Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-02-04
For tho enquirer.
rlIIING SrnCk ON RAIL ROADS.

KILLING STOCK ON RAIL ROADS.
number your iasrc of the 18th instant %as nSnuea
ma Yesterday con- aiming communication sisncd "A fail
or in which II. denies jusIicc Of the passage OF raw
TO compel rail road companies 10 pay Tor damages aono
etock alnnn their lines enclose Their premises oy
awl fenro Whenever The interest Of people 10 assacu
through the columns OF public paper, VIC conslue. -
no than justice TO asio" reply .iou t -.
diam This we ask u" Farmer SETS out win INC ueciaao
b. Ina s moi particuaTy informed in regard 10 e p1cscHl
law" nor The amendment: 10 be made ncc.o - any
exists c,mpo! rail road COMPANIES IN Ire'na ~ p'
ter any circumstances nr damages done 10 s'ocH
s;r,ngr 10 rs iai,. ,!.a President OF ran ioaa company
should had the are-accd ciironiey 10 rhsc % n,
IN be stuck IN whole county, declaring ne MuH
nav "a in. ecr done within months by the Picsiachl
Of the Petersburg and Roanoke Eal t"at homPi";
law exists compelling them to pay j - "en "u ~ sc
committee which il is referred can report oaeh .
law aI.caly exists and that further Icglslaon IS
sary on The subject. Then we who are FARMERS ana
LAWYERS can act Understandings and bring such ac'os 10
are necessary in the premises without mourning NC
~ long md uncertain law suit. This ~ eunlec' on
which light Should be shed both for tie interest % w o
mun,ies through which rail roads pass as wen 40 M m
aper,s If such roads; and doubt not Inc lh'1nseu
of the General Assembly will teach 'enl l'e ga y
the case, and that they will act unoe's'ahui'ev az" "
manner not TO be misunderstood ., mil
road companies should be made 10 pay lof carriages uo"
s,ork" So say We; and will add under al circumstances
whether done hy night day, unless such co'nphht' @
every precautionary Incans prevent their roaming at "
on their premises This be done only oy lehclhE
road we admit and this should be done, 70 rs 10 pace m
ircn norale COMPANIES on footing with The famef !n y -
well known aw in Virginia, that cattle ana s''ta VI ~,
kind arc permitted large whether oy ls' ~ va
on uncnclcsrd PROMISES without vesting any OWN, -
premises with power Kill, destroy {" damage s"ch S.n
and il he should he is directly arrnahlG 10 such
stock for damages and costs bn POSSIBLY es @ h. will
Ing Ia c"ncsc pnwc.s incorporate companies sutr,"i ~
those % the farming interest,"; il ~ nc d''s' ~ ~"
opinion, with large minority 0l INC peohe - tno
| State; or if he would abandon The present inhce
law, he would find but few advocates 70 lo.h w.
He supposes that 10 fence a ra!l foaa' II ""u uo,
qurn "spccal order permitting lnc'h 10! 10 = ;da !,
public highways intersGcling What an absuruy ~ '"
Every schooboy would know bctier Ana lie l,A 80 no
that "lt.e gates the roads hlgh~ays) co"G M s
ken, shul !" He mink that our Legislature j. i'
up of batch Of green There is not tae sIis'
reason f- ubsiulc;in single highway, or single TO-
ing much lee any Tor gales Two co" p'a c s nm
nude Al every crossng one ON sic s ono cnw nj, 10
on the boundary of tho rail road land, from on" COW ~ ~,
another would completely enclose 'he rau ,'' rho
d or -rn rail road may be nuw this mos c"ecnl
rcasoue bat the roads Great Britain are walled ~ "u
have scnncs aIyEg whole Ge 10 Keep oil al "ps'
inns animal. ard iNaninuc; and should we III nus nee
county, permit sOuta struggle, engines - run 'oos
onr ne hbrThonis nncc0sci pc:nlstF ana III M, y;
llinr gr stock AMI not seek remedy 10 ih'ei'
TO us thereto Snch submission soul! no; be looked "i
in any other man - Farmer" and such Ike Kidney
petitioners nothing hui insee ana S "a , rnn h.
tvr if they obtained claw ndenntyins them ior al STOCK
killed ask that The rail road be made liable Tor Rn "e
men negroes unless was done by cupaOis
for we hold that men are rational beings and ought 10 pay
the pcnay their iTpruicn exposures nor q" we as ie
does. ascfioc right 10 them wllha hog or shecl VI
10 scrp on rail road track. he nsks wha is lio ile.
cncc between culpaJc negligence and direct cupane
act except the certainty OF the one over the o'er IN
the one he says Intention creates the crime, IN HE oer
the neglect was intended" A righteous Daniel come 10
qdy,nCn 1--WE thank thee, Jew, for thai word the iw
i Tie State permits stock at large as he!oc stated
and it s3 c0Epcls all persons 10 enclose their premises ~
their thereon, and does not a"tu any
damages 10 such for injury done INN unless ne
can clearly show that his property sufficiently ana III
pcoprr manner enclosed and The contrary subjects m
Ia penalty for uny injury done them. Wond "A Farmer
say ttai hy tie neglect Of The rail road agents TO lehce hGr
urrmiRc. they .n:tnied' 20 kill socki II Is certainly
AS krlr a. that the OF cattle woull turn them ~
u.ae with the expectation thai they world oct on ir Tai
road and run oil tho Trains Bot is III" doc,rine OF "a Ear
men that negligence cupahe, in other words .4 Il
II fault Ii holds good ihen that rail road companies arc
At Iuul having full knowledge that cattle are by IL" per
nt,cd 90 large and may possibly get on Their achs
run oil thcir trains copadizc the lives OF large mum
Der OF passengers Does il not become hen then TO pre-
vent losscs company (lagc losses ooln single IN
stance Farmer says amounting to several Thousand uo
ars-and 10 the safety OF passengers 10 put SUN
Gent barrier around their track Ia prevent stock from wan
rny hereon1 Justice demands 1.-THE interest OF the
stockholders demands hcn from heavy ano ire
ocn LOSSES and the interest ot communities ABOUT raw foaus
require law the hands Of their representative 10 &C.
cure 10 then, rights unjustlv withheld from them no" 'r
| "a Farmers" Latin "Justit;G fat, cslnm ruaf
/ ANOTHER FARMER.