Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-08-24
EEfo,s ofMe WIG


In the last Wing You make suggestions a. IN the
best means of preventing those frght railroad catnsro
plies which Of daily occurrence throughout the
country Il seems to that the beat If not the only
preventive, would he general aw-requiring all railroad
companies the lives Of al passengers on their
respective lines Hal there been such law in operation
the time Of the Norwas tragedy with the amount of
Insurance. upon each passengers life fixed at $4,000 the
number killed being ffy-that catastrophe would have
co.t the Railroad Company five hundred thousand doar.
This would have brought them 10 their senses They
would Immediately have dismissed AL drunken or sleepy
headed superintendent and agents whose only recon-
mendstiOn, perhaps that their services could be o.
famed At half price.
When man BUYS n t.tct emitting i'm to a se1t in
railroad car, that fp spgi be- rpiil % q policy Of u.
upon a.. HE, until he rrlch.r the point Tor which
he has iken plsige anil IN the event ~ his death Gon
Irciicui n the train his family should hayc their lcr,
remedy HrlH.t tr company 10 t' sho' extent OF their
means fr The recovery Of the amount fixed by the pro.
p'-ei law tfy slnnuul ~ The most suitibc. But IL
would hr rrcr.lry limit this right at remedy IN the
relations Of husband anil wife, parent and child bro.
hrr and sister, whcreuaurll affection would c presumed
~ furnish stronger motive Than the pecuuiify gain in
volved IN thrr kusmaus death. Othcrwisr IN cases
where ihr pf"rgrr h1a relations tr objects NJ
nc law might boz d.f',teI For " men wc IN be- found
wicked enough, ont II mere wannnuc1 p place nh-rur
uaus upon rE,t and put end tu the lives ~ their
fellow beings, Wien nothing IL ~ he gained by d. aur
men would hardly hesitate 10 DO the same thing ub,u
new m0r,ly ly .leuGcug the 80 NJ distant fft
tIrr whom they knew 10 be upon The tain
Aui. Msssra ElDrl, such lev could not br COIN
plano 81 a8 grigt 10 the ". w. Cumptuir. Thee
90 uplua. ltf p active competition iog c patronage
pr The tfavcLn, public each striving Lv aIt, Ti'sr
mrutF and other mcluf ~ i1durc traveller Nv dr..ft
other line Tor thcrani j. 10 uriust that the, should
he required ~ o down each pteouHrr re- hl i,urrst
eld s,fe aud sound whom they took hn ou bDlrI
They Hfe held ouulblr s uoSsT, ior every src ~
bright conf Del to hc agrnl, down 10 boz NJ cig,r
Gallon ~ vhtoy--and hence ~ o. ynr orrfv tu,r
FFrtgur rR,Iss OrF rnE TRACK Bot iDr hr rrtos-
of huuautv dilg committed IN thur crc thry held
~ ar'nun1biy snd after The passenger hsa pid biz
fic. thc7 feel no further concern for him whatever.
o. idle 10 talk about penal lev prevent cse Co.
.l,ntl You cannot b1ug The Directory, for, although
mlrilly "g1rs,D' sriss' or rather pncprs crim'nia
they have ifnmrd agency ir bringing about the
catastrophe. Ion cannot hang Tie upcrntrudeuta mud
enr;uerrs hcrauls hey share the danger with the pas
eug.f aud arc prrsued tr under the strongest mo-
uvss 10 caution ~ great majority 81 casce u s pro-
blhr that the accident g. directly atfibuiatle the
drunkenne's ignorance Incidence, general ncompo
tency of the and conduc or and the guilt cl
tic door ~ the Directory whose SVERIGE prompts them
employ such Lord Thuow sad, that corporation
bad No Coincidence because Il had neither body b. be
hsnged sou 70 be debut although Fithout boiy
soul conscience IL happens nevertheless 10 be en-
dowcd with most exquisite seHs0ri'Da Of another knd.
prove ghoh requires better anatomis than he vho
can best hnd the way 70 their money-bag G.MJ