Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-12-09
To the Shareholders Of the lance Ris,r 4 Hs..,sls
Company.
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The nett proposition for you consider 10 h,, Of ,.l
to the State o your Stock Doubles. YOU would h. on,,.
Wiling To se.-bu at what price, The market y.luo i.
mol more man vio Are you willing take this Admit
"ns '"'' you are you at once confess that the whole
'nee " eahang worse Than people arc dispo.-
ed TO admit. aud that oil Of those things tia, have h..,
~ni'sn and said in behalf VI
euo"sy sse and that you parting with your money
on TERMS that some would be disposed 10 all ,,o,. al
Notwithstanding lew u number have declared they
~ou'u fahef iose all Than sell at this piu surind..
' eouSe am not disposed To think would be acceded 10
by many Ill then you had rather lose ali than sell nj
uoias what price would you tskel You A.. ready with
arguments as plentiful the increduou, need
To show the great good the State would derive rou b.vn,
u"e "hoe work under its cVntro and you are doubt
less ready show that Is you have spen, nil vo ~
ney IN building up work that is valuable only n. Stat.
Improvement and that 1t increases the value Of lands and
properly 80 ~ 10 increase the the Sats; and
that As the owned by private individuals srs small h
aoerai allowance should be made you and that more
Than Its present value should be returned to YOU
the stock must be valuable hereafter provided Their. ia n,
extension OF the improvement any shape All agree Tint
the future outlay prosecute any species Of an
ment must be made by the State it, therefore she 90 n 40
a e WORK. anu pay all the money, pray what consider.
o s"ouu nauce her 10 give you much your shares
will ever bring under any Of aiTairs2 II would h.
ueu 10 establish any single motive that could produce
any such conclusion except in behalf he Bank of Viz
gnla where the circumstances have been of
that has no parallel any where the word-where l,rvs
ana decided majority OF the real of In.
luton were forced make an application of their p,.,,
10 an OBJECT entirely foreign from the objects their char
ter and the money absolutely appropriated to TIN.
uon ny 'he acuon oil tue State. In the instance OF ia.
Bank every argument OF equity aud Justice demand, re-.
ei but even IN her instance. strange say Tor three
successive winters her reasonable hsy. b..
rejected and rejected too under crcumances and IN an
s~er to arguments presented by man. Of whom il may be
sara he had no enemes for he had oi, his character
by which be could make them-his man. rs put, a. xi,,.
ITSELF and with arguments couched terms that no ON.
eouu excel and with all OF his personal influence and the
powerful control which the name OF the Bank invested
him WITH and acting under the Unanimous of ,
Shareholders, with all OF these IN favour of
his proposition ii was rejected and that too whilst the
Bank WINS seeking relief from funes Of most an,sI
ling chancer und with the State owning 800 900 Of
the Stock OF 1884, 0O0-wth all Of these cteums,n..
Drought to bear upon the Justice the beray of The
Legislature, his appeal was IN vain and although the re-
snfe W he prayer oil the Bank was Transaction in le-
sahSe proceedings as cruel as the advocate OF
justice could require and unmecu As any form of To-
g'sla'ive action could possibly assume still the fact is n.
Is stated no relief was granted IT, therefore TO relief
was granted to tnat institution which has paid its thousand,
IN bonuses, and its tens OF thouand yea hundred, of
thousands into the Treasury dividends and has AWAY,
under all circumstances, been the faithful friend of the
state Ill M mercy, no justice, was granted To her de
mands II not idle expect To purchase Of Won In.
STOCK OF you at any thing like price which you ough,
TO SELF In the next article, shall state the only form in
winch think your Interests be placed aud the onl,
mode by which you can yourselves ANYTHING from
wreck ~ee ruin and bankruptcy for the last
hive years, and where II ~n continue s-,s.- -.. and NC
and efficient means are brought into action. D.