Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-05-23

twenty? ten? Indeed, in this practical
view, is it not clear, that even if it
involved no expense, the county seat
ought not to be changed. 1 cannot
doubt that this position will receive the
popular endorsement.
But we must also look at this ques-
ton from another stand pointand con-
slider to what extent public convenience
will be promoted by locating the court
house on the railroad. Great emphasis has
been laid upon this point, and l confess
that, at the first blush. This argument
deemed formidable. Our ideas at that
time were based upon mere conjecture.
without facts or figures to guide U.S.
But now, since this claim has been
subjected to the crlicible of actual,
practical test, it is proved to I've
without foundation,-"theb aseless fab
rio of a vision" The 'iron horse" on
this line has been with us for nearly a
year, and is now making "the welkin
ring" to the time of six trips daily, and
and l confidently ask, with what result!
1t has demonstrated beyond all question
the utter failure of our people to avail
themselves of this "boasted conven-
Ience:" OF all the vast crowds who have
attended court during this time. not
one person i'll one hundred has utilized
the railroad. If these statistics bc trust
worthy, the conclusion is irresistible
that the railroad may be, logically, elm
mated Us factor i'll the solution of the
courthouse problem. To deny this,
and to assert that the result will be diff
ferent, with the county seat OH the rail
real, is to claim that the insignificant
hack fare from the station is the bug
bear which controls the mode of travel
at present. This We utterly repudiate.
Withthe railroad. which was the corner
stone of this whole project, thus re-
moved, we sweep away at the same time
the foundation upon which rested the
appeals and misrepresentation of its
self constituted champion md spokes-
man. This WAS his hobby, the fountain
of his inspiration, the Alpha and Omega
Of all his pompous periods and elaborate
rhetoric. But now. his wings are
clipped he has lost his vitality and spir
it. rs is plAinly shown by his suppimen-
tary letter in the last ENTERPRISE.
In conclusion we hope that all whose
minds are still Swallowed with doubt,
will ponder the cost. Forty thousand is
no tritling sum. If We remove the
county seat, the oppressive taxation to
meet the necessary expenditures will
stick to us for years, tighter than the
shirt of Nessus. There can be no es-
cape from it. If, however, we stand by
the old site, the amount of money need
ed will be as nothing in the comparison.
The present depressed condition Of the
industries of the county, the financial
complication and distress which may re-
suit from the recent decisions touching
our State debt, and especially the uli-
promising outlook, at this time, for the
truck crops and oyster interests of our
county, all combine to admonish against
the imprudence and peril Of mourning a
heavy debt under the circumstances. We
should also remember that the bank,
and general business fail
ures daily reported in thepapers, are not
unfrequently, heralds of an approaching
financial crisis, and when it.comes, the
shock will he sorely felt in every hamlet
throughout the country. A VOTER.