Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-11-19
Nov. IS, 1863. y

EIttOfS BfLS OF AetcS - Mr.. " o II. Dbl
in his reply to "stoekhoIder," uhlished in
your paper Of 18th inst, says his OK is
MT gored, or if gored, he did net
feel Il. This may be true. am satisfied
Mr.. Barns OK belongs 10 the genus pdehy
derndtd, and that nothing short Of the pom
derous jAvali1 Of an ancient giant, woald
perforste his hide.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Barr replies at Length,
but he max but three p iinis-io wit
l,t. HIS deprecates military interference
tn the civil affairs OF the State as much
as 'stockholdvr,p or any other man, yet
when It, the military, was invoked Ia 1867
TO defeat Gen Mahoue, Mr.. Barr ackrowl
edges that he was well pleased. Presam,
he justified the act In that case, on the
ground Of "military necessity !" say this
because Mr.. Barr knows fun welt that Is the
election had been left TO the free. chuice Of
the owners o. the road, the stock holders,
Malone would have been elec.ed by an
overwhelming msj nifty.
2nd. Mr.. Barr. edmits the upeIiority OF
Gen. Malone as railroad map. at the same
time acknowledges his readiness to support
Ro. W. Hughes for the presidency OF the
Va and Tenn. Railroad in preference to
Gen. Malone. He alleges that he has rea-
sons for assuming this unnatural position,
a. d while he upbraids others for not giving
them to the public, be writes whole col
umn and fails to assign them himself.
Heretofore Mr.. Barr has justly enjoyed
reputa ion for sincerity, though, like other
mortals, often in error. lfthere Ia anything
In the course OF Mr.. Bars opposition to
consolidation, to shake public confidence 10
his judgment, or In the sincerity of h'spro-
fessions of interest in the welfare OF the
affairs of the Va. and Tenn. Railroad Go, it
will be found in his willingness, under any
eidc,rns anceS, TO displsce Gen. Malone,
and turn the road over to the keeprg OF
Mr.. Hughes, the co-worker of Wells, and
| the coadiutor Of the Radical party of the
State. Can Mr.. B ,rr stand before the pub
| lie with clear conscience, and declare that
such a measure would, under any combine
ton Of circumstances, be for the public
good
SD. Mr.. Barr says that "Stockholder,"
| knows aud many others believe, that Gen.
Malone or his friends, were instrumentai
/ in procuring the order Of Gen. Candy post
/ poning the election. In ply, Stakeholder
| kn0tns that IL Mr. Barr had been in posses
| sion of the true history # order ll9,- and
! Canby's explanation thereof aud subsequent
| order postponing the Railroad elections till
the Reconstruction of the ate, he would
not have made the assertion, nor an intlma-
tion to the purport of the assertion.
"StockholdeI" knotoS that Mr.. Bars
/ friends were pdrticsps criminis to the mill
! tary interference of 1861, and he believes,
/ relieve them and their cause to some ex-
/ tent, from the odium attaching to that act,
that they would willingly, and are atteml L
I ing TO embroil Malone and his friends In a
like predicament. suppose they act in
this upon the principle that "misery hkes
company"
The first plan Of the enemies of consoli.
dalton and the State, was TO get CONTROL of
the Board Of public works, by securing the
removal Of Judge Rye, aud thereby leaving
Gov. Walker pOwerless. Failing Ia this,
they brought the combined irauehce Of the
4 Radical patty aud few outsiders to bear on
Candy and the proxies. CAVITY proved
plant, and the proxies not less SO. Order
No. ll9, prohibiting the appointment OF
proxies until after Reconstruction was the
result BY this means II was yainly snp-
posed, they had put a quietuS on Gen. Ma
hone, aud given Gen. Wickham lease OF
life for at least another year. The reader
will observe this order did not n'ordict the
regular annual Railroad elections Of 1869,
Nov assert, that Gen. Malone and bis
frisAas had nothing to do 10 the procura-
ton OF this order. Can Mr.. Barr say as
much on behalf of his friends Order No.
] ilU Nhb foohtt hhAti Aho Nti1 nose OF MI
Barr, and while the press of the State gen
orally condemned the "interference," aud
commented on IL with great severity, Mr..
BAR a, serts, with great deal Of sang froid
that he could not sac the place TO put the
.'indignatlon in"
When the putl' c considers that the glasses
through which MIR. Barr lo-ks at Railroad
matters, exhibits r. L.. Oven as President,
superior TO Malone, aud X. w. Hughes,
"under circumstances" towering above
both, il will not DO surprised TO learn thai
Mr.. Barr could not see the place where the
"indignation" ought 10 have heen ''put In !"
Order No, no Is but rehash Of the ne
farious plot of 1857, and Intended TO effect
the same purpose-the defeat Of Gen. Ma
hone.
When the instlgators Of no discovered
that IL was not sufficient 10 attain their dia.
bolical end, and that IL would hiring in
creased odium upon them, Gen. Candy X
planned the order ll9. TO mean that no cleo
ton should DO hell tih afer Reconslruc-
tion, and afterwards issued an order 10 this
effect. Right at this point, Mr.. Barr "stuck
Ia" his "indiguation," aud then subsidized
into flt OF hyst,Tlesl
am again forced to the conclusion. that
Il makes great debl Of difference whosc
OK Is gored. STOCKUOLDER,