The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-15
,,ucrR AaEaD! 4 GOLD WARN.
ING! WHAT SAY The
PEOPLE?
.uAToR vANCE'S REPLY
To Colonel A. 3. Andrews.
-r-cm the Charlotte oaseryer.l

L,,yaur reporter that the signature
ny of the commissioners Of the
- torn North Carolina Railroad. K
", Indication by the assignees for al
' u. of time to complete said roac
,Ap,;nt Rock and Pigeon River, haC
Iin obtained by fraud, | gave all tht
,~;.niars of the transaction as ther
wn 10 NE. so that the public NIGH
~. # the charge was deserved.
.'iIe answer OF Col. Andrews compel.
=, reply more 4, length. And | shat
axe the occasion to trace, briefly
a.. history of this whole transaction, a.
mere are many things connected there
h which the people of North Caro-
In. ought to know.
p,.,ing over, as unworthy of notice.
~. ~4uhblines of Col. Andrews upor
1.,r discrepancies between the very
* ot the act of sale and the untech
j language of the reporter, which
Lo new | had disvowed in my card q!
-. tav following, and the small sar-
ms with which his letter was sup
n...J to have been adorned, | shall
.c,ed at once to the charge of fraud
r. re alluded to. What Is the issue !.
T.u.dthe following language: In fact,
~. i-tter requested the Governor, as
a..,rplau of tie board, TO inform Col.
t,4rews of my change Of purpose,
nAi,h he did, as wei. | presume, a.
NJ ~ letter to DR.. Worth. There was
u..orBg improper In the way III which
>. ,nforrnatIon was obtained the thing
r...plaInrd OF being the manner IL
Wien ir Worth was induced to sign
tL. r~xteu-iou IN ignorance of my let
fer The issue Is accepted 10y Col
..irew-. for he says IN the letter.
Now, bear IN mind that the fraud vi
vtIch Senator Vance accuses he con
! II obtaining Dr.. Worth 5 signature
H. snorance of his lNancc's) letter
What letter, and to whom? Plainly, my
ps er to DIR. Worth, Informing h!in tina:
lad changed my purpose Ut s'gnIua
liz, txteLsiUn, for reasons which | aouit
u.Ic known 10 hlIn, requesting HIM,
according to my recollection of its con-
tents, to do nothing further until | saw
him. The sImpie facts to be determin-
81. then. are: l.. Did he get that let
ter. or know its contents, previous tt
s;ruing the extension? =. Would thar
lei er, il received, have changed the
D,tIols dClIoH' .. was amy dcllO1
taken hy Col Andrews to procure
hi, signature, before he could learn OF
tina. letter and its contents? AS to the
fir, two points | offer the following let.
ter. which is conclusive:
AsHEBoRo, \. G., May 10, 1881.
Hoa. Il. b. Vance:
Wy DEAR SIR Yours of the I2tl
rca he'd NE Oh the 18th. On the 18th
Ii. Badger came here and stated to M
thai the railroad company had adver
tis,d to let out contracts to Pigeon Rive!
for the Ducktown line. and that it was
iGd.speusab.e that they should have tic,
extension at once, and that Governor
jaws mad signed it. | signed as fol-
lows: II agree to the extension of -four
huuths' time for the completion Of the
Western North Carolina Railroad t,
PANT Rock and Pigeon River, as stated
in The within paper, provided that it il
10 1ther respect affects the origina
contracts with the State of North Caro-
lima hope | have rot played Tia
deriJ. | regret that | acted withouI
your being present. 1 wOud certainly
hure not signed If 1 had receired you,
tgtter L,f0rs doing so.
Yours truly, J. NJ. WORTH.
Now. how does Col. Andrews dis
prove this--by the introduction of tkt
following certificate? For the persona
satisfaction OF Dir. Badger, [ state tina.
he delivered to me GorerRor ,jurris
lie ter of 18th of May, 1881, and that
read the same previous to signing the
extension.
q. NJ. WORTH"
August %, 1881.
10 make this certificate apply, O
course an issue had to be made for it
SO the Colonel cheerfully proceeds tt
aud. Now as DIR. Worth IS shown t,
have had iull knowledge of Senator
Nance's withdrawal, what foundation
has the Senator for his i~nsinuatiop.
that such knowledge was designedl,
kept from him. In abiding to tina,
part OF my interview IN which | ex
pressed the opinion that the assignee;
were prOcrastlnatIng to gain time, the
to,onel does me the honor to say thai
II is unworthy of the Senator" | an
sony that | cannot be equally compi
mtuIary. This poor dodge is worthy O
the Colonel, or of the counsel who helC
his en-JuSt oJoutL | did not Say tina
DIR. Worth vas in ignorance of my with
diawai; | old not say that DIR. Worti
Wa in ignorance of Gov. Jarvis letter
INT ~ NY tetter. / never saw the letter
which Gov. Jarvis wrote to DIR. Worth
published by Col. Andrews, nor heard o
II, ul.,II the goth of August, the ia,
bet,re the Coionel's publication. ST
that the above certificate has about a.
much to do with the TACT upon which
my charge vas based as would the Doe
tor testimony to the virtues of a paten
corn shelter. L am astoDished that Tia,
legal advisers of 50 grand a corporation
as The Richmond and Danville Railroad
should allege that the delivery of a let
ter 10 \ from i was likewise ampi
WrCi that the coutcnts ola letter writer
by 3 were also know to A, although no
yet received.
Having made good the first and sec
on1 points embraced in the issue to
wit: That the Doctor was induced :;
sign the extension in ignorance OF m
letter, and that lie would not have sign
Ell / if the letter had been received j
time, let US look at the circumstance
uuaer which it was beaten in the rae
to - destination On the 18th OF May
twelve days after the meeting of tn
board in Raleigh, | addressed the 70
Living letter to Governor Jarvis:
WASHINGTON, May ~, 1881.
Gcrernor I. j. ,Jnrris:
My DEAR IK:-Citcumstances con
iug to my Knowledge since our meetin
IN, Rll.iuh induce NE to y;