Year: 1859

with the work so far. They now wanted the bal
ance of the promised sum; and the question was
should they have it-did they deserve it ? To an
swer this question, Mr.. Cherry proceeded to give
sketch of their operations. They had faithfully
complished this work. he continued, after describing
i with limited means-a work which would COM
pare favorably with any similar work in the coun-
try.


Mr.. Cherry referred to the charges against the
management When he first took his seat this ses-
sion he had asked for full investigation and had
challenged it. The friends of the work were dt 81
rous it should be made. Well it had been made
Members of the Senate had gone and examined the
works and had thoroughly examined the accounts
O. the mpary, and the report of their labors was
before the Senate In this state of the he felt
it to be his duty to call upon the Legislature to
sSt the company in the completion of the work.
He alluded to the financial difficulties of the State
and said that if he did not honestly believe it to be to
the immediate interest of the State he would not ask
for the amount. The company did not owe one dol
Rr-they had met every claim against them prompt
ly. lie then briefly alluded to the importance of
the improvement generally affecting the interests
of the State There were twenty-five counties i'm
medtcly ntcres ted and considering this he thought
it WIS no great demand on the State. He alluded
in this connection to the efforts of the representa-
tveS of these counties in behalfof the improvements
of other sectons-often going in the teeth of their





extent of these counties and said they paid one third
of the aggregate taxes Of the State, and he made
strong appeal on their behalf The great aim of this
work to obtain free and easy exit to the ocean.
lie showed that the L. S. authorities regarded this
s,:perccdry all efforts to make an outlet at Nags
Head. Ile showed that by this route inland navi
CATION Was secured from Ncwbern to New York and
~ The Hudson river to the great system of canals to
New Orleans. No need tilen to pass that marine
graveyard, Cape HatteraS-ani 10 avoid that, lie
said worth five times the amount, hu,iiHncly
speaking But apart from that the question
oe of great interest to his constituents and to the
State at large 1t secured passage from New York
TO Newbcrn in three days; and striking the main
trunk vi railroad system would give vitality to
the Whole framework lie believed it would
man's the tr,'lc of twenty millions ofdoarS yearly.
In conclusion he said the work was to be done be-
fore any money asked for, and he appealed once
his friends all sides to vote the appropr
alton.


Mr. Guyt:er said he was as yet undecided as to
his course on the bill lie would vote for the sec
old easiinS but could give pledge with regard TO
the third. for the present.


Nj. Person said Mr. Cherry had covered the
whole ground in his remarks; but as he (Mr. P.)
, WIS one of the committee who had inspected and
examined the works and affairs, he would be par
doned for making Il few remarks. Mr. Person gave
quite interesting account of the trip of the
nli;tce and minute detail Of what they had wit
messed lie described the "great lock the great
est, he mi ght say, in the world, constructed in Il
very superior of fine granite; the " great
swamp" which more than realizes its name. and
he spoke Of the almost llllsurlnountable difficulties
there encountered by the company. They had found
water in this canal to feet deep. In speaking Of
North river Mr. Person said that with all his knowl
edge of the geography of the State he had not sup
| posed there such river in the State, and he
entered into description Of it. lie said it was
deep enough and wide enough to bear upon its
bosom the entire commerce # the State. lie allud-
cd to the capacities of Curruck sound and he said
in answer to the objection to insufficency of
water, that there was enough there to fill all the
canals in the world; and it would remain there till
the ocean itself ran dry. lie then entered up gen.
eral remarks the work. lie glad he had
seen the works. for it had enabled him to meet and
repel every objection he had heard against them.
He then replied to certain objections urged against
all schemes shown to be uneXtcptional- if this
was so why did not its friends build it. He appeal
ed to the Senate behalf of the section of the
| State interested in this work. They had never re-
ccvcl anything, but had always been payng-pay-
ing more in proportion to their extent than any
other in the State. lie said the friends of the work
were too modest in their demands, considering the
vast importance Of the improvement. Mr.. p. con-
tinued his remarks at some length, and alluded to
the immense value to the fine lands of this region
of the State that would be added when the work
! complete.


| The bill then passed by vote of 10 to II.
| Quite number Of uninportant bills were then
read second time and the Senate djourned at about
t = o'clock.