Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-21

road l called his attention to 1t in pri- vate letter, and now send you an extract from his reply, which I think justice re- quires should be published I intended to send 1t directly to the Sage" but learn ing that you have printing office at the Village, concluded to have if printed first, nearer home. Very respectfully,
 R. NJ. GAINES. EXTRACT.
 "Ofthe charges made by the Monticello Sage, can only say they are scandalously unjust to me, and would be pleased if you would set me right before the people. | It is utterly false that have been op. posed to, or preiudiced against the NJ. O. & R. R. railroad in any way, shape man ner or form Show the first reason why l should be so, would say to my worst enc my. There is none. Then why stultify me? The people of all that section, every county of it, have never failed to support me in every contest, with decided maiori ties, from 1S46 to this day, in every con- test for Congress. owe them gratitude, and few men who misrepresent me, may deceive the people, but cannot sour the cur rent of that feeling or turn it into bitterness by their injustice; though they pretend to utter 1t in the name of the people. The same thing has been attempted on the Ma poleon and Pine Bluff railroad line; but all know it to be false.
 At the time that Senator Borland passed the bill through the Senate, for that route, he also passed a bill granting lands for roads from Little Rack to Memphis, and to Helena, and to Fort Smith, and to Fulton.
 The Senate that year passed every rail. road grant asked for, but not so the House of Representatives. There the fight had to be made. All know 1t. It was hopeless for me to get but one bill passed As Rep resentative of the whole State, I was bound to take the plan that embraced the widest and greatest benefits to the whole State All men thought my task hopeless to get any one bill passed. And that did get one passed, won and secured me more ap- plause in Congress than any act of my life No State could get more than one bill pass ed, though they had many Representatives. 1 toiled at my task, lonely one 1t was, without a collegiate, and with vigilant and a bitter ajority against me. l secured for Arkansas one of the largest grants ever made. And now, without referring to that l am at this late day to be reproached be- cause l did not secure another. Even Bor- land and his friends at that day did not re- l proach me with a charge they knew to be groundless, for failing to pass another bill, which they knew to be impossible. Ought to have abandoned the bill giv- ing roads from Memphis. from Cairo (which is in effect, from St. Louis) from Fort Smith, and from the Texas boundary near Fulton, uniting in the center of the State at Little Rock, for the purpose ot passing this bill? I leave this to every fair-minded man on the M 0. & R. R. route.
 was legisating for the State, and not for q selfish obieet-discharging duty as the only Representative, and not seeking local popularity.
 The bill 1 secured, affected forty counties; the one l did not secure affected ten o1 twelve counties.
 The people ofthose counties do not con demn any man who acts right, and they do not condemn me for preierring the good of the greatest number.
 It is nonsense for politicians who are op- | posed to me in any event, to toll away al this point. They would have doubly d. "a me if I had pursued the other course and rightly too
 At the time of the passage of my bill many of the States and Territories had re. ceived no grant, but after mine had passed it shortly became settled thing that one bill for each States should pass.
 Atno time since then has any State ever been able to secure from Congress q second grant. How then in the name o1 common sense, could 1t be expected should, with only one vote in the house o Representatives, obtain what the largest States with many votes could not get.
 Since left the House ofRepresentatives Mir. Warren, of whom this road was the special favorite, has twice represented tho district, and why has he never passed 2 bill for it? Because he could not Nc man could I don't blame him. It wa impossible to do it. Another word anC | @ih otoic. II ID iCpoltcu lIidt MI. w aI rcn once passed such bill, and that destroyed it with amendments It is false doubly false, becaNse hc never did pass an, such e dU. How could kill with amend ments in the Senate, what never did anc never could be passed in the House of Rep resentatives by Mir. Warren, nor any other man? The records will show it. Sucl wholesale falsehood is matter for contempt of course, with every man in the country so soon as he finds out the true facts. | This letter is written in the utmost hastt in reply to your inquiries, without time to revise, or correct in style, language ol fact, and too hasty to read we'll; but such as 1t is, you are at liberty to use it in any way you think proper, except of course, that portion which at the commencement is entirely private, and would be unintcrest ing to the public.
 thank you for drawing my attention tc this subject, and 1 remain with sincere re gard and respect,
 Your freind and servant,
 R. w. JOHNSON.