Washington telegraph., 1855-01-31
Our Position Verified.

of the State have met and acted upon the
all-absorbing and all-important subject of
internal Improvement. and adjourned. The
result Of their labors is before the people,
and The effect of the bills passed, the future
must determine Of one thing we are GER
tain and that is, that much precious time
has been lost, and the most propitious peri
cd for obtaining the means for the construc-
ton of railroads that this generation will
probably ever witness, has, by the obstinacy
of the Governor, been permitted to pass un-
improved.
We are we'll aware that the articles pub
lishcd by us on this subject, were regarded
by many as so many squibs fired at polltl-
cal adversary, or as the efusions of mind
hostile TO the Cairo and Fulton road For
the good of the State we wish it was So
For the interest and prosperity of Arkansas,
we would rejoice if every prediction we ever
made in regard to the management of our
internal improvement affairs, had proved
false. But, instead of the assembling of
the legislature dis>ipating all doubt as to
the correctness of the course of Governor
CONWAY. in refusing TO convene that body,
the developments made during the session
seem to have irresistibly fastened the con-
viction upon the minds of his best friends,
and warmest advocates, that his whole course
has been wrong and inexcusable. We
have conversed with several members of the
Legislature who. previous to going TO the
capital, were warm and earnest advocates of
the course pursued by the Governor, in re-
fusing to convene the legislature. who now
say, confidently. if he had done So it would
have been a matter of economy to the State,
and our railroads would now have been not
only under way, but greatly advanced to-
wards completion.
We advert to these things at this time
from no unkind feeling towards Governor
CONWAY. or to those who have the manage
ment of the Cairo and Fulton railroad ard
with 10 vain nope that the politics of the
State will, in our Gay, undergo any material
change We advert to them. simply be-
cause we have been denounced by the
friends of the Cairo and Fulton road for the
course we have pursued. and many whom
we regard as personal friends, and others
whom we look upon as both personal and
political friends, have seen proper to charge
the course of our paper to other motives
than such as looked to the prosperity and
great interest of the State We were then
satisfied Of the correctness OF our views, and
time has proven them so.
As we stated in :be beginning of this ar
;icle the die is cast, and while we are con-
scious that the proper course has not been
pursued by the Governor and are not alto
gether satisfied with the provisions Of the
bill passed by the legislature. to aid in the
construction of the Cairo and Fulton road,
we are not a going to grumble at what we
cannot help. or lament ocer what has pass
ed, but we are ready to take courage, look
around us, and make the most of the cir
cumstances in which We are placed
We are satisfied that the geographical po-
/ sition of Arkansas, combined with her many V
natural resources and advantages, will some
day. not far distant we hope, secure for her
railroad facilities. and we are determined,
forgetting the past, to look hopefully TO the
future, advocating earnestly and zealously
whatever plan. in our judgment. promises
most speedily to develop the resources of the
State, Having adopted Arkansas as our
home. we feel deep interest in her present
prosperity. and her future importance and
destiny.