Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-05-14
From The Philadelphia Inquirer.
interesting Correspondence p Pennsylvania
Railroad.
LETTER NO. VII.

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er. George Boldin John T. Smith. Edmund
Deacon, and others:
Esteemed Friends-The BIG GUN has been
nred which, 1t seems. was intended for the
JOINT defence of the two companies, viz: :. The
Greenwich Improvement Company and the
pennsylvania Railroad Company" No one
was hurt that | have heard of, except little
1dn'eness occasioned by the kicking of the
gun from an overcharge of ammunition To
show the source whence it came, the writer
says, The stockholders Of the :. Greenwich
Association insist that some erptanation is
due to the public, and as President of the
Company, but much against my private feel
ings, / make the following statemeats.'' But
inasmueh as the erplanotion and the state
naeats relate chiefly to the affairs of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, it would seem
either that President Spangler has got hold
the wrong document, or that the two Compa-
MES, like kindred drops, have become ming
led into one and are managed by the same in
tellect
The statement above leaves little doubt
that the 90 Greenwich Company" through its
able President, has undertaken the defence of
the other company, for the following reasons,
viz: 6 other members of the p. r. Co. have
treated the misrepresentation of VIM. Neal
with silent contempt. ca wise conclusion
But c. E. Spangler, finding that g forbear-
ance had ceased to he virtue" had his
great gun scientifically charged, and being
ready, the stockholders of the Greenwich Com
pany insisted that he should FIRE. There
was not much defence necessary, it seems, as
respects the Greenwich Company, for in the
last paragraph of the labored article the writer
says, {. viii, in conclusion, refer to the SIN
gle point which has elected this communica-
| ton" And that point was in relation to the
| branch railroad, which required but a few
| lines.
Now, let US look at the explanation as re-
CARDS the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
which the stockholders of the Greenwich
Company taStSt is due to the public. First,
in relation to the secret Increment to get rid of
an obnoxious Director, President Spangler
| says, that (. the members of the Board acted
| as individuals, and without concert or orga-
nized opposition" Secondly, ace concluded
not to make the stockholders publicly ccguain-
| ted with our intention and thirdly, con-
cluded to drop him quietly, without exposing
| his acts, and without loss Of caste. There
was but one .fceJtng amongst to his un-
| fitness. By using the phrase one feeling and
| the word ace, President Spangler intends to
| involve all the members In the secret py0t,
| viz Thompson, President; Carpenter, How
| ell, Butcher, Farnum, VIM II. Thompson,
and himself, Of course. Foster was spending
the winter in the South, and was not included.
| Then, according to this author, all the mem
Jers acere engaged an the aaGgnanim,ous 6usi-
ness Of deceiUing tie stockholders and stQJ5ing
a colleague IN the dark, but without intending
| to hurt him, and in order TO preserve his
| caste. They had the English prories with
which to accomplish their purpose, indcpeu-
| dent of the stockholders. 1t follows, of
course, that the present Board of Directors
had the honor Of electing themselces This is
the erptonatioA Of President Spangler, at the
instance of the stockholders of the Greenwich
Association" And these were the doings,
according to this honored President, of the
high gh-niuded Directors of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. The secret conspiracy
to decapitate their colleague whilst holding
friendly intercourse with him. reminds US Of
| the Jacobin clubs of the French Revolution,
when every night they selected their victims
for the guillotine next day.
Now, let US place President Spangler in
juxtaposition with Director Spanger. In
the conversation before the election which he
alludes to, when [ remarked to him that [
heard l was to be decapitated. he discJaimed
said emphatically, that he had ae,er heard Of
I
to examine the maps of the river front. aud l
thought 10 more of the decapitation. OF
course, he could not then divulge the secret.
| 1t might have defeated the project. But
oh what tangled web we weave,
| When first we practice to deceive"
This is the same man who acknowledges that
they had concluded to drop him quietly.
Again, Immediately after the election,
met Director Spangler going to church, put
the question to him directly, whether, on the
day of election, he knew of the secret ticket.
He said, emphatically, that he did not. And
to relieve himself from suspicion, he said an
officer of thecompany, whom viii not name, ]
| but whom he named, could tell me all dbo1tt It.
He said. also, that Howell was mad about it,
| because tney did not acquaint him with the
secret. asked him ifhe could speak for any
other OF his colleagues he SAID 10 they might
| speak Tor themselves. IL ie not my purpose
to call hard names, or to say anything about
losing caste, or about anftness for the Office,
or desire not TO expose has acts wish
merely to show the discrepancy of the two
statements. They cannot both be true. Ny
| readers may draw their own inferences. My
object is to bring out the truth Howell,
since the election, told me that he knew moth
| ing of the secret ticket. John Farnum de-
clared that he had heard of no opposition
And if | am not mistaken Carpenter also as
| sured of the same thing But how can
| these denials be reconciled with the statement
| that aCe (including all the lnembers) conclu-
| ded to drop him quietly.
| Now, what were those acts which my COM
passionate friends did not wish to expose, and
the misrepresentation of which was guilty
l have been obliged to write nine letters to
bring my deeds to the light, so that the stock