text:  If the casual saving of a toll could thus operate upon ME who should perhaps never pass there again can it be wondered at that farmers to whom this triumph must prove a great annual gain are Rebeccaites _to the backbone_ and to a man? I fear they must be more than man not to cry secretly to this levelling lady "God speed!" And this leads me to more serious reflection on the incomprehensible and fatal conduct of the local authorities _in the first instance_ in not _instantly_ re-erecting the toll-gates or fixing chains _pro tempore_ protecting at whatever expense some persons to demand compliance with the laws that not for a week a day an hour the disgraceful and dangerous spectacle should be exhibited of authority completely down-trodden law successfully defied