The North-Carolina standard., 1849-12-26
GEN. sAUNDERs-THE CENTRAL Road.

GEN. SAUNDERS-THE CENTRAL R(AD.
In order to avoid any misapprehension on thesub-
iect, we have been furnished by Gen. Saunders Fith
the substance of what he has said, in his vatous
public Speeches, in relation to the course OF the
Democratic party upon the question of the Mn
Carolina Rail Road Ill
In his remarks in this City, on the 10th instantF
said the Charter for the Road had been grantedfI
the cooperation of both parties in the last Leg4ai
ture, and that each party should be alike responsible
for it. 1t was State matter, and should not be mix
ed up with party politics. 1t was, as ne conceivf
above all party questions, and he should be sorryo
see it brought within the party conflicts of the d.
He prescribed none account of their oppositiono
Rail Roads, and he should be unwilling to see te
friends of the Road prescribed. If such men s
Dobbin, Graves, Ashe, and others who had voted fr
the measure, were to be put down, then he stod
ready to fall with them, as he should in that cas-
consider ga private station as the post of honor.
He had at all times been the advocate, and was still
50, of liberal and juGicous system of Internal I'm
prOvements; and considering the Central Road
great State work, he should give it his ardent sup
port He said if the attempt should be made to bring
this question into party Conflicts and if the Demo
crats as party should take ground against the Road
the result would be division and defeat.
As he understood the Democratic doctrine, in time
gone by, it was against the action of the Genera
Government in matters of internal improvement tha
the Democrats protested and not against the exercise
of this power by the States. The President, it wa
we'll known, had announced himself in favor of ;
general system of Harbor and River Improvements
These bills had been vetoed by Gen. Jackson and Mr.
Polk, and these vetoes had met the approval of th
Democratic party 1t becomes then, the true policv
of the Democratic party, if they have due regart
to circumstances to urge to the extent of our
these State improvements, by the State. Such h
understood to be doctrine of our sister States Vir
ginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Ten
nessee, were Democratic States with Democratic
Governors; and their Governors were all pressin,
upon their respective Legislatures, State improve
ments by means of Rail Roads. If we deny the Con
sdutional power of Congress over the subject, then
he insisted, we must act ourselves. We could no
stand still, and we should not, if we could. The
motto of the sluggard-''a little sleep, little
more sumber was behind the spirit of the times
We must either go forward or 60 down still lower
and he predicted that those who took ground agans
the system of Rail Roads would find themselves
greatly deceived, they supposed it the popular side
He repeated that while he prescribed no one, he wa
unwilling to the friends of the system prescribed
and any attempt of the sort would lead to a unio1
of its supporters from both parties-not with view
to Federal politics. but to State improvements. HI
fatered himselfall disnteresed men, whether Wings
or Democrats, who loved their State would unite ir
giving to this great work vigorous and successful
support.