The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-02-16
ADDRESS
~ T. ok1NGNAEO
ON THE
RECENT SENATORIAL ELECTIONS
10 the Freemen of the Frat
Congregational Disric. Of ". c.

fHLLCw CITIZENS:
II has been my purpose for some day,
o sod'sss you on the suEj"ci Of the LAT,
"ns'onsl election IN our State. This i.
'ue 10 you es my immediate const,u, ME
'Id 40 rega'ds lhe State generally, i, i,
pfoPsf ltst a statement should be made ex
pisHs'ory and defensive of the cou,ss of nv
friends as veil as Of myself.
before, ho~svef, delsiing the events o
briefly 10 the Turner coud.,ion Of 1huss II
tbs STATE. North Carolina is SIX hundu
aud fly miles IN length from easl TO west
The senators, as we'll es mos, Of the other
bish officers of.he Stale, have usually been
taken from the middle srd eastern PORTIONS
Of Ias State. Neatly half a century ago,
according TO NY preseE, impression. a sen.
aior vas elected residing in the vicinity Of
Salisbury, ussr the YadkIn. No one else
olher instance, as far as know, been cho.
sen By the legislature 10 that Station
tn su,y yesrssgo both the senators, Messrs.
lredu!l and Brsnch, were from the east,
5 nee then, bo.h Of them have been exc.u.
siveIy taken from the counties Of Wake
Orange. Casaell and Cumberland. There
are eighty counties in the State, but these
four JOIN each other, and form a Tier d..
fect!y through the cenlre from north 10
souih. 1t is slso well known, that, since
the organ z,lion of parties on their pIesen,
basis, North Carolina has usually been
found . Wing State in the popular cleo
tons. But i, 10 Q title remarkable that
three Of these favored counties have been
so thoroughly democratic that no Wing
candidate for the senate has ever received
a single vote from any one Of them. The
fourth county, Orange though it ha. never
cen, q full Wing representation. has twice
given ore, and sometimes more, Of ito FIVE
votes, to The Wing candidates. Tho tact
Of county IVES! Of the Yadk,n river 10 near.
y three hundred miles IN ito extreme
length. Ii also conlains mors than one.
fourth Of the voters Of The Safe. What
is still more worthy Of bong noted, its pc
ln,csl moior,y for the Wing party. ~he.h.
CT as shown in the election Of the governo.
or the members Of the legislature, is great
er than that oflhs Stats, taken as whole
10 other words. as political party, east o.
this section the Wings are beaten, and II
this western region were equally divided,
they could neither elect, q governor or senator
When, however, as 3 party, We are beaten
IN the central and eastern pafts Of The Stale,
the West, BY iIs heavy m9jorites, neutral
lzss and ovcicoEles the partial success Of
cur opponents, and gives Us the control Of
the State. This imme dla!ely followed by
filing the stations of senators and The other
lucrative offices by persons llvlng 10 The
central part Of the State, vhsre We have
baen overhsosn. live lock abroad through
he union we shall fad nothing like tbs
sys,em any where. might, by reference
10 particular State, show, that in some by
positive lows, and in Others by customs us
;uong end us unyieIding as positive law,
hese sistlcns are required TO be filled by
persons reading in diiieten! locallties.-
That there are Void reasons for such
course shall presently show. only now
1eslre 10 cali attention to the fact that The
lys.em thai has been Submitted to in our
State not only is unknown else~ here, bu,
hat il esc,es rbzefnoneni abroad wherov.
y il is known, that The people Of The Yves,
should have submitted 10 il. By wha,
means this extraordinary state of things
,ss Teen produc,d, shall have occasion
o state in the course Of this address.
Injustice has been done, too. TO Tie ives.
ern psit Of the State in other respects, la
Is36 the amended constitution wen, into
operation, and the change then made was
expressly understood to have been effected
% put tho West Gu an equal footing with
he East as respects legislation, because
's rights and interests had been disregard
I'd. What has been the result even under
his sneliorated coodition, after we have
een advanced TO position Of comparative
quality, and are supposed TO have had
ONE share in the benefits Of the govern
nen.! Since then, out Of the State treas
'ry there has been appropriated for inter-
Ial improvements to railroads aud swamp
ands one million and nine hundred thou.
and dollars, not one dollar Of which has
een expended ives, Of Raleigh. This sum
xpended in tho eastern half Of the State is
quail, nearly, to fifty thousand dollars TO
he county. But the West. .hough from
Is interior position more in wan, Of this
ind Of aid, could &c. nothing. When they
ave been urged TO aid US, the reply was
ha, investment in our projects. would no,
10 profitable. II 10 admitted, however,
ow, by every body, that this sum, expend'
d for the bene6, of the East, will, if not /
nIirely, be mainly los, TO the State; SO
hat our investments could not have been
nuch less profitable. But, in truth, as far
8 they had any data before them, they
hould have been led TO d,fieren! conclu.
ion. Twenty years ago, 10 q moment Of
rsat lberali,y, when strongly urged, the
legislature invested tho sum Of five thou.
and dollars in turnpike in Buncombe.
ince that time the State has received reg.
Lar dividends, varying from seven per cen,
p to sixteen per cent per annum. Abou,
ne same time they advanced for the Sven.
noa road a much less sum, taking bond
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