North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1850-11-30


~. The conditions of the charter had all been
Prnolied with and he should endeavorto mainaa.x
tho faith of the State. He had nearo so"I III -
INVITATION, and characterized it damndoic ooc.
line He had heard the opinion OF it aorOao' a"u ~
mas there considered national disgrace.
Mr.. S. went on to speak of the RaIroaa sys.s 3,
ENGLAND and European countries. ne SAY S "S 49,
put in the possession of the md If he conSd
The renort of Parliament on Railroads, ana nc
Gee the Railroads in England, he tnougn. even nc
mir Brocden1 would become an An'erild. luPs 10y
ment man. Mr. S. said the lncreaseu 'dH ~ II'o
was nnon the rich and not upon inc poor nv Snd,
re5 CIV one to show that the revenue act OF 1855
a .ant to the tax OF the poor man. He then
dIueu S HE own position on Internal improvements
hock as 1876. He voted for all these pro-
;s.,s Ar that time, every western man voted fol
Je,b;nq the East wanted. The west were hem
ei;n and had no easy mode of transportation. He
ntoned the fact that the transportation OF the boci
of marble intended for the Washington Monument
had cost more from the quarry in Lincoln to Raleigh,
than it would carry it from the latter place to Liy
erpool ria New Y DIRK. sFFtA ~
M. 8 went on to say that the representatives Of
the people of North Carolina ready to sacrl-
fee the faith of the State. The question with mem
is can the charter be amended. to faciiitate Tue
operations of the Company. The books Of lae
pany open to inspection, and the fuiIeSt opfI
tunity should be given to satisfy every G'o IL
conditions of the charter were comPheu ~l... -
should be ashamed to acknowledge Nor - Ti~on
reputation was to be the policy Of inc
this subject he smoke strongly because NC 'eit
NJ R,oaJen sa;d the remarks of the gentleman
from Wake had not at all surprised him. Tue gen
teman had been in a foreign country u"ue -
salary, and it was not astonishing " ~ D o.
u,;,b oI;bt LIKING for royal notions. Mr.. b. quo
rod from several documents before him. lie SAID ne
considered The anti-internal Improvement ooctne DIS
the original platform of the Democratic parry IN
Carolina. He went for maintaining republican PIinI
cinles in all their purity. and did not wish 10 De leo
oF nv DISTINGUISHED leaders, Mr.. b. made some anu
sion to the RolesviIle letter of Mr. Saunders ana Ihe
pledges he had given the people OF NeWoerh WIN re-
spect to the extension Of the North carolina harodd
to that town. Mr. B. continued his remarks al some
length. L,1d
MIR. Pope wished to explain the course ne shouln
pursue that he might not be misunderstood at nome
He came from Halifax, county that was opposed 70
this Railroad but he could not consent 10 make any
attack on chartered rights. If he had been IN the
LEGISLATURE of 1882 he should have voted against
this bill. But he felt it his duty to MAINTAIN 'e
faith of the State, and to oppose the repuolaoh
the contract made with the North Carolina RAILROAD
Company. -,
Mr.. Martin said he should not have troubled the
House except on account of his peculiar position.
He believed the charter unconstitutional from the oe-
ginning and had told his constituents so. he shouid
therefore for the bill under consideration.
MIR. Sherrard was willing that the bill should be
laid the table and that the matter should be nVes
tigateG. He had been informed on good authohty
that fraud had been commtted-that the stockholders,
many of them, were irresponsible men, and could not
nav in their stock. He represented constituency
that believed laws which benefited few at the ex-
pense of the many, were ant-Democratr. He was
opposed to Railroads, and wished Investigate on to
be had into the proceedings of the Company. He
was as axous to maintain the Constitution and the
faith of the State any He then went on to
say that the people of Wayne had confidence IN the
gentleman from Wake, Gen. Saunders, and de-
lighted to honor him. He willing that the bill
should be laid the table, in order that investi
garion may he had.
Mr.. Saunders alluded to the Rolesvie letter, and
thanked God that he not responsible to the gen.
teman from Wayne for his conduct here. The i'm
putation of fraud on the Company, was foul calum-
ny. He stood there a director and stakeholder
and threw back the nsinuation The l6O subscribers
in Wake were ready to pay their subscription to-mor
row. The gentleman had been guilty of an Insinna-
ton against over 1000 citizens of North Carolina
who we're stockholders in the North Carolina Rail-
road Company. He went On to deny that he had
swerved from the Democratic platform. He had al
ways been in favor of judicous system of Internal
Improvements. He replied to the gentleman from
Wayne, Mr.. Sherard, and said that he admitted the
binding nature of the contract and only wished to in
que into the operations of the Company if that was
his wish, why had he not introduced resolution of
inquiry, and he would have voted for it. He was
anxious that the fullest investigation should be made
Mr. Person of Northampton, wished to state his
position. Two years ago he had voted against the
Central Railroad and his notions concerning it were
still unchanged. His opposition to the Road was,
ne believed true reflection of the will of his constlt
uents. But he believed it would be unconstitutional
TO repeal it, and he should therefore in favor of
the rejection of the bill now before the House.
The yeas and nays were then taken on the ques- |
ton shall the bill be rejected, and decided in the
affirmative as follows:
1EAs.-Messrs. Adams, Amis, Avery, Barco, D. |
Barnes Blow, Boyle, Boykin, Brazier, Bridges, A.
H. Caldwell, d. F. Caldwell, Campbell, Cherry,
Cianton, Cockerham, Gotten, Dargan, Davidson,
Douthet, Drake, Dunlap, Durham, Eaton, Erwin,
Eure, Farmer, Flemming, Foard, Fonvile, A. G.
Foster, A. M. Foster Gordon, Hackney, Harrison,
u. Hayes, J. Hayes, Herring, ]. Hill. S. Hill, w |
iIll, Holland Jenkins, Johnston, Jones, KalIum.
Kelly, A. J. Leach, j. NJ. Leach, Locke, Love, Mar
shall, Mathis, MauItsby. Mcdowell, Mckay, Nc
Lean McCleese, Mcmillan, N. McNeill, w. Nc
Nelli' Mlzell, Montgomery, Newsom, Parham, Pat
1erson' Pegram, S. Person. T. Person, Pigott, Pope,
Powers, Rankin, Rdyner, Renhardt, Rollins, Rufin, |
Russell, l.. B. Sanders. R. M. Saunders, Sander
son. Scott Sharpe, Sheek, Sheriff. Shinpock Siler,
summons, Sloan, Steele, Stevenson, Stowe, Stubs, |
sutton Ihornburgh, Thornton, Trip, Walton,
waugh ebb, Virgins, Wiley, B. Williams, Win
stead and Winston.-lO5.
NAYs.-Messrs. Brogden, Bond, Dickerson, Jar
WIS., Martini Sherard, Swanner Taylor, Thigpen and
The bill was therefore rejected.
mr.. Brogden gave notice that he should brine the
SUBJECT up again in another shape at an early day.
Inc House then adjourned.
SENATE.
M WEDNESDAY, November 81, 1850.
a"e He'dte met pursuant to adjournment