The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-03-11


Gle of our contemporary We publish below
and we are assured by old Texans. who
held positions oi prominence in the Repub'
lie that the statements, as set forth. are
true TO the letter. Nr Dawson did not
come to Texas to speculate upon her ne.
ces.ties; bat he was sought out by her
agents. ard when appealed to, gave for'
tune to build her Navy. The monetary
crisis follow ID. and the consequence was,
he became bankrupt |, ia not simply
di.houes, TO submit such a clam As this 10
the sealing system. but It is mean. Texas,
with ample resources can afford to be gen
ero,. to those who aided her in her days Of
peril. We hope the attention OF the press
of our State will be directed to this claim
and that at the next session Of the Legisla'
ture. /, will be paid in full, without impos
mo any onerous conditions upon Mr. DAVIS
son The following is the article n the
News:
ne NH>llH ltiFs lfu'iish'5 ~ i''''' ''''
Commodore T.. " Moore. relative to the
claims oi NJ, Dawson, on our Government
II appear. from thi, letter that Nr. Dawson
more than complied with his contract.
" hen the We sells composing the Texas
nav, arrived IN the port OF Galveston, IONS
modore Moore saws, he ionnd great
many articles on board OF them that were
not included IA the contract although they
were ak useful. and many OF them lmPor>
tant" Com. Moore also SAYS that the yes
sells we're considerably larger than the cons
tract called for, while ,hey we're all built IN
the best manner aud OF good material, dl
r.ct, under the inspection ol our own agent
who wa, on the spot The ship WAS cons
tfacted to carr, 800 tons aud Il guns.
She wa, bull, ia ear, 5s9 tons aud 70
guns. The CONTRACT required the brlgs to
Il. 100 tons each, aud to carry ~ gus
each. Ibey were built to carry 100 tons
and Il runs each The schooners were
required ny contract to carry l3O tons aud
} or ! guns each They were over 100
tons hnr..,cn. aud mounted guns each.
It appears from th, that Nr Dawson made
our litlc navy near one fourth stronger, eN
bending probably $40 eco more than his
contract required. Nj Dawson. rs We all
know. b, hl, heavy advances to our Gov
eminent IN that critical period OF our revoln
ton, was compelled to abandon large and
profitable commercial business. md has ever
.ince-a period oi fifteen years suffered
al the evil. Of bankruptcy in consequence
H., only dependence has been ard still is
to recover back the amount ol his advances.
For this he has been peitionlug from time
To time ia the most respectful terms, and
has been a, great expense IN endeaVofIng
10 las his claims before the authorities oi
thu, state. So ~ to have them recognized ~
,ame way. lie has borne his dlsappout~
meuts without repinlng. aud with. apparent
is. uawayering confidence, ihat justice
would eventually be done him.
" bile oar Legislators were giving away
the choicest OF our public lands by millions
Of acres, and many ol them striving To loan
our public funds also to private companies.
who have never done any thug for US, they
would vet refuse to pay a Just debt to u man
who has done so much. aud who has SUIT
iered So much aud so long for us. Can
this be lu~tcel Finally Nr. Dawson, sees
iur the disposition anon. our Legislators to
loan our surplus money to railroad compan
les, instead of paying him. and thinking
therefore the upvliuguess to pay HIM
arose from a great desire Ia apply our money
to tho construction of railioai, ut-t.nd "l
paving our debts proposed plan by which
we might accomplish both Objects at the
same time he proposed that the money
due him should be invested IN railroads. Tor
the benefit of eur State, aud his debt there's
, hy lquldnied But he even went farther
aud bound hjmscli II the state would pay
. hm by applying thu s1oo,0oo due him To
the constitution OF railroads tor the beueiit
Of her own citizens, To double the anooni ol
that benefit by expanding s10ooo0 more
in the construction ot railroad. IN Texas
By paving Just debt al 100000, we
should have thereby secured the huildlug oi
railroads to the amount of 81 100 600,
Whn could have believed that such prop
osilou would be rejected, understand
that many or perhaps most OF the very men
IN our Legislature. who were ~ favor al
loauing two millions from our treasury to
railroad companies, voted against Mr Daw-
sons proposition
We conclude this article hy copying the
following characteristics anecdo,e from
Com hoore's l,tter
| beg leave to add one &C, Of Mr. DAVIS
son which feel ought to he known to all
Texans. II /, this: IL November 1870
after tour Of he Texas vessels oi war had
arrived at Galveston, was ordered to New
York nv the Secretary OF the Navy, for the
purpose OF obtaining seamen for the Navy
nautical Instruments, Colts repeating arms
and other things that were necessary before
they could venture on the Gull, where the
encmy's vessels were cruillng. To effect
these objects was furnished by the Sec
Rotary of the Navy with drafts on the Uni
ted States Bauk at Philadelphia. amount
ing to forty thousand dollars. ! arrived IN
New York on the III December, 1889 il
one OF the briggs mounting IL guns lev
r days after, went over 10 Pnlladelp hia to
get the money for my drafts en- entering
the bank | found Mr. Dawson with tbs
cashier, &" TINT there was but forty thousand
dollars In the bank to the credit OF the Re-
public oi Texas. which, by instructions he
had received, belonged to Mr. Dawson, wbc
was there Tor the purpose oi receiving it
appealed to Mr.Dawson-' thai the money Iol
these drafts was my only reliance for ship
ping crews for the vessels, procuring sutgi'