| From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph |
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| January 22, 1861 |
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| Secession and Railroads |
| The New York World says
secession is playing the mischief with Southern Railroads, and all the
capital invested is going to be "practically sunk" if
"this insane secession business goes on." Now if the World
can find anybody "insane" enough to swap off the worst
Georgia for the best New York Railroad stock, he can make an elegant
business operation. Suppose he tries it, before volunteering counsel
upon railway matters. New York has no wisdom to spare on that subject,
unless it be the wisdom obtained from an uninterrupted series of
bungles and frauds. That paper says: |
| The southern people have
strained their resources for several years in building railroads. This
property is rapidly losing its value, under the stagnation of business
which has overtaken that section. Yesterday the lines south from
Washington commenced running a single train a day, and if "this
insane secession business goes on till it reaches the inevitable civil
war towards which it tends, no southern road will pay running
expenses. The capital invested will be practically sunk. |
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