The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-03-20
10 1oh9 /. Noore, Esq.,
Y + Editor Of tie True Ca,olia;uu :
ArGysrA, MlrcI, 4 I,

! Dr"r SIR: Ny attention has been called
TO your editorial in the I" True CaroIiniou.'
OF th" 2Slh February, ult., headed Savan-
nah Valley ltairoad." 1t seems from your
remarks that my intentions, in the matter
OF the upper terminus of the Savannah
valley i;t'iroad, are suspicioncd b., the
STOCKHOLDERS OF Anderson. From whence
these suspicious came am not advised
NOR Is II Il matter OF moment to me, as to
whence they may have ori ignatcd They are
wiihou; just foundation and | am sur-
prI>ed that our Stockholders of Andcr
son should have suffered themselves to bc
influenced to withdraw, from such sIiyht
rum"'s. So far from having any intention
OF giving Anderson the 90 Jy in the upper
terminus of our Road, have never con-
trnplated anything else t!an to build the.
i'"ad, as our charter contcmplatcs, from
Augusta to Anderson, as ncur as ,0xsjIIr.
gust as Al h"S dccn located. If Anderson
or any other point on the Road shall not
be accommodated. it shall not be my fault.
The folly of Anderson, us vuu Justly ob
serve, may drive the Road from her. But
even this shall not be done, if can pre-
vent it, until this folly has become frrd
f"cf. No Mere vague rumor Of their I'M
friendly feelings towards me. or of their
Intention not to do their duty, in sus-
tuning our common enterprise, will intlu-
encc me to entertain the i,lc:. of cu,tinm
Anderson off, and substituting another up,
per terminus uf our Road. You NAV tie
assured of another fact, that should the
painful ncc"Ssity arise Tor any change in
our Road, on account of default on its part,
| should not leave the matter as Il point of
conjecture, but III Il plain and straigh for
ward manner, would deal with it as hon
rSty and good faith demands. The money
OF II" portion of the country not interested
i'll the Road should be taken from them,
~'fho"t tier conM"', to build Road for
the acc",n,no!atinn # others.
Let Anderson and the u,hor portion of
our Road do Their mh"ic duty in this mat
ter. and notwithstanding the gloom and
embarrassment through which We have
passed, and ms, still have to pass, have
I'm abiding faith that our Road will be
built, just rs it has been located from Au-
gn>ta to Anderson. But to do this, our
people must lay aside their petty contests
about local interests, and their ready ere
'i"nrc "f whispered suspicious against the
good faith Of those who manage the ail;,irs
of the Road. A generous confidence must
tie extended to those who labor for them.
In lieu of thoS" suspicious, and small spual-
hleS about local Interests, let the absorbing
feeling OF our people bc, Who cuu do most
f'r III" pr"m"tion IF orr common Cause
"n may bc well assured. that to luld our
R";tl, all our "nitri efforts will lie required
II each man will do his duty in this work,
he will have no time to listen to idle run,nr$
and to gr"wI about local petty interests
Augusta Will not huill the whole Road,
and To insure the building Of sucl, a Road :s
will not sink our stock to so or 25 per cent,
and that we may lr able to point to it as Il
m"r"'acnt OF our liberal and enlightened
wis"'.', "" mus, ie prepared to raise not
less than S75O,00o, in addition to that
made 10y the city OF Augusta. N'.:!l such
an amount of stock raised, in c;,h and
work, we will have II Road that will pay
dividends, SO soon IS it is completed, and
one that need not ba ASHAMED to point
to aS Oar arnrk
My situation rs President of the Svan-
nah Valley ltaiIroa! has been one of great
embarrassment and modification. The diff
:aI'lrs i'll carrying through work Which is
surrounded with SO many complicated cir
cnmSti,nceS. has been the last unpleasant
portion OF my troubles, although all must
admit them t" have been sufficiently great
to try the patience OF amy one. In this all
my power OF labor, all my PATIENCE and all
my .tuiM has been taxed to the fullest ex-
tent. Whilst, however, grappIing with
these difficulties, incident to the work |
have undertaken, and at the very time, too
when | nee'l all the encouragement and
cooperation Of our friends to sustain me,
to he met with suspicious of my motives
to he embarrassed 10y opposition from
those having common interest III our en-
tcrprise-and to he compelled to listen to
;he oft repeated complaints Of those whose
gin houses, DC, do not happen to he touched
10y the Roads almost the last grain of
sand tba; breaks the camcs back.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN 4. CALHOUN