Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-12-23

due, both 70 myself and the public, to expose the
hllacy of its Arguments, and to brand it's malignant
calumnies with the stigma Of alseAood! Thecorres-
Pondent asserts that from thirty to forty thousand
dollars have been expended BY tie citizens of David
son. Davie, Forsyth and Yadkin counties in the con-
struction Of mills &c By how many eitizens praye
Who are these who appropriate to themselves alone
the words "ths CT isenss" Are few eraspine.
grinding, penurious mill-ownefs-the worthy cor
respondent among the number" the citizens" the
ONLY ''eitizens'' of the aforena1ned countiess Il
would seem So He says that the capital thus inves
ted has greatly enhanced the value Of adjacent lands
has given fresh impetus to agricultural industry
has increased the wheat crops etc.
Mr.. Speaker, admitting that all this is true were
not those nvestm ents made in direct violation of the
acts past in the years 1S09 1912 and 1884, as Ihave
before rema ked, relative to the Yadkin River? Was
not the erection of every dam q bold papable in.
Engagement OF the rights Of the peoplep would ask
moreover, to whose benefit mainly have these asoless
investments enured Ito the mill-owners ?-or to
that Of the people largeP Let candid legislature
answer: l will not now attempt to prove what is
selfevident viz: that the opening of the river for
navigation 10y aftordng to the people increased ia
cllities both for travel and for traffic. will not only
neutralize bnt greatly overbalance the benefits &C
crulng from the erection of mills. Such is not, at
pres ent, my purpose. My object noso is to unmask
TO strip off every disguise expose thoroughly,
II possible, the insiduous Vaccinations Of clique,
who actuated alone by mercenary motives have ar
rayed Memsetres against the interests of the MANY
Yadkin" asserts that l. during the campaign last
summer, advocated law authorizing the constrnc-
ton Of slopes dams erected across the river in
the county of Surry. This assertion do unhesi.
tatlngy pronounce AN UNMITIGATED LEI No citi-
zen OF the county of Sury has erected dam across
the Yadkin in violation of law. This fact needs no
other proof than that more than 1000 memorialists
from said county petition the present Legislature for
the removal of similar Instructions existing in other
counties. l shall say nothing, Mr.. Speaker, con-
corning the erection of dams in Surry across the
tributaries of the Yadkin-the county court of said
county is fully empowered to remedy any evils aris-
ing from this erection. "Yadkin's" estimate of the
value OF shad taken in the river is obviously erro
neous, and am surprised that he should have al
luded to their scarcity, which he is well aware is
occasoned altogether by the dams of which we COM
plain. His assertion that wing dams would not fully
subserve the convenience of the public is palpable
absurdity, which shall bestow no further notice
In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, would add that have
recently received letter signed by John c. Kelly,
Az. Horn, F. j. Poindexter, VIM Martin, Reps.
Martin and 25O others, residing in the immediate vi
.cinity of the Lobby Members Mills, portion of
which runs as follows: Mr.. T. Glenn, since he re-
turned from Raleigh, says, to open the Yadkin
river as your bill calls for, will COST THE STATE SIX
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, ($6OO OOO') He tells
this to scare the people from signing our petitions
Ibis is AN UTTER FALsEHooD! But when was Tyre
Glenn, Esq, ever known to tell the truth, when a
lie would serve his purpose? "a
Thus do you see, Mr.. Speaker that he is not only
branded as liar by me, but also by the concurrunt
testimony of his nearest neighbors-two hundred
and fifty respectable citizens of the county of Yadkn
What have said, has been said in selfdefence and
l consider myself individually responsible for the
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