The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-01-07

&c - "''' Nt0hOliig, WIN ISiblfo Hluci
tune and observation. ln the second place
IT. disregardlng these considerations
should fix the route, the measure must b,
defeated on this floor. The Senators 70
presenting the counties of the line, beley
lnI, as they perhaps nigh, well do ia many
instances, that their counties afforded .
route as favorable as that proposed, woulC
eXclaIm against that unlGirnesj and inius
iice, by which their constituents we're, with
out a trial, cut OF from all chance Of re
ceiYlnS The greatest benefit. But Il after q
toll examination, the best route is selected
wa should all acqaiesce. Nature has iher
decided against US, and we feel il 10 be our
daty to submit 10 her delrees. This, Sir
IS the ouiy mode by which success in such
a measure can be attained. Let US, then
be content with Gxing the extremes, anc
!eayS TO the Board, alier a careful examln.
allon, 10 seleo, that intermediate roe.a which
will, at tbs smalles, expense, furnish The
road most beneficial to North CaEuliaa.
Bul again, Mr.. Speaker II is oreed ,ha!
The work is too extensive 10 be undertaken
al once; tina! we ought 10 TO conien. w.,h
a sectco oQlg = g ;blrd or ono half the
distance. liza rail road we're proposed, Inc
completion 81 which even to the Yadkin
wrpli cost above lwo millions OF dollnrs,
hen, Sir, should concur WIKI the otjec
tors. If tie work could 40, bo executed
Tor The whole distance wlhuu, involving tho
State IN debt, lhen we shuuld as we have
been heretofore, be wiling TO bide our time.
Bot as the measure proposed 10 this bill is
entirely w,s5n cur present mans, as from
rs character i can BE- completed IS easily
IN t@o years as - any logger tins and es
pcclally as Il can be n.osl useful only when
Il IS finished, why should We not 90 on 10
The fulI eAtea, THE Yves, IS the region
most IN want Of the road. the West wilI be
most benefited By il, and it is the West
ahich has uuca most neglected.. II, there.
tore, VIII the means 10 your hands to re.
hove ", you delay j! wlIhou; reason, your
conduct sal seem ehurlsh aud ilhbefa.
Is the wak Nr. Speaker, Of sncb
cL9t3r,er tina, tia State ought TO execute
~ I, establish tho affirmative o. lhis, It
musi 10 tbs first place. be made, 10 appear
that the ncaserr is beneficial one, and
secondly that It viii mol be carried though
By individuals. As ! shall have occasion
presently 10 discuss the Grsi Of these pfopo.
sitIpns, | sill far the presen, assume the un
liy Of the enterprise. WIN individuals, then,
execute the work II seems to me, sir,
TIA, laaia IS no reason 70 hope II. At the
ra,e Of tolls provided by tie bill, they would
not receive TAR return from their invest.
moHi. Shodd The tolls be 81 raised as 10
mako ihu stock profitable, is 1t not probable
that the travel would be driven from the
road
Even If this effect should not follow, It's
value 10 our citizens would be greatly di.
mjuishej. desire TINT thus road shall be
great state wohi for the benefit Of our
cn,zans, central thoronghlafe between
the East aud the West aud the advantages
resulting therefrom in North Carolina viii
amply repay her for the expenditure.
Il is said, boseyer, and much stress, /,
seems, is 70 be laid upon the objection, thai
0 grca, waste Of public money is 10 enyuo,
and thatlh Board viii cxpead much more
than Tie sum appropriated. The building
Of this capitol IS chen alluded to With an air
Of triumph, and we arc told that il has cost
Just ten times rs much as was anticipated at
It's commencement. Arc the cases at ell
parallel When the Legislature made the
FIRST appropriation Of fifty thousand dollars
for the capitol, ii imposed no limitation on
the commissioners and they, therefore, ex.
pended that sum in laying the foundations
Of the edtfce. Ii they had been told that
such bnldlag only was to BE- constructed
as could be finished with that sum, differ.
cnt result must have followed, So it vas
with each subsequent appropriation, they
were merely voted With the understanding
that the building was TO be continued and
finished according to tho original plan.
Besides, sir, these commissioners we're
responsible 10 nobody. They were morely
appointed by the Legislature 10 cxpend the
moneys voted, task which they accom-.
pIshcd with wonderful celebrity aud dos
patch.
do not wish to be understood rs taking
il Gpon myself now to affirm either that the
building IS too magnificent, or that il has
cost more than such edlices usually do. !
am merely condemnlng the manner IN which
the affair was managed, II was we'll On.
dorstood by tie initiated that the frs, up.
preparation was only sufficient for the loun
dnlun. The managers went upon the sup.
position thai the members of tho Legislature
had no, sufficient intelligence aud public
spirit TO construct a capitol worldly OF the (
State, and that ii wns therefore necessary
to cDtrap iheminlo II. Sir, have no taste
for deception of this sort, and am utterly
opposed to a' fraud, even though il shonll
DO cGllcd pjous. The intellect aud pnblic /.
spirit Of tho country, if properly appended
10, vii sooner or later grant all that Ought /.
to be asked, The bill now under discussion
expressly limits the Board of Internal I'm /
provement to un average expenditure of
one thousand dollars per milo. If that sum
should prove sufficient to complete the road
according TO the specifications, II is made .
their duty to do it. II it should be other.
Wise, then they are authorised ouly to make
the best road which the sum appropriated
will enable them TO construct. Aud how is
this Board constructed! The Governor Of