The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-02-24
III. Wlgsall's Csoossisatsse

alvs plsss 70 Il wits reluctance, we ocean
20 di.respsct to that gss,le'nan o. 20 his
talents, Of which VIC have high arP<ecia'
ton. lic filed up cur paper with h's pre-
Won. article to the exclusion Of nearly every
thing else. and while We regret,esAi's length.
W. INDUCED the hope that j. would be read,
a. otherwise that portion Of our weeks
labor would be lost lie is pleased to re-
gard this, ard we think very unwarraniably,
as reflection upon hipselL We might
have made the came remark about any
other article Of the same length.
IIc ea1nat understand why it was that a
few weeaU 10 We were in favor oil Discus
sion, and that now We arc averse to It,
What was the position OF things then, and
whs, are they nowl At that time discussion
was deprecated, because Mr. Wigfall want
ed confidence at homo 10 the new organsa
ton lilo desired the people Of this coGn.
ty TO place their hands upon the road, and
to advance money TO prosecute the work
lie feared that discussion would defeat this
object We believed that the people de
sired the facts, that they wanted discussion,
and thai II was neither right nor proper
that they should enter into the speculation.
until It's character was Investigated Twas
cur opinion that tho enterPrlze was prcg-
nsnt with mischief Entertaining this view,
how could we remain silent'
We opened the discussion. and wba. has
been the result The work hero appears
10 be abandoned. Not only has there been
an entire failure TO enlist tho public in the
en,erprise. bu, even those who were previ
ously Engaged in the work have withdrawn
from it, SO far as we have been able to
learn, ,here Ia not man who has hands on
the road-thore ia not one. save Mr. Wig
fall, who stands forward before the public
to yndicate Tho rev organization.
The object wa had in view, having been
achieved, what motive can we now have
n continuing the d.scusslop' What Is to
be gained by ~ He has no doubt album
laul leisure, during this Interval between the
courts, to pursue tho controgersy. We
have not. lie writes with ease aud fapldiiy;
while with us il ,s q work OF tedious labor
We think the subject stale and unprofia
bio, oecause the pul,ic mind seems to have
become settled, and our readers appear to
take no further interest in it. This at lenst
is our opinion, and certainly we have the
rish, 10 Judge, in matter SO intimately
connected with our pcruniary prospects.
But !. must be borne in mind, tina. we
have not shown disposition to abandon
the discussion, without giving him hear
ing. lie has occupied ainc columns aud a
half of closely printed matter in sindca,Ing
his position and the company with which
l,e is associated, in reply to two columns
which we had written and published.
Ought be not to be satisfied with this or,
at least. with the present article. and the
one which he coutcmpctes publishing II
the people then do moi take hold of the
work, ii will be no fault Of ours
We saw, that to take up and discuss
every proposition advanced in his elaborate
article, of the 10Th inst. and allow ourself
the same latitude which lie has taken. would
involve US in an endless controversy.
To commence with, II would have been. rs
two columns Is as to nine and half In
other words, = rely such rs he desired.
would have taken between thirty and forty
columns OF our paper. We might well
pause before We engaged in such contest.
particularly A. We could not see the end
Of it.
And here we beg leave to say that we
have abandoned no posision--taken back
nothing which we have said.
We have not intended TO DO understood
NJ charging all Of the individuals whom
Mr. Wigfnll enumerates, ~ being men Of
questionable reputation. Some Of them AS
he remarks are oui neighbors, and certan>
" men with whom we have no desire to
enter into quarrel, or to provoke private
difficulties. What we meant was simply
this. That Messr.. Walker and King, who
were a. the head Of the enterprise were not
men to inspire confidence. One Of them
(Mr. Walker) WAS regarded visionary
SPECTATOR; the other had charges preferred
agsins, him eGec,ing his integrity, which,
whether trne or false, had never been se.
a, rect, 1hs. there were ether members
Of the directory, not residing here who are
regarded as men Of questionable rePu!a.
ton" We nigh, enumerate them but we
do not choose TO do 30. Those whose
have never been called in ques.
ton will take no ambrage ut our remarks.
1t is sufficient. to say that Mr.. Samuel Jau.
don, the treasurer Of tho company, and
who will have much to do with the man
agement aud disbursement OF the money,
and Mr.. Jep.ha fowlkes-bcth Of whom
are supposed to be "lending spirits in this
ente,prize-hsve acquired whether Justly
or unjas.ly we do not know.--a unenvia-
tle reputation. Il was in view Of these