New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-16
THE DAILY. CIR ESCENT.
TUESDAY MORNING. MAY is, 1864.
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We were in nowise surprised the other day at
the exhibition Of temper with which Col Camp
bell favored the public and eur humble selves in
his card in several of the morning papers. But
it was indeed surprising to SEQ him publish, in
his own defense, a correspondence which COM
pletely establishes, beyond all DOUBT, everything
which We had charged against him
Our principal charges against him were, first
Inconsistency ofconduct in reporting 20 the Leg.
islature, and supporting before that body til,
very grant Of the New Orleans and Mobile Rail
road, which he is now using every means /,
destroy. And, second, that himself and hi
principal have broken faith with the Compan,
in pledging themselves to support the road, ane
then failing to do so.
We will now endeavor to prove that what he
has published in his defense completely estab-
fishes these charges
II is shown by the letter of Mr.. McMurdo,
dated May Is. that he submitted the bill to Col
Campbell before presenting it to the Senate,
and that he {Gol. C.) expressed himself satisfied
with it, and as Chairman Of the Committee on
Internal Improvement, actually reported favor
ably upon 1t, reservlng, it is true, the right of
opposing it when it should come up before the
people Of New Orleans.
Now. what are the logical conclusions to be
drawn from the fact Of his having taken this
course in the Legislature at Baton Rouge and a
directly opposite one in New Orleans If he
then voted for the bill on the broad principle,
as he says, Of permitting the city Of New Or
leans to judge for herself in all affecting her
own interest, why does he now oppose in the
City Council the proposition that this bill shall
be submitted to the judgment of the peoples
~ follows, if this be the basis upon which he
stands, that q wide inconsistency is discover
able in his conduct, which can only beaccount-
ed for on the ground that he has attempted the
difficult task of serving two masterss He adj
mits that the bill itself is not Objectionable, but
declares that as matter Of principle it should
60 before the people, and as a matter Of policy
should be rejected BY them Does not this
show plainly that he had one interest to sub
serve in Baton Rouge and another in New Or
leans Does it not show that he had one object
% gain by advocating it and another to gain BY
opposing I'll
And now we come to the second charge
against him, of having been pledged to the
support of this enterprise and failed to fulfill
that pledge;
Mr.. Egertan, on being applied to to support
the election of Mr. Campbell, refused to do SO
on the ground that he (Col. c } would oppose
the road. The letter of Mr. Converse author
lied by Mr.. Robb. stating that no opposition
would be offered by the latter gentleman and
that Col Campbell would be governed by him
in the matter, satisfied Mr. Egerton, and their
g call was accordingly responded to- Upon
being charged afterwards with his breach OF
faith, the Colonel, with the air of an injured
man, writes q note to Mr.. Robb, calling his
1.-THE use that is about to be made OF
the letter above alluded to, stating that tie
schoie matter as near tohia, and desiring to Be
furnished Nth such Information as The case
seems to requirei The assumption Of limo
cence and obtuseness here is without parallel
in our recent experience
In reply, Mr.. Robb then declares that the
statement that the Colonel would be governed
BY him was an error on the part Of Mr.. Con
gerse; that, IN his conversation with that gem
5leman, he did not use such term. But is moi
Mr.. Converse the proper person to make this
explanation and has he done so ? Mr. Con
verse wrote the letter which is the foundation
Tor and the proof of this charge and has he
denied, retracted or qualified any thing therein?
Is Mr. Robb, who is implicated in the affair,
ia
that 1t was all mistake' Hardly, according
% any established rule of legal procedure, or
my dictate of common sense. -
And has not Mr.. Robb, too, broken his pro
Mise to Mr.. Converse, that, if the company
would submit statement of surveys, plans
1stImates of cost, and proposition from respon-
lble parties to build and equip the road. he
Fould have no opposition to make to it ! Has
lot all this been done, and what features of
,he enterprise does Mr.. Robb now find obiec-
,ionable that did not exist then
There Is another matter to which we will
briefly refer, Mr.. Campbell repeatedly stated
hat q thousand dollars had been given by this
company to defeat his election to the lower
,oard of the council, This we think he will
lot deny. Now, if the Colonel knew that q
thousand dollars had been appropriated, either
o defeat or secure his election, is it reasonable
. suppose he was not fully aware of the real
object of that donation And is it not reason
able to suppose that even when consentinp TO
the conditions upon which this support was rem
tered, he may have been calculating what
weight y would have IN placing him in posi-.
ion to do the company most harm
1t must be clear to every unpreiudiced per.
on who scrntinizes this whole business. ihat
1essrs. Robb and Campbell, after pleaginp
themselves not only not to oppose but even to
upportthe Mobile road upon certain conditions,
ave, after those conditions had been complied
With, spared no exertions to defeat the enter
orise. That they have obtained Mr.. Egertons
money under a promise to aid a great public
necessary to the future prosperity
d New Orleans, and in which he had embarked !.
MS private fortune, and then used that money
to accomplish its ruin.
we call upon Col. Campbell, if he really has
any objections TO the enterprise which did no,
appear obvloue to him while in the Legi stature
TO come out before the public of New Orleans
with full and fair statement of them Ger
lainly he must do this if he expects his own
'lncerity, integrity and impartiality to % mn
questioned if he would redeem bimself fro,.
he charge of having been actuated so,e1v 4
eltish and personal considerations, and besn tba
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