Columbia weekly news., 1859-05-26
Difference OF Opinion

l
rienccd, active, and intelligent, cotem-
parry, tho Conri,r, considers tie. propo-
sirion Of Mr.. Davis, to The Stockhold-
ers and Creditors Of the New Company,
as : gricvously insulting y We are, at
loss to perceive in which part Of it the
Insult +" is conveyed-unless it be Mr..
Davis firm determination to make the
Coariers employers Goodrich, Donnell,
Parsons & Co.. pay to the poorer " hon.
, est" Creditors, portion Of the money
they have improperly employed for
their own private uses, it surely cannot
be considered as an insult, that Nr
Davis proposes to give 10 all the Credi
tors with the exception of The fiodr ma
med, the proceeds Of the Ditch for, the
next six months-to enablc them 10 BAY
his claim against their PROPERTY. Per-
haps taary ofthc men MOST Interested
in this matter are not aware, that etery
dollar Of the nett proceeds dssihe .sffch,
belongs TO Mr. Davis, during tho six
months that the property remains re-
deemable, and that at the end of that
time, his claims will still be Of the same
amount as they were at tho comm nee
ment, irrespective, Of what he might re.
ce;ve from the revenue Of the Ditch.
Mr. Davis does not desire to take a1van-
tage Of the poor honest nen who have
built this magnificent structure, al hs
wants Is justice, therefore he says, tha,
he will give the proceeds To The "hon-
est y creditors; say that the Revenue
is but So, ,0Oo per month, is it SO griS-
vously il sultins to the stockholders. 10
be aided in their Efforts to pay fhsF
just debts. SOME $4,000, eFen the fndl
excepted parties will be permitted. VI
share the gift Fos Il Is nstliing less,
if they will give one half of the cash
they haze received BY the sale of water
during the present season to be shared
pro rata among allthc creditors of the
Company. MIR. Davis himself alone
excepted.
A ard published IN another portion. Of
our paper, is proof of our assertion
| Where is the grievous insult in
all thi1-as we'll might a frandulen.
bankrupt say tha. his creditors IN
suited him when they insisted upon see
ing his books, or :hief wEeA arres-
ted by the constable. We will take
the liberty of informing the editor of the
Con,xr and his employers, that the
game Of" bluff" which they have been
playing so long, is nearly played out,
they must " disgorgc." by hook or by
crook, and they would be acting with
more good sense, discretion, and pro-
1T, if they made virtue of necessity
ahd give in dccently-than they done,
since their connection With the unfortu-
nate New Dltca-thc people cannot BIZ
gullcd much longer By Goodrich, Don
mel & Parsons & Co, that every inter-
est ii the county Will not suffer them
selves to be made the tools of few dc.
signing men, whose only object is to OBJ
tain all the money, when a portion Of it
should 60 to the 'i;honest" credlturs
Perhaps the Insults conveyed ih that
portion Of the proposition which does not
sitter the scrip, which has changed hands,
t0 c5tie ia for share of the revenue
Now it is pretty we'll known, that hun
dreds of thousands of dollars WORTH Of
that scrip, has been bought for d few
cents on the dollar, from 2 to 10.
As Mr.. Davis wishes to benefit the poor
I" honest" men who fairly earned theft
money. We think that his arrange
ment with regard to the scrip is just the
thing to benefit those poor men, because
the scrip will be paid only to the par
ties to whom it was issued. Conse-
quently those who bought it must apply
to the seller to get it paid, and the poor
men would be fools if they did 80 with
out being paid for their services. We
earnestly recommend the laboring class
to think we'll on this subject; and re-
feet, that the men who have been tri-
fling with their feelings, and almost
tempted them to forget their dignity as
men, and American citizens to array
themselves against the laws of their
country, were hired for that purpose -