geor-
eia. and that which was democratic
doctrine and practice ceases to be Sc
when when every other section Is
secured and their property enhanced
by the building of their roads and
the opening Of their rivers to hoaI
timber, it is enough to excite some
feeling. And if some ''iutemperat'
and iIl>t dvised' things are said it il
not to be wondered at.
Neither do we wish to be under
stood as endorsing "Gloveless Nortf
Georgia" in all that he says. The
State has already guaranteed the
endorsement of the bonds of the Ma
rietta and North Georgia Railroad
by an act passed in 1870 TO the ex'
| tent of Sl5, 600 per mile. The peo
ole of their own means and, in jus
tice be it said, by the aid of Cover
nor Smiths private pocket, have
graded 234 miles, and they vii
complete the road bed ready for thu
iron to the North Carolina line,
distance of over one hundred miles
As we have been informed, Mr.. All
reds bill asks the endorsement of tn
State on the first mortgage bonds O
JbevrRP&i ted 0;y}' th8 'Gotteeffntor or : whel
each ten miles is completed read,
for the iron, That before the en-
dorsement, the Directors and PreSi
dent of the road shall file their aft
davit with the Governor stating tina
the ten miles are completed unen
numbered and that every dollar 0
the proceeds of the bonds shall b,
invested in iron necessary for tn,
road and to be laid on the road. -
That twoy ears after the last endorse
ment and at the expiration Of each
year thereafter, the officers of the
road shall submit under oath a writ
ten statement of the gross earnings
and pay into the Treasury ) per
cent gross earnings until the entiI c
amount of principal and interest on
the bonds is paid, and on failure, that
! the Governor shall seize and sell as
other roads having State aid
Now, is not this fart $3.50, 900
to be secured as endorsed by an un>
encountered road ted, instead Of
$1,000, 900 or more under the bill.
Has any other section or road guard
ed the State as thoroughly as Alfred S
bill, as we have stated it and under
stand i'll VII! not the enhances
ment of values taxable by the State
and which would be coming in the
first year and increasing every year,
add as much to the Treasury as that
of any other road built or river
opened Are not our fellow citizens
in the mountains as worthy and de
serving as those of any other sec
ton We call your attention to
the article of Col. Avery as to the
enhancement of values along the
Air Line road, published sometime
since. You ask that citizens living
along the line go before the Legis
lature and make known the wants of
the people. a committee from Eli
Jay was in Atlanta last week and
delegations have been appointed
along the entire line whom we un,
derstand will be in Atlanta next
Monday. AT meeting in Morgan
ton. Fannin county, Hon. J. w. II.