The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-03

complains and the people Who are 70 be IN"
jared by Bis action have u Right to COM
plain, and they do complain.
BE il further known, thai, as We nave
been enabled to get at thclfncts. ut II meet
ing of the stockholders Subsequent to the
action above taken, and that a regular an
nual meeting, called In II proper aud law
ful manner, che stockholders endorsed tie
action of the Board-their bocrd--by aVote
almost unanimous. Indeed, of all the
stockholders, only one Is now heard to
object, aud that 10 Mr.. Frizzcll hilnselt;
and his action is directed to accomplishing
the transfer OF the road to q company who
pay him nothing for his services, as he
says. and who are not bound In any man
ner to look to the interests OF the stock-
holders, or to the country through which
the road runs. In the proposition which
he made to purchase the road, ne 50
wordcd it that, If accepted, II VIII be IN
the power Of the n s. c. Road to tear up
the iron on u considerable portion Of the
road, and toreyercut of the pcopieof Linz
coin county from market. Whether lone
Intentionally or not, II was q great over
sight, and shows conclusively that the
protection Of the people, whose friend he
should have been, was not prominent In
his mind ut the time.
What was done next? Why, as soon as
the Board had thus transferred their right
to buy to W. n. Wright & Co, and had
obtained the endorsement of the stock
holders, the new organization being, as
before stated, composed also Of stockhold-
ers, an agent was sent TO Nashville to lay
the facts before the Court, and ask q con-
flrmation Of their action, and get an X
tension Of time in order to enable them to
purchase IT, road, or find Il purchaser for
it. The Court, on Il fair and full hearing
of all the facts, Nj. Frlzzcil himselfa party
before tie Court, standing by, and, not OBJ
jecting, allowed the whole matter l~nvesti-
gated, and the decree entered, extending
the time to ". n. Wright6 Co. for ninety
days in which to purchased the road. And
why did the Court do this3 We answer,
because it was seen at once that it was
lust and equitable that 1t should be done.
The intention OF the Legislature and Of the
Court, and the duty OF both, were to pre-
serve the rights and interests Of all the
stockholders, and II they could not secure
the rights of all, why. then, to secure the
rights of rs many as the nature Of the case
would admit Of. This they did, and no
man who knows the facts can doubt for q
moment the justice, as well as the wisdom,
of this last decree of June 9th.
When the decree had been entered. no
objection having been made to 1t by Mr..
Frizzell, or any one else, and the State Of
Tennessee, by its counsel, (eminent men,
agreeing to it, the stockholders composing
the company. under the new name of W..
n. Wright a. Co.. return from Nashville,
in order to make their arrangements to
purchase the road, or procure a purchaser.
thereby securing y part in the future con-
troll of the road and its continued running,
and above all, and before all, to secure
forever to the people of the counties Of
Franklin and Lincoln q southern onnec
ton, by which and over which to convey
their rich products to Mobile, New Or
leans and Memphis, and throughout the
interior of the States OF Alabama. Missis-
sippi and West Tennessee. They were
quietly but earnestly pressing this great
and most praiscworthy purpose when,
without any notice, it accidentally comes
to their knowledge that John Frizzell had
purchased the road, and that, too, without
any consultation with them. Well may
our people eXclaim, as did the great
Caesar when he saw the hand of Brutus
raised against him, ".And you, too, Bru-
tus!" Well may we imagine the feelings
of the great Roman on that eventful day
in his history. We may imagine him re-
tlecting and speaking thus to his migrate
full Brutus: "Why, Brutus. can this be sof
You know how well and how long / have
loved you. There wa no place in my en-
tire realm I would not have given you.
Ii there be in all Rome a man on whom |
could have seen without envy the highest
honors conferred, it were Brutus, my son.
But you, too. Brutus! could have borne
it without surprise from Cassius or Casca,
or wen from my friend. Mark Antony, but,
Oh. Brutus, this is indeed the unkindcst
cut of all"
So may not the people OF Franklin ex-
claim, in this, the hour of their extremity:
..And you, too. my son John. How ten
denly did We treat you when but II bright
eyed boy! How eagerly We watched your
early manhood. How lavishly we be-
slowed our favors on you, and how proud
have we felt when We have heard of your
heroic struggles. your successes, and your
victories! We would not have been sur
priscd that some argus-eyed corporation
had sought to ruin us for the sake of money.
We could have possibly endured It If some
native Shylock lad sold us out; but MA !
that in the hour Of Distress cut off from
the world, for the want OF railroad con-
nections, poor, pcnniless, bleeding a~t.evcrv
pore, and struggling for life. and ourown
son-our fayorite son-should have given
us over into thejaws of a mighty corpora
ton to be devoured, and that. too, without
making q dollar for yourself, wounds us
to the heart"
Now. the facts are, that on the 9th day
of July Mr.. Frizzcll went to the State
Commissioners and proposed to purchase,
as a st%ockholder, under the decree Of the
9Th Of April. He failed to notify the Com
m%issioners of a fact Of which they well
might have been ignorant, and that is,
that there were two other DEGREES of the