The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-04-05

THE RAILROAD CoETROvERsY--We don't intend to
engage in this afair-t is not worth the space nor
time occupied by of contemporaries with it-but
wish say word two in reply to the Fayette-
willie Observer. That paper, reply to a remark of
ours that Mr. Worth not proper person to put
the investigating committee and that the investigation
one-sided, says that "he (Worth) was appointed
the committee by the democratic Speaker of the
Senatehat Mr. Fisher closed his reply by thanking Mr.
Worth for his testimony in his (Fisher's) favor"
The fact that Mr. Worth appointed by demo-
cratic Speaker does not make such appointment pro-
per one in our estimation-we believe democrats do
wrong sometimes we'll other people, and the
duct of the democratic Speaker of the late Senate
does not dispose make exception of him.
But Mr. Worth moved for the committee of investigation
and We believe parliamentary usage and courtesy de-
manded that he should be member of t-and we have
doubt Mr. Worth thought of this when he made the
motion.
With regard to Mr. Fishers thanks to Mr. Worth for
his testimony in his favor, suppose Mr. Fisher meant
to exult the fact that after Mr. Worth had scraped
up everything he could to show the bad management
of the Road, he (Worth) obliged to acknowledge
that the n Road ehcapy constructed and that its
future prospects highly encouraging, which he did
in the closing part Of his Report follows:
'.Your committee believe from the report of Colonel
Gwynn, leaving the road sustained by repeated
ports of the President and Directors since that date that
the road cheapy constructed and that its future
prospects, if well and economically managed, are highly
encouraging.
Now this is what Mr. Worth says and he so testifes
after making report which intended to make the
public believe that the North Carolina Railroad in
deplorable condition and that the work had been bad
y managed by the democratic party But if Mr. Worths
statement above is true land we have reason to
doubt III think friends of the Observer
could afford to join in the opinion that this whole
railroad controversy together with the report of the
investigating committee, is useless and amounts to
nothing after all. Don't it strange that after Mr.
Worth occupied column after column and figures upon
figures show extravaganza in the management of the
work he should conclude by saving "that the road
Cheaply constructed and that its future prospects
highly encouraging? And to show that he was right
in this respect need only refer to the fact that
semi-annual dividend of per cent has just been de-
cared the States preferred stock thus putting
eral thousand dollars into the Treasury.
Really, don't take much interest in this whole
quarrel, but unable to how democratic
Governor and democratic Directors to be blamed
in view of Mr. Worth testimony and subsequent events.
"THE NATIONAL DRMocRAcY."--Undert this caption
the Columbia Is. CO. Bulletin quotes from the "Citizen
paper published by John MITCHELL to show tina: the
democratic party is bursting up dssolvng, &C., and
that it is only united the question of public plum
der" The democratic party is not dissolution
its enemies would have people believe and the Bull
letin and other opponents will probably live long
enough to learn that they neither prophets the
sons of prophets. However much the opposition may
desire the overthrow of the democratic party and pub
lish misrepresentation effect it, time will prove the
futility of all attempts of the kind
The Bulletin is a whig know othing- American pa
PEI and surprised at its attempt to make the
impression that the democratic party is corrupt and
worthy of being trusted, but ought to do it the
justice that probably the true of its
position that party to be found in the fact thatt has
far prevented dissolution of the Union event
the Bulletin appears to earnestly desire.
The editor of the Bulletin, Mr. Brtton, ought to be
convinced by this time that is easy matter to break
down the democratic party-he has done what he could
accomplish it by the publication of nothing
papers 1.-THE Bulletin being the second or third enter
prise of the kind started by hml but, so far, has sig
naly failed.
The democratic party and the Union will be very apt
survive the of all enemies in whatever shape
or combination they may appear.
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