Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-03-12

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PUBLIC MEETING In ASHkSlLkk
Al a meeting q ths dtissns q Asheyils and v'esa'
;.v hsd n ~ Court House q he Esd q February,
1859. A. 8 Menimon, ESQ, wss called to me chaas'
and r b Vance requested to oct . SECRETARY,
The chairman explained the object d The meeting
N n. Cor general consultation concerning our wosks
Of internal Improvement and that our Rspsssents-
lives TO the late legislature might have q oppasto
nifty to explain the action Of that boy % ssa''"
thereto.
NJ home n. W. woodfin, ESQ, who haa spens most
Of The winter In Raleigh, vas eallsd upon e hser
the meeting with On account q he pseessdns.
the General Assembly in which Ne sfs Interested :.
M Wood6u proceeded to review The ehartsn q
The Western n. O. Railroad and The Preach Broad
Railroad; that the frst because q Id charter pro
visions, can oay b built BY sections which feature
left the road almost beyond the hope a our peop.
and he sincerely tustedno ei.sen Of Buncombs would
ever pay dollar Tor in further sxtsa.ioo ws.s
that the French Broad charter vas good oas. Nth
the exception Of the guase which, aflef all - not
50 serious difficulty - at first might appear. 1r.
Woodin argued the imprscticsbilisy d coaoeesing
at the present day with tho Wilmingtoa and Ruth
crford Railroad-that four million dollars bad a.
ready been appropriated BY the State Sos The West
cm Extension, and that the State would not vote
money to penetrate the blue Ridge st tvo points
only twenty miles distant The speaker detailed 81
length the causes which produced The failure a our
Railroad schemes In the late Lesalature, and eavc
II as his opinion that the people Of Western Nesth
Carolina viii never get their rights under The Pros
cnt basic efrPresesfafies and system Of s.xaiioo-
that the true system Of taxation was shc ID estsrs
Mr. W. said in view Of the facts that . vss useless
to lament over that which ws lost, that Ne must
now turn our eyes to the erection Of the Preach
Broad Railroad BY county subscriptions. which the
amended charter provides fos and proposed that 70
commence work simultaneously at tho South Caro-
lima line in the direction OF SpartanburE and grade
the road to Columb,s In the county 81 Polk and Of
the Tennessee line in the direction Of Nosristoun.
and grade to Marshall in the county Of Madison,
with view finally to connect both ends Of the rod
at Ashcvillc, and that he had no doubt this work
once began that all restrictions On the charter would
at once be removed
On motion Of WIN. Murtiock. ESQ, the chairman
appointed . committee Of twelve srntlcmcn to rrc-
take in the premises viz: VIM. Murdoch, y. W.
woodfin. J. 2. L Hardy, Marcus Erwin, J. W. Pat
ton. r. h Vance. J. 4 Patton, T. W. Akin. W. A.
Patton. b. J. Smith. 4 Clayton. and ]. n Sawyer.
Marcus Erwin, Esq, Was then cslled ioe. Who re-
spondcd by declaring his readiness 10 aid IN carry
ing out the plan suggested BY Mr. Woodruff
he had thought the prospects for Railroad In The
plan presented met his approval and he believed u
could be carried out that he thought The cis,srns
Of Buncombc would warmly respond 10 the psupcei.
ton. Mr.. Z said he was unwilling to wait Is o.
2u years for q Railroad to cone to him. that he
did not consider the failure Of our projects in the
Legislature chargrablc upon any political party,
but as more easily 10 be accounted fcr on the score
Of sectional feeling. Mr.. T. thought that our poo.
pie could at once build this Road II they would take
hold OF it.
Rev. T. W. Akin was called out who sah that
he had feared our situation was hopeless; he hsd
como to the meeting for information. and had been
highly gratiiied to hear tho speech Of Mr. wooddn
and thought his plan for building tho rrvnch broad
Road feasible; that he hoped the Western North
Carolina Railroad would stop .. M2ss.n,eo-,h,'
lar to II and that he believed the noble spir;
ted people Of this county would ehscrfully submit
to tax to build themselves . ruad - they had %
submitted to build roads fos Others
David Coleman. Esq, Was called upon foe his
views He said he had been unwilling to address
had thought great deal about thc matter I've he'd
held conventions, and still the question wa What
shall he done that he thought &c ought To svs In
earnest about the matter. and ssiopt plan. Mr. G.
thought that Mr.. wooslfin's plan vas the proper
one, and could be carried out that the road should
be begun at once, which WAS the suscst way to 60
cure its completion.
. The chairman made few remarks, stating that
We, q people, had once thought ourselves free,
but that Il appeared portion Of the State did MOI
want US to be 80. and that he was well satisfied 4
anything ever was done or this section, &c must do
It ourselves. Mr.. ". argued that the Euass Of ths
road was not SO great difficulty - some thought:
that the yaasc Of the road could be the same fusu
Spartanburg to Ashcvillc. and from here TO Cinein
natl thus making only two rrshpmenss on . road
etxSpssr sv~su.