Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-07-01

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EDI9oRs CHRokscLn: Ny men-
DRY serves me we'll In severe case Of
noetalgla, when q schonlboy, s0ms
miles away nom my home, at ----
g. H. Virginia, that I used 70 send =
letter "a the post ONCE each day, A.
though the mali arrived 1t, and do
parted nom our town "a but twice q
week. HO now In 4 severe case ri
"nostrum" II use the WOrtl Ia it, lite
ral phIIplOxkcal sense), Il bec0mes
ueCessary 10 sond yOu : second letter
for the same Issue. Do you ask "whnt
~ the matter2" Why, cir, the Board
has met again. That Is 10 say, the
nskers and leaders Of the Board first
met on Monday morning, and when
ready f0r the Board to meet In the
evening, they met with them; I'M
formed the President and the other
members IA = sans s0sfcj msuner,
that they had held . little informal
meeting, and Of course 1.-THE Board"
proceeded to rAtify. The result was
1--WE forgot u ask the Star Chalnber
II this was also 4 secret) that all at
once the Board has got It's back up
Its feathers rufiisd. it, d'~.,ity cum
promised, and some OF the saine men
who have been Initiating that old
King Of France, who ''Inarched uF
the hill, and then marched dow b
ngaIn," have again gone tn louis
Vile. We hear that they are coins
TO "bust up the contract" with the
I<,uisvIlle and Nashville Road. II
takes but thirty days 10 do II, so say
they, aud then q self nasal mayhem
Is to be performed by this Company
for the sake of application TO that
portion OF their dignity which they
claim has been kicked unremittlngly
for two or three years. s.Golng e.
cut loose from the l.. 4 N. II. r.
say they, and why? Has anything
happened lately. Yes, airs! Those
men went up to Louisville lately
and, "nsir06he dictu," the L. 4 n,
Co. would not, or did not, call tlieIi
Board together. Our gallant defend.
err came hOmes revenge commenced
deepening, and courage gathering,
until now, unable longer to stand the
slight, they rush frAntically to Louis.
Vile, determined to break or The
c,ntfact- borrow 3 couple Ut passen.
ger csrs somewhere, cut l0ose rum
the y. 4 N. entirely, s'play second
0ddle no longer" and % bring The l.
I ~ n. TO terms. Did sensfbie mcr
oSer hear 0f such 1 foolish suwgestioni
aud, ~ Uncle TOby would say, q
such : tIme7" Like al fUflsh ptqj-
ects, II IL founded upon some sensible
ideas. If this road had SHAKEN OF
it, lethHrgy months ego, when HS5
road was earning In gross from 81, OO(
to SIS, 900 per month, and ct that timt
| taken charge prxcticed q rigid econ.
omy for while--and without acting
| the spoiled child, told the Louisviiie
4 Nashville Company, "We wish
for mutual benefit, to Keep up ouI
running arrangements; but we also
wish to rid ourselves Of whatever ID
unfair; we will agree tO anything
which IL right, but will submit t.
nothing which IL wrouy"--has
strengthened the hands Of theiI
President financially perchance
he hal needed help--there would
have been some show Of sense In this.
But nOw--when the road is beinp
pushed by the State--in the Federal
Court-in Chancery-in bankruptcy
earning but about one-half what Il
was In the fall; to what shall we a..
crihe this late action? Toan honest
wish to forefend difficulties, or to Z
desire to hasten them? People ol
Montgomery county, what do you
think about this matterp You have
an equal interest with JUNIUs
We had written this much---in.
tended, as you will notice, for your
munlcatlon with you was broken up
The personnel Of Junils must be KEEP
secret until the nsaferiet Of his writ.
ings acc0mplishes Its results. And ~
this connection We would say to all
1t matters not who Junlus Is; you
will probably never know. He Is moi
known to the editors of this paper
nor to others whom you may think
to he In the secret. We say again Il
avails nothing. The fact Of impor
lance Is, Does Junius PROFOUND qtes
tions in which you, the public are In
terested? and does the Board pretend
to answer him? Are you sufficiently
innocent to believe that their reason
for not answering Is indifference? b,
no means.
They are aware they cannot an
swer to your satisfaction, and ar,
building barrlcxde, from the honor,
you have heretofore heaped t0gethe
for them. Some Of these leaders o
the Board have started again on I
Reorganization. The Birds Of Passag,
have flown to the commercial emp0
rium, and ere these lines are In typs
Vanderbilt, Fisk, Gould, yet Id 0Dsn,
genus,n will have beheld our Imam
ciai light. Junius would simply ask
however, In behalf Of the public
whose servant he IL, "who pays the
piper ?" Do the gentlemen pay theil
own way? II so, all IL well. IL 4
none of our business, but, alas W.
know the world so well that truly
disinterested acts surprise, and unless
we know them to be 80, we seriously
question. Gentlemen of the Board
have you sent committee to New
York? IL 80, 1.-THE lab0rer IL worthy
Of his hire" II, however, you did
not so send, they.of course go as pri,
vate gentlemen, paying their owl
way, and so initiating
JUSIUs.