The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-05-31
Proceedings of the Convention.
TUESDAY. May Goth, 1866.

| Mr.. Mebane introduced a resolution grant
ing the use of the Hall on the night of the
31st inst, to the use of the Young Mems
Christian Association of this City for the
purpose of lecture the proceeds 10 he APP
piled to the care of the graves of Confederate
soldiers.
Mr.. Pearsall resolution for relief of the
people by suspending collection of taxes
Mr.. Jones, of Davidson, moved to take up
his resolution to raise committee on the
subject ofsalaries and fees. which was agreed
to. The following committee was appoint
ed: MesSrs Jones, Grissom, Harris of Gull
ford, and Bingham.
| Mr. Dockery. resolution to raise COM
mittee of five to take into consideration the
propriety of selling the States interest in the
! Western n. c. r. X. TO any company of cap
italsts that will finish the road to Cleave-
! land, Tenn.
Gen. Dockery said he would make few
! explanatory remarks. Forty years ago he
! had embarked in the internal Improvement
movement, and had ever advocated judi
cious system for the development of the
/ State. He had attended a Convention held
| in the Methodist Church in Raleigh in 1885,
attended by many prominent gentlemen, the
purpose of which was to encourage the estab
! lishment of internal Improvements. He drew
his ideas from series of essays written by
! DIR. Caldwell, about that time. advocating Il
/ Grand Trunk railroad from the seaboard to
| the mountains. He still adhered to the
original plan and believed that it the
best that could be devised
| The Grand Trunk had nearly been built
| The Western extension alone remained I'm
! finished, and in the present condition of
State finances could not be finished. On the
contrary he learned that it was sinking near
! Iy $1,000 per week. The State treasury
could not bear up under this expense.
And here his plan came in for relief He
proposed to sell the States interest to Il COM
| pany of capitalists. who would pledge them
| selves to finish the road to Tennessee. Vir-
! ginia had done the same thing. and so had
New York in a similar condition of affairs.
! 1t would be Il paving bargain to the State, if
by parting with $5,0C0,090 worth of an I'M
! finished work. they would secure the con-
struction Of $15, 100000 worth and the com
pletion of system of internal Improvement,
that would develop all the material interests
of the State, and greatly enhance the value of
/ our other railroads.
| Mr.. Love, of jackson, moved to amend by
making the number of committee seven in
stead of five. Accepted.
| Mr.. Patterson moved to amend so not
/ to restrict the Tennessee terminus to Cieave-
! land alone Accepted.
! The resolution was then passed, and the
! following committee was appointed: McssrS.
Dockery, Patterson, Eaton. Caldwell of
! Burke, Ferebec, Buxton and Brown.
! A majority report from the committee
magistrates was submitted, with an ordi-
nance to amend the 33d section of the Con-
stitution. providing for the limitation in
number and election by the people of magis-
! trates.
Mr. Garland, minority report from same
committee. Both were read and laid over
under the rules.
Mr.. Logan introduced an ordinance for the
relief Of the counties of Rutherford and Polk.
He moved to suspend the rules and put the
ordinance upon its several readings, which
was not concurred in.
Mr.. McRae, an ordinance to ratify and
confirm the right of way of the counties of
Harnett, Cumberland and Moore in the
Western Plankroad.
Mr.. King, an ordinance extending the
time for settlement of taxes by sheriffs and
tax collectors to the 31st of December next
Referred to the Finance committee.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
An ordinance concerning debts of the
State to be hereafter contracted, which pro-
vides that no appropriations shall he made
by the Legislature, unless by a majority of
the members of each House. the yeas and
nays to he recorded upon each reading, was
taken up and read.
The question being upon Mr.. Love of
Jackson's amendment, which provides that
the restrictions of the above ordinance shall
not apply to works of internal improvement
already chartered and begun,
Mr.. Moore, of Wake, inquired of the gen
tleman from Jackson, whether he had con-
sdered and could tell how many works of
internal improvement in this State would be
covered by his amendment He apprehen-
ded that it had not entered the gentleman's
mind how many there were. Mr.. Moore
then referred to his devotion to the interests
of internal improvements In this State. He
alluded to the extraordinary revival of our
railroads since the war. which proved them
to be Il necessity and said that nothing
could be more beneficial, than this revival of
State.
He opposed the amendment and favored
the passage of the ordinance The prin-
ciple therein contained was correct, that
majority of the representatives of the PEG.
pie of this State, representing the taxable