The North-Carolinian., 1857-03-21
Western Rail Road.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKUOI DER I.
The ANIMAL meeting Of the stockholders
the Western Railroad was held at Market IL
All Monday last, Col. Jno McRae in the cha RI
After the transaction Of such prelimina&
business as is usual the following resolution d
fercd by f. j. Hale, Esq, was adopted:-
Whereas it is understood tha: the Preside
and Directors of the Company have been
piled to by several Of the owners Of miner
lands to negotiate for an interest in those lam
in favor of the Company :-Resolved that tn
meeting is grati6cd to find that the owners
those lands have at length been aroused to I'll
advantages Of a connection with our road an
that the President and Directors be authorized
and requested to make such arrangements Of til
kind as may be mutually advantageous" ThE
election for President of the company resulted
in the choice Of G.. B. Malett, the former eff
cieDt aud Jealous president of the Board. TIN
election for Directors was then held. Mai IN
&. McRae declined reelection and nomiuate&
in his stead the Hon. j. c. Dobbin-aud II
being understood that Maj A. J. OIIanlo,F
was averse to serving as Director, owing to tho
pressure of other claims upon his time and att
tenton the board as elected stand thus:-Uor
J. c. Dobbin, Geo. McNeill, A A. McKcthan
T. S. Luttcrloh, W. T. Horne, John n
Cook H. L. Myrover,, W. McLaurin. James
Kyle.
The publication of statement of the claims
of the Railroad upon the support of the people
OF Cumberland was ordered to be printed and
We trust that it viii be carefully read by every
voter in the county before he goes to the polls
to ratify or condemn the action of the mapis-
trates respecting county subscription The
matter has been and is still msreprcsented to
the people. Designing men, demagogues and
self interested individuals are striving to pre-
jndice the minds of our citizens against asss-
tnnce to this great enterprise. Some we give
credit for better motives while we pity their
ignorance and condemn their self blindness
We conjure the people of Cumberland to
think for themselves, and we present few
facts for their consideration. First the impor-
tancc of the Railroad to the State, anu the
vast resources which its completion will deyc-
ope. And we cannot say more on this point
thar is embodied in the able and succilt Re
port of the President Of the Road, in another
column. We call especial attention to it. and
we ask every citizen of Cumberland to weigh
we'll the prospects of benefit and injury before
he forms an opinion or polls his vote. We tell
you democrats of Cumberland, that an effort
is being made to paralyse our energies and to
defeat us hereafter by men whose allegiance to
the party is of very doubtful tenure They
represent that it is know nothing manoyrr
to obtain the prestige Of success in a work whose
execution will be the stepping stone to the n
advancement Of rES Of MT mol INN
ment-and they further say that if the county
agrees to the subscription, it will be mainly
owing to the influence of know nothings basng
their local political capital upon this subscrip-
tion. We tell you that this is o misrepresen-
tation; that these men are seeking popularity
by decrying a work whose Importance can only
be estimated by the general good acruing to
the whole people. AS an answer to all thi.
rlgmarofe, we call your attention to the
Of JAS. C. DOBBIN as Director in this
road, and we ask you if you will permit any
man, whatever may be his claims upon your
attention. yonr creduity or your confidence
to prejudice You politically against the Wes-
tern Kali road? In fact, not only as Demo
Gratis IN party sense of the term, but as demo-
crats I'D the more extended the true, rational,
republican meaning of the word. we appeal to
yon TO give your hearts, your hands and your
sotes TO this enterprise. Be ass ured that it
Is lot your own benefit, your own interest, az
wen as that OF the state at large! Personally,
a"" SO Tar as we ourself are individually con-
cef"eo' It matters very little whether the Rail
f'oad Is completed Or not, and we are therefore
'ne b., better qualified to express an opinion
|" "heSher or not the benefits would exceed the
temporary inconvenences, if in fact any existed
attendant upon the subscription
!, =" ''"er quarters 1t is represented that the
'e"ocfats wish to overtax their fellow citizens
= me opposition, and capital is sought to be
naoe OF this declaration All intsllirent men
-" see the drift of these objection urged bv
ne opponents of the road Self interest il at
he bottom Of the whole Of it. Ask man
Vnat his objections are to the country subscrin-
ION, and he will tell you that the prop,r vii,
'e taxed for it, that he is great friend of the
Eor1.E, that he wishes to see the burde, of
a axatlon removed from the PEOPLE Ac e.
Look into that mans antecedents and vo,
Fill ind him to be either an old Office hunter
r one who is looking to the dear people for .n
ffice, hoping to obtain it by q great estensihla
interest III the welfare Of the people. The arou-
aents and representation of sncb mon ara
'orth about as much were the promises of
he know nothings TO a democrat to sunnort
I'm 1or an oftice when they were sworn to op-
ose him.