The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-02-17


W...r. Walkr rnd kinr. snd giving bra .
np,n,nu ~ 30 the train Of rircamstsnr's
~hirh has p,odsred The rre.en, STATE o' 81 .
fairs. /, was mol oar i,sWtion IT, have ="
plisd to him In our l,s, issue. even hsd The
length Of his article permitted ~ To do 'o.
IS. wer" no. disposed to interrupt the chsn'
nj Of b.. communication n the pai'li,, b,
ANY remarks Of our own, Ne felt no desire
10 app.sr upon the stage an'iil he bad ssid
whs, be considered nseesss's to the de
fence u his position. snd time we're ~ en-
/, tn f,re,ve all To. attention e. which II
ga. eb,i,lei Il il dar To- oaf"rli 70 's''
that W. Published iis = rmrnicaii"n with
on, f.sd,ug IL for We we've ga lied 'nA'
whA'ev,f 1t nigh, contain, We we're tally
abb 10 sustain our position. II Is 'qps'ly
eu. T. him to femAsk, that We felt assured
that b.. personal feelings 20 os we're .n''i
eient guarantee tbx, !, would BE- free nom
any laueuap. 10 which W. could hafr any
serious Objection
VIZ. wigfalI claim, the use Of our col
umn,; and while ". have no dirpos'ion 10
deny him place in them to defend himself.
or 70 engser in = controversy M to the
right and WIS, has been generally eons'd'
cred by the press M act of courtesy, IN an
editor IN allowing a correspondent to be
heard through his columos. ~ certainly
have = right to restrict bin to lrss space
than he seems disposed 10 occupy. We d"
no, puhli,h our own editorials to the e1clu
SION oi other impoitah, ms''st, aud corr
respondent canho. espec, TO he allowed
more latitude than We allow ourselves
Mr. W,ghll say. that Ne have been ems
gagged In a variaf. with the New Nofk
company for the las, .s months. aud heoc-
he has no, tel, II iDcan'en, oa him to con
d.n.e--,t wa. nat to be expected that n
reply could he msd- in few words. ".
indeed, he had replied to ull We have wri''
ten within the las, ss months. the erp!sns
alton uould be- satisfactory, bu, so far As
I we hsv. been able TO discover, b. has not
done ss His remarks, 81 lar "a they refer
20 Us. are simply reply to our sr'irl" OF
the l.|,b OF January, With such other n he
ton. A. originated In his own fertile mind,
[ while h. does no, seem 10 have read any "'
! on, previous Articles II De had. be would
.ot have asserted that We bad dealt ~ idle
denuncia,inns Of ~ alksr AID king, when
.pec,Hestion. were CLEARLY and drdnlteiy
made. and those who undertook to dele"d
them either did not or could not do
80 <eithp. would hs have s,sd-"f ou
have attributed all our misfor,uues 20 their
the New iork Compsos having obtained
- .han ii WAS actually refused
them nv the Gavefhor ssss. .---
ia mistaken. |, was the Meridian, the
.uec,ai organ Of the New York com
many, aud i,s friends hsre that made the
der,,ra,ion that the \ ! .onpsnv h,d
secured the contraction building the Pscii
/ lie road. which ". ror,radirsed at the time
/ n any mischief has grow" ont 81 that mis-
,ens..enisiion. il ceft,inly cannot hs laid
ut our door. hu, must b. attributed To 'hos.
whom n. acknowledges have Displayed 80
little ability in Jrfcnding Me--ts. Walker
aud King.
II would he a work Of snpererogation a,
this time. when all confidence In Ncssrs
Walker and King ba. been lost. aud the
public No longer take an interest in the
di.cus.ion Of their eha,artets or ttnir move
ment,, TO ,ecap,ulste the charges which
we have preferred against them. !. Is SUI
hrlpn, Ia gay, tina, publications cmioa'ing
directly from themselves. contained state.
ments which had no foundation in truth {;
That while IN Austin last August, it VS..
stated hv the papers IN their interest that
they had $500 900 in gold aud silver and
gold par stocks -lbsi the deposit had been
made, dc. Ac all Of which turned on, to
be untrue. Under the circumstances, the
public had right 10 believe that they were
responsible for the Embellishments, as well
M many others which were made By their
friends.
II IL asserted that Mears. Walker aud
King have been as-ailed by the abolition
press of the North, from motives Of envy
aud bitterness 10 the south, aud those 10
this section who have dared to question
the propriety Of the'r condncs, nr. repre-
senled MS following ia III. wahc 81 the New
Vosh Tribrrs. W. do not fesriv. The
fribans or an, abolition paper, and hence
we ,lo not know what they have been say
ing. l'a, this We do know; aimos, the en-
tire southern press bns spoken of them as
we have done, Tbs New ORLEANS Picayun.
of The 9th, Tor instance. contains an edio-
al article favorable tn TIM late organization
at Montgomery, IN which the editor pros
coed, 10 say that the central road coniem,
2ls,ed through Irxas viii be OF immense
advantage to New O'!ssns, and concludes
thus:
" M, It must be confessed thas there Is
An edo, OF humbuy about all these Walker
and King msnTuss.s which will he great
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