The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-13
SENATOR VANCE TO HIS CON
STITUENTS
bleS, and Bold Blast
Against aionopoly!
God Save 1he
RighC.
CoNTINI ALTON.


| IL M.> People " Nofia CoruItaQ.
| Ii has also been charged that lhe
/ Commissioners have acted partially aud
pre-judged the duties they had to per
j form by entering into the agreement on
the 10Th of 1av with ". j. Best and
/ his associates it has been styled a
secret compact, by which the Commi.
slonere entered into an agreement with
Que OF the real parties nugatlng before
them. The falsity of this charge viii
be discovered by glance at the Act and
/ the facts. Ii Is matter OF noturIety
that this paper was transmitted to the
syndicate by the Commissioners them
selves quite two mouths az" aud 1t Is a
matter of fact that SO Ear from there
being any purpose 10 be subserved by
secresy, the interests of Best anl
company required its communi
cation to the Cly lie syndicate :
the sooner the better The paper whe1
signed was LETT with GOV. Jarvis Ia copy
perhaps), with the understanding that
as soon as the money was deposited :
tender of 1t with copy of the agree
nlent would be at once made and de
| liVered.
That this was not sooner done wa:
certainly not nay flult, nor the fault o.
Best, for he deposited the money within
ten days.
So much for the secrecy. | own my
participation In the production of thI,
agreement with both pride and pleasure
lis object was 10 secure, If possible, the
great and iuus cherished idea Of the
people OF Nortn Carolina grand dl
rect East ana West nne OF railway from
the Mississippi saiey. through the
heart ot the STATE, 10 Beaufort Harbor
! Much as such Il l.ne was desired by oul
forefathcls for the development OF th.
| State, IL Is dGub.y necessary NOV, u;
-tfordlng the onIy hope OF relief irou
the thyaidom oI the Richmond anC
DanylIle combinations. | do not won
der that IL should not as6ail it by :
charge more u conformity with the
! truth; and ! w.oi-. Ar..;t al that a1tt
North taroiinlan should assail it whl
has particle of State pride In hi
BOSOM. Best and the Clyde syndicate
are not lltigating before the Ccmnis
iousr.. That board has no authority
fhatcver, undcr the Act, nor has il
assumed any outside OF it, to decide
.ul questions between these lltieants
! hey are hugutlng III the courts OF \ Orti
Carolina, anu lie Commissioners coulC
Ito nothing there if they would TIE
p.ain an simple duty OF the Commis
aioners Is to q 5serve the performance o.
he contract between the State and the
grantees and heir assigns. With the
l Il.
grantees they have nothing whatevel
60 do. Having formed his new syndi
cate Air. EesI came before the Com
missioners and asked uc, if he and BIZ
associates would take lease Of the At
.antic and North Carolina road
depositing $50, coo in cash as securit,
tor Its rental and the rolling rock, builc
direct line from Goldsboro to Sails
bury, deposit S250, GOO in cash and more
It necessary, TO re imbulse the Clyi,
syndicate tor their enforced martyIdoir
In having to take the Western road
would we, tie commissioners, aid then
by all means In our power to procur,
for them a re-transier Of the Western
North Carolina road This promis,
we gave. Could we have done other
wise Would we not have been dire
lIct TO every obligation OF good citizen
ship if SIC hal refused | confess EN-
brsced the opportunity with gladness
W hat were we to do in return for 50
great benefit TO North Caroliua2 w,
explained II Gr. Best that we coulC
not interfere personally or officially il
the litigation for the possession Of The
+ 'ad. That Should the syndicate ineul
Tor eltule uf the contract, and We
should SO de, !are, the read would re
turn, not to Mr. Best, but TO the Sta e.
under the law. Very true, sani Mr..
Best, IN substance. but we desire 10 es
tabllsh this line Of railway, not because
it will benefit Moth Carolina, as il
surely will, but because we can make
money out Of it. You are all gentle
men of influence and position. The
I people trust You. and If you will give
us your aid and Influence by that add
cd to your aid and influence, by that
add to our money deposited and the
wor ( which we propose to commence,
we hope to convince the people OF Nor; b
Carolina of our good faith. and surely
then the Richmond and Danville Rail
road, which has been 50 long and SO
largely benefited by North Carolina,
viii not stand in the way Of project 60
manifestly beneficial to her people. but
will yield to the desire Of her citizens
acd to our obvious legal rights.
1t seems that III the estimation of the
Richmond and Danville monopoly our
listening to these propositions. and
agreeing to give them our support was
high treason, but very much doubt if
any citizen Of North Carolina. other
than an employe or official Of that cor
porstion, will perceive in our action
anything but a patriotic desire to serve
our native State. All attempts at es-
tablishing competition to this over
shadowlng corpor. lon are met by it
with fierce hostility, ard the efforts OF
all our citizen, to throw off its domina-
tion are answered with vitupera;ion
and abuse. 1t will rot be forgotten
that its officers once had the unparal-
leied lmpudence to appear before our
Legislature not long since and ask tor