Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-12-22

SCol. CASTOR Meares, as a token OF their adml-
ration of his mertorious conduct during the
Sbatte of Buena Vista. Major General L. II. I
XMars:eller and Staff, and the Clarendon Horse
HGuards, will turn out on the occasion. An
address will be delivered by VIM. Hill, Esq.
,sGOV. GRAHAM AND NORTH CAROLINA
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
g The late rather lengthy message OF our State
EExecutlve assumes to advocate the weltareE
9and prosperity of the citizens of North Carol-S
INA by the recommendation of I" a system oil
Improvement commensurate with the wants:
aand interests of the State' and by certain sug-I
4gestions with regard to the course of policy
esproper to be pursued towards the works al
4ready constructed, and in which the State is;
8largely interested. We must say that wei
ahave never seen an assumption so poorly sup /
Sported,-we have never known an individual
koccupylng high official station, to exhibit SO,
xlittle information of matter which he under
flakes TO treat, or who permitted himself, to-
Ssuch degree, TO be influenced by sectional
Rprejudices and his immediate association.
= All his thoughts appear to be directed TO-
Sthe afforling market for the West. and to-
aathe sustainment of his purchase-the Raleigh
&s& CASTOR Rail Road The Eastern and South
Eastern Countes-a portion of the State which
Nhas thus far shown the only public spirit of
(which North Carolnian may boast--have
sbeen entirely overlooked BY this sc excellent 81
YGovernor. 1t may be, perhaps, that his Ex-
Sceilency thinks that Democratic section can
Enot expect equal rights and favors from a
eSWhig Governor of a Wing State: our politi-
. Zeal sins may cut us off from the pap of good
r. Sfederal MOTHER however this may be, yet ii
: @cannot be denied that the East has received
1.-THE go-by, and her great enterprise, the Will
Emington & Raleigh Rail Road is only TO be
assisted by an extension of credit on the State
4 s loan, so long as the Company shall pune
n 8 tually pay the interest it falls due. A great
4 Nfavor, surely, and while you would squander
: Nmilons elsewhere. eve owe you one,'
-HMr. Graham, for your kind recommendation o.
II an extension of credit to u.s.
IL We charge Mr.. Graham with being sec
Etional Governor! We charge him with sci
m6shness! and with want of consideration
Kand can6or highly unbecoming. Was it no
Hknown to him that the Town of Wilmington
Ahaving already crippled herself by her public
sworks, was endeavoring to redeem her invest
b ment, by another enterprise-that our ctizen
IS were straining every nerve to build the viii
$mington & Manchester Road-and that con
. 8 tracts had actually been let out for twent,
. Hmiles on the So. Carolina end Did he no
know, at the same time, that the State was
,SStock holder in our old Road to the amount o
ES6OO,O OO and that in struggling 10 benef
yourselves, we were conserving her interest
land therefore had right 10 ask her co.opcra
kton? Knowing all this, what a wonder tina
4our project was not even noticed in either o
ahs communications TO the Legislature. w
DAhad supposed that a mere desire to foster tn
spirit of enterprise which the State so niue
+ 'sneeds, would have secured it at least casua
u Aremark But no! Other considerations an
Hvews animated the Executive, and blinde
Hhim even to the fact of its existence
g We have accused Gov. Graham of selfish
Aness. By this we do not mean TO say tia
Ehis own private property is intended to be be
@neftted by his continuous line of Rail Roa
Sfrom CASTOR to Charlotte, as recommended j
his message of December 4th, but we do ir
Asinuate that the vindicaton of measure
Hhis adminstratlon-the desire to relieve hin
oMself of the odium of an improvd ent act, is tn
smainspring of his action, and the source of hi
.Enordinate love for the Raleigh & CASTOR Roat
mr. Graham ought to know that the State
much more largely interested in another wor
= Mthan she is in the Raleigh & CASTOR Road, an
THAT the project of continuous Road frol
oHGaston to Charlotte is suicidal to the large
>, Ninterest Can it possibly be the interest of III
-, NState to sink the greater interest in the hoy
!, Sof beneftting the lesser? Does not the attem]
80 B on the part of Gov. Graham fix upon him II
Nsin of endeavoring to conceal blunder b
., the sacrifice of the best energies and interes
of our people'
The main fault of Gov Graham's plan f
KS Ia "Norh Carolina Rail Road" is that, so f
len from remedying, it must, if adopted, increa
10 the evil which the Columbia and Chariot
Tor and the Charlotte and Danville roads will il
oil fct on US, namely: the enrichment of 9th
States with our products, and the building l
he foreign towns to the decay of our own, al
uld the Gripping the means which our Banks ha'
lue for accommodating and relieving the peopl
ly.s An emmssary from Virginia and South Car
, & lima, those two vampires of our'State, cou
1ne not have recommended project better Gale
'o' lated to serve their ends and purposes. Coz
plete the Charlotte and CASTOR road, and
will be idle to expect that it will bring O
Sbale of goods or barrel of produce to any M
ket Town of North Carolina. 1t will be
hat *much the interest of this unjustly term
- + North Carolina road" so to regulate pric
8and other matters on the d" continuous lin
I'D athat branch road from Raleigh to Goldsbol
'ef Mwould nrohahlv he confined IN carrvino