Washington sentinel., 1854-04-11
PRESIDENCY OF THE RICHMOND AND
DANyILLE RAILROAD.

few weeks since, we had occasion, In
brief article, to refer to the prospects OF this
important Improvement and to express the
hope that the vacancy occasioned by the death
of Mr.. Tunstall might be filed BY our highly
esteemed friend, Mr.. Clifford, at present the
president Of the company. We are, however,
sorry to see, from the communication to the
Richmond WAig which we give below, dis
position, which we do not think quite LIBERAL to
detract from Mr.. Gifford's qualifications for the
position because he is q foreigner. How is it
that Mr.. Clifford was chosen the yice,president Of
this company, and that the important and val
liable services he rendered in that capacity were
not rejected upon the same ground? Every one
will admit, who knows anything Of the progress
Of this improvement, that his whole time and en-
ergy were given to advance its interests and
as to his " visitto England" we apprehend the
correspondent Of the Wing is ignorant Of the
fact that the "yisit to England was induced
solely at the instance Of the company; and
further, that the result oft, due to Mr.. Giffords
business efficiency was sactng to the COM
pany of many thousand dollars.
Years ago, Mr.. Clifford took the Virginia
oath,' and during his residence of many years
within her limits his whole conduct has been
characterized by the most devoted zeal in every
thing affecting her interests. We, therefore,
must join with &C. I. w. in the hope that not
only will the stockholders not forget his
claims" but that they will be mindful Of the
true interests Of the improvement by comforting
the appointment upon Mr.. Clifford.
From the Richmond Whig
"Messrs. EDIToRs: A correspondent in your
paper of the lst inst, signed %. w. T., calls the
attention nofthestockholder of the Danville Rail-
road Company, at meetingl to be held on the
18th of this month, to the merits of Mr.. Clifford,
as being of character every way suited to
qualify him for the presidency of the road, and
trusts that the stockholders "will not forget his
high claims &c.
aWithout intending to disparage Mr.. G. in
any respect whatever, or 10 call in question his
claims as citizen Of Virginia, feel disposed
to say to the stockholders, that, if they can find
any one within the limits of the Commonwealth
capable Of fperforming the duties of the office,
that it should be their pleasure to confer it on
him, In preference to citizen OF a foreign
country, as understand Mr.. G. to be. | do
not think, however this gentleman may have
forgotten himself in his zeal to advance the in
terests of the company, that it can with any
propriety be intimated that the company have
forgotten him, after the solid remembrance
which they rendered him for his services in be-
half Of the road whilst on visit to England
last year.
Heretofore, Virginia has furnished men
capable of filing the first Offices in the land !;
but Temporal mutant'y, or, as the old woman
says in the Pasha of many Tails, the time has
been, the time has been | trust that the
stockholders of the Danville road will show, at
their next meeting, that the time has come
again M
/" April 9th, 1854"