The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-05

ina on their sidcS Aud Is not tue So. .,h
,or OF North Carolina OF all men III N J. ~
carolina the most obliged to ooey anu
meet the laws Of North CarotinaI
But that, it may he said, was true on,s w
ore the passage oil the ACT OIL A as
making it a penatOfence TO ohahse tnI s" U.s..
If anv road, and that the Governor, Wy & M
tue of authority conferred oy tnat az, 20 ~ y,
nn oar obliged 70 stand with "folded hanas.
,Uha, .,,,hori,v does that act confer upon
Rrordeu? II we read its pro.
visions correctly It only empowers . Tue , uo,
vernon of this State to cause 70 pe lus...u'e"
immediate proceedings Tor the recovery VI
s,ch penalty and infliction OF sucn PUNISH,
nent in case Of any violation OIL sa'u ao..
Are any extraordinary powers conferred ncie,
OF Is any extraordinary mode OF exercising
ordinary powers prescribed! we toinN 1o'.
Can the parties be indicted excep, ia que
course of law By grand jury and during
corrt.week? Can the penalties be col
leeted except By due process OF law
Can be hasten or in any way aaece Tue
termination Of a trial Of an action ior tue re.
covery of any peoalty imposed by the tecep'
act of Assembly in reference TO tue cnahse
of az existing rsilroad.gallge, or cas DC nas-
ten or re,ard the trial Of an indictment. lel
such unlawful change of gauges Are !ne
courts of justice in North Carol'aa' 10 TOE
trial of either civil or criminal causes. SUI
iect to the VIII of the Executive: Goo iol'
bid such thing, say vel When the EAecu-
tivesof North Carolina can contros the courts
of North Carolina the liberties OF the peop'e
will be held by q fraa tenure.
We have felt it to be our duty 10 say ILLS
much not as an expression OF opinlon III
favor of the policy or of the pafties 'na'
made the change in the gauge, out oecause
we are opposed upon principle 10 tne Excl
else Of all dangerous and doubtful powers ny
public servants; and because, furtner,
are opposed to the breaking doWn VI tnG
barriers between the executive ana Judicial
departments of the Goyernment.-oePart
ments that our Constitution from us auop'
ton, 10 l776, has declared ought 10 De ior-
ever separate and distinct. we may pave
been greatly injured; it may De that we nave
been grossly insulted; but for bill that not esen
our righteous anger must make US SCI " e
cedeat that may so easily DC useu nsi e",se.
to destroy our liberties. Our hoertleS' arc
worth more to Us than our raliroaas.
Now, then, here is the truth and the law
and we ask by what right any North Car
DINA newspaper can employ the opproorlous
terms quoted by the Journal towards tne
Danyile Railroad Company and towards
this State, which has never wronged NORTH
Crolina, but which has ever been her frieno
and companion in sunshine and in storm. No
step has been taken with regard to the gauge
without authority of law. For long years
this State has suffered the serious injury OF
Two breaks on the North Carolina railway
| that placed her people in communication
with their fellow-citizens of the Gull states,
whom they hold in cherished regard ana 10
that long time she has patiently borne the
Injury inflicted upon her, relying upon the
ultimate success ofappeals to the justice and
generosity of the venerable State OF North
Carolina. At last this patience has been re-
warded by decision OF the highest trlbunal,
and it is made the occasion for outrageous
insults towards Virginia and her people. We
cannot believe that the kind.hearted and re-
aectipg people of North Carolina approve
this.
The worst that has been done to North
Carolina is the transfer of her own break 10
her communication with the South ola
Charlotte; N. c., from Charlotte to Greens
boro7, n. G. The distance between them is
ninety.six miles in nearly northern line.
So that in respect to the North Carolina
shipping ports Greensboro is nearly as far
from them as Charlotte in straight lati-
tudinous line.
But the corporation which has changed
the gauge between Charlotte and Greens
boro' under the sanction Of law has the
power, with the consent of the State, to
change the gauge from Greensboro to the
ports of North Carolina. and thus to place
them in.connection, by unbroken gauge, with
the Gulf and New Orleans.
Would that iDjure North Carolina
Would it not benefit her? We say here,
with a ful knowledge Of the truth of what
we say, that the interest which opposes
this unbroken gauge as not The North Caro-
l6,.a interest. 1t is an interest that she has
far more to fear from than any other.
We appeal to the good sense of the people
Of North Carolina. FIRST, it is neither
neishborly nor fair for her to obstruct the
course of commerce; and secondly, the very
plan by which we are admitted to unob
structcd intercourse with the South through
her borders clearly commends itself to her
appreciation, since it is the best thing that
could happen for her local commerce
We appeal to our brothers of the press in
Nortk Carolina to consider this matter more
temporarily and with less partisan excite
ment. They will assuredly reach wiser con-
clusons than't which have so impaired
the Judgment Of their etfusions.
President GRANT is moving out. Like 0
terrapin in the mud all winter be VENTURES
out to sun himself q little on maid weather