Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-03-31

completion Of road, vital to our PEG.
! pie, and their section In particular,
and in our judgment, of equal impor-
lance, to the future commercial pros
perity of Virginia, Roads, and Va.
Cities, along the entire consolidated
line. We are not surprised to find
those gentlemen clinging to this bill,
as the last hope almost of their section;
clutching it with the deadly grasp oil
the shipwrecked mariner, "clinging
to the last plank when the night and
tempest close around him.n Verify .
they are worthy of high commenda-
ton, for every honest effort looking to
the completion of this work. Justice
Ger tainly does not mean to bring the
from this section, in, or out of the
House of Delegates, would be party
to the "blackniailing" process, alluded
will we believe that be designed re-
Election (even Indirectly upon the
constituents of those gentlemen, or
that he designed to make the i'm press
on. that those Delegates. were parties
to corrupt alliance. We take Jus
tice" TO be gentleman too we'll versed
in the use and application of words,
not 10 understand, that when an ex-
preston is cast al the Character Of i
Representative, acting in accord with
the known wishes of his constituents,
they, and not the Representative alone
are equally obnoxious to any charge Of
treachery or crime And it is well
known to you, Mr.. Editor, as is pat
ent to every voter in the s. West, that
the action Of the Delegates from Scott,
aud Lee and their associates, is in full
accord with the sentiment of nine
tenths C. the voting population of
those counties. Nor is it true las Ee
believe) that the citizens Ct Lee, Scott,
and Washington. even entertain de,
sire in the remotest degree, damaging
to the credit of the A. II. & o. r. r.
Co. If a crime has been committed
at all. does it not then become the
act of the people of Scott, Lee, and
Bristol, rather than of their Represen-
tatives, who reflect their wishes, and
who have not been censured yet by the
people. If our premises are correct,
the whole weight and force of Jus
tees" severe censure, should right
fully fall upon the people of the sec
mond movement" as he is pleased to
term it. In casting about for the stat
us of the people of Bristol, we recog-
nize them as occupying the same
boat along with the people Of Scott
and Lee. And upon this vital subject,
Bristol may be regarded as holding al
interest in common with any section,
feeling the deep importance ofan early
completion of the Va. & KY, r. R.
Being then one in interest, one in sem
timent, and unit 30 far as the prompt
completion of this great work from
Bristol to Cumberland Gap is con-
cerned, we hold ourselves guiltless 10
any charge, of a desire, or design in
the remotest, of doing damage to the
consolidated line. 1t is true, our peo-
pie were smarting under the apparent
neglect, and apathy of the powers that
lie. who held as it were, this great
work, in the hollow of their hands,
And we are mistaken IN the men, If
Messrs Pridemore, Richmond, and
Gibson, (who are the only parties In
the Legislature, who could possibly be
of the Kane Richmond movement) if
they do not show to their people, and
ours, that they have not been misrep-
resenting their section wearing the
collar of no lobbyist" or Railroad
Ring" in or out of Richmond. We
are at loss to see how the action of
the s. Western Delegates, could preju-
dice the credit Of the a. NJ & 0. r. r.
Co., without undoing some act. inside
Of the written law, incorporating the
said Company, nor are we able to I'M
derstand, how the action could in any
wise tend, to destroy, or depreciate,
the bonds of the Co, unless they had
sought to make use of them, for pur-
pose foreign to the design of the origi-
nal character. We are not aware that
any effort has yet been made, to force
the management of tie Va consolida-
ted line, outside of the written law, au-
thoriZlng the construction of the Va.
Ky. Il. r. But we can see how a peo-
pie might be aroused upon a subject
which they regarded as vital to their
best interest. which the limit fixed by
law, fixing the time for its completion,
was rapidly drawing to an end, with
scarcely ray OF hops that any future
Legislature would even extend it,
Nor do they find much comfort even
now, in the knowledge Of the fact
that seven gears more, have been ad-
ded TO The already twenty one or two
years, which have gone By since the
passage of The original bill chartering
the Va, & KY. Road. To use home
ly mpari-on "our candle was burn
ing at both ends What our people
have a right to expect, and demand if
no more, IS a faithful, diligent, persist
ent effort on the part Of the present
to put through to COM
plction, this link from Bristol, to Cum
berland Gap. To work persevereingIy
TO this end, aud in this direction. |
knowing as we do, that no action can
be taken under the present charter, I'M |
the more is it important to us, that |
Ky. be induced by every fair means, to |
put forward her Road to c. Gap. This
and this alone, was the object of the |
Kane Richmond movement" as we |
it. And to US it looks like |
a great stretch of fancy, to charge. that
they knowingly and wIlfully designed
the destruction ofthe A. NJ. d D. II.
Z. CO., In what appeared 10 US to be,
Ill effort solely intended to hurry to it's
the finishing of the main
feeder to all the consolidated Roads
Involving no cost, except to employ,
and use the means already set apart
or this purpose. We can't see how
good can result from q further course
IF abuse, and vtuperation. INDUCED
n already too far, we fear on both
tide. Let bygones, be bygones, let US
lraw in our lines, and shoulder to
shoulder. determine to put through
his great work, to the Ohio River
After this IL done, 1t will be time
,noEgh for US to devour and destroy
'ach other. SOUTH WkST."