Let it agitate for an underground railway, by all means; and if, as I gather, the underground railway scheme is obstructed by self-seeking vested interests, let it do its best to break down the obstruction.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
There came on a succession of six or seven years, which were wet; and the consequence was, that the usual passages for the waters below being obstructed, they flooded the low grounds, and ruined the planters.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James
It was not that we had to pass-but that we must not be obstructed."
"Son of Power"
Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost