Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-02-14
REMARKS OF MR.. HUMPHREY
OF oNsLow,


Mr.. Humphrey said, having ADDRESSED tho H.
at some length Saturday last in support Of
bill, he regretted to say more upon the subiect S
Sir, would throw myself upon the indnIcD u!
this House to correct some impressions made h ~
gentleman from Orange. M. Fl. expressed gu: ~ tae
to meet the opposition of the friends of Railohh'
and OF gentlemen who had been acting in tbr %b
cacy of internal improvements heretofore 'V-
But 1T added astonishlnent to this sorrow f. -.
ness by gentleman of acknowledged chiyar ~
attack upon this bill, insidous and unraII,~t vi
as he confesses himself an attack in the ,' 1"o
The gentleman is exceedingly eloquent and ;ny,,.-
tive in his details to the House of the ponni uC-
products and general Importance of the ronI,
Onslow. He sneerngly insnuates that Onsoy :; :,
poor, that her people import their corn and a
there is nothing in the soil, commercial rrosn: '
ty Of the county TO invite Railroad to her bnrf
He complains that the portion of the State bt rS'
Fayetteville and Beaufort is too poor to be i,,nroi
Let turn back sir, the pages of the North G,,:"
Legislature. In 1S4S we find the reprcscntot;
the county of Orange upon this floor uropc n W
the State the necessity of embarking in thiSS rt
enterprise, and also find here foremost a,nontI
champions of improvement the identical ucnl9, "c
himself urging and pleading for this road not %
the principal of endorsed bonds but by tbn iii e.
the tune of two-thrds of the stock, and what ,a
the reason assigned by the gentleman? CTnon y,I
ground did he justify this extravagant rcaurs,
Why sir, upon nothing more nor less than the I;
simple aud honely plea of pooeyty and sir ai, ~
formed by honorable gentlemen now present tl+
this was tie dr0ilabte pt6G and secured the StotI
aid to the work. How artfully the gentleman .lr
hoo and cold the poverty of his constituents emf
tied them to 100000 for Railroad PURPOSES Will;
the poverty of other sections entitled thcir aplro
tons to nothing, that is the sarcasm of the rrn,l
man which [ consider nothing The gentleman oir,-
as unmstakabe evidence Of classical taste AMI
fine forensic ability, but sir, while strin" I'M lt,~
ry gems and oratorcal flights he has forgotten tt.
brightest jewel of human character coRsistcyr., H.
has alluded to the position of parties an Gi',>'-.
which the gentleman should never have made ~ Il.
the recollection of the late Gubermato1al ca,.la.n
is fresh in the minds of the peopie I wonder irta
gentleman was willing last summer to go with Gen
Dockery into debt of fifteen millions woDlrr
the gentleman Joined with the press of his party in
earping and criticising the ''iudici0us system ,f
Governor Bragg
He calls the Democratic friends Of internal io
provenents his auxiliaries.n Sir am Ike ~, ar
Gent philosopher, when eompiimcntyd b. the wi Ike!
/ fear have Sinned. If the gentleman has casSa.
properly must endeavor to get " delivered from
my friends" I voted for the million bill for the
gente!nanS road not because am SO liberal or hay.
any great affection for the enterprise but because
my hands are bound and fettcred by the action Of
past legislatures. And, sir, have felt worse since
giving that vote than any which have Yet giyy;.
in the House not, sir, because the work has no merit
but particularly on account u9 the colnilv in
which it places me.
Twas not even Il voter when the gentleman in 1913
aided in creating and imposing upon the State tits
debt Now, it comes with bad grace from the gy.-
tlcman to lecture myself and others upon the sub.
ject OF economy because ask some small Httt5
aid for the interests of constituents, and for
er projects besides his own peculiar oe-thc North
Carolina Road.
I North Carolinian in interest and feeling
am actuated in my votes by sincere desire to Sc
cure her best interests, and west--breal down
the barriers that divide us-deveopc her resources
and enable her to take the position to which she is
entitled in the rank of States.