Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-09
your candidate and opposing Mr.. FlourDoy.L
Now, say il is a targain-we Will all go, WIN,
| and WE WILL ELECT AvERETT. Agreed 10. anu
signed by HALifhA'
Halifax Cour! House. March 3, l849.
For The ENQUIRER
The President and Directors Of tho Louisa nan
Road Com Danu.

Road Company.
The reply Of The Pleslden;oI This company ~
al article addressed 10 The stockholders some Gays
ago, upon The ground that "l(he) mac reason "
believe the acts complained OF mct WIN ai'hos'
universal appreciation" seems hardy 10 ieqcne
further notice. as Inc alleea ions are mol uehieu,
and The grounds Of justification are nc'nef
plausible mr. tenable.
The President is mistaken in supposing the
writer intended 10 Qssa,L The managers oil Inc
company. Far ether wise For The President and
all The Directors he en,erlains the kindesi per.
sonal feelings. But that is one hing, and me
praprirty 81 their naulhofized proceedings Is
| another and a very different affair. ),
wouli beg leave 10 ask The President, IN al
candor, if he aud his associates would hot ha'e
had as much right 10 have done the lnings auihof-
lied b. Gen. GoIdon's resolution, u mat Iesoiu-
ton had never existed, as they had 10 DO oinef
aud far more important things Eot authorized OF
alluded 10 by that resolution-i being CONCEDED,
as | suppose il readily will be, that on u was
founded the sole and only authority ioT all lhey
have done or are duing in regard TO the Louisa
eylension2 | DO not think The TACT that THE feso
luton OF The company expresses lncH wisn iof
The construction OF the road" is any %luslihca-
ton; for every company incorporated 10 consliuct
a road, enieriains the same ioisa Tor us comp'e-
ton; bu, yet The stockholders naturally desire 10
have some hand IN judging oil the best means 10
be adopted for The contamination oil mai wish.
|. ihe managers OF one company can with pro-
priety lake such liberties, where is The d~lfflcuity
in like Assumptions being ~praciised by o,hersf-
Aud. il'all Nv, Formally aud usage are 10 lie dis
peistd with On all The public works in Virginia,
we shall soon have a nice keule Of fish OF the
whole concern. Again II the President and
Directors can properly do important acts with
out The authority OF the stockholders. why, i
would ask, may not each or any OF the Directors
ACT independently of either the stockholders or
The Board Of Directors3 Ii is not, therefore,
either The assumed aoishes OF the stockholders or
the favorable character Of the contracts, or yel
the probable early termination Of The work, OF
any other hing relied on by the President, that
can or ought 10 justly an example irausht with
50 much evil, and SO much danger 10 The public
works of The Slate-acIs that | never denomi.
mated or thought Unreasonable" but that | think
wrong, and as requiring correction.
La regard 10 the collateral subject OF The sui
between the Two companies, | have only TO say
that while | will not even conjecture what may
be the end of a controversy now in The lands oi
a competent and judicial tribunal, it would re.
quife no Solomon 10 perceive that il, in The course
OF the GLORIOUS uncertainties Of The law" the
Louisa Company should be prevented from COM
pleling, or using il completed, their Extension
10 Richmond, II will cost many a stockholder The
'tDlsh" that be money there lruillessly expended
had been used in sending their "Westward
Ho!"' beyond The mounlains.
With this, | am done with The subject.
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