The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-06-10
"A Last Appeal.

DOMINION shall have been distributed
over the county, the people will de-
eide. the fate of the proposition to
subscribe $4,000 to the railroad.
Aud as the time draws near when
the voters of the county are to exer-
else their right Of suffrage on this
important question, we cannot re-
frain from calling attention once
more to the magnitude of the respon
sibility resting upon them. To cast
q ballot is a matter of much more
moment than is often supposed, 1t
consists not merely Of walking up to
the box and depositing slip of pa
per therein without giving a second
thought to the Importance Of the act
and the consequences that may re
suit from it.
If ever this right should be exer
cised with care and caution, it is
now. There is more depending on
this election than many imagine.
The veal or woe of .Monon9alia
county is to be the result, and we,
her voters, are to decide whether she
shall take step forward and place
herself in the front rank of the coun
ties of the State, or remain for an
other decade or perhaps longerin the
same state of dull inactivity which
has so long been her bane and sor-
row. And we believe that if the
voters of the county can realize the
full import of this election, il they
can realize that the county's progress
and development is at stake, the re-
suit will be satisfactory. The rail
road question has been discussed in
these columns exhaustively as we be-
lieve, and arguments for the support
of the proposition have been present
ed in great number, and with suffi-
cient force, we think, to convince
every one who has the good of the
county at heart to vote for the sub
scription. 1t has been shown that
it wiA pay, not only to us as coun-
ty, but also as individuals 1t will
pay because it it will sare us more
than $25, 900 per annum that we now
pay for getting our freights beyond
what is right and just.
1t will make US money, because it
will increase the wealth Of our coun-
ty to such an extent that in few
years we will be prosperous to de-
gree that we never thought of.
1t is good investment, one that
is sure to bring q prompt and speedy
return
1t is safe investmentment, be-
cause the money is to be expended
in our midst with no chance Of being
squandered.
1t is proper to vote subscription,
because it is the only way to get a
railroad. We have waited long
enough for outside parties to build
us road and all in vain; let US
build one ourselves.
We should vote for this subscrip
ton, because if voted down, outside
parties will think that if we ar
afraid to invest our own money in a
railroad, it would be unsafe for them.
The foregoing are a few of the
many considerations to influence us
in favor of the subscription. What
is there to be advanced against 1T
There has been considerable said il
opposition to the railroad in various
directions, but the opposition can bt
summed up in one word--prejudice
1t is said '1No definite route is pro
posed" Why is that an objection
Merely because some persons hav'
no assurance that the road will follow
the little stream which flows through
or near their land, aud consequent,
oppose it, lest it benefit some on
else more than them. And then
there is the prejudice of portions o