The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-10
"Otherwise."

OTHERWISE" -.
,v;sb the Wing were "osher"ise.
w. rooret its proneness TO alarm ana "p
.',.,ons;on concerning the Chesapease "'.a
W. ra;,rosd and its bill. What is the'e !"
tho term "othcrwise in tha' w, .,'a rnad
,lo onv snc? The bin authorizes Wv on,n;n
70 ocourc the Ownership :" ..' or
lines "by purchase. consol r.'.,Son com.
~. Assuredly "otherwlse CON
rsrs no power at variance with the l's s1soS y
".sors ond It IS entirely harmless. 1"oe."
.ha z,hole section is uninpof'an'' '".
sr.,s;on from the bill! will neither le'a'u
nor detract from the means Of S''e oornr ,,nr
N form consultations or 10 ie,'So y.
chase roads. All over the county ". nn
snn,n.r;es buv.nc out or leasing other nl'es
,ho;r own. or consolidating Win o'iiei
u..a Tbese things are done under inc
ch.rters of companies, and the righ' 10 "o
.hnr, has not been called in question, we
believe. The Baltimore and Ohio, the Erie'
the New York Central, the pennsylvania
Central. and numerous other ROADS, nave
been doing these things, and stretching
their lines towards and beyond the Missis-
sippi for years. ,
But the Chesapeake and Ohio Company
DESTROYS of presenting themselves with en-
lire frankness before the Virginia pubic,
nut this clause into their bill. AT tins very
moment the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Company has possession OF charter III
this state 10y purchase which there Is III
motion now to deprive them OF. 1herc
was an effort to prove that 1t was irauou'
lently obtained, but that not beng sus
tanned, there is no idea OF disturbing Ine
right to the charter that we hear OF.
Another objection to the bW which l.
most seriously presented by the Wh19ls th'
pbrsse sat or near employed in it to de
scribe the termini of its proposed branche
or extensions. Now, "near " Is not 80 10
definite as the Wing fears it is, in the rail-
road vocabulary. Railroads can nave M
vocabulary that will make the word near
vary from .stve" to "tiity" miles. In
whole meaning OF sat or near" is that LII
terminus shall be at city or as near IL d
the convenience Of commerce Will aiio"
to be. Under this privilege the compah.
NAV make a terminus below this city, al
long line of wharfage, for transhipment
freight to sea-going vessels.
But really it is a work Of supcrerogatlo'
TO explain what seems to US to be PLAIN ant
entirely consonant with fair and earnest IN
tentions on the part of the corporation
The Wing, in its hypercrltlcism, very NIL.
introduces the Baltimore Gazette as author
against the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
and very naturally; because the G0zeH
thinks it no tributary to Baltimore, and
furthermore, can't bear the idea OF TN
ChesaDeake and Ohio railroad making ;
northeastern branch from Staunton alonG
the Valley, which has been always conslG
cred in Baltimore 4 mere funnel through
which everything must pour into that city
So, instead of looking favorably ut tho
opinions of the Gazette, we should rather
regard them as bcacon-light to tell us eX.
actly what we should avoid.
We may venture to say one word about
the WHO'S allusion TO Col. BALDWIN with
out undertaking in any manner his defence.
for which he is entirely able. But we dc
feel that it is little hard that the single
counsel of so great a corporation should be
presented unfavorably for sustaining that
relation when other lines have appeared
here with counsel by battalion, and to adj
vance schemes earnestly favored by the
Wing. The gallant and eloquent JONI
GoopE, of Norfolk, generally leads the ral
of fight. lie was always frank enough t.
say he was employed us counsel. lie ap
peared always in three rclations-as an in
diyidual, as Il unit Of the constituent body
and rs feed counsel. In the first, Ii
usually sheds tears almost of blood Owe
the wrong proposed to be done ny ID
adverse side ; in the second, he flashed IN
liehtnings of indignant defiance ut the Us
sailants of the peace and interests OF tn
State and in the third, he absolutely III
initiated them with the Ovcrwhelmn
force Of legal logic. His followers were i
numbers immense. So great was the arm
that it was necessary 10 organize al anhbi
lance corps, provided with relreshment
and restoratives for the weak and en-
hausted, and to stimulate the wavcrinS.
We beg that Colonel BALDWIN may, &
the well-known counsel Of the compap!
be permitted to look after its interests in
quiet way. We see no reason for complain
against him, unless it be that by compar
son, for his solitary appearance, without
fashionable tail Of attorneys, he is amena5l
to the ridicule of those who appear Wit
such a queue Of renforcements.
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II is stated that the young Mr.. GRAN
who recently won golden opinions by hi
decorous manners while on visit to