The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-02-23
RAIL ROAD CONVENTION.


RAIL ROAD CONVENTION.
A Convention will he held in The. Town q
N YsDceyyil.s, n. c.. on Tuesday The 9TH o.
April, il being The week Of April County Court
for The purpose Of forming joint stock Company
10 construct and build i Rail Road from some
eonsenienl point on the Richmond and Dansiils
Rail Road through the towns Of Milton anu
ysnct, vile 10 the n. Carolina Central Kan
Rod. - as 10 form the desired connection be-
tween these two Roads.
The counties Of Rockingham, Guilford. Ala
nance, Orange, Person, IN n. Carolina. aud the
county Of Halifax, Virginia, also The Cities d
Richmond and Petersburg. with such other
counties or towns as may feel interested ~ tins
enterprise, are earnestly invited 70 send delegates
70 this convention.
MANY CITIZENS.
F.h la,h. 1853. H.
we publish The above notice as matter OF
courtesy 10 those who have made the request !;
but we are very far from believing that good
policy vii permit co operation in The project by
The people % North Carolina. We 50 br the
NORTH Caroline Rail Road; and we hold thai any
project which would divert from il either travel or
freight would he fataI'to lis success. Good faith
10 the stockholders. we think, would forbid our
Legislature from making any connection that
would prejudice the road; and do not think
that individuals. erea if they had Me po,rtr'
should attelnp, 10 do what the Legislature could
moi with proprieiy sanction. Il was one 81 the
great objects Of the road 10 connect the eastern
and western sections Of the Stale, and make US
one people; and tina, Object would be in great
measure frustrated by constructing branch, as
propored. 10 carry The trade and commerce Of
The west 10 the cities Of yi,gnia." State pride
should teach US to look more al home. Our road
was projected with the expectation that Il would
open a way TO market FOR the produce Of the
west, and that, in turn, i was expected, would
give prosperous activity 10 the trade aud CON-
merce Of The east; and both Of them united are
necessary to give profitable employment to the
Road. Iflwo-ihirds Of the Road is TO be in a de-
gree paralized, by drawing of the nasel and
transferring the produce Of The west TO the Virgil
MIA Rail Roads, is there any good reason TO sup.
pose that sufficiently increased activity would
be given 10 the business on the remaining one.
third 10 compensate the loss and prevent depre.
CATION Of the slocki We do moi think il would
The travel might he somewhat increased; bui
not the freight. But even il !, should, what viii
become of that Other feature of the enterprise
which gave existence TO our Road--to build Up
our seaporis, to bind together the East and the
West by identity Of interest, and TO mike them
feel more sen~ibly their relation citizens Of the
same State This is the true policy which
should govern our ,ctions 1t will be Time
enough, after oul Road has passed its infancy
and secured FOR itself profitable business, 10 talk
Of new experiments. The construction Of a CON
Meeting link hclwecn the North Carolina and the
Virginia Road would unquestonahly benefit The
district Of country through which il passed; bu
il would he al too great sacrifice of the genera
good-it would greatly impair the trade Of oul
own towns, and depreciaie the value Of the mos,
important Of our Stale Improvements. The peo
Pile of Caswell we hope, will he accommodated
with some conmodious way Of getting iheiI pro-
duce TO tle North Carolina Road; but il mus