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

secure favorable report upon the con.
dition Of the road, is only cqualicd IN
pitifulncss by It's absolute ialsity.
As tho report will in short time be
in print and speak for itself do not
deem a more extend notice now nee.
essary
EF GRAY,
State Engineer.
We either failed TO receive the State
Gazette Of the 7th, or overlooked the
foregoing card Of Capt, Gray in its col
nmns. \ few days ago We saw it, and
for the FIRST time, in the Dallas Herald
This explanation il necessary in order 10
show that we have not been rc,niss IL
replying to il. We shall now do So cf
fcctivcly, and in manner that will place
this State fa"ct,onary in no cnviablc pc.
sition.
Mr. Gray's belief that there is prin-
ciplc in Ethics, that he who makes an
assertion as true without knowing it to
b. ~, Is equally guilty Of stating an un-
truth. M though ms'lciously done" and
which be has been SO particular TO de-
note with quotation marks. as II taken
from some standard work, We imagine,
il Of his own coming Men make state
mcnts every day Of their lives, upon
proper evidence. Of matters in relation
to which they have no absolute know
ledge Let MS sec how this ethical rule
will work in our case. On the LIST Of
December last, Col N. j. Hall, Of this
place. who was then at Austin, and who
has n large pccuniary interest in the
Southern Pacific Railroad, wiotc to u
gentleman Of this place M follows;
l Am sorry to find that Mr. Gray, the
State Engineer. has made an unfavora,
report in regard to the road He has
nowhere stated in his report that IS
miles OF the road are IN running order,
and Of course the road gets no land until
that fact ia made to appear. Thar had
an ,sferrism w.M h,m, miM he rnu Of ~.
d~e.ng him 10 chang, or amend Ar report but
a. mi,sEed 4, rW mot do ar
In addition TO this, the Chief Eng inccr
Of tho road received letters from Austin
70 !hc same purport, and urging him to
furnish promptly the proof required. This
involved no siderable labor and cA-
pensc. II was from his report and the
intelligence received from Austin. that
ont remarks wore prcdica,cd. and we
think it fully warranted Va in tho course
we pursued. We are incapable OF in.cn.
tionally pcrvcrtlng facts. or misrcprc.
scnting Mr.. Gray or any other man.
Now, which is ,hs more reasonable,
that this letter Of Mr.. Hall, and the intel
lixencc from Austin. was unfounded, or
that Mr.. Gray. whose report was not
published until after the It'll Of January,
(as appears from his card, amended it,
80 NJ to afford himself an opportunity Of
cscapc' Mr.. Hall states distinctly, that
he sought an interview with Mr.. Gray,
Tor the purpose Of getting him to alter or
amend his report, and the result was,
that he became satisfied he would not do
30.
In the next place. Capt Gray attempts
to defend his conduct in institutiny a
charge Of ts25 for examining tho South.
crn Pacific Road. and states broadly
that tho law requires tho Company to
defray the expenses Of the examination.
Where il this law TO be found, VIII he
he pleased n inform usy When we al.
ludcd to this matter, we were not aware
that he had pursued a similar course with
other roads. On tho contrary, it was
generally understood here, that when he
was charged in Austin with having col.
'"ri'd this amount from the -.u,hr.n