The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-19

uhsh.d n ysstssdsss Dispaich IL csrtsinly
c,cueted 10 nst terror In the very souls Of msm
Ss' sS az o
against the lswess bremen, We ceIt.InJ Iii TN
been very li,fe scared or hurt by this last oaa ns
msnner. .Whersas publication has appeared m ne
Dailv DispateA ef is morning. signed O.sar 6ooae
foreman puspoFTfsG 70 be pfooe eoings o. eompshs
No I, un.niuiously resolving to withdIaw TO" 'ps
control Of the FrsAsocation.1 DC
Now, without pretending to notice the conemPs
which this extract from .ss pGs1a o.. no sya.,v,
Il purported to nothins, but was bona hds, fe.s
exponent ofs well disested def:rnaiuslioa 70 wneA
ternnatior; and ifthe Pine pal Engineer wi ] TAKE
the trouble to try and organize another eou'esny
over the rs,t.:ss lsns OF ,h;s so.asans ee ~ a1a
thse it wss a unsnn,ue determination on our part 70
be fr-ed from ths illibsrs sIass and insui.z dss,
net sign but they will CONCUR they have cone1rrsd.
In the adj pfion OF the pfocsediugs TO which susou
has been made. This thing of nstillins fear into the
bearts Of men who can say as much and DO az Wucn
a. the Board of Directors cannot be 90 ca
silly effected. We cannot be frightened from the
country be prohibited from expressing our individual
and collective opinions. But we must hurry on and
notice still farther from their bull Extract No q
s.And whereas said members have been assigned
to said apparatus for the purpote of using it for
the exiting uishment of 6res and have by this &C.
th UI in open and avowed hostility 70 the
laws Of the State. the city and our By.Laws and
evinced total disrefard to the interests OF the
citizens in the protection of property and thereby
rendered themselves totally unworthy Of being 6 o
men, snd when called on BY the Principal Engineer.
the soasa e to o% s to AXE
uarstus on . pleasure excursion to Petersburg" &c
1t il true we were assigned to said apparatus 10y
free will and choice for the purpose OF using 1t
in the extinguishment Of fires; and we call on the
public and particularly on that authoritative board,
e 0ar duty Whsrs oD1s shs Oft spss and
uasolioiied complimentsa Hsvs they PLACED us sc.
sa 70 r.
and snsers Of the Fire Assosistion7 Yes 70 our
co@msna our eaiciency; but when thsir styrsnns
cortrop could effect les purposes az they thought,
T. b: IL h eya nav. :.
ly, that we have violated our obgatione aremen.
Howl Where1 Wbsnf Because we choose, as o.
pleasure of our own at particular times. when We
not ieting with, or injurng In any conceivable
way the aters:.s Of the eizens and property holder,
afford to sit und their table. ald with folded arms
and dgnifed fsces pass their contenptuous and con-
dennatory bulis- their windy resolutions of disband
ing and expslling. They very easily say we shall
not go to PGteIsburg-we shall not leave the city
Of Richmond with hose carriage that did not &C ).
them red cent. and that too, with the hose eff Tut
there Is thing they forgot that the exercise OF
control minds and bodies lisa thing they can't
by any means ettect.-they had as well try to stem
James river with sand. 80 ..s.5.1s-,s
We will say in fuEthsr notice of this last extract
that the refusal of the Board to let "aaess ad
yestless" members 60 to Petersburg 10 merely the
browning acs of their uncharitabls and unjust as
sumptions heretofore body that has so little re-
gard for the comfort of the firemen-who have been
oftentimes the of bad feeling on the part of
this company and others, unit of the insulting
language and manner eyinced By member of the
Fire Association who has nothing to do with the
managsm of the Fire Department. can very badly
afford to call "Ia,rlsss and resess" We know b.
bad light, ard take out of the hands of the Fire
Department and there are men in that Board who
would not speak to us if they met Us in the street
but long we can be made their uncilling tools
they us and abuse rs as they think best Are our
Efforts to protect property and lives of others and
to be treated with the contempt which their bull
evincssl -I4a
ofore, to protect lives and property, to bring
upon the disrespe ctfui epthets Of "iawless and
restless persons" If the value of the stock Of the
give US such title9 No! II the annual appropra-
ton, made BY the city Of Richmond could speak. it
would say No II the ruin Of heath,the imminent
speak. they would give one tremendous No Tan
due allowances ought TO be made for fremen, if In
their mits; and this s, We thinh, the principal Of
fence that could be urged against US Bot trip
cordance with the desire of q brdy Of Petersburg
frenen, We had agreed to pay them visit during
Whit.untde holidays and we were masins al our
man vent to the fIiusa Ensisssr, aud ' soid
"a
again refused, and our foremaA told him We were |
going any how Our "Trip would cost the Association
nothing we were h going over 10 the morning and
but we were refused fer this reasonable. s and No
had requested, one to visit Baltimore and the 9th.
days with those companies We think the Asso-
citation were not justified in refusing permit these
Tseg ss that Would IN
Invitation for other companies to visit this city and
thereby fifty or one hundred dollars expense mi sht
k.s raA 3ru xytua, nl1afsa
csuftesy clvility ard poiteness would TAX prece-
dence CT any other but no, the div
say there only three companies ia active SER
vice; yet IN total diregara Of the property holders
10 putting out the fire there, and et the city with
company, No 4, Tin the third ward,I to protect
your property. "oh, consistency, tbou art isseIo
But to thas they bad It'll.
drawn from active service. be and they are hssebY
expelled from this Associat!oa.r .fsgss-e
Now, the above extract funny and csy-
tally deserves boqaet-not however OF very choice
fragrance. after we had urconditionrlly RESIGNED
and refused snJ sarthsrtobe sader the 'tyrsnniing
we had cxpeEed Cuiseives-,he Richmond Fire A.
ISOLATION. By way of ssconding aha motion. TUNED
round and '.hereby expeed'' from ssais Assccis.
tion.n Oh! how swset for brethren to dwell e.
getber in unity Our expu lson Ia. OF uFse, In ec-
co!d.nce vi. their con'cenees, AID u ali right; bar
1t Is as you will Gee, ascsndaloas facs. Eu. to the
last item 80 8 zizaa
aThs large majority of the sremen being satisiied
with the present s7stem"
We assert that large majority Of the 6remen are
beloved Liberty and is BY their action. they had
not broken up No. 8, consult that Company and
here five Compsnies out of eight-and il youuill
feel the pulses of No. 7, No and No. T. you will
find how matters stand with them. No = Is ai,noss
gone, No IL the pet of the Association, and No 4
has the whole OF the Third Ward and with that sd.
vantage have not large company. sEszssY
In eonclusion for the pressnt, let ne snm up, and
cay that their esrd was contsmptibie and insplt-
Ing We have treated them gently, and if they wish
to hasssthe mattsr go any farther, are prepared
: We are snre the eltize Will uphold u.-the Coun
oil wilI-and we have an abiding conhdencs In that
body to believe that they win put under their a.
rect ccntrolwiil absolve from allie glance to auy
one FIRE insurance Office II is rot right nor rropef.
and unjust to other insurance. com psniss eon.
tfibuss literally to support, fae.ss1 81. -
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tseRI *4+ y II MoCuRDf, gss Committee
ID 9A ~ ta44 q. Il. TYLER. sssee $50
gsLsegs sia JNO. N H06sON, j 80
sss4g II saas A. J. ADDIN0TOX, 5
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