Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-09-27

\, ern m. C.. Railroad Company.
4 We clip from the Louisburg Eagle th
J. following triumphant indication of Messrs
! Eaton and Ferebee from recent attack O.
them by Mr.. r.. T. Caldwell, in connectio
J. with the Convention bin for the relief Q
# the Western North Carolina Railroad Con
+. pany
A friend has called our attention to
communication published some weeks ae
d in the Raleigh Standard, by Mr. Todd i
}, Caldwell OF Burke, the tendency, if no
l. the design, of which, is to create the i'm
preston that certain prominent genteme
in the East are hostile to the interests @
the West and thereby to SOW the seeds O
/ bitterness and hatred between the two sec
tons of the State This is not only gross
ly unjust to the gentlemen alluded to, bu
1T evidently proceeds from feeling which
: every good man, whether Eastern or West
ern, should condemn.
The communication to which we allud,
refers particularly, in terms of severe cen
, sure, to the course pursued by Mr. Eator
| and Col. Ferebee in the late Convention OF
the subject of the ordinance for the relic
of the Western North Carolina Railroad
Company, but it reflects also on all who
voted with them. We think the following
extract from the Journal of the Convention
on the last day of it's session, Will furnish 6
perfect vindication of Mr.. Eaton, and OF
those who acted with him:
4" Mr.. Caldwell, of Burke, moved to take
up and put on its End and 3rd readings San
Ordinance to authorize the President of
the Western North Carolina Railroad to
borrow money on the credit of the State -
On this motion, Mr.. Eaton demanded
the yeas and nays, and the same being or
dered the motion was lost-yeas %, NAYS
"a, mot a quorum voting.)
In The affirmative, Messrs Bryant, Bur-
gin, Bynum, Caldwell, of Burke, Dick,
Dickey, Gahagan, Harris, of Rutherford.
| Harrison, Haynes, Henry, jackson, Jones,
of Henderson, Joyner, Love, of Jackson,
McCorkle, McIvor, McRae, Patterson.
Smith, of Wilkes, Stewart Walkup.
IN the neGatire, Messrs. Adams, Alexan-
der, Bagley, Berry, Boyden, Buxton, Cald-
we'll, of Guilford, Eaton, Faircloth, Fere
bee, Gillian, Jones, of Rowan, Mckay, of
Harnett, McGehee, Moore, of Wake, Nor
fleet, Perkins, Phillips, Polk, Rush, Smith,
of Arson, Swaun, Warren, Williams
1T was a rule of the Convention, as is
well known, that no ordinance should be
enacted unless Il maj ority of its members
should be present at the time of its passage,
and inasmuch as the Convention consisted
of one hundred and twenty members, sixty
one constituted quorum to transact bust
ness. When motion was made, on the
last day OF the session, and almost on the
eve OF It's adjournment, to take up and put
on its second and third readings the ordi-
nance to authorize the President Of the
Western n. c. Railroad Company to Dor
row money on the credit of the State, Mr. |
Eaton objected to it on the ground that a |
not 4O
show whether a quorum was present OF not, |
he called for the ayes and nays; they were |
ordered, and the result showed that he was |
correct The vote stood % yeas, "a nays
As In all, considerably less than a quorum.
Which would have been G1 But there was
not only not quorum present when the
motion was made, but members were every
moment leaving, and in very short time,
and probably before the ordinance could /
have passed its second and third readings.
there would not have been thirty members
in the House. 1t would have been idle for
the 46 members Of the Convention, who
were present when the motion was made
to take up and consider the ordinance, be-
cause if they had voted unanimously in IA
vor of it, the President of the Convention
would have been bound to declare the vote
q nudity, no quorum voting, and it could
not have been ratified s
This bitter attack upon Mr. Eaton has no
other foundation, than that in the dis ;
charge of his duty, he made Il motion which
prevented the illegal passage Of an Ordi- !
nance by the Convention. Now we appeal /
10 people of every shade Of opinion and in
every section Of the State, and ask them if '
Mr.. Eaton is to be censured because he was {
that a decided ntilt0rity of the t
Convention should, in an illegal manner, {
INVOLVE the State in debt to the amount of {
$40, 900, IN clear ard palpable violation of I
f the Convention, the whole number of
which consisted OF 10 members, could in
7olve the State in debt, when only rs were 7
present, it might do SO when only were A
present. If Il minority Of the Convention t
ould involve the State in debt ard subject
he people to the payment of taxes, a mi T.
lorty Of the General Assembly could do t
he same, and will the people of North t
carolina, or any considerable portion of t
hem, in the Fast q IN the West be will Il
ing to this ? = Il
Mr. Eaton deserves the MonhS instead of t.
he cens~'e of the honest people of North II
carolina, for his devoted attention to the
BUSINESS of the Convention, and for the :
lgllance with WHICH he guarded against lille s.
al Legislation. He has the qualification to L
nv"
hitch he felt it lis duty to pursue towards o
he Western N. G. Railroad, by majority d
the members present, including in that Ii
Majority many of the purest and most emf t!
ent members of the Convention, of all Il
hades of political opinion, such as Boyden, p
'uxton, Gillian, Moore, Phillips and War al
ell, who voted with him. MI Boyden is al
Western man, and devoted friend of In tt
ernal improvements he was one of the b.
blest members of the Convention, and we d.
elieye that 10 one DISCHARGED his duty "a
lore faithfully. 1t would be too glaringly h
llse to lnslnuate that he WAS hostile to OF
Western interests But why should Mr.. T.
. Caldwell single out for denunciation Mr.. p'
aton, and the gallant Col Ferebee, both h
like distinguished for their high character cl
5 patriots, as legislators, and rs gentle a.
len2 Why denounop them and not say a al
ord about Messrs: Boyaeh,' Buxton, Gil it
am, Moore, Phillips, Warren and others
no voted with them ?
GENERAL GRANT AND THE PITTsBURG ST
oNyENTIoN.-'' l.. Edwin Dudley, ESQ. m
hartman Executive Committee Soldiers in