Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-04-05

was 10 GROWN himself.
Mr.. BOYD had TO say that, on the Mon
day or Tuesday previous TO the passage Of
the bill. lie saw Mr.. Peabody, with whom
he had been on terms of intimacy, whom he
had recognized as gentleman, and who. as
they well knew, held third house in that
city. Well, on the Monday or Tuesday
before the bill passed, he (Mr. B.. intro
duced Mr.. Paine TO HIN. The two soon got
into warm discussion on railroads, and
more than once he had 10 interfere 10 pre-
vent an open rupture. Mr.. Paine was a
man not 10 be terrified or cowed. He was
fighting man! The conversation ran so
high between them and went 10 such pitch
that he was obliged 10 interfere; and Mr..
Peabody, to justify himself in the position
he teok, drew from his pocket letters writ
Ten from Boston-the subject Of which was
o the effect that if the Pacific Road should
be finished 10 Kansas City, it would be a
great rival TO the Hannibal and ST. Joseph
road, and went on to say that il it could be
prevented, not to count dollars and cents,
the said Mr.. Peabody being the agent for
the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. He
did not understand that there was 10 be
bribery. He did not understand such TO be
the case. He believed the transactions
were TO be confined TO the third House. As
TO the Governors veto, he { Mr.. B. was
perfectly astonished! He had met the Gov
ernor day or two ago, and he was sober.
He was not drunk, and he said in reply 10
q remark, that there was no quorum, there
fore no Legislature; and said he had been
informed of this fact by the committee who
had called upon him officially. He then
added that, if he were TO sign the bill and
send it back 10 the House, there being no
quorum, that some evil disposed person
might take advantage OF it for the purpose
of defeating The measure, but that he, The
Governor. was not thus TO be caught, and
had SO expressed himself as TO lead no one
10 suspect that he intended to veto the bill.
Mr.. SrRAcHAN could say in behalf Of the
Governor that he did not merit The billings
gate epithets which had been applied 10 him.
AS he Mr.. S. had been personally allu-
ded TO, and had been designated as the a.
gent of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Rail-
sead, he would take this occasion TO say
that falser, baser or more calumnious lie
had never been uttered by mortal man. He
felt deep interest IN all the roads of the
State, and particularly in the Hannibal and
St. Joseph line. II he did not feel SO he
would be derelot in his duty 10 the county
he represented. Al The time he was can
didate for seat on that floor, it was true
that he was acting on business for that road
When that business was transacted he re-
turned 10 his home in Shelby. He would
declare that he had not now nor never had
an interest in the Hannibal and ST Joseph
line. The gentleman from Scott, had ac.
cused him Of placing himself at the door
with malice aforetheught, to announce ex-
uitingly The Governor veto. So far from
this being SO. he had no knowledge that the
message was in the House. As 10 The let
ter which had been read in the presence OF
the gentleman from Greene Mr.. Boyd, he
presumed, that all the gentlemen had wee
bit in their eye.
Mr.. BOYD replied that as he had already
said, both gentlemen were so much excited
that he had 10 interfere 10 prevent an open
rupture.
Mr.. SrRAcHAS said that he quite exoner-
ated the gentleman from Greene from being
the verse for drink. Regarding The letter,
which had been referred 10, he had heard of
it before, and having met Mr.. Peabody on
Sunday last, that gentleman handed him
( Mr.. S. the only letter which he had read
on the occasion referred 10. 1t was from the
President of the Platte County Road in
which he predicted that if 100000 fresh
bonds were 10 be issued, it would bring
down Missouri bondf 10 fifty cents 10 the
dcllar.s
Mr.. BOYD having heard the letter read,
stated that most certainly it was not the
letter 10 which he had referred. The one
he alluded 10 contained these words: "If
The pacific road was finished, it would be-
come great rival 10 the Hannibal and ST.
joseph road. Fit can be stopped where it
is, don'tspare dollars and cents" The let
fer was dated from Boston, but who il was
written by he could not say. He did not
wish il TO be understood that he impugned
Mr.. Peabodys honesty of intention. He
did not for one moment believe that he at
tempted bribery or anything of the sort, but
he learned from Mr.. Peabody, and he be-
lisved that he could get vote on the Rail-
road bill whenever he choose, and he said
that the vote could be had on Wednesday or
Thursday.
Mr. SrRAcHAN. Did you believe il?
Mr.. BsyD said that he did, for he felt
that there was determined factious oppo-
silion in that House, and felt thst outside
control was had over them. He did not
accuse the gentleman from Shelby but one
member, the gentleman from Barton, Mr..
Norris, had said that they were forty-seven
members ready to resign rather than TO al
low this bill TO pass.
Mr.. STRAcHAN did not DENY that there
had been outside pressure, but he believed
that it came from the pro-railroad men. As
10 any thing approaching TO corruption, he
denied that any one dared to approach the
Governor in such a shape. He believed
that the present act Of the Executive would
be chronIcled in the archieves of the State
as the highest act Of his life. He conelu.
ded by renewing his motion to reconsider
the bill.
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