The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-03-30
To Our Constituents.

hhH h'au, w OTueI W piSFtut u Eli>Cuu
siruc;ion Of cur course, and IN order lha
, that imporlon, act ,,self may be properly
. understood and appreciated, we deem i
expedien, TO give btIet history Of ito pro
gfess through the Assembly TO So, forth
It's probable elects upon tho condition o
our owa coInrsymen, ani Ila claims upon
their lavoiUb.e con:ldc'aii,n.
/, e known TO nest Of you, that pew.
ousiy 10 lakng our seats III The late Gene.
raj Assembly, whtls, yet among you, 9e,
as we. IS most Of the Western members,
were declared advocates Of Charter 10
u axe Raj Road from Charlotte 10 the
town u DaLvlle, in Virginia. Yah great
zesi, and IN good fs'h We set out III al en-.
pIcdse, and lhs ndeasor, were rfedcated
upon hat we regarded, % fixed fact, 20
elt: that the R4il Road auIhorlzad by the
Nf- ina Charter tinm K chnond 10 Dan
vile, wan'd be speedily made, ard TIM no
shade of uncertainty resied upon ihat frea' ::
W had not been long IN tina Cay OF Ri.
leigh however, he ore We found out that,
the eventual success Of tia, measure was
extremely d ubtlu, and from all the in!or
nation We have been able 10 Obtain ~ re-
latiun 10 y, We are competed 10 rest uron
the conclusion hat 1t either never Will b.
made, or # made at eli, i! will b. 81 lUns
before Il Is done, as 10 lnrke 1t folly IN Us
70 wait for i,s execution before we attempt
something for our own State. undiscovered
also, that many patriotic and enIigh'fned
sons Of North Carollua, IN thlt patriotic
and enlightened body we're a,eis Sc TO Al en-.
,etprise winch would carry the trade o.
these fertile regions, IN both directions, i'm.
meGately b yoi the borders OF cur State.
They had len. seer. and deploted he want
OF Community Of feeling and interest be.
tween The Western and Eastern portions Of
the Sac: thy well knew as we all know,
that our enfecbied condition is, IN great
measure, owing 10 this unnatural rstfance
mcnl, ami they strongly deprecated a plan
~hich vas forever 20 pcrpetuaie this state
Of things. They said they thought they
ccu'd devise a scheme which Would answer
oil lha purposes of az icul,ure, and al The
auon between brothers. They SAID it was
'rue, ther unless something was tlcred that
might better claim cur sanction, they had
no right 10 stand IN our way, and proven. US
from hrlpng ourselves 10 any such manner
as We could with our own means: and that
lf this more favorable alternative vas no,
offered to tho West, they would acnuiesce
~ r. 10 4
Charter. Thcy,Polncd, also, 20 the fac,
hen VI should arrive al Redmond, we
were still $50 miles f.om sea, and rha, such
a make, HouId, hy no means, answe. our
agricultural productions. We were. there
fore. called upon 10 pause, and we did pause
TO see what this alternative might be. AZ.
ter the scheme proposed in The Governors
message vas r., c'ed, and all hope of ad.
stment seemed to have vanished, this
scheme oil Central Rail Road from Colds.
borough TO Charlotte was proposed By the
Senator from New Hanover, with The cd
vice and consep, Of some Of US aud other
members OF both Houses, from the East
and The West. The leading features Of
this scheme are. to start q. point where
the Rail Road that runs from WILMINGTON
to ,he Roanoke RIVER in.efspc,s with the
Neuse, TO w.t. Of Gold borough, 10 Wayne
county, Ct being the head Of navigation on
that RIVER thence TO run through K Raleigh
and Salisbury to Charlotte. The act fur
Their provides that whenever one million oG
dollars are taken in stock by individuals,
the State Is to subscribe two millions. Ii
also makes provision, by which the Ra.
leigh and CASTOR Raj Road, thew the pro
pet!y Of The S,sie) will be saved from utter
run: this provision ls, that one. half of the
stock CT this road shall DO surrendered 10
tie former Stockholders, anl they be re
leased from al their liabilities (Which ore
very g;isyou>) upoa condition thai they pu,
five HUNDRED thousand collars worth OF work
upon the road. The Central Scheme, had
this one advantage over all others ever pro.
posed IN the Councils of our State of draw.
,ng Together and harmonising the scor.
dant aud long allena'ed divisions OF our
State. 1t presented the further advantage
OF falling IN with the tide Of travelling, and
OF supplying the wanting link in the vast
{ cham Of Rad Road that stretches with this
, eXeeption) from the lakes to the waters Of
tie Mississippi. |, had the advantage also
Of conducting US with only about twenty.
FIVE miles difference in dis,ance) to L oh.
, moud where our chosen scheme, the Dan
VILE Improvement proposed carrying US
, and over and above this, to Petersburg, &c
Norfolk, to Raleigh, to New bern and t,
Wilmington. itptomised TO indemnity the
State In the large ou'iays which had beer
made IN the two Rail Roads already in op
cretion, by bringing up the value of II,
stock. II called Tor much less money iron
individuals, and therefore, seemed muct
more likely to succeed, than the olhe
, scheme. Norfolk, Neabern and Whining
Q ton, are all near the seabosrd, and, ar,
+. therefore, for all gram, much better mar
f ke,s than Richmond could be. Whining
' ton, in particular, is the best market for a,
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