Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-02-24
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Town GECtlnG.

AT called meeting of the citizens Of the town OF
Wilmington. at the Commissioners Hall, on Satur-
day, the 18th February. 1854: On motion OF MI
Geo Houston, o. G. Parsley Esq, Magistrate OF
Police of the town, called upon to preside, and
Jas T. Miller and NJ London, requested to act as
Secretaries.
The object of the meeting being briefly explained
by the Chairman, he, on motion or II. l.. Holiness
Esq, appointed a committee of five, TO wit: Messrs
H. L. Holmes, Geo. Houston F. J. Hill, }. q. Wrgh
and John McRae, draft resolutions expressive OF
the sense of the meeting on the announcement OF
the passage through the Senate of the United States
of bill appropriating two hundred thousand dollars
to the improvement of the mouth of the Cape Fear
River
After short retirement from the meeting, the
mittee, through their Chairman, H L. Holmes, Esq.
reported the following resolutions:
Resolved, That WHILE in despotc governments leglsla
ton for the public good must originate with the
in free governments primary meetings often hasten, and
sometimes originate laws the most sanitary
Resolved That Republics are, in truth ungrateul to
their benefactor present occasion demands Of the peO
pie of Wilmington here assembled to shun the charge OF
ngrattude at the risk of that of anrepubcanism
Resolred Therefore that our town. from the hearts of
all her people, tenders to the Hon. Geo E. Badger. this
public manifestation of grateful respect and merted honor
for his late noble service in the Senate in procuring the
passage of bill appropriate two hundred thousand dol
lars for the improvement of the Bar of the Cape Fear Rver
work calculated preserve and promote the rap
idly growing commercial prosperity of the Town and State
Rsolved That the help of Hercules should not be called
shoulder to the wheel and in this spirit alone dose the
Town of Wilmington feel itself justified in confidently
(whe most respectfully calling upon the House of Repre-
enatveS to to her aid Gas in the stctes they
authorized by the constitution to do by passing through
their body the bill from the Senate to improve the said Bar
at the entrance of the River Cape Fear.
ReSoLUed That this meeting feels the most implicit reli-
rOm efforts already made by him. the able and
efficient cooperation of Representative the Hon. VIM
S Ashe, in pushing forward tOcompletiOn the
of which, while it shall give character add i'm
portance and commercial consequence his place.
will alike elevate well earned honor and distinction the
hearts of his constituents the of Cape Fear by whose
patriotic efforts shall have been foserea and carried
Resolved, That of North Carolina though our
state be poached the Sleeper ofSleepy Hollow,
claim to be awake proper of acknowledged
Demand submit respectfully to solicit of Congress the
of the law alluded to- for the restoration
to its former depth and usefulness.
ResOUed That this meeting feels the fullest assurance
that the entire delegation of State the House
resentatives will lend their prompt and undivided
the Cape Fear Bar and that they viii press subject upon
the attention cf the House in accordance with the una
resolutions Of the Legislature of North Carolina
sed at its last session.
The resolutions read and after some eloquent
remarks by the Chairman of the Committee Mr.
Holmes, they were unanimously adopted.
the Chairman to visit the City of Washington at the ex
of the town. and the passage of the desired law
for relief
ResoUea, That copy of these resolution be sent to ou
Senator and each of the Representatives State
Congress and that the proceedings of this meeting be pub
llShed In the papers of the
On tton of Dr. F. J. Hill, the meeting adjourned SIM
de. O. G. PARSLEY IrLo;rm1n
NJ / Lo MItHEH sec'etorys.