The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-12-04

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1 hr. Saunders regretted that ihis pro.
position had been offered 10 he House;
regretted u not on his own scrounl. bar
On scrount Of The mover. Bot he feIl
proud 10 see from every quarter. The
friends and foes oflhe Rs,Ifasd coming up
70 sosisin The faiih Of The Stale. The gen.
ilemsn from Wayne CMr. Brasden1 had
made zIlusicn 10 kzilrozd Convention
held IN Goldsbnropgh; hus he WIS sorry
10 ssy that neither he nos his colleague
had attended that Convention. He knew
thai his arguments in favor OF Internal
Improvements had produced an effect
among The farmers Of Wayne. Mr.. s.
alluded to the derision OF The Supreme
Couu with regard 10 chartered rights, and
nas glad TO hear the gentleman from Mar
IN subsrribe tn ihe correctness ofihe doc
irine. The objection be raised. that The
bill was moi passed by a majority Of all
me representatives Of the people. was not
good one- The law had been parsed by
majority Of quorum present. and this
was the constitutional majority; the abso-
luie majority was nothing al al. Mr.. s.
then alluded 10 The inslnuzlion Of fraud
bs The siockhollers. II the Ieas. shadow
Of fraud should he discovered. he. Tor one,
would 60 for giving up The charter. The
conditions Of the charter had been compli-
cd with so FAR. The President and Direc-
tors had beed appointed and Eve dollars
per share paid IN. lie inquired il The
gentleman from Wayne was willing tina.
the stockholders should lose what they
have already paid in. The conditions Of
The charter had all been complied with,
and he should endea,or TO maintain the I
faith of the Stale. lie had heard some !
thing of population. and rllaraclerized il |
az damnable doctrine. lie had heard
The opinion Of il abroad. and il was there
considered a national disgrace.
Mr.. s. went IN 10 speak OF the Railroad
system IN England and European coun. |
tries. He said he would put in the pos.
session oil the gentleman fiom Wayne. The |
report Of Parliament on Railroads, and i'll
he could see the Railroads in England, he |
thought even he ur. Brogdenl would
become an Internal Improvement man.
Mr. s. said The increased lax in the State
was upon the rich and not upon the poor;
he challenged any one 10 show that the
revenue act of 1852 added one cent 10
the tax Of The poor man. He then alluded !
TO his own position on internal Improve
men,s az far back as l6l5-l6. He voted
for all these projects. Al that lime, every |
western man voted for everything The
East wanted. The west were hemmed
in, and had no easy mode Of ,ransporla-
tion. lie mentioned The fact lha, The
of the block Of marble in
tended Tor The Washington Monument.
had cost more fiom the quarry in Lincoln
TO Raleigh. Than il would TO carry il from
The latter place 10 Liverpool ria New
York.
Mr.. ). went on 10 say that the rcnre-
sen'aiives OF the people Of North Carolina
were not ready TO sacrifice the faith of The
State. The question with them is. can
The Charter be amended, so as 10 facilitate
The operations Of the Company. The
hooks Of the Company were open to in
speclion. and the fullest opportunity should
be given 10 satisfy every one lha. The con-
1uions Of the charter were complied with.
He should be ashamed to acknowledge
North Carolina if reputation was 10 be
he policy of the State. Upon this SUBJ
ect he spoke strongly because he Eel,
.rongly.
On Wednesday, Mr.. w insion introduced bill
the punishment Of Manslaughter COM
niiied by slaves; and Mr.. A. H. Caldwell, a hill
o amend an act entitled a. an act to amend and
the several acts heretofore passed in
avor Of poor debtors" which were scveralIy read
he first time and referred.
Mr.. Bridgers presented series Of resolutions,
eclaring the inexpedency Of building the North
,arolina Rail Road, at the present time, and re-
NESTING the President and Directors Of said Road
inform the individual stockholders in said road
hereof: declaring belief in an opposition, on
ne part of the majority of the freemcn Of North
arolina, 70 the building Of said road, and final.
requesting respectfully that the stockholders in
nd road surrender their charter to the present
General Assembly, Oh or before the first day of
inuary next; which were read, laid on the Ia
e, and ordered TO be printed.
I'VE have been compelled, by the crowded
alto Of our columns, to omit the remainder Of
e weeks proceedings in the House,
A TRIUMPH FOR THE UNION,