Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-07-02

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WILMINGTON & MANCHESTER RAIL
ROAD.
N another column will be found tho proceed
inEs Of the first annual meeting of the Stockho!d-
ere of this Company, which convened at Manon'
&. c., on Wednesday, the 23d inst. By refer
encc to them it will be seen that the Company
has been organized, and that oil those steps DEEM
ed requisite TO the fur'herance of the great object
which it has in view, have been taken. A Presi-
dent, Board of Directors, and other officers, have
been appointed. Thus. thcn the Rail Road ball
ia fully in notion Shall it continue TO roll on
till it reaches the glorious gaol so ardently desi
red by the Peope of this section Of North Carroll
nn This, nO'U. is the all-importaht question
and to it we will make the following answer
There cannot be any doubt but it will. if all those
whose interests wound up in its success or its
failure, will only lend 10 the scheme that amount
of aid which prudence and common sense demand
at their hands. Let the reader look but for one
moment at the great and varied interests which
are involved in the success of this great measure,
and he cannot fail to come to the same conclu-
sion. Why the whole region Of country, stretch
Tag from the extreme Northern confine of our own
State, to Manchester, S. c., distance of upwards
of $40 miles, is decpI, and intimately interested
in this great work 1t is true that there are par
ticular points this vast region which ap-
parently more interested than oti ere but in truth
and in reality. we think that it will be found up
on close examination, that all points and all por-
tons alike deeply interested, and alike imper.
atively called upon to bend every energy and
strain every nerve to accomplish a work which
every man Of common sense, who has given the
subject enc moments reflection, must know and
feelwll shed such lasting benefits upon the whole
region Of county above alluded to. Now, too, is
tho propitious moment. Recent events have
shewn to Us that SO surely the will rise on
the morrow, line of Rail Road WILL ere long, be
pushed through North Carolina at some point
Already has a Northern Company invested its
capital in u line of Rail Road in our very neigh
bOriOod and can shut eyes to the convic-
ton that these men will inevitably extend their
investment South, if for other purpose than
to render what they have already done profitable !!
If we do, VIC will be worse than FOOLS The GREAT
link must inevitably be constructed. Shall WE
construct that Great Link ? is now the aIl-impor-
tnnt question. If we do not, jus, let Us look at
the consequences. They are really almost too
painful to contemplate. About S75O,OOO has
been invested by individuals in the Wilmington
& Raleigh Rail Road. What, let us ask the own
Crs Of this stock, would become of that Road if
the link is constructed through any other region
of North Carolina than that contemp plated by the
Manchester Road! Would it not be gone forcv-
eTl Most aSsuredIy it would. Without the
great mail and tho through travel, the Whining
ton and Raleigh Rail Road could not exist
MONTHS! Are we not stating sober FACTS
Is there Stakeholder in the Wilmington & Raj.
eigh Rail Road Company who does not believe
Us!
Again, We would address few remarks to the
people Of Wilmington. We ask them if now is
not the golden moment when they, if they will
do their duty, may secure to Themselves not only
Il continuance of the prosperity which has blessed
hem during the last eight or ten years. but large
and permanent increase to that prosperity We
are free to confess that tho town of Wilmington is
more deeply interested than any other point on
the whole line. Is there any doubt of this -! We
will talk plainly. The present is life and death
struggle With the people of Wilmington. They
cannot shut their eyes to this. Suppose we fail
(Which Heaven forbid y and suppose the Con
Meeting Link is pushed through at some othel
point, where will wO be Why every man knows
that the town of Wilmington in that event, mus
inevitably recede-literaly crumhlc away-with q
Tapidity far greater than that with which it hal
risen. Is this not plain common sense! WHY
then. will not our citizens brig homo TO them
selves the vast importance Of the movements go
ing around them! Why will they not unit,
In one bold vigorous pull, and give to a work o
such incalculable importance impetus which
will stimulate and cheer on all other interests con
nccted with the enterprise. We do say, in all tn,
sincerity of our heart, that Wilmington has, a
yet, in proportion to the vast interest she has =
stake, done nothing like what she ought to do
We ask her people if she has She has thus ia
subscribed only about $50, OOO,, Why, the tow
of Columbia, S. c., for u work in which she is no
one half so deeply interested, Qhe Chariot
Road,) has already subscribed 100000. w
ask theM to reflect upon the matter seriously, an
feel assured that they will, whilst the opportu
nifty is presented to them, make such efforts a
will be compatible with the enterprisng characte
81 the town with the importance of the subjec
and with what is expected of her. Can Whining
con e1Pect.Ahht if she does not take the lead il
this great "ork-ca0 she expect, we say, if sh
doesNet: demonstrate by her oets that she Is +,
Sa"est-that Othet people, not so deeply iotercs,
ed, will move OH aud build the Road for her, !
che does, she has made very foolish calculation
She must bend every nerve-for as we have sa;
before, it is a.life and death matter for her. w
call upon her, then, whilst the control of her de,
TIMES ID still within her grasp-we warn her {
all the evil consequences which will fall upon b,
should she be so blind as to let the golden oppo
tunIty shP-to move promptly, vigorously, an
With al her energies. If she will do this, the Roa
can be built There is no doubt of this. tt
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