Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-04-04

that " SHOULD pc defeated! Ii not, why
had you q substitute 20 carefully prepared
and ready to offer Ia hey Of . bill that
would have passed the Legislature. as
you have since acknowledged 70 me, -ifan
appropriation had been made to the main
stem? All! sir, your constituents viii not
relish that rich Irish brogue---its NOES
have become discordant, and before we
proceed much further is sound will be
grating upon their ears. Why did YOU
offer them q naked charter in lieu Of one
10 construct tie branch railroad from
Scary 70 mouth Of Kanawha, on State
account? Because. It Is presumed, that,
iii. the stock should not be- subscribed
sufficient to construct the .Monongahela
and Rayenswood Road to p9in. on the
HMason county line, (where II lsrumored
your peculiarly means or interest. both
real and personal is larger than r,ine,")
and thereby rendering the Mason and
aud Cabell Rail- Road imperative chad
il become d law in getting up this ''pc-
cuniary means or interest both real and
personal ut or near the Mason county
line. Then, was it not that you con.
coiyed the idea of the termini Of the Ma.
son and Cabell Rail. Road at Point Pleas.
ant West Columbia or Hartford City;
50 rs 10 secure the construction Of rival
railroad 70 the Covington and Ohio Rail-
Road-knowing that such q rival road
was death blow to an appropriation to
this great State improvement, last winter,
as at any future time? Such seems to me
must have been your. policy;--a better
one could not have, been devised to ac-
complish the purpose Of defeating the
Covington. and Ohio Railroad. For if
| it was only to give tho Mononghela and
Rayenswood Rail Road "the complete
right Of way to Guyanaotte," you would
I not have inserted in the the Mason and
Cibell Railroad bill, Poin: Pleasant,
| West Columbia or Hartford City as points
Of terminus, SO as to enable the North
Western branch Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail. Road. through the, then con-
ftemplated, Pa,kersburg, HillsboFouyh and
/ Cincinnati Railroad connection with
the Mason and Cabell Railroad, by and
through the Kanawha Valley Branch and
Ohio River Bridge Company. This
shows conclusively, | think, why you
callea up the Kanawha Valley Brane
Rail Road bill, and offered in lieu thereof
your substitute, which was merely ma
/ ked act Of incorporation; but, it gave the
1 company the power. to construct so much
of their "said road and bridg &c as the
amount subscribed may allow" which
would have enabled Baltimore 70 connect
| your Mason and Cabell road with the
tParkersburg, Hillsborough and Cincinaa-
ii road. Thus, you see, your purposes
! would have been accomplished in prOcur-
/ ing a rial railroad to the Covinglon and
1Ohio Railroad, even il the Mononghela
and Rarenswood Rail- Road should never
be made. Thus showing, by facts, and
deductions, that four moro misrepresen-
ta@ions are to be added to the list, since
III AIT enumeration, running up the
/ number from to 8. ii.
You next quote the following from my
address ''as soon as it was thus summari-
ily defeated, a motion was made TO recon.
slider the vote, to enable Senator to offer
a. substitute, a naked charter to company
to CONSTRUCT the rad from mouth OF Scary
! to terminate at tbe mouth Of tie Kanawlla
The vote was reconsidered and a substi-
! tute offered, Incorporation a company, not
only to make the road to the Limits OF the
town of Point Pleasant lin violation oi a
compromise, effected by It's friends but 10
i brid e the Ohio river. A motion was then
| made to dispense with the reading of the
! bill. afte; il was explained that it was
merely naked charter Incorporating a
company to construct the road from
mouth ofScary to terminate at the mouth
of the kanawha, the motion was carried,
and the bill passed the Senate without
having been read" You hen say: Nos
rhere are three distinct and positive as
sertions all of which you charge are un-
true. First, that motion was made to
fdisperse with the reading OF the bill
! Second, that there was any such eompro-
mise made as YOU speak Of. Third, thai
the bill was not read. ] bad heard o.
you. making such charges before, and
thank you for putting them in this tahga-
BILE form, that may show how incorrect
they are" -s....l - -: i. / .. T.. .
# You then quote the Journal, TO prove
your assertions true, and mine false. But
ieyen when the Journal is examined, il
shows what all know, that an entry is
made, when bill is read the third time,
whether it is read by its title alone or not
Why did you not quote the Journal to
show that it was read the 1st time? Oh,
l.no, that would not do Why not then,
that it was read a second time? All! that
would not answer your purpose! But
the journal says that the bill was Tread
the third time All, indeed Now,
my dear sir, do you no! know that il was
lr,adonly BY its title, and did not.even then
save any other tile than: "An actincor-
33ra Ing The Kanawha Valley Branch
Rail- Roa ".g4thaher it passed. 2 Tfen ii
MAS Ilsa,. "Ca mo ION Of Nj, Hals the
! ti4ls of the bill was amended and agreed
Ito al Follows Al aet 10 ineo!pos&,e
the Kanawha Valley RAILROAD and Ohio
River Bridge Company r :a @s@
After fortityiag y4afselfby such mate
riaIs as you cpuld procure, thinking them
't"t,eenseoecrtals. h zen then swell yourself
witfsli the digaitY bt A Paddy Of Cork, ="
land rr5ftily ss |, IN sfIFhAre. then, is your