Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-07-23
James River and Kanawha Company.


Gentlemen,-Whsn tue opponents Of the late President
Of this Company with bitterness arising more from per
sonal enmy than opposition his official acts succeeded
IN inducing the retirement Of that able officer they came
under an implied not positive obligation adopt bet
system than the o which they complained % hit
erly. The public have looked IN vain for this reForm
The present Directory affecting be guided BY higher
and purer motives Of action and 10 look % the su
ritual interests than the temporal Of the community
have passed the great distinctive measure Of their su1
saiion-the late sunday Ordinsnee"-which prohibit,
boats from passing the Cuna from II O'Clock Saturday
night m II o'clock Sunday night The reasons assigned
for this regulation conscientious scrupes about viola
ting the Sabbath and wish enforce the laws OF the
the subject II these gentlemen are really aetY,
ted by principle, why do they allow violation Of the Sab
bath, by keeping their lsborers work on Sunday
and by allowing the Packet pass By what process, n
reasoning they persuade themselves that keeping their
own abortTs who are slaves and have other time for
resU az work, and making their Ockkeepers pt.s the Pae
ke violations Of the Sabbath; but that allowing
freight boat to pass s' would be glad know who con
suuted them the executors Oi the laws Of the State Il
passing along the Canal Sunday be a violation Of lov
the duty Of the Grand Jury present every offence
Of the kind. Neither lockkeeper boumen are At IN
benefited by pIOus zeal Of the Directory for th., %
ritual welfare for the first being required watch their
locks, have than any other day. and the
lsuer being stopped ~ o'clock Saturday night in the
neghborhoOd Of their home, which they might reach by
day, where they might have day Of and perhaps 10
70 preaching spend the day very Christian mood IN
uttering curses both loud and deep the ,GltIc thar
suggested and the stupidity that adopted areguaon which
spirt that period made the English people nation
u canug hyPycries, followed BY the fearful reaction
Of and nmDrsiy. IL is tho same spirt that under
the disguise Of caring for the spiritual welfare Of mankind
has sought 10 snsaye the mind and conscience and
has been the cause OF more unhappness than al other
things combined. IL the spirt that sndeavorsd "a,
the transmission Of the u. s. mail on sandsy IL
is kindred spn Of Northern Aboliuonism; and bops
this exhibition u u will be sgnally rcbuked BY public
opinion, and especially by the Stock holders
Instead oi increasing the obstacles that impede the com
ufHr "a The NAL furrrf t.r
s1f 70 remove those ibui do now exist The Canal i'm
medIaisy above the guard lock Tye River BE- npasss
bic TOT osdeo boots and when The water down to sum
mef height, doubt whether even empty bosts can pa H
but provided hc Packet pass, give. tho Directory
bot little concern This ~ temporal matter, they look
only o. the spiritual Boats obliged 10 unosd a.
Iye River, with great 0ss Of time labor and risk: and
great the impodnenr they have 10 encounter thai
steamship make rp over the Atlantic ana return
- les Tune Than Canslbo can 20 from Lynchbufg to
Richmond.
There ore other things 70 which msy call susnuon a,
some yIIrr umc
a sTOCKHoLDER