The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-15
communicated
49,. ro,cr.hur. Eoad-A Very Daniel
Come 10 Judgment.

y, = Y. Daniel. .Ir.. eX-presidenf and now
',,r counsel Cor the Richmond and Fred
.IuTg, road. published a card IN yester-
1..r.,..,I r,aflirmiug the correctness OF
,,a,,.t,, vlnch have already been contfa-
~, Daniel. letter begins hr Hing al my
... r,nrr,ui,rlfinn aS "anonymouS.'
...r.. +, - for two rcaSonS-'st' INC subject
.uag t;>ru.s'nn wh> Que ot inih"c poiicE.
u...,,,d The records of two pubIic cor
....,,.u,: ID. no respectable newspaper
,gln'i>hc. 4 communication without
,..-u,r.. and hciug prepared TO give on
.,.,. demand. the name Of 'tS author.
-, r,,rafnr, >nrluk from ar unnecessary
.,,;....,,,nr " .3ys3.it, which could have
.r,,n.lgi nothing To the force OF what
.., A., >nv. for am neither eN-preSideht nor
.,,rizc1 spokesman fer the Petersburg
:, road Company &: but now that issue has
...n ieinrd, to save Mr.. Daniel the trouble
~ Nj, 10 the Dispatch office. ] have no
..g,;on in subscribing TO this name
,,s.,h !, less popular than that Of "Conso'-
ZIONIST"
,o5 1,ow to the case in hand. Mr. Daniel
~ In volunteer responsibility for certain
zion. Of q letter addressed by John NJ.
f. ..;n<ar. f..q. TO the General Assembly of
,,,-.sui,. 70 which had taken exceptions.
Nr. Robinson said Oh the 24th December,
.>-9:
Prior to 1867 there existed not only
,'.. broken link OF crc. Two miles in
Washington tul also the absence Of any
-..H.oaG connexions through the cities OF
Petersburg and Richmond and The noto-
..s, unrNaqaeSS Of The Petersburg
t,,r.aH ,onpnny to fo'rrnrd ,freights
...,, Iirq,,ua roads north Of PetcrStarg-
,s.,, !. l,yrpnid-made it necessary for pro-
G.,ycrs or merchants IN the Caro)inas to pay
commissions to merchants or agents in Pc
,ar>Hsurg in order 10 get their freight for
v4rdcd even 10 RichmcDd. To remove
tnr.n rhs rtIrt!ons 10 commerce "a far as
- i;alhie authority 70 construct connecting
,,lrph> through Richmond and Petersburg
wa,. in 1867. sought and obtained from the
l,.-i>faturr. ~, by the Petersburg Railroad
r..anln. tut by the presidents Of the Rich
,,qt and Petersburg ard PnhiIOnd, Fred
prrk,hnrq ard Potomac Companies, after a
,..;fn.ryd contest with the senator from
p,trr>;mrg. representing, it is believed, the
pEi,y and wishes of the Petersburg Rail-
Ioti Company.
Aud uu III" 9Th of January replied:
il irgy without qualification every word
.4 'lf> pgragraph which asserts 81 Implies
...i fine p,trr,'rry road WAS hostile TO n
-. .,.url, ...ui,,rflrr," And | proceeded to
..rtf.h hy nIhr;al records the IuSition
..,,sl, ,i4- rny3 4s,iocrupy.
E,..l Air. nr,;,I rrryies that he ran "con.
,..,,. -. ,',,,,I,,tinnabic nroof, every word Of
.t.'l ,r,,.,,.,.,,l, md hc nroreed. 70 do-no
,l..!, rllng
H.. ,.,nmor.. m , mistake in dotc which
,.Ia,l, },y Nr Robinson himself, He saws
tLt Mr. ~,uiord'. re,ori did not unIrt|ate
-. connection ,,b,rtnr ly Twelve months,
',,J ,,t W. .rnt.,rd', rcrHr, ,yos dated 1,t
,!rrI,r,. l>rG: and Mr.. Robinson saws that
.,,;, i~.- the charter was sought and OBJ
f,u..I. S.. Yet Mr. nanicl is willing "to
,ou;iru, hy r.nolc,tionabl" proof crsrg ,rord
,. that Ilraur1il,h."
iritrr4t. That the rcter;tUYl railroad did
~: ui,pn,n through connection. Mr. San.
,.,.Y. r,.rrrt- arnrnycd hy fbc stockbold
..-. prove. That iht reverse WAS the case
,rd Il, ma, rrnnns. tI,,t Mr.. Daniel shall
,,.,l,..,ho pr,.rshrr,e road resnon>ille fo,
rlo r,jnionS ar octs of certain ontedo]uvi
,u. in the rity oC pr,ershurr fwho still on.
,,.-D yrorre-. and still are fonnd on the side
Of Nr, Daniel and in opno.jiion to the Pc,
rrr,lnlrg road.l nor that he shall escape from
q Question of fact into field Of smart SUP
In>itious and upwarrantalln conclusions.
ill., own Witnesses fail ia sustain the charp,
tl.at the Petersburg road was inimical TO ;
,ar,rrrtion through that city. Mr.. Sanfor,
,.t>: mo connection such NJ non sneak o
",, made. 80 far rs | recollrcr." And Mr.
pmi,l had spokcn Of an upI,liration prcyiou,
f. March 3d. 1866. Was there none mad,
..I,,rlprutIv And was the DELAY occa
g.. unI hv aversion 10 q connection. or b,
jmWiI!fugnp>, 10 accept the manner of con
u,.;iuu.
Tho first hiI) that of March 3d 1850 was
r,i r,r;.ird in,o effect ha,a,,sc of reason,
vith which Mr., Daniel must he familiar: bu
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