Washington telegraph., 1852-06-30

and by aclat means these things shoazd be
do,ae.' Why did they not enlighten us?-
Are we any wiser now than we were before
we heard from the Convention and Gen.
Conway? Not particle SO far as we can
see. But we will quote another short pas
sage from the Genls circular-speaking Of
the Northern and Northwestern portion of
our State he uses this significant language,
"unaer such circumstances aOould 1t be
Just TO deprave that aolOle region Of com
try containing one halt our population,
Of every dollar Of the Internal Improve-
1zeut fua,d, and lcuye tie people there 10
their ludiuidual resources for clearing
out their riuers and constructing acorks
Of Internal Inap1ouen1caat.."' AS much as
the General has endeavored to trim along
be every body's friend and no body's in
particular, he has let the mask drop off just
at this point What fund have the people
of the North and West except their quota
of the 100000 acre fund! That is the only
Internal Improvement fund in our State as
far as we have learned; if there is any other,
Gen Conway will please enlighten US The
truth is he is in favor Of letting that large
and calzm5lc fuam be squandered-he is in
favor of the act distributing it among the
counties and from what he has said in his
circular, lie 1could be bound to ucto bill
calling IN that Jfwad. Gen. Conway in
taking this position may be on the strong
side land he was feeling for it no doubt but
does any man Of sense contend that the
counties ought to have that fund VIII It
as it is now, ever benefit the State? Is it
not in great measure spent in pole bridges
causeways and even Court Houses? And
have we any right to suppose that the North
and West, will do any better with their por-
tons of that fund than the South and East!
Gen Conway says he is in favor OF a .'aclsc,
economical and acelI .gtarzed system 9f
Internal Improvement" But what are
the details Of his a0isc system? Ifit is a0e-
1ua to call in that part of the 50o,O00 acre
fund that has Travelled north and qccst,
would it not be equally unjust to disturb the
south and cost in the possession Of their por-
ton of that fund? Surely it would Then
according to all logical reasoning the Gen
eral is in favor of letting the fund remain
with tie counties-to be fooled away
wasted-squandered and finally lost. Wings
and Democrats-friends ofinternal improve
ments.. how can you support man who IS
either too timid or too dull to take bold
and manly stand in relation to this great
question Again we asll--what can the
friends of Internal Improvements promise
themselves by electing Gen. Conway?
Those who calculate on General Conway
doing any thing for Internal Improvement
are destined to be sadly disappointed, He
has never identified himself with any com
pany or Convention having for its object, the
promotion Of railways in our State. They
hav" held Convention after Convention in
Little Rock but we have never heard of
General Conway's taking any part with
them. He has kept aloof Straacs shoac
acAicA rag the aci'ad hoacs. AS a man
we have nothing to say against Gen. Con-
way-but much in his favor. He made
good Auditor-is good accountant
close calculator knows all about figures
and taxes, but we do not think he would |
make good Governor He is not cut out
for that sort of employment. An Auditor
keeps accounts, makes calculations &c.,
but a Governor has to suggest measures
he has to originate them, as it were, and
thereby shape the policy of the State. If
this duty falls on General Conway he will
feel its acei ight But the General says he
is in favor of Railroad from Memphis to
FuIton--one from Helena to Fort Smith
one from Gaines Landing to Fulton, and
another from the main trunk line to Fort
Scott on the Western borders of Mis-
souri,, What rich cluster of Railroads |
we will have, if we get all these Now
does General Conway not know that all
these roads will not be built within the next
so years? Does he not know that it will
take all the means that we can scrape up at
home, (including the 100000 acre funD
and all the help we can get from abroad and
from Congress too, to build one road! -
Then what is the use of his talking about
impossibilities? IS? Every body is in favor of