Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-04-27

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Y ls "us grossly mbrcpre'ontc1
~ Congressman Kelly, VI Pcnnsyl
fah'a tuaspccch dclyelrl ia Phl.
H.rlphu last shmmcr 'llml speech,
'Ith s.. ia'sclroodt and -iuadcr,,
"as,Stc svc'g tircU'ulcd through.
out the Northern States aud Can.
VIA. nni the friends Of Mr.. Davis
deemed II important that he should
set himself rieht VAis he dues very
cllprlunlly Ia the letter. which viii
he pcl q. ANY read 49,.
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Frrr. EEALl. H., A,'psysy a, Inv. Uso
'opn, Mi'' -
NEtE St@ So haze to ncEnow!-
cj.c 'he rcc' 'p' Of yt"r letter ct
the 9th nit IN whl;a you draw my
attention 80 nn address ON the
Northern Pacific Railroad Dolly
cled In Philadelphia last JUNE, hy
Mr. W b k,lly, and particularly
TO the Gpllowir e cX Vet;--
So startling were the advantN-
yes posse d by this route (from
Duluth to Puget SQUAD that the
Then Secretary Of War, Jefferson
Davis, struck from the report OF
Governor Stevens. since 80 dstin-
guishcd rs II soldier and engineer
the estimate he presented of the
cost. which WAS SllT,l2l 900 and
inserted in lieu Thereon $l30 1871
COO"
might haze answered you inn
mcdiatcly by an assurance that Mr..
Kc4ly's staten ent il wholly dcst-
tutc of iulh, but thought il bet
ter to delay my reply until could
furnish You with the facts. could
only do this by IA reference to the
official documents. and this has Ia
ken some time, as | was obliged to
collect them from others, the sciz-
ure Of my library during the late
war having deprived me Of the
means of doing so By reference to
my own books and papers
cannot understand why Mr..
Kelly should reicr to the official re
ports of the explorations made
while was Secretary of War, I'M
less he supposed that his hearers
wouFL never examine. those reports
themselves, and therefore never
discover that, so far from demon
strulinw the startling advantages"
of the route from Duluth to Puget
Sound, they prove corclusivcly the
reverse nor do | see how the as.
srrtion in regard to myself could
strengthen his case, unless he be-
licvcd that should never SEQ the
SANDER, or seeing it, shod.d not
consider it worthy Of notice.
Under my direction rs Secretary
Of War, Captain (now GcncraD A
a. Humphreys had tho general
charge OF the Pacific Railroad tx
plorations, and submitted report
upon all the routes. TIE figures
uu,lod By Mr.. Kelly as appearing
in my report, also form part of
tile report Of Captain Humphreys.
1SittirJ r, ports, that Of the Sccre
tary of war, 4hat OF Captain Hum
phreys, that Of Governor Stevens,
and the reports Of otheroilccrs CON
nectcd with that SUI. vey, are to be
f.nnd in the first volume of the Pa
cifc Railroad Rep rts, published
by order of the Senate of the United
States. On pages IA and 145 of
that volume, Governor Stevens es.
innate of the cost of the various
proposed routes will be found. Not
a figure, word or letter was stricken
from or added to it. 1t was sent
TO Congress exactly AS it was re-
ccivcd from Governor Stevens. and
printed exactly rs it was prepared
by him.
The table of lengths. sum of as
cents and dcscents. cost. &c. af all
The routes. which will be found an
dended 10 nv report (vol. / pare
BIZ. was prepored for me by Cant
and or bs.,n,iollv tho