The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

ns,,;a 80 TsnnesSre. but, with the wise
fnrec,st which distinguishes all lls "e's'
sold out.''- Wing Of Saturday,
Ia this IRONY or compliment was
really wise or was it silly to sell QUIZ ana
having sold out, in what sense does IL aiter
RI. rotations and the rights OF the people |
~ This city to fair dealing Mt the hands OF
General MALONE? The Wing is unfair in
every sense in its passionate discussions OF
this question and its extravagant laudation
OF General MALONE.
The city of Richmond was the only city
save Lynchburg which subscribed to the
Virginia and Tennessee railroad. Judge
DANIEL, the late F. B. DEASE, and JOHN
RosIx Mcdaniel, Of Lynchburg, solicited
subscriptions from them all, but Richmond
alone responded. She subscribed Sl00,0oO
to the stock of that railroad, and held 1t
until some time during the war, when she
sold oil the railroad stock she owned. For
what? To feed and clothe the Confederate
soldiers and put shoes upon their bleeding
feet. It i'll becomes one of her own citizens
to taunt her with the act as foolish or
avaricious.
Upon the ground that the city of Rich
moud has no stock in the consohdatlon
line, the Wing proceeds to argue that she
has no claim upon its President. There
fore, in the spirit of the Wings declaration
on Friday, the link that binds them is not
very strong, and may be severed with the
curt statement that If Richmond can get
along without Gen. MALONE, that gentle
man can get along without Richmond.
Can the Whig be serious in such view
of the relations of the President OF the
longest line of finished railway in the State
towards the citizens of Richmond, or TO-
wards any part of the people of Virginia:
Is this extensive artery OF trade placed un-
der him to be welded for the gratihcatlon
of his reyenges and the reward OF his ia
yorites? Is Gen. MALONE so great, and
the people of any part of the State so poor,
that they must be subordlnated TO MS VIII
and caprice, to be punished for opposing
his ideas and rewarded for sustaining
them?
Towards the erection Of the consolidated
line the State paid, we believe, three-tifths.
For every thirteen dollars OF that three
ffths paid by the whole State Richmond
paid one dollar. The highways were built
for the general good, and Richmond was a
large contributor. The charters OF those
roads prohibited all determinations for or
against any community, and General MA
HONE got possession of the lines now under
him by avowing the principles of equality
for all, and free intercourse between rail-
tod oil
tering into the mutual interchange of
ireghts and cars. 1t was his duty TO carry
out his promises and his principles. The
laws demanded this Of him, and his pledges
bound him TO il. With some qualification,
he carried out his pledges ia his Richmond
trade through the Dauvile railroad, but
he was neither fair nor just in his transac-
tions with the canal at Lynchburg.
But ire have not raised question upon
this point, nor has there been any complaint |
in this city that we know Of with regard to |
the interchange of treights between the |
Dauville and the consolidated lines. |
For what are the thunders OF the Wing,
the denunciations OF this people as Gin
sane" and ''narrow- minded" and all that |!
Simply the objections that has been made |
in Richmond to the transferring of the |
Richmond and Petersburg line to the con-
troll of General MALONE. This line is not
identified with General MAHoEE's line, and |
it Is the especial interest Of this city as it is
OF the people of Virginia that ii should be |
kept independent of other lines and in no |
way complicated with them. The excessive
lie, INV fp
this line under his control after the COM
pany that owns it offers him every facility
that his trade can require, justifies the sus-
picon that he wants it tor some purpose
that is not for the interest and welfare of
those whose fortunes are chiefly involved in
it, and makes them all the more to dread
the placing of it in the Generals control.
For this it is that we in Richmond are
disparaged and threatened with the wrath
of this railroad president, who, in honor as
well as law, is bound to administer his au-
thority impartialy and fairly to all the |
people of the State having an interest in the |
line he directs.
This is presumption-the presumption of
power which takes its will for justice, and
its resentments as safe guides to faithful
performance of duty. Hence we have such
an amazing declaration as this in the Rich
mond Wing:
/" Ii Richmond had any money invested
in the consolidated line, and thereby right
10 demand a portion of its services, or if
Gen. Malone made any money by mis- ut
tcmpts to serve Richmond, matters would
be on somewh at different tooting.'
That is, if we had not been compelled to
sell out our stock TO feed the hungry and
clothe the naked at q time of general dis
tress and if we had never differed from
the great southside railroad king, in the
language of the Wing, General Malone
acoutd be under obligations, and Richmond
- could hace right to complain Of any sn-
"eQual distribution Of facors." Where did
thus man get his powery Who built the
railroad! Is the charter granted by The
state understood to convey any such d,scre-
tion as this ?-this power to play the ty-
rant and punish people for not owning rail-
road stock, and for alleged contumacy?
Such construction of the authority of Gen.
MALONE is quite equal in principle to the
grossest outrages perpetratcd by the ultra
Radicals. The Wing would make us out
kukluX, and devote US to the wrath of Gen.
MALONE, who, like KIRK in North Caro-.
lima, would, without trying, proceed to
hurt us in our trade and distress us in every
way he could. az.
We can hardly suppose the Wing serious.