The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-09-24
Al ATTACK upou I'M oovf1111 PACIFIC
RAILROAD COMPANY.

A communication appears in late numorr
Of TIE Cincinati 0asrtte over the signature OF
w" the immediase design 81 which y to IN
lure the south-rn Pacific Railroad enterpfisc'
but which has covert object beyond this and
Is intended to rcsvc, injuriousy upon the rail-
road interests OF Texas generally. The sncny-
mou. character Of this article Is calculated to
excite suspicion. gentleman possessed Of the
pretended information conveyed in IT, would
have no motive for conoealmeni, # the state
mrn,, he makes were corset, Bat kG wing they
are false, and faring exposure. he chooses 10
shoot from behind a masked battery.
The railroad policy Of Texas was inaurura-
ted in 1882, b. the dnns,ion of'eighl sections
Of land TO the mile and IN 1884 by granting
,igh, additional sections. and providing for
loan Of SC 600 per mile From the inception
Of this policy TO the present time, the subject
Of th.se m1nifeent donations and this loan
ba. be.n theme Of comment by The Newspaper
pr,ss ,fronrboa, the Union various official re-
pori. ar e.a purp'.c or another have been
made Of the entire section u country embraced
within the 32d parallel u latitude, describing
the character Of the soil climate. productions.
and topography I, has been explored under
the direction II Capitalists with a view Of de
TRIMMING the character Of the Route Tor Rail
road 10 the Pacific ard Il Is q uo'ahle fact, that
the testimony has bern all Of one character in
regard to the fertility OF the country It, capacl-
" to hold denS' population, and the easy
grade Of railroads And although nearly i've
year. have elapsed and the Southern Pacific
Railroad has been as.aed by tie adyocatcs OF
rival routes. and by others. Thu. correspondent
Of the Cincinnati sahcttc has been the hr-' to
discover and to publish 10 the world. that the
public domain of Texas comparatively al
uele.s tina, The country wa ruined with
drouihs 'hai The loan to railresl' existed mere
Is in name that the cost Of construction would
ampun, to upward, Of $4,000 per mile, &c.
sc and other equally extraordinary statements.
We understand all this We know ms genu.
/ Of W, and can personiiy him almost as clearly
as Il he had had the indiscre'ion 10 place his
name at the conclusion Of his communication.
+ Ne Is one u the plundorcrs II the -outhers Pa
cifc Railroad Company Of which j, had So
many under is presiou. reckless management.
We venture 70 say. further, that be IL onc OF
that class who have within The last twelve
months approached i,r Towikes with di-hon.
or,ble propositions aud has been sparned and
exposed bg him and that now, knowing that
| al hops Of plnnder i 9dt I'll aud governed by
malice seeks to defeat the en,trprin 10y iulse
and unfair representations that he "a in IA
word scamp whose signature would fur.
ni.h the most complete rlniation Of the state
menls in his article This is evident when We
come to review he character Of his attack,
which is Intended to strike not only At the sue
cess of this er,crprize but that Of every other
railroad cnterprin.in Texas all Of which rely
upon chenpness Of construction the richness Of
the soil the variety and Abundance Of prodac
iou, and the capacity Of the country TO hold a
dcnse population. When the character and
motives of such men are exposed they cease to
d. mischief
We shall content ourselves with exposing tho
more prominent misrepresentation Of "
and when We havc accomplished this task We
think the Intelligent raader viii Snc,on the
proprieiy II using our time more usefully than
pursuing trr subject farther
rhy Gr.i Misrepresentation +, in reference to
the loan 20 railroad companies W snys
Spw h. h.. src what t'i. ian IT, II q from the
.ch,ii fund n tir state fond amounting - about
twelve handled ur1lrlnd rrllhr. only bang mud
10 tive state 10 ftSt~ tn peg her dent tif"tn tf
United state. u nlf R.i frVt4 .cli,d her debit
and sittd aUt OF 'ir money r'm ih' general govern
meH' q lr" unHnut, ui which the h'ui money
NOW an htnd d. put. lH'- fund all soon dSindle
aRaS. Other roads a1w lu rapid progress wil rom
-,me 40 tAis llnd rNrrt probably 'bout one hun
drel and dly thousand dp'lar. winch the ~"aih'rn
raoh Railroad Company rAy he able t. barrow yet
tbs. d'ubt The people Of the state dpub,ing the
ability Of ig Company 70 pr0ao- with their work
lud ". Nilue WHEN built very fearful II the IN
pany shruld ati aes pi their money that II VII lr
totally lp., min induce the lenslAuic at 1t. next
msetug 90 repeat thS i1an VII ~ iaI d. ihi. Road
1. concerned watch u Legislature ha. perfect
right g. d..
And IN the cour.c of tho same article after
laundering lr>as omd abusing hcr people, her
judiciary and her government be- says
IL rrys. they can -cir lrit or stcet r'sl 10
tac mot w7rtmanitkc manner
Never was there morn foalmuuthcd libr
uttered against government and people
Mat are tic facts, rNas came into the
Union nomiualS owing debt of ten millions
Of dollars The most Of the scrip constituting
this debt was issued by the government at q DE-
prcciaied value After il was issued, il deprccia.
ted still further IN value and continued to ,leprc-
ciae until much IT the mos, Of il was bought NJ
a, four and live cents in ,hc'dollar Texas pro.
posed 10 pay il all at what ii was issued and
finally settled with the creditors at serenity re,f,
~ IA, doliar All the debt for which She had
RECEIVED m equivalent, she paid dollar for
dollar notwithstanding The Congressional debt
bill which legally relieved her from doing 3d.
What other country has ever paid her cyolu-
tonsry debt SO literally What other has
been mon liberal 10 those who have served her
IN the hour of need;
The school fund Of Texas is made up as fol-
lows:
1T, The money for every SIRE o! land taken up.
gees to the comM,si -cho.sl fupd
2~l There arr g. 0oD 900 nf United state, bonds
laid aside Tor the same purpose.
Ord. Ca. tenIh u The annnel revenue Of the
state.
iih Fuaf leagues Of land 10 each county. nnosnt