Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-08-06

n more delightful home.
The Governors Hostility to the Cape Fear
Section.
For some reason or other Governor
Holden seems to have q most relentless
hostility to this particular section of the
State. He certainly cannot justly base
this opposition upon political grounds, for
New Hanover Bladen. Robson, Rich
mond and Arson, all gave him most flat
tering majorities. It cannot baupon social
grounds, for we believe he has never
visited our city or section but once and
then only in his capacity Of a leading
Democratic editor. Consequently his
present personal admirers, white and
black, have not had the opportunity of
extending to him the inequalities with
which they doubtless would be proud to
greet him. Why he should be opposed to
our commercial and agricultural growth
and importance we can see no good reason.
Nevertheless he seems to have most
bitter and implacable prejudice to our
people and our interests.
That this prejudice is superior to his party
feelingsis evinced in that he ignores our well
fare when there are no political ends to be
slbserved. He avoids a Cape Fear Radical
with as much aversion as a Cape Fear
Conservative. If q Judge is to be appoint.
ed for our City Court, he goes to Granville
county for the appointee. In designating
Directors for the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad he ignores Wilmington and the
lower end Of the road entirely, and ap-
General Estes had moved to Edgecombe
county before his appointment,
though he illegally continued to represent
New Hanover in the Legislature. And to
appoint him he removed Wilmington
Republican, who was identified with the
Road and with the State and city by years
of citizenship, and by large possessions.
We refer Of course to Mr.. kidder.
He removed Wilmington gentleman
from the Directory of the North Carolina
Railroad, and to-day our city has no one
to represent the large interest of her citi-
zens-one-tenth of the entire stock held by
individuals-in that great work
But the browning act cf his hostility to
rs and to this entire section, was his Sc
lection of Directors for the Wilmington,
Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad This
is peculiarly Wilmington work. It was
projected and has been urged forward to
develop the interior of the State, and
bring it in close and cheap connection
with OUR port Wilmington has more in
tcrcst i'll the completion Of this Road than
any other locality. 1t will do more to
build up her business, to add to her popu-
latiOn, to enhance the value of her prop
erty, than all the other roads or channels of
trade in which she is Interested And she
has not been backward in her aid. indie
pendent of the large subscriptions of her
citizens, she subscribed to four thousand
shares of stock in her corporate capacity.
Most of the counties from New Hanover
to Meoklenburg subscribed as counties,
and the citizens of all of them are large
shareholders in the Company. Three
fifths of the entire stock is owned east of
Charlotte. Governor Holden, in desig-
mating his Directors, has entirely ignored
this entire section and this large interest.
He has ignored political friends and foes
alike, and given the control of the Road to
another section and to other interests.
Nor is this ALL One of his Directors IS the
President of q rival railroad, and another.
who is expecting to be elected President.
is Director of the same road, and still
another is the son of a Director of this
same road, who lives on the line of the
North Carolina Railroad, and has no in
terest in the Wilmington, Charlotte and
Rutherford Railroad And yet another, if
not a resident of Norfolk, is largely inter.
ested there, and is in no wise interested
IN the completion or success of this Road.
But two of these Directors are stockhold.
ers' and they only to the amount of fifty
hVe shares, worth less than six hundred
dollars.
This certainly yuoo M Maui