The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-03-19

other property we have beside. No motive, |
wicked or good, can be conceived by US, Of
sufficient magnitude, to induce us to betray |
your interests, and sacrifice our own in this
great enterprise. You have, fellow.citizens,
the strongest pledges | can give you, in the
magnitude Of my own interests, that this
road shall 60 through.
| am certain that the completion of the
first Division will secure the construction of
the second and third and in less than half
the time we have been struggling with the
first Recollect, that with our united efforts
and harmonious cOunsels-with every mans
shoulder to the wheel-wA were three years
in building the l.. & G. Road thirty miles,
with little bridging and no ballasting, to
Princeton. That portion completed, its man
ayers gained spirit and strength to push it ior-
ward to Vincennes, and then to Terre Haute.
The hardest struggle was with thefirst Di-
vision, and SO | hope it will be with ours
When they had been longer at work than we
have, they had not half as much stock sub
Iscription-not SO much, nor SO good work as
we can show-they had exhausted their re-
sources, ours are unused, and idle, because the
enterprise has been discredited by its rivals.
| have opened to you our entire budget,
and exhibited to you what we have done-the
state of our finances and our resources; and
we ask you if there be any thing desperate or
discouraging in our condition? The work
done on the road is well and cheaply done;
not thousand dollars has been lost by blum
der, Encouragement, or III stake. If the work
were to be done over again, 1t could not be
done better or on rs good terms. Nothing
has been lost but what the evils of jealousy,
rivalry and internal dssention have brought
upon US. All we need to carry forward tr-
umphantly the great undertaking, are union
and hearty cooperation among the citizens
of Evansville. Seventy thousand dollars will
fully prepare the road for the iron; this sum.
the contractors with the means IN hands can
raise, perhaps, upon their own credit and re-
sources. We are ready for the iron, and our
first mortgage bonds are still held untouched
for il; but the inccSSant war upon the credit
and character of our road, has up to this time,
rendered them unavailable, except on terms
that would be rIinous to the contractors
Last autumn had made arrangements for the
purchase Of the irOa with the bonds, but we
lacked the means to pay the duties. For
this, We asked the city for her bonds; but
they were refused, and the negotiation failed
have now other negotiations on hand ior
the same purpose, some OF which will be de-
teated by this untimely discussion that has
been provoked for that purpose, and has par
tally accomplished its end. | have as full
faith in the road as have ever had, and am
resolved to see it through. The aid and sup
port Of my ielow-citiZens will greatly speed
the work and relieve my labors; but 1 am
determined to carry it through, over all oppo-
stion. l believe my character and credit is
still unimpaired by those who have known
me best for the last twenty years Of my life
and my physical and mental powers are yet
good, and are sufficient to carry me through
the labor.
More than six months ago, when the Coun.
Ici first declined to issue the bonds, ! pro-
posed to meet them, and lay before them and
the public, the facts | have now communica
ted to you, in relation to the affairs Of the
road; but my proposal received no notice
and presumed, the facts were not what they
wanted. Having now given all the nlorna-
ton of importance connected with an en-
Iterprise deeply affecting our prosperity As a
lefty. and our fortunes as individuals, and be-
ling obliged SOON to leave the city to attend to
the affairs of the road, abroad, must leave
its interests at home in your hands.
Your fellow citizen,
WILLARD CAppENTED