Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-07-16

would be rejected. And that we might make
still farther concessions and still they would be
rejected His reason for saying which was
that he had discovered, as he thought in previ-
Gus conversations with the board or some of
them, that nothing would satisfy them short of
the absolute control of the water in the canal
for the purpose of navigation. He also then
further observed that he believed that no ar
rangemcnt would be effected by meeting the
board ut Shadwcll and that fresh excitement
might then be raised or produced as had been
the case before, under the idea that he alone was
the stumbling block or obstacle IN tho way of
Improvement of the river, that therefore it was
almost unpleasant to him to attend tho meet
nr at all as i would be to submit to the con-
iinement II restraint spoken of, for the day, and
this expression thus casually made to his partner
the gentlemen are pleased to lay hold of and
rive to the public instance of SO great a
breach of the rules of courtesy and urbanity,"
and some OF the gentlemen at least were fully
appraised of the cuuse aledged for that express
sion before they stated ii in their publication.
lie determined however to attend the meeting
at Shadwell and did so. 1t is true that we sol-
cited propositions from the other side i'm the hrst
instance, stating that according To the usual
rules OF negotiation we considered that we AS the
owners OF the property proposed TO bG occupied
or used by the public In qualified way, had
right to expect it. The board however conside-
ring as we suppose either that the public was
entitled to the priority of use in the canal and
water, or that they as functionarics of the state
had night to demand propositions from us as
private individuals only in the first instance some
thing like which was intimated by them or some
OF them refused to make propositions;tS this mo-
mcn,ary contention on point rather OF etiquette
perhaps, than any thing else, the gentlemen
advert to in their pub"atio by calling it a ma
nJest reluctance on our part to produce our pro-
positions. They were produced however and the
result was as has been already stated. With
what proprlety then can gentlemen talk of ma
| ny efforts to come To an amicable adjustment of
matters with us, when it does not appear that
they ever made to us n single proposition @ Xcept
those IN writing at Shadwell land those they will
not admit TO he propositions of their own but mo
dihca;ions of our propositions And as to the
many instances Of friendly and conciliatory dis.
positions spoken of by gentlemen, we can inform
them that generally III the habit of look
ing to the acts of men To see how far our rights
are TO be respected rather than to professions,
knowing that mere soft and concliatory profess
sions of friendship might in some instances pos
sibly prove to be (to borrow one of the gentle
mems phrases) {" the bitter pill' whereby we
might abe drugged out" of cur rights As to the
imso!venL subscription alluded to in the gentle
men publication, we do not know that it is ne.
cessary to go into a full development of all its
circumstances at this time. 1t is presumed that
they are sufficiently known to all those who arc
| Interested IN that transaction AS to our own
conduct, as far as connected with it, we have no
objection whenever it may become necessary
that it shall be fully exhibited to public scrutiny
Having nothing either of motive or act TO con-
ceal. We admit it TO be true as stated that we
did say that, so far concerned that subscrip-
ton,f a sufficient portion of it was converted in
| To Zeal capital to make up tho amount of bona
| fide capital of the company. $50 600 we would
be satisfied with it-and we say so still-but we
have said and still say that if other matters can
not be arranged or satisfactorily adjusted land we
are forced into litigation we shall feel ourselves
at liberty to avail of all legal exceptions either
TO the validity fthe charter itselfor otherwise
if we should consider it necessary to do so in or
der to prevent a sacrifice of our rights and inter-
est and to obtain ultimate jusice-and this we
conceive any and every othe: member of the
community would consider himself at liberty to
do under similar circumstances We stated
though, explicitly, that we would not undertake
to answer for others whom we might be suppos-
ed to represent as to their being satisfied as TO
the nominal subscription but leave it to them to
determine for themselves. We will here notice
Il remark rather of a sarcastic character ir the
gentlemen S production in alusion to the citi-
zens OF Fiuvanna stating 20 it was to be presum-
ed that we had kept them at all times and in all
places fully enlightened on these matters" If
the gentlemen were better acquainted with the
citizens OF Fluvanna perhaps they might find
them not so ignorant of or inattentive to matters
with which their interest is connected as this
remark seems to imply, and that they arc not so
dependant on others for light as they imagine
Ihey were at least possessed oflight enough We
ry quickly to discover that where money was
raised and put into Joint stock that justice reUui-
red that expenditures of that money should be
first made where the interests were also Joint.
and that therefore the improvement of the Ri
wanna River should be commenced at its mouth
and proceeded in upwards by which the interest
fall would be promoted instead of commencing
where the interest of part only is concerned
and proceeding downwards In this idea it is
believed too that most of the citizens of Abe.
marie, and indeed all except those who from
some collateral cause or circumstances would
not allow themselves the benefit of cool and de-
libcrate reflection on the subject, fully concured
in.
We have heard that it is has been suggested
that the dissatisfaction of the Fluvanna stock
holders,as well as some of those of Louisa, would
not have arisen but from. communicating TO them