The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-01-21

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u upon himself 10 ehasliss ne Whist "a
EehsEzl, and those fFoa he wtslin paFlir
ealsFi snd e DE pan inflicted fhsrsby ~
less Eeters thah be designed q shOuld s..
hs may perhaps r0Asider q allribsLabls
= our lnaeRSib.,iiy raaher dian % IL
want of foses "a h:s boss.
The gesheman. Mr.. Speaker. con-
neEced BY ssying that he shaald not dis.
eass lls merits Of The bill. bui that he
should oppose Tin every form and shape
- ~hieh il eoalJ Be prrsea,ed. ne de-
elared that he had always been an adso-
ca'e Of Maternal improvement. and lhsi his
opinions on Ihal subject had unisrgoHe
no ehsnge-thal nevertheless be should
oppose this measurr. because The eilixens
ol that para IL Tie state through which
The road wss 10 psss. had behaved badly
% The East. lie declared that The east
err section Of The state uss treated like =
conquered province; he detained against
Legislative iyranny as The most oppressive
OF all species; and said that until this was
ehansed, he should do nothing. These
are grave charges. sir. and | shall endras
or 10 make il appear that The facts on
which he relies. are not only insufficient
10 establish them, bur that they DO nor
ahard The slightest Evidence in support Of
his allegations. lie spoke much Of The
opening Of The inlet u Mays Head. and
a. shall have occasion 10 refer frequent
~ 20 that matter. in order that my views
on that point may not be misunderstood.
l will proceed 10 state those which I
have entertained for several years past.
A large and wealthy section OF the state
labors under great Inconvenience. and
suslaIns annually heavy loses from The
want Of an outlet 70 The ocean neare than
Ocrseoke. Such is The magnitude Of the
interest insolsed. thar the removal Of the
evil, IL II be practicable. would be .
measure Of soand policy and wise tcan-
omy on The part Of the stale. and one Of
great benefit 10 large number OF lis citi-
zeas. That the inlet can be opened in
The manner proposed By the engineers, !
do not entertain The slightest doubt; whe-
lher il ill remain open. 10 question Of
greater difficulty. So great. however. 10
The benefit 20 be derived from q success.
fol termination Of The enpterprise. com
pared with The loss incurred By failure.
even il the chances were less decidedly |
in favor OF the permanent utility Of The |
work Than | now regard them. | for one |
should deem u right 10 make The attempt. |
IL the federal government will nOltake the
matter in hand, then The 81 ,le must This
10 the opinion Of intelligent gentlemen in |
the west az FAR ss ! know il. For my.
sell. hoxersr. ! am prepared to act on The |
matter now. trust, therefore, that the
friends Of The measure will bear this in |
mind. Ifispcsk Of This matter differently |
and with less respect. 1, viii
be only as political hobby, such as il
hes been made in this drbale. J.
The senator alludsd in tone If COM
plsint, 10 the acuOn ol The General As
sembly al The last Session, on this subject.
The proceedings sppesr from the Journal
10 be the following: When the Fsysiis.
rille and western rail road bill vas under
"Mr. Speed further moved to amend
~ adding the following section. 10 wis
find be IL further enacted, That the
treasurer Df the slate Subscribe for three
luudred thousand dollars worth oi stock
u the Roanoke Inlet company, which
hall be paid under The rules aud resula-
ipns prescribed for the payment Of stock
n The Fayetteville and Western Rail
Road"
This was rejected. only seventeen rot.
ng for IL. or the seventeen senators in
Is favor. nine resided in The Mays Head
isirici, and were. together wIh their
directly INTERESTED in the
nccess Of The enterprise. OF the remain
" eight, all Wings, too. one resided Z
as. Of Raleigh and seven in the vest
'es. sir. though the east has q majority 4
! this chamber. yet only one gentleman :
! all that region, alter We except those
, be directly bene6ued. wen. for the !
leasure. In The west, notwithstanding .
8 remo,eness and its want Of information |
n the subject. seven voted for il. The |
tells in our favor in the pro- I
or,ion Of seven 10 one. Still we are de-
ouuced as illibsral and selfish. A ma- 6
On is then made Tor a survey, aud the {
ppropria,ioa 10 carried by western votes. 4
he gen,lemi an says thu. he was told tina, 4
tier survey. the SUN mentioned IN the 4
re-, resolution. would be voted. That
lrvey has been made. and rspor, Of the q
.sul, has been printed anil laid on our Q
Ibles. II 10 meet favorable: the engineer {
asing come 10 the conclusion, from q q
lost extensive and careful examination. q
lat the work is entirely practicable, and {
lsy be executed at cost Of rather less q
ran million Of dollars. VIVA, vas the
beet Of that survey. IL il was no. prepa- {
siory to an action 10 SONS mode! Whe.
Ter il was intended that the state alone, I
he general government, or the two in