Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-01-18
IForthe Enquirer.
KILLING. OLE EATTI E ON Raj. kOAllS.

N,.,s = t;,,,s r,se,yr,l in Won! paper Il Tuesday
last IL tiiivn had been pres, nted i" Id. w.,
citizens o. y nv i,c Prince George, &c c""hut' pay "e
far h. al an az, more tcrlualIy Ia require rail- toha
ro,npnic Il pay Tor damages done u s'o'A w. " "
engines :; Il cars. - COCOON,
law We i ~. know additions or ntnl'cnis Is a''
sired sio, made present we believe i|' a'i"c' "
sam circu .ancs. rai! road companies shon! DC mace "
nr dau done s,ocb and under uhfl circumstances
i would t. grosses Injustice to make Them '' 81. in
ground g lraiy taken BY those VIII" hcilc'e h' III
nader ali r. uustarces should br pail IL la IS ho' ='
10 EXEMPT said companies from The action ct he a" o GU
c!csur, v hch co.npei# all iandh0!dGs 10 :''cr, c
from dep: ia'i.n hg fence ms may nrfs", r ,ccs
f:st analcsv viii not hold good III se'ctS' 80
L. the FIRST place, rail roads cnnd mol Dc cici'Ss Hch
BY special oder permitting Hem To eesIihc' Pu ~ vns
ways inte'sc uG and secondly were my " t, shut
xpenst tie gates these roads tou'u ho - M tho
We look ,ur those who permit their cattle 70 run
,!blia highway rail roads, ns IN measure to
t,rs an III So roas The law makes II n e!a', -;
, o,., n,s,rncon across a rail road. Wha 10 is
difference clwrcn mans doing thls ana ! 90 "a mn
cattle AZ large at night iao,e :, "n nav ." train
tie rail rua track and i,nca ihoi; 70 between
asun nc,uni otstruction7 What is The dlile'ece m ;
cupable NJ .igcncc and d!rect cu,pao'e 49,
certainty OF The over the oihef ,,. cr;n,o. I'M,
1t will Re said that i'll cie intentih ciea, n,,iovn ,yhrn
in the other the neglect was intended ana We 60, ~,
So is equally culpsbe Cattle owners seem III nos ara
,brr "a tie when permitted roam OF large NJ ~. ~
~, ItiL a L. IF nron.,ty and life when tie accident
could no, possibly be prevented. rrcoice' 49,, " ~
months since on the Petersburg ran mc Tho mail tra,
ing on The track on dark night, al lhein.' '.'s @
was passing The engineer could not gee nct anu t Ii
her entirely unaware The engine was ihow o '',d N
md m tho a,,nnnt of several thousand aolast anu 'c
Tvs. If ,rye number were endangered Nha Is 10 oe
done in such cases as this If in certain cases w" CoiL
nv is made 10 pay ought the cattle owners pay IN s"ei
case az this We should say The property Oh me one
where il has no right 10 be ana s worth only si1 SUM-
mud the property Of the other party IS IN It's
NJ business is worth thousands OF dollars and elS'eu
with human life The proper and only reasonable oce VI
-yenop tho destruction of cattle, would DC to pass INV
mn king obligatory the owners 10 encloft 'ne @" e'
which would be both practicable and profitable
IL il is lust and expcdcnt 10 make raoau ny ~
nav for cattle destroyed under all circumstances '"e M
business of the country must be checked IN us ~
channels tho mails must lie over oil nlgh' a., 10 saw w
ly.s of few starve, cattle, which may possibly p'tos
their lives ltle by cropping the uxu crops =. ~
which grow on u barren rail road bank ms ""'" r
Virginia century ahead of the ace ana oe an ."Pto
on III, ores nj abuminabe law OF enclosures Wl1i iot M
sake OF protecting starved cattle taxes Inc
era OF the Suite amount greater than the 'a'ue % "
the cattle in the State. 49,, IA r,,J
Ne beev, Justice all interests requires Iat ran l'Iu
COMPANIES SHOULD be held responsible for all soea Aie "
o,en daytime on The premises of the owner Any 'nhs
marc ,hnn this would SAVIOR of "penny wise ana pouu
osb policy which, i, is hoped will soon cease 70 us
er,rs The legislation of The State And moreover enG"
IN. neti,iners succeed in getting law passed, lh"e"'n
Iry mem for all cattle killed the next 'ihg we n"e WY
vii, do will be- 10 petition ha the rail roads shai nc c'u
equally liab. for killing white men ana negroes ~" NJ w
can dispu,s u, what they have good right !" wal" I"
tn nm IN. rack of rail road, hog, or sheep OF
cav .Justcu fdt, cosum rudt c,nurp
January Il, 1858.