Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-03-16
The Western Extension.


"The Asheville Ne,cs is mistaken in regard to the
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. That meritori-
Gus measure incurred fate similar to that of the
Western Extension. The Asheville Neus should
crack its whip citizen Holden. Had the cti
zen spoken out on Internal improvements instead
of being as mute as mouse for nine-tenths of the
session, the Asheville News and the West perhaps
would not have such cause of complaint"
We have been in public life too long to be unduly
sensitive, but must say and show that our neigh
Dor has done us injustice. We did speak out for
the Fayetteville Coalfelds Road, for the Cape Fear
and Deep River improvement for the exchange of
bonds with the Wilmington and Rutherford Road,
for the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, and for
the Western Extension. We did this, we trust,
with proper respect for the opinions of Others and
with due regard for the obligations resting on men,
bers to carry out the wishes of their constituents
We did not thrust our views upon the Legislature,
nor dng-dong them in the ears of members; but
we endeavored to perform our duty as We under
stood it and to redeem our pledges to the Western
people, In our paper of the 9th of February we re-
ferred to the defeat of Mr. CaldweIs bill in the Com
mons in aid of the Western Extension, and regret
ted that the majority thought it their duty under
the circumstances, to reject it." And we added:
"We do not yet however, abandon all hope on the
subject. We trust that something riN be done to
meet tile just expectations Of the Western people.
What that something shall be it is for the Vest to
agree upon and tile Legislature to grant, Will they
do it? No time is to be lost as the Legislature will
most probably adjourn by the 18TH"
The vote in the Commons on this bill on the Sd
of February, was as follows,-thc names of Demo-
Gratis in Roman, and the names of the opposition
members IN italics:
Those who voted for the biz are:
Messrs. Badham, Baird, Barbee, BrummeU, Brv-
an, of Craven, Bryson, Burns Burke, Byrd, Cai-
aoeu, of Burke, CalaeeN, of Guilford, Clapp Dick
son, Dula, Eller, Fagg, Farbault Fleming, Gather
of Iredell Hall, of Rowan, Harrington, Higgins,
Holdsclaw, LETTERS, Love, Lyon, Moore of Chatham
Moore, of n. H., Inorehead, Mordeca, Shaw, Sher-
rell, Simonton, Taylor Ualker Wallace, Walser,
Wilson and Woodfn-39
Those who voted against the bill are:
Messrs. Baxter, Blount, Bridgers, Bryan, of N.
H., Bullock, Chambers, Cor, of Pitt, Craren, Dancy,
Drake Faison, FtreJee, Foy, Gather of Davie Cat.
ling, Gentry, Green, of Chatham, Green, of Frank
lin, hall, of Warren Hargrove, Henry, Hill of
Stokes, Jones, of Craven, Leok, Lewis, Nc Cottes,
Mckay, Murtin, Masten, Moore, of Martini Morgan,
Nerby Norman, Norwood, Outlac, Purdie, Ran
son. Reeves, Roney, Sanders, Scales Simpson,
Smallwood Smith, Spa'rOr, Speer, Speight Ste
phens, Tomlinson, Thompson, Thornburg, Ward
and Williams-5S.
Twenty-six Democrats and thirteen of the oppo-
siton for the bill, and thirty four Democrats and
nineteen of the opposition against the bill.
But there was another vote upon the same mea-
sure the 14th of February, on the bill introduced
by Mr.. Williams, of Caswell That vote is as fol-
lows:
Those who voted for the bill are:
Messrs Baird, Barbee Bryson, Byrd, Ca1d,eeN,
of Guilford, Cox, of Jones' Drake Dula Eler, Fagg,
Fleming. Foy, Fries Gather, of Iredell, Hall, Of
Rowan, Hall, of Warren Higgins, Holdsclaw, Lef
fers Love, Mckay, Morehead, Ransom, Roney,
Shaw, Sheriff. Simonton Stamford, Walker Wal
lace, Whitfield, Wilson, Williams and Woodfn-34.
Those who voted against the bill are:
Messrs. Blount Bridgers, BrummeN, Bryan, of
New Hanover, Bullock, Burns Calduell, of Burke
Chambers, Costner, Craren, Dancy, Dickson, Far
row, Fsrebee, Gather, of Davic, Gatling, Gentry
Green, of Franklin Hargrovc, Harrington, Henry
Hester Hill, of Stokes, Jones' of Craven Jones, of
Martin, Morgan, Neoby, Norman, Norwood, Out
law, Purdie Reagan, Reeves, Sanders Scales, Simp-
son. Smallwood, Smith, Sparroao, Speer, Speight
Stephens, 7aylor, Tomlinson 7hornburg Walser,
Ward, Waters, Watson and Windley-55.
Twenty-seven Democrats and seven of the oppo-
sition for the bill, and thirty-three Democrats and
twenty-five of the opposition against the bill. Mr..
Caldwell of Burke, voted against Mr.. Wiiams's bill,
one of the best introduced during the session; and
under his lead the opposition vote for the measure
dwindled from thirteen to seven. The Democrat
ic vote for the bill increased very slightly, it is
true while the opposition vote for the fell
off more than une-half The Democratic vote against
the measure was one less than on the 3d. while the
opposition vote against it increased from nineteen to
twenty-five. No Whig or Know Nothing east Of
Guford, with the exception of Mr. Taylor, of Chat.
!; ham, voted for the measure; while on the Sd Of
February eleven Democrats east of Guilford and on
the 14th of February thirteen Democrats east of Gull
ford voted for the The powerful Democratic
Counties of New Hanover, Warren, Cumberland and
Wake contributed taking the two Houses togeth,
era majority of their votes for the measure but
where the peculiar friends of the Register-the
whiom advocates of internal improvements ON this
Important question? Where was Outlaw, Smith,
Sparrow, Ferebee Thornburg, and others? The only
vote cast for the from the Abemarle region
was by Mr.. Badham, a Democrat IfMessrs Smith,
Outlaw, Sparrow, and Ferebee had united forces on
the 14th with the friends Of the measure and if Mr.
Caldwell of Burke had ranged himself by their side
in good faith, and had advocated Mr. Williams's bill
as he advocated his own it is almost certain that
the restrictions would have been thrown off, Or il
the West itself had united as one man on any one
scheme, it is highly probable that the result would
have been different. And where were the Reg
ister and its friends in the campaign of 1858
Where was its candidate for Governor, Mr. McRae
Doing all he could to excite the Eastern people
on the subject of taxation-calling on the people
of Wayne to remember when they came to vote
through their representatives in the Legislature
that Wayne paid $4,000 in taxes, while jackson
County paid but $9Oo-dwelling upon the " chronic
decline which he insisted had set in upon the State
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