| From the Greensboro (N. C.) Patriot |
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| February 13, 1862 |
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| Paul C. Cameron, Esq. |
| After service for six or seven months as
President of the North Carolina Rail Road Mr. Cameron has voluntarily
resigned that important position. We are not informed as to the causes
which produced this resignation. Among them was probably the many
complaints and newspaper strictures in regard to his management of the
Road. We did not join in this hue and cry against Mr. Cameron because,
in a homely but expressive phrase, we always endeavor to avoid
"going off half cocked;" and such facts had not come to our
knowledge as to justify us in such denunciations. On the country from
our limited acquaintance with the official acts of Mr. Cameron, we
have formed the opinion that he was governed in his conduct by a
sincere desire to promote the interests of the Road and accommodate
the public. He may have made some injudicious appointment in the
selection of subordinate officers, or he may have retained some that
should long since have been dismissed; of this we are not prepared to
say; or on account of age and bodily infirmity, he may not have the
physical strength to undergo the labor required for a successful
management of the Road; these things may or may not be true; yet, from
all the facts on the subject in our possession, we feel free to
express the opinion that the Road had the benefit of Mr. Cameron's
honest and best exertions and enlarged business experience in its
behalf; and we only hope that his most worthy successor may be alike
devoted to the interest of the Road, and that he may be fortunate
enough to avoid any honest mistakes that may have heretofore been
made, and succeed in giving public satisfaction in its management. |
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