Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-03-07
ECAPITULATIoN.

Mexico has never before realized
such energy or enterprise AZ 20 pre-
sents itself.
The old days ofVan Wiiikleism have
departed and are hushed with the past ;
and q new era has dawned upon US.
Those fine old relics Of Leisure aud
gossip are fast fading away, and an
improved and useful caste of thinkers
have advanced to occupy the hitherto
idle ranks.
We have undergone serious trans
formation the effect of which no wise
citizen al fail to observe.
We have witnessed a monster revo-
luton in u moral system. Our
more degenerate passions have shrunk
morose and Supplied beneath the
pressure of this universal wave and
all that is good and useful has sub
mitted to a sequence of reform and
improvement.
But, whether we are actuated by
momentary excitement OR sensation,
remains to be solved by the future /;
and in view Of this we must exert our
united wisdom to repel such unpleas-
ant thoughts as our past undertakings
suggest by earnest action.
1t has only been a shoit period
since it WAS proposed to inaugurste q
district fair to be located at Mexico,
but 1 am persuaded to think the en-
terprise has fallen through The
gas question, fortunately for US,
suffered q similar fate.
So let us add earnest action to our
present enthusiasm and restore conf
dence by making a monetary move.
But not too fast, let me implore you.
We do not propose to fund our coun-
ty debt Such an idea is as remote as
the cavern of Hoongs; as ignorable
and inadmissiable as an arctic whale
on the sands of sahara. When / say
we acknowledge no ssch term, l rep
resent the sentiments of our people.
Our county debt must be paid before
there is q rock laid beyond the limits
of this city.
/ admit our exigency in respect to
macadam but who is 80 unwise as to
presume to make known the fancy
that il we put aside Jul public liabili-
ties to compound and increase for
twenty years and destroy all source
Of evenue or accumulation necessary
to meet the demand which will occur
at the end of that time BY perpetual
ing the idea Of rock roaks throughout
the county, and yet imagine our
progeny will be SO wealthy that they
can pay the accumulated and adul-
terated debt Of their issolvent ances
try with greater ease than we could,
and should pay it ourselves in its in
fancy, are mistaken.
Knowing that we fail to meet our
expenses yesterday, what assurance
have We 20 believe that tomorrow our
descendants will be able to meet their
expenses in addition TO paying the
enormouse debt Of inheritance Of yes.
terday and to-day which viii have &C.
formulated by that time; therefore /
urge It upon your attention that the
vital interest aud welfare OF the peo-
pls OF Audrain county demand that
the public debt he paid and q surplus
revenue accumulate in the treasury
before any improvement or enterprise
whatever is originated which would be
liable to incur additional expense
and further more, if those people
(the citizens of Mexico) who win be
most decidedly and most directly
benefited, desire rock roads, would
obtain al. foreign produce twenty per
cent. cheaper and would prefer hsv-
ing macadamication extended through
out the county, organize at once
financially, al well as frsternally, make
your firm and decided intention known
to the farmer and real estate owners
along the line of tie promenant thor
oughfares diverging north, south,
east and west from Mexico.
Let them, then, be informed that
YOU positively intend 70 macadamize
one of the above mentioned roads to
the county line, know each road by
name or number and then request the
parties owning land or residing on
each line to vote or subscribe al much
as their means, generosity, interest,
OF uiSCFtttOu pcILultSs htto tucH e&AAuS
US q unit, that road which subscribes
or votes the largest revenue fund or
bond for the enterprise should be fa-
vored with the rock road or several
miles of it by November LIST, 1878.
And when one line CT rock road is
established it viii only bca matter OF
time for the completion OF the remain
ing less fortunate highways from the
iact that the farmers suffering the
double charge of isolation and mud
f would be absolutely forced to macsda-
. rnize or eordoroy in order to compett
E in prices with their more favored
t ccuntrymen. And in the extremity
3 il the farmers sfeuld continue obsti.
e nate and opposed to rock roads, ever
i under the above proposition, theI
there is but one alternative increase
] the tax on whiskey and tobacco, re