The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-07-07

oath, and through this array OF evi-
dence and deep laid schemes Of in
tended fraud, they were to wipe out
the present Company and get pos
session of the State Road; do pen
ance for the oaths taken over $40
offer made BIodgett, for his stock,
and prove to the people of Georgia
that they could pay $4,000 month
ly into the Treasury, although they
were unable to give sufficient securi-
ty for their fuIfilment of the contract
heretofore.
People Of Georgia, | mean honest
men who are prepared to answer
from the stand, would you, with
such lights-these little glimmerings
which ever and anon are coming out
from behind the screen, that covers
the darker deeds which may still
Turk in the rear-be willing to see
your great interest in this road un-
der the control and direction of men,
who would resort to subterfugc so
grovelling to accomplish their pc
cuniary designs Men, who would
attempt fraud, and then sustain it
when it become necessary by an
oath, for the purpose of swindling
honest men and gentlemen out of
rights which they have obtained le-
gally. repeat, what | honestly be,
| lieve the people of Georgia will
readily admit, that at no period since
the establishment of the State Road,
has there been time that the peo-
pie of Georgia has derived greater
benefits than they have since it has
been under the administration OF
President Brown. The gentlemen
who compose the Company are mer
of wealth and financial abilities; an'
when a comparison is drawn between
the present incumbants and tb
"Seago- Blodgett Company" | an
certain that no one will wonder tina
Gov. Bullock made the selection
which he did, not to take into con
sideration the fact Of their failure t
give at the proper time the neces
sary security for proper fultilmen
of their contract. What seems t
be more strikingly illustrated is tn
fact, that no complaints are hear
from any source in relation to tn
present lessees and the management
of the read, except from the "Seago
Blodgett clique" and an occasiona
Ao,cg from some Mgnitary of the law
}. whose principal in this controver
sy is measured by the amount AM
size of the fee which heis to receive
In conclusion, | am forced to ad
nit the spunk which has character
lied Col. Blodgett in refusing to re
ceive $40 from Seago for his CLAIM
in that celebrated Company, wheI
he vauled his interest at $4,000
but, when we remember that thi
SO offer had to be sustained, in or
der to make it legal, by the solemn
ties of an oath, while the Who'll
transaction was to be considere'
spurious and false, we are not sur
prised that Col. Blodgett shoul'
have spurned the offer as contempt
BILE, and smatttering too much of in
fanny to give it thought. Ant
while this was no doubt true, as re
CARDS the impression made upon hi
mind at the time, yet if subsequen
events had not have transpired, il
which great injustice had been dom
him, and made public by "our com
pany," he would have permitted thi
''dark and damning" prelude t.
more destructive acts to have slum
bel ed within his own bosom. How
ever bitter the cup and poisonou
the drugs, present it, as matte
of history, append it in Col. Blod
gett's own language:
"Now, have only to say, in TIM
connection, that Mr.. Seago valued
our chances for the lease much low
er than | do. He offered me the
pitiful sum of $40, and says this
is more than we have paid any one
else. Truly, our stock has reached
a low point in the market. | own
$50, 900 of it, for which am offered
by my associate $40. |, however,
inserted after the word ten the word
thousand, so it would read $4,000.
This Mr.. Seago did not accept, and
| afterwards told him that my inter-
est was not for sale.
"In an interview we had on the
subject, he stated that he wished me
still to have an interest. That the
object was to make the assignment
so. that he and | could both swear |
hap no interest again so soon as he
received the road. That my interest
should still exist in fact that he
simply wanted to fix it so we could
SWEAR | had none. told him | did
notintend to part with it; and l
could not under such circumstances
swear that | did not have an inter
est, if were to make such an as
signment, and did not see how he
could swear it.
Mr.. Seago stated that he did not
wish me out of the company that in