| From the Charleston Mercury |
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| January 30, 1861 |
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| The Effect of Secession on Railroads |
| The Nacogdoches Chronicle says that
the Eastern Texas Railroad Company broke ground on their road three and
a half months ago. They have now sixty miles graded, ties for forty
miles, and by the 15th of this month will have thirty-two miles of track
laid. As the Houston Telegraph says, what a commentary is this
upon the efforts made by submissionists to induce the people to believe
that political excitement would ruin our railroad enterprises. A
dissolution of the present Union would advance them, by enabling us to
get our iron cheap from England. Of course, an article of import,
relieved from a high duty, would become cheaper. In this connection, we
will refer to a statement of the Telegraph, that Mr. Gentry
{President, Texas & New Orleans RR}, who is
so deeply interested in railroad progress, mounted a secession cockade
in the streets of New York the day after Lincoln was elected, and has,
it is said, worn it ever since. The Hon. Horace Cone, who is also deeply
interested with Mr. Gentry in the same subject, is now advocating the
secession of Texas from the Union with great ability and eloquence. |
| Austin (Texas) Gazette |
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