The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-29
THE LEGISLATURE.

An lnch Is not as 80"
IS mile, nor is to be in danger as
Profitable as to be in safety. The
party in the Union ha~
,een numbering. stumbling and fail
ny into the snares and pitfalls So
.or its downfall. by a willy zoe fo
more than twenty years, and yet il
learns nothing by experience, dan
:ers, nor nair.bredth escapes. Fool
It is said, Ia ,rn in the stern, ri5iI
school of experience only. But TIL
leaders Of our party. both Na:iola
aul State. seem impervious TO the
Ii. Ut OF experience, reason, and com.
non sense and the soil blocks OF
wisdo cast about them from tn,
school Of experience fall like pear
before swine.
The foundation-stone and beu
rock of the Dem ,cracv is the greatest
good to the greatest number. a go,
eminent expressly for the pr 't,ctioa
of the people, controlled entirely by
the people. AMI any other creature
which receives thu protection of that
severnm ut. receives it purely incl
ientally as the natural out-grOwth of
even handed ju stice to all creatures.
But the doctrines have been re-
versed. Ii the people get in stic.
now it is a mere acci lent or inci;lent-
al act, mere grace extended to
them bv the banks. monied corpora
tons, Railroad Syniicates. or in H.
vjdual lords. The w. N. G Railroad
ha been a bug-bear. a scare crow.
and eye sore, a love of co itention
in the State, an | between he E,s'
an West for years. AMI when the
Governor took the -espon sibility t"
convene an extra session of the Legis
lature i'll 1879 f,r the express purpose
of getting the roal of the TX payers.
and having it completed 1t stated
perio Is to Paint Rock anl Dl *
Town, ". then liolyit be Iii | a goo l
thing tor the State AMI a better thin
for our Western people. We then
hoped AMI truste that the Western
Roal and its divisions We're out OF
politics, an | that the Roa | woul be
from under theinhLenc. OF the State,
or rather from III Ter the control o.:
the politicians. Ill | the State from
I'm Ter the inf !e.ice o. the R,ai. But
the outcome SENS to b. quite the
reverse.
As We nov IN Ter ,tan the matter
the State, with all its p""e. lies
PROSTATE, woun Il l. an olee ling al
lie feet Of tue Riclmoli & Dlnville
5. Indicate. the ASST 5nee IOi J. W.
Best & Go. We trust We are mis-.
taken In tnis, bus fear We are not.
Never, in our mini, Iii i slave more
completely All sInn;ssiv.iy oDey
the mandates of his master than dbl
the last Legislature eoey the will!
AMI recori, In the shape OF a statute,
the decree Of the K. & u. Syn iiuate.
How much money was paul for chat
decree, or What influence Was orou Iht
to bear upon the Legislature We arr
unable to say. 1t mag have been
the result of Ignorance, foil, >, an
blindness ON the part of the Legislat'
ure, or it may have been over.reach.
ell an over topped by the powerful
influence and persu .sion OF the at
torneys and frienis of the Il. & ID
Syndicate; but whatever may nav.
be- the source or shape OF the ~
tiuence. it speaks badly for the Ley
lslature, and the results are III,
same to the people, ana to our friend.
on the Duck Town branch.
i And we hope the vo,e.s will hole
the Legislature to strict RESPONSE
bility for the release of the Il. & ID
Railroad Co. from its contract t.
complete the road 20 Murphey.
they do not rise in their Indignation
and power and vote down tn
attorneys Of the Railroads il
this State, we hope they will not com
plain to the Democratic party, an,
charge the wrongs and outrages o
these roads to it's account. For ",
want it distinctly understood tina
the members Of that Legislature, VIII
voted for the Danville Syntlcat
against the State and it's best in
terest, do not Constitute tue Demo
, cratic party of North Carolina. |
the people will continue to elect me-
l who are not De ocrats. though sal
+ ing under Democratic colors, the
y must suffer the co asa lnel:es how
e ever terrible an inSoler able the
F NAV be.