Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-11-26

number to equal consideration in this respec
with the whites, snd am sure the General AZ
sembly will make as thorough provision for thu
former for the latter.
| Tho proceeds of the land scrip donated by th,
general gov rnment to the State, and given b.
the State t. the University to establish an agri
cultural college, have been received by the trus
| tees and invested in state bonds. The amount
| invested is f4J4 coo which will yield annually
| SIS, $40 This income must be appropriated tC
| department Of agrlcu; .ure and the mechanic
arts and will rot therefore, afford any support tC
| the University proper. The investment in State
bonds has doubled the fund, which Is so much
clear gain to the State and to the cause Of learn
| ing.
| The board Of education, by authority of law,
| has disposed of its stock in the Wilmington anC
| Weldon road and the Wilmington and Manches
| ter road. The amount received for this stock
was 1858 600. This amount has also been invest
ed in State bonds, and is now S454 900, yielding
| az annual incOme OF $27,240. The amount orr
| ginally invested in these roads, Of the deposit
money from the general government in 1886, was
5000 co., for and ia behalf Of the literary fund Of
! the State. Under the present Constitution these
stocks were vested in the board of education and
the aulOU ut thus realized for them does not fall
very far short of the original investment. while
the iccome is larger and more certain than 1t was
at any period from the corporations referred to.
cannot close this part of my message without
earnestly appealing to the General assembly to
aid the trustees in sustaining the University
This me-honored institution should net, in any
event, be neglected. Our young should be
educated at home. To provide for this in man
ner every way suitable and proper should be
leading object with the General Assembly. as il
is with the trustees of the institution.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
do not deem it necessary to repeat the views
expressed in my last annual message on the sub
iect Of internal improvements. The whole people
of the State are committed in principle, in inter-
est and in feeling to the various works, whether
comp ed or in course of construction. All the
completed works are paying expenses, and one
oft at which the ia largely
terested, gives promise Of g handsome dividend.
The North Carolina Railroad extending from
GoldsboroUgh to Charlotte, Is the most import
ant work in the State. With the Atlantic road
from Morehead City to GoldsbOrougA, and the
Western Extension from Salisbury to Paint
Rock, it will constitute trunk line from one Of
way connected with the Mississippi valley and
the Pacific coast. With the Raleigh aud CASTOR
Road, from Raleigh to Weldon, it will afford the
same path travel and freight from the Pacific
coast and the Mississippi valley to Norfolk, and
the markets Of the world. United with the Will
mugton, Charlotte and Rutherford Road at
Charlotte, and the latter with the Western EX-
tension at AsheVille. channel of C)nmunica- |
ton will be opened from Wilmington to Ashe-
vile and Paint Rock an thence with the Great
West and the Pacific coast, which will benefit |
mmeasurably the region through which these
ines will run, and add constantly and porma- /
lent!y to the prosperity and Wealth OF Whining
On. The Fayetteville CT CO&lhelds Road is on |
The way to Greensborough, or Salisbury, or
Road while the Northwestern Road, from
to Salem aud Mount Airy, will
n due time pouT the rich products of Iadkin
nto me S0rth oo M,n 'oa 1n,.o Ina' , oteP foad
mana cement by its President, Mr.. Smith, and !
he Board of Directors, has been able and eff |
,ien:. It's debt has been re iuced, its co dition
n every respect has been improved, ana it is be- |
ieved it will be able at the next ann ial meeting |
If the stockholders to declare handsome div, |
lend. l doubt the policy OF leasing Or selling !
his road. at meeting Of the stockholders Of |
his road, held in Raleigh on the 1Ith instant, to |
consider propositions to lease it for q term Of
-ears, felt it to be my duty to announce through
he State proxy that | WAS opposed to leasing it |
II the absence Of instructiCGs from the General |
Assembly. While your honorable body would |
laye no power to direct q lease against the wish |
u the private stockholders, whose rights are
secured By the charter Yet any opinion you mig
De pleased to express IN the me Of TIE people !
IN the subject whether for CT against lease, |
would have great weight with HE Executive and |
he private stockholders.
THE MILITIA-LAW AGD ORDER
Attention is invited to the report of the Adju- |
ant Genofal, herewith submitted. This officer !
las performed his duty faithfully. [ trust bis |
will meet the approval OF the Gener- |
ii Assembly.
Under the present militia law the Executive |
IS comparatively powerless to enforce the laws
These laws should be amended, so to give the |
Executive the authority to embody promptly |
such militia force as will en6ble him to repress |
violence in certain localities, and maintain the
1eacG.
Numerous cou,EiG:ots have been made to me
Of violence and mob law in elta!n counties, Dy |
parties who ride at night armed and disguised, !
and assume the right regulate neighborhoods |
BY inj 1ring, insulting and furnishing inoftensiVe
Shite and colored persons. There is no safety
Tor any citizen outside the law. The civil law
nuet be maintained. Men who put on dieguses |
and ride at night and break open houses and |
nolea, terrify injure peaceable citizens, sh ud
% seized and pr lisEed 80. are neither good !
,itizcs nor honest men. TIoy ale ready al any
moment to act the part Of outlaws and muIders
ers indeed, by thus Disgusting themselves and
Using deadly weapons to execute their purposes,
or to state their feelings OF resentment and ven
yeance on any portion of the people. they pro"
claim themselves outlaws and enemies to society,
and should be dealt with accordingly. Secret
political organizations have existed and will exist
Always. Whatever we may think OF such orsani-
.ations, or however we may regret the necessity
or them, it is not to be expected that can
;et rid OF them. They are comparatively harm
ess as long as they paciic, aid do not in
ripge the rights OF others. Bus when they
.esolvc themselves into military organizations.
md take srins, under whatsoever pretext, to
regulate reighborhoods and 20 dgpensD and
execute such law as may be conceived OniV by
themselves, they become dangerous to society,
md all good citizens should unite to put tharn
Town. In matter 50 grave es this, involving as
t does life and properly, there shonld be no
party feeling. | cannot telie7e that any party in
his State COuntoDancc8 or would uphold these
midnight InSuraders who - masked like CIV
ards, the better to conceal themselves in tIoir
lefarious work and 10 escape the detection and
punishment they deserve. Least OF ali can
believe that any brave Confederate soldier who
.etired from the army and submitted II good !
aith to the authority Of the nation, would uuio
limself with such nien, and thus bring disgrace
ID himself, his family and friends.
trust the General Assembly will at once so
amend tbs militia law as to authorizes the
Governor to call O:.t 70. active scT.i:o s5 nfany
substantial white citizens as may Le necessary in
IN emergency to enforce the iaW and TO put down
hese midnight rnarauders. l. would not be ad-
7isable to employ c0ored militia only in certain
localities for this pu pose. The ogtragos refer
ed to are confined almost exclusively to cour-
les il which the white and colored populations
sre about equal in number, Or il wLich the
whites have small majority. To call out the
,olored militia alone in these counties would be
unjust to the colored race, and would give pre-.
ext for increased evaporation among certain
1hites against the oolOred people; but as the law
low is, any one who may lie ordered to perform
service iG the Detailed Militia may pay tvs
dollars for exemption therefrom and eyade SER
Il 20, thus imposing the burden upon volunteers
" on such cannot pay that amount.
1t is to be regretted that the army of the Uni.
ed States has been reduced by the action of
congress that larger number of Federal troops
annot be spared at all Zines for this state. The
,resence Of regiment Ct Infantry and four COM
,anies OF cavalry, stationed at different POINTS
would have most sautary effect in repressing