The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1856-08-09
INDIGNATION AND ENTIiVSfAS
TIC RAILROAD MEETING. ON
MONDAY EVENING LAST----
GOVERNOR PEASE AND TUE
EDITOR or TIE REPUBLICAN
DEWOL INHED - TIE RICH>
EST EVENT OF THE SEASON.

] ADjlOh UT fSh NIL " p'A 49,
! DEMOLISHED. - TIE RICH>
EST EVENT OF THE SEANON.
". have been . resident OF Marshall Tor
over seven years. and during that time, sev>
er,l remarkable a.d iudicsous events have
occurred. but we venture to say. and We
will be fully sustained in doing 80, that
nothing has taken place since We have bee"
. resident Of the plscr. which comes within
squirrel. jump of the Railroad meet
ing on Monday evening last. II would 70
ouire the pen OF Fielding. swirl. or
Dieken. to do the sublsc. 'tice IN detail
# We had the talent. we have not tho time
nor III, room, aud shall content ourselves
.imrlv with n brief reciisl Of events which
deserve more full and perspicucus record
70 commence a, the beginning. On
Nondsy morning last some,ime between
If and IL o'clock. 1t was whispered IN our
ear tha, tho Knowing ones" con.smpla>
ted holding railroad meeting at tho court
house, after dinner. for the purpose OF pass
ing indignation resolution, IN relsi'on TO
GOV L. VI pesse in consequence OF h''
veto of the amendment to the Texas West
.rn Railroad charter. and 1t was further m
timated to us that /, was probable va would
be included in The expressions OF eensure,
inasmuch IS We had approved the message.
sure enough the meeting eatne OIL ac-
cordiog to report Notwithstanding It was
election day. and there were between four
snd Ave hundred peopl. IN town, but I'm
tied number attended. aud among these
large majority seemed governed more BY
curiosity than snv deiuIte object, and were
sppsren,y lnd.feren, As to wha, took place.
Jrpos T. \ FAriLLo WAS called to tbs
Chair aud K. r. II,ySrs, Esq appointed
, Secretary
Judge Pa.illo made a speech Of some
twenty minute. IN which he explained The
object OF the meeting.
motion was made BY J. \. ll,HRis
E,q that tho chair appoint committee
OF ten to draw up resolutions expressive
I. OF the sense OF the meeting This mouot
va. amended 10y JOSIAH MARSHALL, Esq
5 that the chair appoint persons who own ne
stock IN the Texas Western Railroad
. ,...I Ia IN .ttt,
nous approval The following gentlemen
composed tho committee } \. Harris
josiah Marshall, Esq, ". T. Patohman
e STYLES Mills, ). II Hunter. +. Washing
ton. D II cole. y II wilson, Esq, Dad
ley \ Jennings, Esq and ! l.. Scogeln
These genilemen having retired, DR.
Joseph Taylor aas called on for speech
he responded.
4 call VA. then made tor Mr. llaynes
the Secretary, who replied that he was no
prepared to 'peah, aud did not know no"
I nr he would concur with the action OF III
meeting.
Capt Cues. VAS psrt invited oGt az,
responded in speech Of some fifteen min
( utes
: The COMMITTEES on resolutions then rsm,
. IN. and Mr. MARsHALL. who bad con>ttu'
ted himself the chairman OF it. pethap.
r from the fact that he held IN BIZ. possession
! the resolutions " cut and dried" for the &C
! casion remarked that N. committee were
not in possession oil Ihs facts, and cou.e
quennr we've no, ready to repor, They
, dssrrrosed the veto, aud were prepared Ia
condemn Gov Pesse's course, but it wa.
esseausl that he facts should he full, ~,
ceriaiaeJ, IA order 10 A., forth their views
with correetes:
7 MrnRAu. Esq, here arose md made
briei but pertinent speech tie sad in
substance. that he regarded this IS very
extraordinary meeting. l, had been CON
vened without notice, sad It seemed with
out the requisite preparation. We had
heard great deal in d-nuncstion OF Gov,
Peso, bu, not ono word Of proof II he
had usnscent-d his duty, be va. prepared
to condemn him. but no, until /. WAS
clearly shown. tie WAS a Harrison coun
ty man, and ono Of tho earliest advocates
OF Railroads IL WAS useIea for gentle>
men to 2enounce him or others ~ enemies
to railroads. II WAS game that wocldn t
win, Il wssa dodge that deceived ma one
There wers no enemies to railroads in
Texas At least he had mayer secn but
ono and tina, WIS aorre yesrs ago, wh-a
he met man in Smith county, engx>
ged in buying up lsnas. he next ridi.
culed and denounced the idea promulgated
by come. that man had no right to say
sny.hi.g about 3 railroad compAn, simply
becanse he did not own stock n il. WAS
he not A citizen Of the State Had no,
land been granted to the company which
he, 40 one, had an INTEREST," Had hs nothing
to say in relation 10 tie advancement OF
the county, " this company instead Of
dealing 10 dennnciAtions, would satisfy tho
public they were acting in good faith, il
would have more frieuds. For one, il they
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