The true Democrat., 1855-07-17

Olu COHuTdCUOIS perform lnelr QuCleS more 1alln- fully, and this is the good fortune and good management of Governor Conway.
 Is it not hard, Dr. Borand, that every thing that Gov. Conway has turned his hand to in behalf of. the State, should prosper so we'll? Is 1t not hard that he has protected so ably all the interests of the State, and given you no oppor" tunity to justly censure him? You may think so, Doctor, but the people of the State will ! think differently.
 How this world is given to lying" 1 And we are sorry to see that Dr. Borland is not an exception. In his effort to naH '..false- { hood," he perpetrates two, for which he has no excnse whatever. We certainly were, upon reading his papv, very much surprised to see that he denied his opposition to the construc- ton of a ra3I,oad to Memphis in the convention of 1851, and still more surprised at his asser- ton, that he introduced into Congress the first bill granting lands to this State for railroad pur- poses. We did not before believe the Doctor possessed of such unblushng etirontery We stood utterly amazed.
 In the convention assembled in this city, in November, 1851, for the purpose of arousing public opinion in favor of railroad from this place to Memphis, Dr. Borland's croakin, voice alone was heard in opposition.
 The following from the Banner of Nov. 25th, 1851, is the notice taken of the Doctors speech in the convention. The notice was from notes taken by Col. LAMBERT J. REARDoN at the time the speech was delivered.
 "We repeat what we said in the brief notice of last week in relation to Maj. Borland's speech and more. lie did say that araroad could not be of the slightest advantage to this country that only where a country IS densey settled could it be useful, ald repudated the idea that a railroad through country not thickly settled could be valuable. To prove this position, he adduced the fact that within his knowledge taoo railroads had failed to pay expenses. This was not very forcible when he acknowledged that since the building of the roads, that other companies had assumed the control, and the roads were now profitable, chiefly because they afforded an easy avenue to market, through lands hitherto unavailable but which now, on account of the facilities of transportation by the road, have become thickly peopled. He f1aaHy expressed decidet opinion Mat y he gene'ol g0ue1nmem acere 10 5tslM C ral},0ad Mro' gh a'y portion ot -Arkansas cit}sout cost to tle State, tbat she could not support the expenses Q the r0ad. Nov, admitting that this was really Borland,s opinion, and not an ab~urdlty, that he wished 10 palm upon the people, 1t must be confessed that he violated every sense Of courtesy and propriety towards the convection. This assem- blaze had been called for the purpose of contin-
 IL l.l l. 1r [, ! object was fairly state0--great unanimity pre- vailed. and such was the enthusiasm, that large amounts of money were subscribed for rail- road on the spur of the moment; when Senator Borland stepped entirely out of his way, to show men who had ten times his practical knowledge of such things, that they had made great iudieS of themselves. If he disscnted from the object of the convention, why not keep himself away and not come openly for ward and discourage such an etfortto commence work of internal improvement. It was easy to perceive that the speechand the policy were regarded with coldness and distaste by the con- ventiOn."
 This is a true account of that portion of Dr. Borland's speech which referred to railroads in Arkansas He denounced them as impractica- ble, and well do we remember the disgust he excited among our citizens. Mir. Woodruff en- deavoled to extrcate him, but failed. He exer- cised all the ingenuity he possessed, but the Doctors case was too plain, palpable and hope less. He finally gave itup.
 The Doctor then left for Washington and in about two months afterwards introduced bills into Congress to grant lands to this State for railroad purposes! This he done we presume, to recover the ground he lost by his ill-timed and il-digcsted speech--he did it doubtless un- der the instructions of his monitor, Mir. Wood- ruff, who felt the awkwardness of the Doctors unhappy position.
 In regard to the Doctors other point, that Ae introduced the frst bill in Congress for railroad purposes, he is equally in error-unpardonobly in erro, The first railroad bill that was ever introduced in Congress by member of the Ar kansas delegation, was in December, 195O by ROBERT w. JOHNSON. This move cf ROBERT ' JNHNsoN's aons tie first naove ever made dn his ! State ID be7haLf of raihoads, and it was pressed from session to session, and Congress to Con- gress, until it finally became law in the shape it now stands upon the statute book. Bythe aid ef his za,0, the Memphis company proposes to bmld roi7road Ji0o Memphis to Little Rock, at Me enormous cost ef $25, GOO per mile; and get, Dr. Bor7and c1asses hinasey os the chief Jf1Tend of ra1,ood enterprises in dtas State, and Robt Jo7an- son as c "di1t road naan!h'