The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-07-24

ninety or one hundred delegates Pieoon',
that several days before the adlournhie,n', :
made two or three Intellectual efforts 10 nase
it placed upon its final passage-that, LIZ.
Grissom of Granville County, who IlVes
nearly as far East as Mr.. Eaton, ana VINO
am nleased to say is a much better TREND 10
the West than either Mr.. Eaton or Col. Fere-
bee also made an effort to get my ordinance
mon its third reading. If l am not
much mistaken Gen. Patterson, OF Caloweil
County, also exerted himself, and III Iact
nearly all the Western delegates dld what
tbev conld by their votes to forward its final
massage, but Col. Ferebee and Mr.. Eaton,
whom Mr.. Pell and Mr.. Gales would have
the people believe are such good frlenos I'D
the West. and whom they have SD graclousiy
volunteered to defend, thwartcd all our
efforts, and the Western n. Z. Railroad mas
been left to languish and perhaps to die. pc
cause in the first place the chief clerk OF the
House of Commons failed to do his duty;
and because, in the second place, the Western
n. C. Railroad happens not to run through
Camden OF Warren Counties, and therefore
could not enlist the sympathies OF Col Fere-
bee or Mr. Eaton, but on the contrary invited
their opposition, no doubt partly on account
of the section of the State In which IL Is
located. Now if these two gentlemen, Col.
Ferebee and Mr.. Eaton, are such valiant
friends of Western North-Carollna as the
have US believe, why, would most respect
fully enquire, did they vote in the late Con-
vention against the proposition to apportloh
the representation in the House Of commons
according to the white popuiatlont Diu
they vote against allowing the Counties OF
CLAW Transatlantic, Madison, Mitchell, foik
and Allegheny to have each 4 member OF the
House of Commons until 1872. because they
were so favorably inclined and 50 full of love
for the Westl This question OF representa-
ton was not postponed till 1.-The last hour III
the session. when there were not more IMAM
fifty of the one hundred and twenty men,
bers present" Oh he, Father Peli why
persist in face of facts 81 easily eStaoiiShed,
in irving TO palm of either Col. Fereoee or
Mr.. Eaton As friends 10 the NeStF lis
Loves labor lost" You cannot humbnS US
in that STYLE The people of the West will
never vote for either Of these pets III yours
for Lieutenant Governor or for any other
office You well know that neither OF these
gentlemen are friendly disposed to the West,
and it certainly is not right for preacher "f
the Gospel to attenpt 10 L axe Others believe
what he does not believe him ss,lf-
FORTUNATELY for the State. he Mr.. Caid-
welN was not made President OF the North
Carolina Railroad. That great interest We
are glad TO say. has no, been so badly man
aged. nor so nearly hanSrupted as tiie West
ern n c. Railrnad." Now. gentlemen. Ii Is
: yerv easy matter TO MAKE = very grave
charge: but, when il is made, eSpsclssiiy by
s man in Saceriotsli r,>beS the one preferrin--
the accusation ought ST least IL have the
proofs at hand TO sustain his allegation
Here you make the charge that the W e>1ern
y. c. Railroad Is nearly bankrupt, and in
sinuate broadly that this is owing TO the bad
management of the present President de
nv the allegation, ana assert. on the contra
~, that the read with its fixtures. rolling
stock &c &c. is worth more than two million
of dollars over and above Its debts Now
march up to the point you have made, and
make good Your idle aSSertion-substantlate
the fact you have asserted. and your conclu-
sion drawn from your false premises
challenge you to do so. Have an Impair
tial committee appointed to investigate the
charge, if YOU dare All 1 ask is that hon
est, upright men be appointed. Is the Road
bankrupt ?-that is the question. If it is,
when did it become sol Was it the bad
management of the present President that
made it bankrupt? What was the state Of
the finances when it passed into his hands +? |
How much actual cash was there on hand ! |
What was the Indebtedness of the road at |
the beginning of the war what at the ter |
minati0n what now How could this !
Indebtedness be paid off without money 3
and how was the money to he raisedl What |
was the condition OF the road-bed when it fell !
into the hands OF the present administration. /
and what is its condition now What was |
the condition of the rolling stock, and how /
much material was ON hand on the first OF !
last September? Upon ali these points. .
am more than willing for an enquiry to lie |
instituted, and the result of the investigation t
to be published to the world; but 1 do pro-
test against the Reverend Mr.. Peli or Capt |
Seaton Gales being ON the commission
They ha shown their nnfifppSS for tho
stion, by their swittness to condemn upon
charges which they knew, or had the means
of knowing, to be without foundation.
One other matter, and 1 will have finished !
unless | be further assaulted. / am charged |
with being Radical and a leader OF the !
Radicals in the late Convention. If it be |
meant by this, that L was, and am now radi- /
cally opposed to that party which essayed to .
overthrow the Constitution Of their country,
and who now, with their lips, swear to main |
tain and defend it, and who set the laws at
defiance and trampled them under their feet
and now give them Il sickly support only he
cause they have been whipped and are obi
ged to do it; who bedaub President John
son with tongue service, but curse him in
their hearts-who vainIy endeavoured to
pull down the fair fabric Of the Union, that |
they might erect upon the mighty ruins |
tyrannical despotism, under the auspices and |
control of such men as Davis, BENJAMIN,
Seldom, Yancy and Others, who might be |
plead guilty to the soft i'm
parchment. fit be meant that l would not |
vote in the late Convention with Col. Ferebee,
Mr.. Eaton and Others, whom the Rev Mr.. |
Pell and Capt. Gales say are loyal men,
against the 9th Section Of the 9TH article of |
the new Constitution, which requires '.every
person chosen or appointed TO any office or
place of trust or profit in the State, besides |
any oath prescribed for a faithful discharge |
OF its duties, shall before entering on such |
duties, take an oath or affirmation to sup
port, maintain and defend the Constitution |
of the State not inconsistent with the Con-
stitution Of the United States,' then 1 con-
tinue to plead guilty and glory in the plea
and ask that judgment be prayed by the |
prosecuting officer forthwith, and that it be |
entered OF record "nunc pro tunc" ask this |
for the reason that the penalty has already |
been awarded and the punishment inflicted, |
and it is right for the record to be amended !
so as to make 1t speak the truth. If am |
called a Radical because of statement 1
made in the Convention, when advocating an