The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-03-18
S2T2o3 90

Deduct cash nom whole d'ni a.
shown above, and balance Of
Indebtedness remains tanf IN
told 3 Of only ........... S2i1203 90
sslil, debt s.4af,ls TO exis, Of soma sj00,000
II Hmnch report be correct, no snf'' Indebted
ueg4 dNca, or can exist Oar position is i'm
proanablc Neither Ward nor lllauch can Ger.
it's themselves out Of the necessity and the duty
- cvhi'ii their books and accounts By which
This seeming error $50 large in amouutj may he
detected or corrected
Much OF the prcaeut debt claimed by the new
Company. 1921 600, is a fiction It il not pro-
baby due hencc the demand Of its payment M
der thc late attempt to compromise without cx-
nninnion and unsupported by vouchers at
ways taken by officers, agents &C who know
ihcir duty, and who faithful; perform II.
ret.ai, ihe Texas dobt s. TO much extent
in my Judgment manufactured commodity, %
designed 10 be imposed upon the Treasury ofthc
Company for payment, and ! regret " feel that
| cannot cXcnlpatr Mcssrs Ward and Blanche Of
harllut open and incxcusahle attempts 20 make
NJ i.tlse -sues, in order TO cynilo their ,luiy If
! wrong ihcn in the expression u this ccriyic-
ton. why is It, | ask, that ihcs have occu,icd
nine columns a-rF heli in special pleading and
in rrcycant disquisi'ors when hiss than that
space IN all probability, would have suiliced for
their reports, and il their conduct and the con
duct Of their associates in the rev company had
h.ep entirely correct, they bad L n (heir power
No, only to relieve Themselves If NIL nspicion
hut To completely oycrwhelm and silence all ac
cu7crs u IA remarkable that no character or
s,rm II appeal has been Sufficient 10 compel these
nnctionarios 10 submit an account Of their stew
ar,lshp CD. Nanl tells rs that be- sent he
sre tiso Committee II Arbitration with bis books
~ 1. 3. h - l.
to enter aitf The Committee into fall cxami-
nation u tn ,ranmctioa ofl'is ol'cr That he
80, Hing To stand ,i-pt ~, his o,su claim
until the compromise v,a completed enl then 10
enter into full cxnrnnatiou N al his transac.
tons with ~ company. How uagrmnmous
What could th- Committee have done with his
books and vouchers but 10 have hsryb'd them
oyef to an accountant TO have prepared tahm
lar statement such a. Col Ward himself should
hayc made ont, aud which il he hrd rendered
would have prccludcd The necessity a his pres
eucc before the Committee, and enabled him 10
kCcp his books in his own possession. Col. Ward
well knew that the entire superstrneturc Of this
TcNas debt depended upon statement of the
transactions of hi o'frc and that Of the Chief
Engineer How then are tN,sc mneiiomrics TO
cxcnse Themselves For the ftis-e to perform
du,, 20 gariag and manifest 10 AL busir'ss men
either here or elsewhere they certainly cannot
plead ignorance The "way-iariug man must
see and reali1c they had az alternative but a
faithful compliance with duty linr own cha
Fecicrs demanded. and still demand a., re
port, showing what has become of our money
and how this dpbf hfs swdsci mp to such an en-.
orinous sum. The question is MT ss 10 whether
$50 or sl7A,0oD has been received al this
Office but, how has II l-cn disbursedg That ia
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