Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-11
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The bill empowers the Governor upon
the ratification of the bin TO cause TO be
transferred 1000 shares held by the State
in the N c. Railroad 10 the Trustees Of
the University, to be owned and held by
the Trustees aforesaid, upon like condition
as said shares are now held and owned by
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Such transfer shall be made and execn-
ted by the Governor on the books OF said
Railroad corporation, conformably to the
rules and regulations thereof in snch cases
provided, ffstl
Such shares, together with all dividends.
proceeds and profits thereof, shall be held
and Invested by the Trustees aforesaid
and their successors, and be forever APP
Piled and used exclusively as a permanent
endowment for the University of the
State.l
Mr: aRoanett offered the following as an
additional section: ''That s. 900 shares of
the States capital stock in the n. G. Rail
road Company be, and the same is hereby
authorized TO he held forever by said Board
ana the dividends and profits thereof to
be annually or otherwise applied to the
support of Free Schools in the State
MIR. Hodnett, in remarks OF some length
advocated his amendment, and stated uE-
less the interest Of the free common
schools Of the State was amply guarded 10y
the adoption of his amendment he could
not vote Tor any appropriation to re-endow
the Univereity.
Mr.. Vest offered d substitute for the
whole matter, authorizing the sale Of all
the property of the University of the State
at public auction, after advertising the
same for thirty days, and also the sale OF
all the Swamp Lands IL the State in like
manner, sc. The sales to be effected by
the Board Of Education.
Mr. French advocated the passage Of the
bill and endorsed Mr.. Iodnett's amend
ment.
Daring his remarks, Mr.. L. said he
would be IN favor Of endowing the Univer-
sity SO literally that tuition, board and
clothes could be provided for 40 students,
TO be admitted without regard TO colon,
race or previous condition, &c.
Mr.. Vest took the floor in advocacy Of
his substitute. He thought that the Uni
versity was located in the wrong place, it
should be located in Raleigh where the
| Penitentiary and other public buildings
were, and il it was not desirable to have it
in Raleigh, lie thought Salem would DE g
good selection.
Mr. V. continued his remarks to some
length.
Mr. Moore, Of ChowGn thought that lie
Constitution made it duty for the Legi5-
| lature to provide for the University as well
as for the common school, and he thought
| that the University should DO made q part
| and parcel Of the common school system
| sc. He was in favor OF establishing q
branch University in Raleigh for the bene-
| fit OF the colored people. He thought the
! best way to protect the States interest il
| the n. G. r. r., would be to use IL to es-
! tablish an invioIable fund for educational
! purposes, comprising the common tchool
system as well as thai OF the University
! He had always opposed the sale OF the
! States interest in the n. q. z. r. because
! he wished TO use it for educational pur-
| poses. He would most heartily support
! Mr. Hodnett's amendment.
The substitute offered by Mr. Vest was
! put to q vote and rejected.
! Mr.. Durham denounced the whole mat
| ter as an attempt to deceive the members
! into voting for an appropriation to sustain
the present incompetent and corrupt
Faculty Of the University. The friends OF
| popular education should not be deceive
| into voting for this measure by tacking on
| to it Mr. HOdnett5 amendment for cal
culation would show that that amounted
to just nothing at ali, amounting to about
$3.50 to each county, sc.
Mr.. d. continued for some time to urge
various arguments why the whole measure
should be voted down.
Mr.. Downing favored the bill and Mr.
| dOQuot5S aGenQment.
Mr.. Ingram opposed the passage Of the
bill.
| Mr.. Seymour moved to amend the
amendment by increasing the appropria-
| ton to 26, 900 shares OF the capital stock
Of the n G.. r. R., the dividends of which
! to be applied annually for the use OfcOm-
mon schools, (this prevents sale of the
stock aud leaves it under the same control
as it is now.)
II
viso to the bill which was adopted by gen
| eral consent
| Pr0Uided, That the stock SO transferred
shall never be sold without the consent of
! the General Assembly, and that nothing
! in this act shall IN any way affect the man
ner of appointment OF State Directors an d
! State proxy in said Road, but that the vote
OF the State upon the shares Of the stock
SO held shall be cast in the manner now
provided by law.
Pending any definite action, the Hou Sc
| adjourned.
Unto this Last.
J, J. Wright, a colored man, who 81 in
| the General Assembly as Senator from
| Beaufort county, was elected yesterday
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Of
| this State. Wright was born il PcnnSyl-
vania, graduated at the Lancastarian Uni
versity in New York, studied law for two
years at Montrose, Pennsylvania, and was
| admitted 10 the bar in Suequehanna coun-
ty, being the first colOred man admitted to
practice IN Pennsylvania.
In 1865 he came South and was made le-
gal adviser OF the South Carolina freed
men. He was delegate to the Recon
structiOn Convention, and was afterward
elected to the State Senate.
Wright is quiet, well-behaved and decid-
ed intelligent. bat neither his decency nor
his little knowledge of the law caused his
election to the highest judicial position in
the State. He ecas elected S0IeLy and simply
because he is q c0Z0red man.
The Radicals Themselves, white and
black, know that Whipper cannot fill with
credit the position which has been drag
ged down to his level. They know that
before the Supreme Court viii come ques-
tions of momentous importance to the peo-
pie of the State. They know that Whip
per, whatever his smartness, will be either