The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-04
CAPT. BANKS REJOINDER.
AN EMPHATIC REPLY TO THE STATE.
MENTS OF Mr.. DASHIELL.
The Memphis. Oxford g. Columbus Rail-
road Controversy - The "Compro-
mise" and Mr.. Dashiell's Relation
Thereto-The Real Issue.

communication IN your issue OF luesuay
from Mr.. ii. j. Dashiell, OF Columbus,
Miss, in which improper personal allu-
sion is made to me.
| will not trespass upon your space or
gentleman does himself in the misrepre-
sensations he pours into the ear of pa
tient and unohending public. / desire
briefly to characterize his communication
MS one in which he has to certain extent
drawn upon his fancy for his so-called
facts in his wish to pose before the public
as the potential factor he conceitedly i'm
AGNES himself TO be, in the doings OF the
town in which he has the honor to reside.
A communication which better exhibits
his adroitness in efforts to extricate him
self from an awkward dilemma, than his
ability "a round, unvarnished tale TO UNI
| fold"-in short communication in which
| truth and error are so dexterously inter-
| woven that il is difficult to tell Just where
| the one leaves off and the other begins.
That the people Of Columbus do want
| the NJ, O. x @. railway is best evidenced
| by the result at the polls on June IL last
and by their subsequent indignation mani.
tested by the tone OF the respective inter-
| views had with many Of the most promi-
nent business men Of that city by your
correspondent there Immediately after the
publication OF Mr.. Dashiell's utterances TO
the local reporter in this city of the Atd-
ianche. When he speaksof "the great dis
satisfaction" existing in Columbus at the
status of things there touching the NJ, o. x
&. subscription, he brings to his statement
no attestation but his own, notwithstand-
ing the concurrent testimony OF divers
other gentlemen OF high character and
influence, whose testimony emphatically
denies and utterly annihlates his individ.
ual assertions. have neither the time
nor inclination TO review his article drawn
out by my courteous illusions TO what he
was reported TO have said TO the Avalanche
man. | content myself now to reiterate
what | have heretofore said II ho was
correctly reported-and II appears that lac
was-on the occasion alluded TO, he mis-
represented large majority Of his friends
and neighbos and maligned the brave and
generous people OF Columbus, who, 70
their credit be il said are far removed
from the baseness and treachery which
Mr.. Dashiell, judging from his admissions
in Tuesdays APPEAI, is ready and anxiou:
TO practice upon the projectors OF the en-
terprisc in question.
When the sober, second thought comes
, TO the gentleman and the truth dawns up
on his now beiogged mind, doubtless b,
will see the error OF his way, and ii is to III
hopcd he will have the manliness 10 con
fess ii in spite Of the fact that his conduc
in the first instance will then, 10 thinking
, mon. appear 10 have been asinine.
4. Al -. al s,ls q.
himself great credit for good result
drought about, wish here TO say, ant
= am prepared 10 prove, not by his inhucnc,
and after admitting that he voted for IN,
subscription ~ compromise TO III,
Memphis, Oxford q Columbus road, h,
/ rushcs into print TO defeat the very objcc
for which he claims to have voted as
compromise wrought in part by his abilit,
and efforts. To repeat, according TO hi
own admission, he voted for the subscrip
ton Of $4,000 ~ a compromise, THEREBY
becoming party. II he is 10 be believed
TO plcdging the faith and honor OF his city
pro tanto, 10 aid the proposed road. an,
| yet he deliberately goes 10 work 4
! set ut naught and make vail
thing Of the obligations then ant
. thereby incurred on the part OF thl
city. In other words, while claiming q
have been an important instrument II
! contracting, on satisfactory terms, for th,
thing needed and desired by a large ma
, jority OF his fellow citizens. thus pledginl
, the honor OF the city TO the other contract
. ing party, the Memphis, Oxford x Colum
/ bus Railway company, he now seeks 4
, evddc the fulfillmcnt OF the obligation as
/ sumed 10y the city, he having voted II
favor thereof, without the consent Of Tia
| | other party aud without any prctcxt cvci
that the contract was or is in any wa
. likely 10 be violated by the railway com
/. pany.
Seeking to rcpudiaie his own work an,
4 hide the real issue, he makes, througI
. your columns, an attack upon Inc, whicl
J. would be offensive, u il was not puerile
P and utterly without foundation in truth o
y reason. Seli-conyicicd Of the wish to nc
pudiate an obligation which he helped /
incur, does he not occupy beautiful 20
sition In the public mind OF which 10 pratt
A Of good citizenship and 10 institute CON
parsons a TO standing aud business In
tcgrity2
| do not care Co continue In the newspa
pcrs the controversy. liisyicws and opiu
L ions toward me and my motives. OF towar
q the Memphis, Oxford & Columbus. Raj
a way company, arc of small concern 20 III
q public, aud still less 10 to me.
/ In view oi the fact that the records WI
|, show that | have, since the attainment 9
. my majority, favored and advocated ever
:. enterprise rightly affecting the growth am
- prosperity OF my town and section, an,
. opposed openly aud abovcboard every
y thing rejecting upon their honor, Nj
| naahtalna tnnuendn Tint nv alva...., 4,
p the Memphis, Oxford & Columbus proicc
q was the offspring Of possible direct gain
= mean and contemplate, and could onl
~ have cmanatcd, under the circumstance,
a from q mind NO prone 10 cy
;, aud sordid ends rs 10 be incapabl
i Of apprcciating tho fact that me
/, can rise superior TO seliishncSs an
4 now and then do patriotic deeds.
dismiss the suggestion as one unworthy {
!, an adversary who could irel that he la
= truth and right on his side and the int
II lcc,ual capacity properly TO present hi
- case.
!. may not have prospercd a. lac seem
4 10 think, IN money getting 10 the same @,
!, tent lac feels lac has. Indeed, Il appea,
:. much money hath made him mad
:, Yet, In Wow ot the turn which lao IA
- given matters, II h some consolation I
n know that personally ! am now, aud hay
" been for years, a much larger taxnaye
than Mr. Dashicll. II his allusion 10 u,
pletcd pockets 20 br filled from the publi
crib" has any reference 10 my pccnnior
n needs, | may bo permitted 10 say. and MAJ
:, doncd for II, in conclusion, that possibly M
greater success In gathering gear" ina
u be attributable 10 the Tact that ne does N,
40 hesitate, according 10 his record on IA