Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-02-03
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Editor Staie Jouynq!. Tie great
Anaconda III the sbepa OF rai.o6d Of our
ate has eneompsssed our Legislature
and is using every effort to dsfsRt the
granting uj charter 10 q competing line
with i!qalf Il II possible that creature
OF our Legislature can so far forget itself
as o undertake to defect measure OF
so nluca importance 80 tae Deopie Of our
Statt ? ju3g!eg from lie isr.s ,hat have
been made at sni aroepd Dover almost
every perSon ni any Standing IN society
whose Influence IL sHupa.ad 20 be worth
anything is WORKING like q beaver TO defeat
the application row pending for an amend
ment to thu charter OF tue Delaware &
Western Railroad Company. can see no
other reason fer this opposition except
that they want to keep the people of
Delaware their mere slaves Have not The
people of our State felt the effscts Of their
iron rod which hos been hold ever them
for the last third Of century
Has not this great aud powerful oorpo-
ratiun set the win of The people OF cur
State at defiance Ia more cases than one |?
Did II n0t IL yeerd since bring the same
kind of an influence 10 besr unan the
then Legislature? Yet In defiance of their
true to the interests OF the people, and in
defiance of the threats then made the
Legislature did pass law compelling them
to psy their just share of the hurthen OF
taxation for the use of the State. Did
they not tell US that we could not pass any
lay by which we could make them pay
They found at that time they had aroused
the spirit of the lion that lay quietly in
- Ia "a H..
Will they not awaken that same spirit
again How lon92 Oa how long? will the
people of Delaware through their repre-
sentatiyes at Dover be before they show to
this great foreign ITO the people OF our
State) corporation that they will not allow
it to continue it's insults to the people
Has not this monied monster tried In
various ways TO break down the great in
terest of Delaware, its fruit interest !?
Have not the fruit growers suffered be-
yond endurance from the burdens imposed
upon them by this all powerful corpora
tion 7 Have they not had their fruit
spoiled on their hands through its neglect
or wilful determination When our
people appealed TO the courts Of our State
aud inuicted them in the costs of the fruit
destroyed, have they not the next season
come out end charged a much higher rate
OF freight and avowed il that they were
determined that they would tax the whole
fruit interest until such times as it all was
paid back with costs and interest ?
Did thay not do this ? These
are amoug some Of the acts of
this corporation, the creature of the
people. Must the creature be greater
than its eorporetor? Ny answer is no !!
Aud the snoper our people Join in the
same language with me and say "thus far
shall you go and no further" the better ii
will be for themselves. Does not this
corporation, whenever our fruit.growers
appeal to ii in the most supplicating
manner, as they have done upon many
occasions. give for its answer i've are
obliged to act 10 60 operation" " or in other
words, we are aniy ihe bootail TO another
great railroad corporation and have to
prcrate with them and therefore we Rre
in their power and cannot help ourselves
under such circumstances
Should not the people If our State OF
ones give their L 'gisiptures through petit
tons aud every other means TO understand
that they are determined not to longer
stand any such impositions of burdens es
have been imposed upon them snd to say
we will have @ competing line OF RAILROAD
This Is the opportune moment of aotion
When capitalists stand ready OF the earliest
possible moment 10 relieve ns, from tbs
grip OF this great aosoonds which is tryinf
COW, rs il ever has done since its exist.
ence, to extract from the labor of the pro.
ducing classes of our State the very las,
cent that ii thinks the people Of the STATE
sre willing TO stand
Has not this great corporation put one
of its nost prominent men in its employ
at the head of one OF the great political
| parties of our State Was il not the
money furnished by this corporation thai
produced this result Of the last political
campaign?
These are questions for the people OF
Delaware to answer. Let every man whc
has the interesta of the people q. heart al
once engage in the work of, at least for .
time, straDglng this monster just long
enough for the people to get breathing
spell A TAXPAYER.