Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-02-15

can do so; try aud gel Il so ~ Wv 81 40 m,
the Company, "lhis is youT bus'nvS' ,ha
think so" says The Executive; - sn'nM 'ne ',"
lu,e allows ne ample scope ana Vc'sr e"uu"
Nv. h,ve offered sufficient sum Tor your
services and shall no, 60 before Congress iof
,or.D ara savs tone of your subscribers and a
s,ochbodprn call that he would consent 10 was
,h,, The company should carry The mail al
b;s ,ejyc,d ,oie ard go itself before Congress
30 1890 ;ncrease Of pay This was not the
nrnnsT tnnc,ion of the company. They are 10
rr.cae;ye fr The transportation OF The mail such
.nm nc ,hcv NAV agree for. II there be failure
IN aorce because the department VIII not cohli-
nne 10 nav VIVA, il has been paying, and "nat Inc
company deems reasonable, II Is mal'er OF re-
nrel, but imposes upon 'nt COMPANY ho ooiiSa
lion 10 90 before Congress"
wv Vor,,ersu The Executive of the u. States,
no, agreeing with the Company, gets The Mail
p, rr;ed nv other agents and did not feel The oo.
cation 10 20 before Congress 10 be upon il! Ana
ever since The love Of The dear people The IN
,ete.ls OF the commercial world the injury sus'
lained by The ciliz-ps oflhis section oil Virginia,
have been obecis very near inc heafs OF 'he
friends OF this benevolent, symPaihizlns ana leh-
der Company. And appeals nave been i'aoe
through all the media by which The public sense
can be reached-in conversations, IN The newspa-
pers. through the hirene let'er.wriers, The pen
ny-a.lIne correspondents for northern newspapers,
and through meetings in northern cues 10Y "na'
appliances eo!en up, none can tei'') 'nf"uSh w,
eumenls, first published in Richmond cry, anu
then in provincial papers "by request" all WIN
one orea, object in view-the Manufacturing o
nnb,ic sentiment. The ground OF the Executive
officer is rldicued as "sterco,yPed." N"wont an,
sw,rn saws a subscriber and slockholder. All VIII
!, not9 What did Congress say? Let US see
The friends OF The Company, II not inc COMPANY
itself, did alter the manufacturing system hau
as they thought been prosecuted lar enough anu
il was found that the "no work" mo paw game
was very unpleasant one 10 play al, lol never ~
short time, so manage as to get before Congress
the "pse dYit" of the Executive officer in whom'
as The "subscriber" and stakeholder says, me
'exacling spirit Of a little brie! aulhori'y cou'u
mol display itself in more desPolic form, lna"
vas exhibited in This case" The m""or vas re-
leTfed 10 The committee of The House OF Repre-
sentalives on Post Offices and Post Roads. Their
report came before the House. The merits were
thoroughly discussed. The Company was July
heard. For we may presume that me very aole
representative from the Richmond District Hon.
John NJ Bous) whose constituents a nd friends IN
Richmond hold so much stock in this Company,
and who believe have made all the clamor rais-
ed in This State against the action oil Inc Govern
men in declining 10 accede to The eraetions OF
The Company, was fully prepared and did put
forth his best powers in behalf OF the Company's
views And after This full discussion, the House
of Representatives decided against the Railroad
Company! A Wing House sustained The Demo.
cratic Execuiivel Was it an impartial tribunal}
Did it not know The interests OF orr commercial
world2 Had il no love for The dear people 3
Could it moi understand The merits OF The ques'
ton2 II had full power 10 direct The Executive
10 pay The demands OF This "mOs, ehleouS Judge"
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad Company. What was The result q
"The last stale" Of This poo! Company twas
worse than the first" The resolution OF The
House was more objeclionab than the "ipse
dixil" OF The Executive. But sill The cry is the
interest OF the commercial word-Ihe hardness
OF the 'SnaI mai, the Inconvenience upon
the dear people Of Virginia. nor will ''the inter-
est which the Sta is now manitesting in internal
improvements be promoted ty IT," says "lhe
subscriber" and 'slockholder." Oh! how sorry
The Company is for the Stale and people Of Vir-
sinia. Bul is this 500 As the Frencbman asked
neishboi who was iamenlins with many wall
ines The msiorunes OF an objec, Of charity,
How much are you sory7 | am sorry SIS worth;
say, how much are you 7" Ceuainl; c2,.72
worth OF sorrow exists now in the lenier h-ar OF
this Railroad Company II so, this mailer had
never happened. Nor as yet has l. expressed
one cents worth OF soTToW, as lar as any willing
ness 10 abale even that value has been exhibited
Then cease your repinings Here is your ground
you have said it and spoken truly
"At all events, the Postmaster General will have
10 understand that the works and properly OF the
company belong TO the stockholders, and
hat il is no more in his power 10 dldae to them
what they are 10 take Tor particular service on
their road, Than ii would be in his power 10 dictate
10 the owners o. stages or steambOas what they
are 10 take" Stand to thai docriu'.
The governments can transport by Other routes;
and this, 'the head and iron! OF iht offending"
took you by surprise, and the peo1lc who live
along the line OF the Railroad are not making
the inconvenience Of The present mode Of trans
porting The mail subject OF Complaint. They, as
lar as | have Learned their sen,ins MS, approve
the course OF the Department. AID II will he adj
mied, that Inc company have NJ more power
10 dict ale 10 the government Of h people, than |
The government has to dictate In lie company
Two can play at this anti debating game. Two
can have "Ipse dixrs" The "ipst dixit" OF the
Executive is 500 100. The "ipse di1i," of The
Company is go 252. Very we'll. The people, |
| believe, are willing that pO,nis stoud be ricd
with the Company 10 see which p:ry will first
unsay his "ipse dixit," which can lpgesl endure
the present Inconvenience; The COMPANY that OF
having. vacuum, when 500 4S0 might be n
their ,reasury and its consequences; rthe govern
mentthe vacuum in the mail car the compa
ny and its consequences. As TO theresuIt, "nous
vefons," as my friend Mr.. Richie tsed 10 say
The game is fair one; let be iairy played; let
The friends OF The company cease 10 griIe labored
articles against their adversary; let This manu-.
featuring OF public sentiment "by request" have
an end. LEI thee be iar play and lands be off.
The system was tried to no avail beffe Congress
acted. One would have thought Thee was then
surleii of it. And why persist in il Will not
Inc public be content TO let the mailtr rest upon
The decision OF the House OF Representatives. And
i'll wit alter the subject has been This solemnly
ried and adjudged by the people OF the Union,
through their representatives. allow ilsel 10 be
led a>tray by bind confidence in an tex pare"
arguments framed under this manufacturing
system" BIZ Stockholders al The company, who
have as yr! shown single lamcnlalbn for noih
ing hut the loss OF 500 $50 in irving get 1872
252} When the aforesaid S29 $50 WIS declined
who expected al would have been Ios2 Eheu
Hinc ill9 lachrymE! CAROLINE.
JACKSON DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION
Al meeting ofihis association hell at Jack
son Hall on the 7Ih instant, the following resoIu-