The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-02-11


wAss,soros Cnv. D. C.. Jse. "a. 20.
E1aeys ef IN Psesysps pempse4s Q,
~ Sosthesn racjoc kailvoasl ~ sow - we'll
sss,rd and 10 oaslrriag. that cannot jbvsyd
IT. paeasssc u communicating " yos. en-
sAesush ysa, 10 Ne stoehho,,lsrs. soasc n the
I.ets vpoa which NJ have r~son 10 cougratu.
- osfseivea. Yoa hove brea made awusc. by
se,sersph. thaa J. kdsar Thompson, Esq. 0,
p,eesylvsnia. has accepted thu Presidency Al
-, rod. This Il tr~r. NJ. Thompson hns
S,lly sasu,ucd hat pnsiti0n. a~sl have tarncsl
evrf 10 him the msnageu,en. Of the enterprise
vhich has cccssioneSl I'M 30 much Labor and nm,
r,y but turned Il over In such condition. I am
prcsd to ny, that il will give him mo ,roabl- TO
direct Il easily IL grand results
Mr. Thompson, you are AWARE. has not taken
,Ar Presidency Of the southern Pacific Railroad
,nconsicrately. On the contrary, the cloud Of
ssspiciou that rested on il, aud the actual disa.
w. that had bcfalicn the company in times past
md with which the whole country was familiar,
rendered him unusually careful. II not cxacting
in the terms and conditions on which his acccp.
,.ncc Wis made dependent The known char.
,ctrr Of Mr.. Thompson for pru,hncs ANIL the
high reputation hc enjoys as An honorable and
.uccusslai manager Of GREAT enterprises, arc
sslAcnNt guarantee that he has bce,i fnyy us,s
Nei on sesry point concerning the present sound
W." " tie a6d,fs of tie S,sitsyn Paofe Rad
road. and Of The sia,rs feaab,iny et TIC ~crk'
and Of the srfdmfy i,af II has IN aoss for am
and hm ass~miss u the, fame cnd fortune mt'ea
awda tie constructors Of q" frd ~o'k ~ ne
vovid--a ral,rny tonaetffng the M's''s"pP' 'di'
lev and the Pacific 0tern.
Mr. Thomu.on has undertaken to build thu
southern Pacific Railroad across Texas and l.
the Pacific Ocran. We is confident that h. can
complete this work within ten years. lie ia
hacked in this the great proposed work Of h,.
lie. by men not viii, his inferior in talent. s;,-
vuci.y and strength Co.'s. Y. X. Stevenson
ard Sam. Tate. Of Tennessee. two Of the most
brilliantly successful railroad presidents Of the
Union. now a, the head II great reads Of their
own creation are already united with Mr.
Thompson in the project Of constructing our
Southern Pacific Railroad. 81. stevens IN
GANG with me- from Nashville 10 Philadelphia
vhcrc the final Arrangements were made Will,
VI Thompson. AMI all with the cordial concur.
renee ani cooperation Of tu -, venson ~ one
Of the associates OF Mr. Thompson the arrange
urrts beforehand having Col Tate. sanction
communicated by Col. Tate 20 Mr. Thompson
A consn,'cc of the kcn,a,ky stockholders
Who had subscribed literally To u ncw fund 70,
the resumption OF work on the road also waited
on Mr. Thompson, in company with Col Ste
v,n,on and myself and presented Mr.. Thoup>on
,rb the new subscriptions. accompanicd bv q III,
,.r from Hon Jane. Gn,hric. at,es,iny the ,.
faith and responsibility OF tho parties who a.,
rallying to the support Of this gigantic enter
n,i.e
Having cou.plct,,l the detail. of the transfer
NJ IN, southern Pacific Railroad To tn, hands
orvr Th,mn.on. and his rmivu, and or,c,,en
,,.oria,.. fired from Debt nad py,par,a ia,
.,,,Iv ,,,,y,,-,, wa. ,h,r,ht n1yisabl. ,ha,
r. .bo,lJ romc Ia Wnshiny,nn ami ,on.u,, win
,h,.e msmbcr, Of Congress. who arr, .,ckin. l.,
.ccomn,.b Inv national mid the construction Of a
Pr R,;lro,I ArcorJ,n,lv Mr. rhoun
AZ, C,t Stevenson anil myself areomu,nicd by
NJ = Mitchell of 81, Iouis iedi;or Of ne
Evc,p, Nev. # that city. and one o. the car.
No., mi ~ ,,,th,ul friend. ,r ,.r routrl cam,
=, w.,L;..,.., AMI L,v, hal s..vo,.l mos, s,,;s
60. ,n .,,.onr,,,,,, concentrations. With Sen
-, ~ C.l;a,rni, mi W,,sM ncT.x,.
~ .';,h u..,,r....,n,,,.,.. n 1,.l,G,,,;, .uJ
~. r,.. -'',,,i, + ,ho ,,no., harmo,,y -,
,',.'.. .,d c,r,;,l,,v If co,rcr,,;,r Wc b.v,
sv.rs ,n,.or a. hel;,.yc ,bnt We sha,l fram. r..
G,r.. ~. i,..v. tho mos, n,,c,;c,l p,ci6c Raj
.".a I'm ,h., wa. owe, ,,,...cn,,.i in ,,on,,...
,nc ,hn, Iii u,T,,,,i. eur, the limited STAT.
,;,vc,n,u.,, ay.u,, muo.;,,oo a, los. ia IN.
,,.,.u,x thai viii sccu,,. m. hearty su,ror, a.
III .,.c,'o,, ~ The coun,,x hccau,c Il will l u.i
10 al, and finally. one tina, wlil not Gall 10 pas.
snd TIA, wilI certainly build our road II i, doe.
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