The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-26
who Projected the Pan. American Railway,

To THE EDITOR or THE sus-Sr No less than seven
Grecian cities as history informs claimed the
OF having given birth to Homer; who executing Shake
Speare was undoubtedly tho poet who has ever
yet lived on our planet.
Besides Sir Philip FranciG Sir William Jones Edmund
Burke Edward Gibbon and Horace walpole many
other very able and distinguished English akipR
writers-fory at loastot tho latter part of the last
century, have each been credited with the political
genius and the StaeSmAnlke sagacy conspicuous
tho powerful letters OF Junus true identity even
to this day 10 a subject OF controversy
Warm disputaton concerning the authorship of the
"Vestges of Creation " is still kept up between tho
champions of Chambers and their literary rivals OF op.
poSte veWA
Among the poets and postastsrs of our own country
asis well known, there have been. from first to last.
aside from verify Watson himself at least dozen
Bsaaa snow "9 Of Sse ought 10 be
eaRt9rssd 3D. a. once and al Of them henRed
one except myself tho distinction due . the nTst con
anS a slGd Ea Ts4fS
tent sn0rtS 20 mateTahs ne cGmGsPon g o r@~SS
central and South America 0ften as have stated tho
and this time with an absolute and decisive challenge
to T enc and az Of the false CLAIMANTS
tudinai railroad rhronsn tho THEE Americas my pro
desSnaed by no a. lie thres imercas Railway.
sssnfa int my % a%p, NJ, n,o n the n 10 Of
tlS iat''Gde OF 20 de 'Hmero Mlts oT my Nay to The
Argentine Rspalir where for more than four years,
nAl been tile IuIfN Tor our own country and
thence, as documents on ieIn our Department OF State
troN 70 untary and Ntr' positive resignation aud
tremeni from public U'ce
complete AMI eCuiive statement of all the ree
want proceedings from at time To tho present IN fur.
therihR the IN eTestN ~ my projected Pan American
kah"hN, would lrdlhl'N occupy more pages than lIr
SN would he pleased lOpTint. Wherefore with reason.
able regard to the pTpVrr limits nj this commune ion
and III order 10 arrv" at perfectly tst aud timely do
riEoh or tie question tuwhOm should he asrrIbei the
honor -; HAVING nrNt projected rai,N communication
America hereby prupO-' puDCly. ~ have hereto.
fore proposed pTiyatela nut without any accent
hnrr OF ny pruposiu0u that the "hOe matter IN DIS
Iic shall lie thirl and innlly drtsrmne friendly
For instance let Mr. Parsons MIR Norris MIR Thomas
Mr. Dallelt Mr.. solomon Mr. Lynch. Mr. MCuiutN HuI
All tue other hspirAnts Tor reuOWn due them
pnce respectively Their written h-sry cratic aud
NOnch-rh as propose to place mine IN tie ~ Of
tho i'her Justice ~ the Tinted Sia'eg Or Ia the rus 0I
IT some other uprght and abe amt eminent Federal
iuncLunHrG rrfsUta,, tOl,l s'IauE'r H. "A l. and
request INN to pli"c the same ~ tie tud- ~ tree
other capable ant runsrHcultuIs g"uf plrH equally
Iran 3rr> U an ne CO'i's' it- aud fur,' - lu
~ "Ntuinhi Hus ana fH-pugs. nat lrfris IT himsr'
whether wih ur NiilIuu. ne CORRECTIVE rlFulr al TOO
Supreme 'Uuit whom 10 sA.,I sr,sV entirely AT hi.
own or on lnh Cnu-luue into u committee to rass
eqWlaO g aud LuSl Judgment an the itEue
for myself shall r u abide bN
concurrent votes OF two OF the inree ArbtrRi0rS thus
chos"i. In this manner. and without any exception
MhReyer do challenge all those reckless and Trurb.
hensIhe prettnders who are mAntfcstiug uOrlnatO
desire TO deprive mo az special and presous fame
halo around me nearly a quarter OF n century ago;
thar 70 say, by way OF exact repetition the 10Th
uII OF NONenber lHLi HihTuN ROwAS HELPER
FhlLAhktrhIA, May ~ $50