The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-24
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y proper. to discuss the merits Of lawsuit
y in which | may be interested, except be-
tore the forum in which they are to be dc
n termined, ! have refraincd, thus far, fror
saying anything in reply to the numerou
attacks made upon me rs to my course Il
relation 10 the sale of the Winchester 4
' Alabama Railroad; but now that the cas-
has been decided, l cannot longer remail
silent without my motives and conduc
being misunderstood, perhaps, by thos,
for whose good opinion | entertain a YER,
t high regard.
Among the many misstatements in re
gard to this controversy, the communica
ton of '~Franklin," which appeared in tn,
Home journal of the Sd inst. Is. robably
the most unjust and Ubiquitous, and to thi.
| now propose to reply, considering i
Seridtum:
l. The statement that I claim ito have
purchased for the Nashville & Chattanooga
Railroad,' and that in the contest ovel
this matter the stockholders were 'rcpre'
sented by w. n. Wright & Co.." fails tC
give the facts as they existed, as will be
shown in this reply. | proposed to pur-
chase tor myself. as Il stakeholder, and fol
the benefit Of all the stockholders. will
the purpose and intention of giving the
Nashville d Chattanooga Railroad Com
pany the opportunity of taking the prop
crty should its stockholders so desire; and
Wright & Co. did not represent the stock
holders of the Winchester d Alabama
Railroad--at least, they did not during OF
before the controversy, and do not now, as
I understand, pretend or claim to repre-
sent any of the stockholders except those
composing the firm of WV. Wright q Co,
2. As to the meeting of the Board Of Di-
rectors on the 18th of April, the statement
that mir. John Eri2zell was present at
that meeting, and did not then object to
the action OF the Board is not true. |
was not,at the meeting, and was not aware
OF the action taken thcrcat until about the
time OF the stocl holders meeting on ID
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