Washington sentinel., 1854-06-24

names of Messrs. Walker Green, Woodruff,
&C., are refuted by the resolutions to which they
refer.
| A principal secret motive of this attack is
| contained in the following statement in rega I'd
to Messrs. Walker, King, and Fowlkes: !" Here
are three southern shareholders acting as agents
of an association of men who have reposed con-
fdence in them, deliberately violating their
| trust and with shameless impudence substitute
| ing themselves in place of the directors, the
| stockholders, and the company. Whatever
money has been paid into this rotten concern,
has been paid by northern men but these con-
spirators are not willing to SO far compliment
the north as to allow them one member in this
unique board of trustees; and a proposition
was further mooted to interdict free labor"
| The executive committee consists of three
southern and three northern men, ls0me OF
whom are now absent,) and we have heretofore
shown the utter falsehood of the charge of q
| violation of trust, and that we are proceeding
| with the full confidence and support of the
directors and bona fde stockholders.
But it is charged that three of the committee
are southern Shareholders" Is this any rea-
son that this road through Texas, southern
State, and to be constructed mainly by the aid
of her own lands, shall be withdrawn from their
| supervision Does the fact that they are south.
ern shareholders disqualify them for such a
trust? 1t is true that the abolition press ofthe
north has furiously assailed this enterprise, and
ourselves as its humble advocates; but it was
left to this pamphleteer to disclose the real mo-
| tive of these assaults. Will the patriotic cit-
| zens of the north, devoted to the perpetuity and
glory of the whole Union, withdraw from this
enterprise because the road runs mainly through
| southern State, is supervised to great ex-
| tent by southern men, and from the circun-
stances of the case must, like many of the south.
ern roads, be mainly constructed by the labor
| of the south? The work, though running to a
| vast extent through Texas, connects the north
with the south, the Atlantic with the Pacific,
and is better calculated to preserve and perpet-
| uate the Union than any work devised since the
| adoption of the Constitution. In such an en-
| terprise we may well ask the conntenance and
support of every patriot and friend of the Union
in whatsoever State he may be located. But
we must say that New York has no more right
to dictate to Texas the character Of the labor
to be employed III constructing her roads than
Texas to dictate to New York what sort labor
shall be employed on her railroads or canals.
We should regret if these sectional appeals Of
aboitionists and their organs should withdraw
/
northern subscribers. We do not believe that
these sectional appeals will produce such an
effect. But the construction of this great ma
tional work cannot be thus defeated.
II the north should desert as, the south, aided
by this munifcent grant from Texas, will COM
plete this vast undertaking. We have not
sought the supervision of this undertaking; cir
cumstances, developing themselves from time
to time, seem so far to have forced it upon us.
Ournumerous sandinfuential associatesin Texas
and other States of the south urge us onward !;
our patriotic friends in the north, discarding
all sectional prejudice, encourage us to proceed.
We know that we have faithfully devoted our
best energies to the prosecution of this great
work, fraught with such incalculable blessings
and benefits to our whole country. Our enc
mics have a full copy of all our proceedings,
and we challenge the closes scrutiny Of all our
acts, knowing that they have been directed ex-
clusively to the promotion Of the best interests
of the company. Already we have a numerous
and constantly increasing list Of paying sub
scribers. We have raised the three hundred
thousand dollars required by Texas as de-
posite before awarding her charter; we have
made contract with able, responsible, and ex-
perienced contractors, for the construction Of
the first fifty miles of the road; we have taken
bond, with ample security for the fulflment Of
| their contract; we have caused to be made an
instrumental survey Of the whole Of the road
through Texas to the Pacific; we have another
competent corps of engineers on the eastern
line of the work we have advanced the first
instalment in cash to our contractors, and will
commence the grading of the road with large
force, in the county of Harrison, in the State
of Texas on the 4th of July next.
This is no concern got up by us for the pur-
pose of stock;jobbing or speculation. Wehave
sought no aid from newspaper puffs, nor have
we made any appeal for congressional appropri-
ations of land or money; but relying upon the
| superior character of the route, the munifcent
grants made by Texas of twelve millions eight
hundred acres for every mile of the road, and
subscriptions by the people throughout the
country, we shall continue to devote our best
energies to the prosecution, and as we trust,
final completion Of this great enterprise.
We have thus, to prevent any possible injury
to the company, condescended to refute the
charges made by this pamphleteer; but having
traced, as we believe, the real author of this
| publication, we shall, when the evidence is
completed, impale him before the public as
cowardly calumniator, who, whilst playing the
part of q masked assassin Of reputation, en-
deavors in this disguise, to escape the respon-
sibility for his crime. r. j. WALKER.
JEPTHA FAwLKEs
C.S Woodruff.
| I. BUTLER KING.