The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-31

The Baohman valley Extension.

The Baohman Valley Extension.
MEssRs. EnlroRs Topics Of nome ntous
interest must not be suffered 10 rest from agi-
tation Ia them there is no 'sinasserly mac
tivity.n ''Now Is tho day and now is the
hour, when they must be pushed. "Never
put OF till tomorrow what can be done to-
day. was the precept Of Franklin; and that
man never failed that obeyed IT, By waiting
for more convenient season you may be
unwittingly watching the last pulsaton Of this
road. Every moment lost is O retrograde
step. Time lost is more to be deplored than
money lost. And now before we proceed
further, let us see what Railroads have done.
Many persons, shutting their eyes to facts
and circumstances plain as the sun at noon
day, obstinately insist that Railroads have
been productive of little benefit, except to
stockholders. Ii is a waste of thought to ar
que with such dolts and the true course would
be to leave them to their ignorance. Per
haps of all who receive benefits from railroads,
tho stockholders, directly get the smallest
share. The landed interest, the mercantile
interest, the manufacturing and industrial,
these are chiefly benefited. But that is not
all. Railroads are institutions peculiar to
this age, and exert an influence upon ciyiliza
ton, the comforts of life, and economy Of
time. They render homogeneous distant
people, and bring nearer individuals OF re-
mote countries. they pour streams Of life
through regions that would otherwise be un-
developed and primeyal-they bear produce
from the most distant field. and return man
ufactured goods and lite's necessaries. But
for them interior land would yield no remu.
neration to the farmer beyond preearious sup
port. The river.ways would monopollze de-
mand, and owners OF lands along their banks
would control the market Railroads are TO
the interior what rivers are TO contiguous
land offering rapid highway to market.
Contrast time and price, in the following Il
lustration, with the saving in both at this day:
On the Esd Of February, 1897, Mr.. Jefferson
left Alexandria, Va, for Phiadelphia, to
discharge his duties as Vice President. He
| reached that city ON the I'd OF March, at
cost of S37,03, and eight days time. Now
| the cost is $500, and the time 4! hours.
Denr readers, it is not man that civilzes
man; but the efforts of man. Steamboats,,
railroads, canals, power presses, spinning
jennies, mowers, blowers, reapers-yes, even
consheilers are cylizers. Let the Old Fogy
stand out of the way Of progress, il he will not
aid its advance, or he will be entangled IN
some eowcatcher
As citizens of Westminster, Manchester,
Hampstead, Dover and vicinties, there is no
subject which should arouse your activity
and quicken your zeal more ettectually than
that Of the immediate construction of this
valuable and important road. Its great con
yenence and necessity demands your whole
attention. Forward, is the talisman that
will achieve this and all other Improvements,
as it has done in the past. There never was
project, however arduous, and discouraging
in its future, which, if honestly conceived,
and perseyeringly pressed, failed in its con.
summation. Ask the founders and projectors
! OF all the improvements IN our country where
| lies the secret Of your success Y'-Ihey will
tell you in the magic word FORWARD.
Men with il on their lips never fail Such n
spirit never brooks the hindrances of the most
| formidable objects. 1t urges the work for
ward, and stops not indolently to talk alb.
stractly about 1.-THE benefits importance and
! grandeur of your scheme; but striking the
pick axe into the earth with vigorous arm,
and bursting the hardest obstacles into atoms,
by slow but inyincible progress accomplish
ed the most magnificent enterprise.
There is another spirit which we would
especially deprecate. 1t is the spirit of de-
spondency and condemnation No matter
how fiattering prospects may be, there are
those, who, like birds Of i'll augury, are con
tinually croaking their hoarse notes OF dis
couragementand disunion. These are always
the lOudest in the beginning but the first step
towards action is the sequel for them TO shake
their heads and to shrug their shoulders
These are necessary appendices to every en-
terprise, and called into an unenyiable exist
ence for the purpose of contrast. At the
completion, "they did it. Ii il had not been
for their zeal and anxiety all would have been
lost II there are such 'appeudages" to
the road, let il not daunt those of hrmer
nerve. Union, energy, and perseverance are
one halt-money the other-towards the com
pletion Of the road, and completed it shall
and must be, If the people along the proposed
route and vicinity properly exert themselves,
and that route is where the people do the
most, according to the cost Of the road.
Will the country come up TO the mark
| We confidently believe they viii. We be-
! leye they toiH decide, whether they will long
er be at the mercy of heariless spectators
and their agents, who revel in the halls and
parlors over their il-gotten gains snatched
from the hard fists Of the honest farmers of
your neighborhood, or by speedy and sure
transportation take it TO their own market
Whether their large and beautiful farms will
be increased or decreased in value; whether
they will annually sacrifice their best and
nobest horses, their wagons and their time
by dragging, during greater part Of the year
their grain through the deep and difficult mud,
and taking several days to 90 to market in
stead of several hours.
This is an opportunity which must be i'm.
proved You have it, and do take the adyan.
iage. We hope then, all will work, all that
can will press the matter, either in word or
act. In union there is strength, and If you
iciu mite, The Road iciH be made, aud that
speedily. j. S. G.