Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-28

ments for weeks, gets up comparative state
ments to silit his purposes, hides from the
public view and from stockholders his snOr-
mons expenses; presents only his nett profits,
and by what he terms "garbling or giving
limited information" such as suits his pur-
poses. endeavors to "pull the wooP over the
eyes Of stockholders and procure their
support for his reelection. While we,
on our part, must not be allowed
to get facts at all with which to meet
them. 1t seems to be perfectly right fer
Burns to qurble extracts when it suits him,
yet, when we ask for specific information
in regard to his administration, we are told
that we must begin at the beginning and
take the ''whole hog" or none. How man
ifestly antair and liberal his course Yet
to no one more injurious and damaging
than TO Mr.. Burns himself. No action
he may take in the future 10 regard 10 this
matter viii relieve him from the unpleas-
ant, and certainly unenriu5le, position in
which, against precedent, right and reason
be has voluntarily and Persistently placed
himself -
We have spent nearly two weeks in our
vain efforts to get access to his books, to
meet his "garbled comparatives," by which
name we shall hereafter designate all
his publications from the records We
have been compelled to send out papers
based upon approximations and the best
seyidences at our command. If these prove
incorrect in facts and figures, Mr.. Barns
must blame himself But, to convince all
that we do not desire, under any circum-
stance, 10 misrepresent Mr.. Burns or those
Under him, you will please insert the fol-
lowing letter, addressed to him, in regard
to fuel:
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July Goth, 1867
H. Burns, Esq, Pres't N. q C. Raiiroad, at
Ofice-DEAR SIR: A great deal has been
said in regard to amounts paid by the
Nashville and Chattanooga railroad on
account Of feel. That | may be properly
advised, and do no injustice to your man
agement in this regard, will you please
have me furnished, through Capt Chas.
w. Anderson. statement certified to by
your Auditor, Jno. w Thomas, Esq, as to
Its figures, correctness and fairness, of the
whole amount paid and unpaid fortuel wood
and coal purchased during the past twenty
and half months, and the parties or eoro
porations to whom these amounts have been
paid or are still due Yours truly,
#st w. A. GLEAvEs.
This information he declines to give
Unless we are willing to begin at the end
of the last annual report of the company
in 1861, and hare our accountant slU0rH to
digulge nothing until the examination is
over, and go through the whole books, item
by item, to the present hour, before we can get
the truth in any single particular. Such
conditions, such requirements so outrage
ously at variance with every principle of
liberality and fairness is only worthy Of
the source from whence they emanated.
We have, as ! before remarked, been
compelled by this ungenerous and, /
might say, (if did not desire to be respect
full and courteous, INSCRIPTIONS conduct of
Mr.. Burns to meet his papers and docu-
ments as best we could; and although from
the two weeks delay, caused by the una4tiH
yet equally effective dOdgiHg of Mr. Burns
the contest must now go on with
out access 10 his books Yet we
assert, and will show before or on the
day Of the election, which every stock
holder ought to attend, thatthe admins
tration of President Barns has been one of
the most reckless, ,oastefui and ertr0pagant
ever known in the South. And we chal-
lenge him now 10 a comparison with any
road with which he connects, North or
South of here, and dare his Unconditional
acceptance of T. ) challenge.
w. A. GLEAyEs.