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A Humorous Argument Against Rail Roads

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
May
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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- A cannl stockholdpr gnve the following aa Iiis reasons for opposina railroads: - -He saw what wouid he the effect ofit; tfaat il wonld set the whole world a rnódins - twenty milea an iour, sii-! Why, you will not be able to keep an apprenlice boy nt liis work - everv Satnrdny he must fake a trip to Oliio lo spend the Sabbaih witb hissweetheari. Grave, plodding citizons will be flying about like comets. A)l local atinnlimení must be ai an end. It will encourafre fiightiness of intellest. Vain people will turn rato immeasurable liara, nll tlicir conccplion3 will be exnggerated by tlieir míjtrnificent nntions of distance foniv a hundred miles off." Tut, nonsense. T'll s!ep aero??, madam, and ynnr fan!' 'Prnv, sir, will you dme with me fo day at rny 'iltle box on the Allehany?' Wliy, indeed, I don't know - I shali be in tnwn nntil 12 well, I shall be therp, but yon must let me off in time for the thpntre.' And tlien, sir them will be barbéis of pork and cargoes of flour, and chaldrons of coal, aad even lead and whiskey nud such like sobo'r thinrjs rhat hnvo always been used ío sober travelling - whikingr away like a set of ky rockets. It wiíl upset the gravitv of the nalioo. )f o coüplo of genllcmen have an nffm'r of honor, ií is ony to steal off to the Rockv Mountains, and thereno jurisdiciion can touch them. Aud t lien, sir, think of flying for debt! A set of bailiff?, mounted on" bomb-shells, wonld not overtake an absenndinir deblor, only give bitp a fnir start. Upon the vvhnle, sir, it is a topsy turvey harem fcearem wbirligifr. Give me the oíd, solemn, straighC-fonard Dutch rnnal - threc miles nn hoiir for vxpresses, and two 'ür jíT - 'rot journeys - wi'h a yokc of oxen fora heavy lond. J go for beasts of burden; it is more primitivo and scnptnral, and suits a moral and rolig-ions people beiter. None of vonr hop.skip and jjmp whimsiea for me."-

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Signal of Liberty
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