The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-07-19
The straight Line Railroad WASH
ington Sun--President Smith and
willard Carpenter.

tngton sun--President Smith and
willard Carpenter.
A correspondent of the Washington Sun,
of July l4th, has furnished a characteristic
article, calculated expressly for foreign con-
sumption, in which il deals in very severe
structures upon President Smith and Willard
Carpenter. The Evansville Journal also
comes in for its share of thunder from the
same filthy source.
We have but little to say in reply to the
Sun or its l:belous correspondents, but like
the men whose reputation they are malicious
ly and unjustly assailng with so much vehe-
mence, we regard them and their communi.
cations unworthy of notice, until they shall
confine themselves to the merits of the sub.
ject, and to their demands upon the Straight
Line Company. We showed conclusively,
in former communication, and are still pre-
pared to establish the fact, that the claims
of the citizens OF Daviess county for the To-
cation of the road through the town OF Wash.
ington, bore no comparison to the sacrifices
which the Straight Line company would be
compelled to MAKE in order to crafty the
craving spirits of that place.
We showed upon the authority of the
Chief Engineers (Moore's) estimates, that
the few picayunes of certain stock subscribed
by the people interested in the Washington
location, was but ga drop in the bucket"
when compared with the extra expenditures
and incalculable disadvantages that would ac-
crue in the event of such location.
These objections are well known to the
people of Dayiess, and they have most sig
nally failed to meet them either by liberal
and sttainable subscriptions, or ty a single
sound and tenable argument.
When or Washington neighbors can con
vince the public that they have behaved
honestly, fairly and literally themselves to.
ward the great Railroad enterprise in ques-
ton, and that il is consiste Mt with the charac-
ter and objects Of that road, Throwing all
private interests out of the question: to make
the location through their town, they may
with some degree Of grace and plausibility
complain when their claims are disregarded
by the Company. They have utterly failed
as yet 10 establish such claims to the loca.
ton they desire, as would justify the dissatis.
faction they express, even il their grievan-
ces were made known in q kindlier and more
courteous spirit, much less can their libelous
imPrecations against the officers of the road
be justified under such circumstances.
The manifest importance to the whole
line, of making an eligible connection with
the Ohio and Mississippi road, needs no ar.
gument to establish even to the obtuse under.
standing of PADUcAH and WAsHINereN.-
The most favorable connection which can
be effected at the point Washington, is Is
feet above grade, which is alone an insuper.
able objection to such location, and would
infict an abiding injury upon the enterprise
which no subscription, even though il be uncon.
ditionai, could indemnify.
Now, in conclusion, we beg leave to say
to WASHINGTON and PADUcAH, that theil
communications, which abound only in Sian
der and malice, and totally destitute of sens,
or just application, will totally fail in thei
objects. The gentlemen against whom
they are directed are impregnable against al
such puissant attacks. The threat that thei
puny ISLANDERS will be heard through the lead
ing Railroad Journals and their infue nee "in,
favor in high quarters, and attract the keer
gaze of the spec'acled stock-jobber il
GOTHAM" partakes too strongly of egotisn
and self-conceit, to say nothing of harmless
vindictve malice, to have any other effec,
either at home or abroad, than to publish th,
infamy of its authors. The entire groun,
taken against the Straight Line Company i
unfounded and unfair, as time will abundant
ly prove, and as the Sun and its correspond
ents will be unable to refute.