Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-07-21


s. the health giving breezes, were never IN
""5d TO be denied to you and others to whom
(r would be life and health. | invite you, and
'I {Irs in the name of the mountain people to come
oI enjoy with us your delightful inheritance =
" o to your own beautiful mountains
While I am up sir am pleased to have an OPP
unity of speaking word in behafOf Tennessee;
~" DEDICATION from that State have been disap-
rtnted in their wish to be present on this occa-
sion.
dent desires to participate with us! Tennessee
r.,tb her charter comes knocking at the door
And ask if this appeal from the only Child to her
,rrent Mother will be rejected! No State can
Toast ola better offspring No child Of this great
rfederacy can bring to the bosom Of a parent,
richer or more abundant offering None can do
more than this young Princess Of the West.
She has opened wide her arms to every State
She comes now to our embrace! She is worthy,
.r Of orr caresscs, and can repay them four-fold!
She is bound to US by every tie She must, she aciW
h, ours The pride and patriotism of our people
have at length been aroused, and nothing short of
his great work will satisfy these noble, these patr-
oric desires
Mr. President, [ cannot believe that work so
rnagnihcent thiS-sO vital to the interests OF our
state can fail Of success!
imagine | see success already stamped on the
many intelligent and manly faces which are around
me, | believe feel some Of the quickening, reno
yating and grateful impulses, which, as they rise
swell IN our bOSOmS VIII lnu pItsSIoli |110
ardent supplCation, God save, and bless, ana mag
rrfy our beloved State!
lanes W. Osborne, ESQ. of Charlotte, next
,9onded, III his most happy style, to the sentiments
y,rcsscd by his friend Mr. Wright, of Wilmington.
He alluded in most complimentary terms to the part
rrhrh the people of Wilmington had taken in the
.,rupglc of the Revolution; and congratulated the
rrcscnt generation upon the iattering auspices of
needy and happy union between the descendants of
the ancient Cavaliers of Wilmington with those OF
INal,- ,,.oc( Mocly lnThU
On motion Of Dr. Fox, the meeting adjourned to
meet again at 9 o'clock tomorrow.
On notion the Convention then adjourned to
meet at o'clock in Major Kerrs large and capaclous
dining room, where over four hundred delegates met
qrrordingy and discussed one Of the most splendid
and magnificent dinners that ever adorned the his
trrv Of any similar occasion in this country. After
dinner the following regular toasts drank:
l. The 4M cf July, 1776-The bond between
tLrtyo Independent Republics of common orr
gin a common interest, and a common destiny
g The Union Of the States-" Distinct as the
blows, but one as the sea-" it's surface may be dis
trbcd but its foundations can be removed
g. The memory Of George Washington.
t. THE Stute Of North Car0ljn0-
Then all who with us love the land that we live in,
As happy a region this side of heaven,
Raise aloud, raise together the heartthrling chorus
urrah, hurrah, the Old North State forever"
Internal improvements IN North C0TOtin0-
A second declaration of independence, to sustain
which, we pledge our labor, our fortunes and our
sacred honor.
g. North Cayolinu and Tennessee, Mother and
D1uqhter-nLike Saul and Jonathan they have been
oyely in their lives, and in death may they not be
divided.
T. The President ofthe United States
g. The Army and Na0y Of the United States.
a. The patriotism Of our FatherS-The richest
legacy to their sons
TO- RepuJIjcanisH2 Of America-Like her Stars
and Stripes, may its bcnefcent influence be cock
teusvc with civilization
H. Edacard b. Dudley-who was the first to
suggest a line of railway from Wilmington to the
West Aanking the State of South Carona-his
life has been devoted to the internal improvement
interests of his native State and she will ever cher
sh a grateful remembrance Of his services.
- Thc Common School System Of North Car0-
Iun---Merits the fostering support of our State
Government, as the source Of general education and
the nursery of our colleges
WEDNESDAY, 5th July
The Convention met according to adjournment.
H. L. Holmes, ESD, of Wilmington, Chairman
he Committee appointed yesterday to prepare bus
for the action of the Convention, made their IT
port Before introducing the report, Mr.. Holmes er
rertained the Convention, for an hour, or more, wit
an able address, much diversified with historical earr
ing and statistical information on the subject
roads in general, and of rail roads in particular.
The report having been drawn up by Mr.. Osborne
he was requested by Mr.. Holmes, to read ii. He dl
So first having illustrated the whole subject by a
able and lengthy address, in which he unanswerabl
asserted all its claims and COnclusvely dispelled a
i, objections He was followed by Mr.. j. G. Blue,
Richmond, Joshua G. Wright, and Talcott Bur
E,Is., of Wilmington, in appropriate speeches, MAJ
Testing much interest in the success of the ente
prise.
AT this stage of the proceedings, the Rev Cyrt
Johnson, after few preliminary remarks, move
that the Convention strike out from the vocabuar
Of lis thoughts, the word cannot, a term not to
understood or entertained for moment in the eXecI
ton of This great work His motion was carried
accamatiOn Whereupon the report and resolution
ot the Committee being submitted to the Convention
were adopted unanimously They are as follows
REPORT, sc.
The committee TO whom has been referred the gel
raI subject of preparing business Tor the Cor
ycnton, in the absence of particular proposition
referred to by order of the Convention-have felt
10 be their duty to direct their attention solely
the great object for which the Convention a.
Sembled This subject defined in the resolution
under which the Convention was called, at NEE
ng Of the citizens of Mecklenburg county was III
construction of a Railroad from the city of Whining
ton to the Tennessee border in the direction of Jones
ID boro. Your committee believe that this great Ell
terPrSe Will subserve the interests of large popl
alton Of North Carolina which heretofore have bee
denied the advantages of Railroads-that it will
The most direct line OF communication to connect tn
Interior and western region of North Carolina wit
ue Seaboard, and that II promises ultimate connet
uons with the Mississippi and the Ohio, which
NE estimate OF It's advantages, give TO it nationt
character. This enterprise, however, COmmends il
sell to our special favor that it is eminentIy, an
exclusively North Carolina work. 1t proposes il
''nmencement at most fourishing commerce;
seaport and It's bisects the pine forests of CT
0mous, Baden and Robeson-the cotton fields
"a "cnmond, Arson and Interchangeable wheat an
,'9 lands IN the counties of the Catawba and tn
ladkln, and the rich pastures of Ashe, Wataugf
NIl lancey, embracing in its course, three hundre
'.1 nifty miles OF our territory, of great variety