Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-07-23

r., and claims that in this measure they
proved themselves to be statesmen and
lgreat benefactors to "Good old North
Carolina" Yes, sir, GOOD old North
Carolina" This has been the song of the
consolidation party for months, and espe
Icially by its advocates about Newbern and
Morehead City. These people care no.
thing for themselves, and their motives
are not selfish They do hot wish to sell
lots at Newbern and Morehead City at al
vanced prices No, sir their motives are
solely to advance the interests Of " Good
old North Carolina.
What have these adyocatesdo done for North
Carolina What has Newbern and More
head City done for North Carolina, and
especially for the Western part Of the
State : Nothing, Sir, nothing; yes, they
! helped to tax the people to build their
roads and canals in the East, and when
finished their voices were heard crying
alond, No more Internal improvements. y
eve want no more internal improvements
unless they are built in the East" 1--WE
can't be taxed for other improvements. y
Such, Sir, has been the policy of the men
who now talk SO much about consolidation
and {" food ola North CaroliDg~"
Sir, if had no other reasons for oppos.
ing consolidation, the mere fact of It's hay
ing been passed as it was, and by such a
Legislature, would cause mo to look on it
with suspicion. Sir, majority Of those
who voted for this bill knew nothing
about railroads, seaports, and cared less.
! But tie gentleman says it reflects public
sentiment as the Legislature passed it !; l
deny it. In the name of the oVrrburdened
tax payers of North Carolina, L DENY that
this Act reflects public sentiment-or that
majority of that Legislature do reflect
public sentiment. Let them return to their
constituents and asl: for re election, and
the response will invariably be "you have
been weighed in the balances and found
wanting"
The gentleman from Newbern says a
great deal about who shall vote the State
stock the friends of consolidation natter
themselves about the shrewdnees displayed
in engineering the bill relied upon to de-
prive you OF your vested rights under
your charter. They thought themselves
particularly smart when they slipped the
law alluded to through the Legislature on
the very last day of the session, by simply
reading its title, many of the members
voting for the bill, little surprising that in
the Lages of said act was section which
was intended to make Col. Harris State
proxy in all your public works. It was a
trick, and don't suppose ten members in
each House knew thnt auch provision as
the last article OF the bill contains was in
the bill.
! But, Mr.. Chairman, they overreached
themselves, they knew no law, and in try
ing to deceive the honest members of the
Legislature, they acr0te too much lar, ana
too lille sense, and thereby defeated Mei1' Oara
trick, for 1 am informed by one of the best
lawyers of the State IAN ex-Superior Court
Judge) that the act making Cebe proxy
and deputy Governor, simply makes him
nothing, as it cannot be applied on record
either before or since the action of the last
General Assembly. If this be so. and
! believe it, Cebe has no more right to claim
that he can represent the State in this
meeting, than he has to represent the man
in the moon.
No, Mr. Chairman, Cebe never would
have thought Of bringing himself in oppo-
sition to the laws and the administration,
had he not been gobbled up by the hungry
crowd at Newbern and Morehead City,
who are so anxious to take care of "good
old North Carolina" Yes, sir, they COB
bled him up, and carried him to Newbern
with his big painted stick, and frightened
those piscatorial gentlemen and took pos
session of their meeting, and to-day he is
in our midst without his big stick, but
with his iniunct, I'll not call it Injunction,
as the name is too long AMI the process too
common. Yes, Mr.. Chairman, Cebe is
here with his iniunct, with @ view to defeat
meeting of the Stockholders Of your
Road, but thus far his injunct has not
been needed. Seriously, sir, Cebe is
hacked his feathers have fallen, and he
| looks like he would surrender all claims to
be proxy, and be the happiest man living,
| if he could get away from the meeting
without being seen by anybody. But
alas the gentleman from NeWbern has
Cebe up to his neck in hot water. and,
am sorry to say, the gentleman from New
bern is too short to pull him 0u / am sorry
for Cebe like Tray he has been caught in
bad company, and we can yet give him
the right hand of fellowship, if he will
drop his foolishness and not try to over
| throw the old charter of this Road for
! his pretensions under the late act and
under which he claims to represent the
State, is in direct violation of our charter.
| The gentleman from Newborn claims
that the Road should be consolidated upon
the great original idea advanced by Cald-
we'll, CASTOR and Morehead. In the days
of the two first distinguished gentlemen,
our road was not built, and no such com
dS HOW CAlSG WAS GnOIISuG OIL
But the gentleman shall not make point
here by quoting the names of these great
men. Does he claim that the present
members of the Legislature are the equals
of Gas on, Caldwell and Morehead? Or
that, if now living, these great men would
at this day vote to destroy our great
Road, in trying to save worthless one,
by consolidation? IF there were no other
roads in our State, then consolidation
would be feasible. But, Mr.. Chairman,
with the present net work of Railroads
through our State, the idea is q humbug,
and especially under this extraordinary
bill of the last Legislature. All kinds of
measures have been resorted to- to carry
out consolidation. A great excursion trip
was given to Newborn and Morehead City,
The magnificent first class ships at these
ports were to conduct the visitors through
the spacious harbors of Morehead City,
but alas What fall! the worthy President
of this Road had fishing smack fitted mp
for the accommodation of the visitors. when
10! it grounded, Then our friend declared
with cuss words, "such thing had not be-
fore occurred for twenty years. What
did the visitors see at those places? Ii it
was anything but magnificent sand banks
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