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Jo!ket itc., Ac.
SiWer ware, plated ware, tea sets, pitch
s. baskets, casters, fpoon;.. fork etc.
'wcmj t'vonzes, Mnaa and t.tuer vases,!
fans, pcra glasses, spectacles and -eye)
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fhe Wilson Advance
Mil DAY
MARCH
isso
JjrilK K.CKAtEjl0lj4ed It is not quetHmebr'anWe'
Speech of Kon. W..vT. Dortch, in Oppo
sition to the Sale of the Head.
A. Bon ' ft. Editor of the Guldsboro
Messenger :
1)i;au Sii: : I have been requested
by Rome of tiiose who heard Mny
marks before the Board of Directors
on the proposition to call an extra ses
sion of the Legislature to sell tlie W.
N. C. Ii. R., and by many iho did
not, to fctluee my speech to writing
and have it published.'. '
I have never before Written cut a
speech for publication and do so now
with considerable reluctance. I have
availed jnyself of the usual custom to
make some additions to what I th(?ri
said. ; . .-;. ': .
i " .. Yours &c, . -j
W. T. DoiiTCrt. ,
Mr; Dortch paid:; Tlie proj)Osition
submitted by Mr.;Rest at the "last
meeting of the Board was in substance
hat the State should convey to Mr.
Best and associates 'the lload, and that
i lie Legislature should authorize the
formation of a nr j corporation with
$1,000,000 of slock, that the new com
pany should complete the Paint Rock,
Branch by duly Ist.l 1881, and the
Duck town Branch by July 1st 18S5;
111 at the State should furnish 500 con
victs to the new cQpipakiy for five years
without - any compensation, for! their
labor ; that the new corporation should
have power-. to' mortgage the- Road to
the. extent of $12,500 per 'mile .and
pay the interest on the present niort
,gn;e on the Road. after. 1st of May,
1880, aud'thc mortgage 'itself at ma
turity in 1823, in; consideration of
whieh.the new company should give the
State $S50.0O) of stock. .
; The proposition- nw submitted is
lite Paine except tlt.ti .the new: com
pany is to mortgage the Road for $15,
000 per mile and give the State $550,
000 if the new mortatje bonds.
The length, of the road from Salis
bury, (its eastern terminus)- to. Ashe
ville is 115 miles -and is completed to
within, a few" miles of the latter place,
and the cars are running over it dally.
The branch from Asheville to Paint
Rock down the French Broad River to
the Tennessee line,, is 45 miles 18 of
,hicli are graded. The branch from
Asheville to Duck town is 1.10 miles.
thu? ,n:lki,,y the e"lire ngtli of line
000 per mile, makes the sum of $1. 050,
000.' which Mr. Best is to raise (less
$850,000, amount of mortgage now on
the Road) with which he is to build the
Road. i--I
If Mr. Best and lhs associates (who
are 'unkown to us) can mortfraiie the
Road for $15,0W per mile and with
., . . 1 t , 1 .1 ! n "
UIC P"'ceca3 me line nota.'reaoy
fompleted, why cannot the State of
North Carolina do the .same, when the
only security propo sed to those who
shall take the bonds is & rcortirase on
the Road? But I am told we cannot
sell the bor.ds'in the market, if we can-
! no4 sell tlie bonds iiv the market.
how can Mr. Best? I am told
again that Mr. Best and associates
I. will take the bonds themselves? Why
i q : i . . . .. o
Tf
II
' UIOC IIIB CaSU W1IV lOl
build
stock which
US to be $4 000 000? ' WIlV
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issue over
. I
tour millions of bands secured by raort
-
gaer Is it usna! for corporations or
iinlhiduaU when they have plenty of
cash on hand, to issue bonds secured
by nioitgage to be packed up in safes
or h.iwkel about in tht markets? This
is a species of financiering which I do
Qtt nnderstand. By it somebody will
cheated, and as usual it will be poor
old North, Carolina. We had enough
of such operations in '68"69 70 to dis
grace tbe State, I want no more of it.
Yon will recollect that wheu Mr. Best
submitted his Grst propositioii. I asked
bim to make us a cash offer. He said
be was not prepared to do so.
If we sell lo Mr. Best, the State is to
have no voice in tlie management of
the Road ahd no power to regulate
charges of freight. We are to be bound
LET. ALL THE EXDS.TJIOC
WILSON,
I hand an fobt for all ages to t'offje:
,Once part with the control of yorrf prtnv
efty and yon can never resume it, t
will then indeed be a 'narrow strip o!
if ar.d South
Carolina," owne I by Neat York ca pi
tnliifg. I coustder this R6a, comp'cte.l to
Paint Rock, the most valuable railroad
stock in the Sopth, for the reason that
the present capital is only $8.0,0'06,:
two-third of which belongs to the
State, aud it must pav a lare dirid-
that wlicn t shall be completed to
Paint Rock and there make? connec
tion with the railroads running through
the great mid rich Western States and
the large cities of Cincinnati, Chicago
and St. Louis, it jnay be sold for $3 -000,000
in cash.
It must necessflri'y pa' oft lis pres
ent capital, when we consider that it is
the shortest route from the great West
cm. States to Beaufort, Wilmington,
Norfolk and Charleston. Look at the
immensa amount of merchandise con
sisting of me At, fl jur, furniture, whis
key, buggies, wagons, live stock, and
almost everything else which is brought
into every part of this Slat j and S juth
Carolina and used or consumed by our
people. By what route do' .these, ar
ticles coma to us? By New York and
Baltimore, hundreds of miles farther
and at much larger expense to our peo
ple than by the short and expeditious
line through our otfn State aud over
our own roads, when completed tt
Paint Rock, and which will never ba
interrupted by excessive cold and
freezes. There ha-ve been sold in my
own town over 1000 horses and mules
in. the last three months, which came
from Cincinnati. Again, all the pro
duce made in this State finds a ready
market in the Western States and is
shipped there by the way of New York
and Baltimore.
We are told by some that the :R'ad
should stop at Ashovillc. This would
be folly it would not pay expenses
from that'point to Salisbury, bat build
the balance to Paint Rock, and the
whole line between UTose places will
pay.
When the State purchased the Road
iu 1875 at $850 000 (it bavin cost
several millions Originally as far as
then completed this side of the moun
tains) it was thought that shd had made
a "ood bargain. There Js an iiuprea
sion with som3 that the State is boilnd
fur the purchase money this is an
error the Soad only is bound; (he
State, however, did bind- herself to pay
the interest on the purchase money
until the bonds became due in 1890,
if the Road should not pay it.- It was
not expected that the Road would pay
the ihtcrekt .until I a Western connec
tion should be made. The State has
paid tfic interest since 1875 and has
put oOO convicts to work on the Road,
and has fed, clothed 3nd. guarded
them, and agreed tot furnish $70,030
per annunl in iron amounting alto
gether .to abotft$ 170,000 per annum,
for all of which she has a legislative
lien on the Road, .amounting up to thi
limetoabout $500,000. Biit we are
told that this expense must stop when
the Road reaches Asheville. As be
fore seated, if the Road stops at that
I lice, the money already expended
is wasted. In regard to stopping the
Road at Aeheville, it reminds mc pf an
unwise farmer who has a pond of. water
in the niddle of his fuld which sobs
his land and ruins his crop it is' nec
essary to dpain it and in order to do so
successfully, he must commence to ditch
several hundred yards below his fence
to geVthe necessary fall. He ditches
at an expense of several hundred dol
lars up to his fence and there be stops
his mony is lost unless he extends
his ditch fifty yards further to the
centre of the pond, aa 1 thus he saves
all he has spent outside as well as ia
side his field. i
lVc bare tunnelled through the Blue
Ridge at a cost i 01 atout $350,000.
which was estimated at over $1,000.-
l now that we Uave accomplished
this creat feat in enjineering skill,
a iu
worth to-day a million to your Koaa.
... "'",'
these enterprising and far seeing cap -
italists 01 2sen iotk come ioiaiu
md nrnoose that vou cive them the
Road aud 500 convicts for 5 years to
conmlete it, aid -ofler for this most
I r -
f vajunble properiy of the State to give
you $550,000 of bonds otft of $1,950,
000 they owning all -the' balance,
subject ;o mortgages,' Winch they can
foreclose when due and leave you with
nothing. Thus the $550,000 of bonds
would be a total loss to the State, and
AUI'ST LIT. BK TUY COfXTBl'S.
N. C.,. FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1880
we Would lose cvefy J,fcent - fhe,, gtate
Ua ihfesteil, .whereat '-the now ,ha
good security pr her tjfpenditnre of
pleted to Paint Rock; JUU , well as for
the expenditures shtf aj make ;togeti
- - - i ! - . i .. . . 1
there
Ifwa have been able.tb stad ..an
xpenUiturebf,' HOQlMLjf aniium.for
ve years to build the Hood from QU
port mrouit iicife Krage to AsUe-
ville, a flitance of iTrhlfe5 tan't we.
stan itTjionais'Jonerui
be-'eedelPamvHock, when all
admit that we may then sell for $3,-
000,000 in cash? Stop at Asheville
and you Jgso all, go 45 miles further
to Paint Rook and you save not only
what yon have already spent, but all
yon will spend in getting there, nnd i
the very day you reach that point 3-011
can sell, if so disposed, and make $2.
000.000 clear. None of yon will dis
pute this. ! .
J But we are told that the State Treas
ury will not be able to furnish the
i 1.
money to purchase the iron from Ashe
ville to Paint Rock. Concede this to
be so. We slialf not need - it until
about, tinis tVe approach the latter
place -within the grading. Then we
Can say to the Logisiature at its next
session in January '81 .that we need
the iron for this 45 miles of lload j
that we havo no power to contract a
debt or to execute a mortgage 5 that
we will not ask them tp incur the debt
for the iron, but give us the power to
contract a debt, anil execute a mort
gage if necessar-, for tlie purchase of
the iron. You all know that the Ten
nessee company", with which wo shall
connect at Paint Rock, is ready not
6nly to furnish the iron, but to grade
the'road to Asheville, but we have no
power to make a contract with them.
The Legislature Cannot refuse this
power when we propose tints to relieve
tjhe people from taxation and ro.ike a
good sum for the State. I defy any
One to gainsay these statements in re
yard to the'. French Droad route and its
value- to the Sut.e.
-
We are told by some that it will cost
an immense sum to jrrade the French
Broad route to. Paint Rodk-this is a
great mistake; The road bdd is along
the maro;in of the river nearly all the
wa and can be graded as cheaply as
any roa 1 can be iu tljc central por
tion of the &!tate, arid there will be no;
tunnel oil the route. I have deenled
it my duty to go over it and know of
what I say, and 3-ou who are familiar
with it, will concur with me.'
But it is Objected that Ate must di
vide our force at Asheville and put
half on the Paint Rock and the" Other
bri the DUcktown route. Si reads the
act of. your Legislature. If we tad
the power so to do. it would be con
trary to all business and ecodrriical
principles, as it wduld greatly increase
the expense, as any one can see, and a
iirestern connection, without which the
Road cannot pay, vould be delayed.
If the Ducktown roiite were he short
er, and we had the power to build it J.
iwoulJ say buil 1 that first. But we
hate no leqal right to pnt a force cr
expend a dollar in labor on that route;
and in this assertion I defy contradict
tion. ;
I At. a former meptinor of vour Boird
1 .
the question of your title to the Duck
town and Paint Kock routes was re
ferred to Mr. Henderson and myself.
We have reported to your body that
our title to the Paint Rock route is
good, and that we have no title what
ever to the Ducktown route. IHien
this report was made, yenn President
called the attention of theother legal
gentlemen on the Board to it and ask
ed them if they dissented from our
'conclusion. No one gave a contrary
opinion, nor can any one versea in
legal principles do so. Let me state
the facU.
ehartercd sis the Western N. C. K. L.,
from Salisbury to Ducktown and Paint
Bock. The Ltjgtslatarc in 1833, di-
Tided it into two corporations. That
r C t Al
iroin .ansuurj v AsutHiic as me
Eastern Division, and that from Duck -
j town by Asheville to Faint R-x-k as
the Western Division. The Eastern
j visiou.w sum yy ucciee 01 me u.
' T-k- : IJ 1,.. J . iL . fT
j b. Circuit Court and was purchased by
The Western Division was sold nn -der
execution andj wa purchased by
R. Y. McAdea, who conveyed tlie
Freneb Brond rout!e to ihe State ab
solutely and the J)ucklowa route to
Clayton & Stuathera, in trust for the
creditors of the ! Western Dirision,
whrjse claims amount to abou $55.-
000.) and then !n trust for thp. Western
Division Corporation aud it
stock
TliV GODS, 1X0 TRmrS"
hukkrs. a that the leaal tit
to
the
j DucktOTtn branch it in CUyto &
Siuatliers, and the equitable iii itacrctl-
Western
i Division Corporation. aal its stork -
holders $ and neither the Stale nor the
" :
western C. U. K, Co., naa any ti-
tie to it whatever and can only acquire1
one by a sale by the trustees pr by de ?
cree of courts v. Tjiis pobiV cannot be
denied. It a true; Uiat the .last I?g
tslature, by an act, attempted to c ju-
denied. It ia truj Uiat the .last lz
C. It. j roatL Let the State fiirnlsh the tcon-
; H. Co:, bnt that portion of theHittftti. n
j uncuustitutioual and has bese
so de-
cided. Suppose we were to
j it con-
victs on that route, any tax
pyer of
the State could enjoin us, upon I ha
ground that we have no powej- to ex -
pend the State's money or Lb.r on
property which dc not belong to" the
0. . . - i ,, ,
hlatc or our corporation. It would lie
1 i
Uiczai as weti as absurd lor us . to
build a railroad for tiie credi
private stockholders of the
Ui vision. It is their property; not ours.
If the legislature shall desire the
building of that route, they must furn-
ish the means to purchase it
I wish
to see it built, and my opinio:
is that
after the Paiiit Rock route is Coniple.
ted, it will be dennnstrated that it wi
pay, and the people will then
liug to furnish convicts to buijl it. and
will give us the piw-r to mortgage as
Mr. Best proposes ; f r I repeat, if he
can build if by mortgaging, we can do
the same.
: -t
But 31 r. Best proposes that we shall
give hiii? the-labor of 53 ) convicts for
3
five years to build a road for
not for the State. I wish toj
liiu, and
use our
convicts in building roads' fori U3 not
for Northern capitalists to make mil
lions of. ' Does Mr. Bjst make this
offer out o Hove for us? Nj j but be
cause he sees and all railroad! .men ?ce
that lirge sums are to be 'made' by
possession, of the French Bryad route.
Several railroad men of intelligence
liave said to me in the last flew days,
that the 45 miles of rdad frJm Aslie-
Lv,iUeto Pai iLiiock.f .opletefl wt U be..
worth more than any 210 miles of rail
road in the State; fj tin rea's hi lllat
there are C00 miles of mounLiin bar
rier extending from Atlanta jto Lynch
burg not pierced by any road but ours...
which is the most central and is the
shortest to the seabord. j . '
' In additioil to the , merchandise to
and from Norjh CarUna before
spoken of, brought to us and carried
from us by the way of New jYork and
Baltimore, a large pbrYioi of the mil -lions
of bushels of grain jnoar sent
from the Western State to New York
and Baltimore -and shipped to Europe,
must come by our road and its Con
necting roads to Wilminjgton and
Beaufort and thus build up North Car
oiina citie3 and seaports.
The learned Dr. Caldwell
many years since that the
proposed
first, rail-
road the State should qonstnjc
fhojld
run from B?aufort harb ir to the len-
nesse'e line Had his propos-d hem
curied out in that day. North Caroli
na w'ould; now be' one of this greatest
and richest States in the U-uou. We
have delayed and, built by peice meal
j ai I now 'hat we are almost ' in sizht
of Tennessee, we are told we must
i halt and sacrifice all we have done and
that the 15 miles
must be built or imist be
he "ivn to
0
and life
Northern capitalists.
This 45 miles is the head
lhe whole railroad system of the State
Cut it off or give it away to
capitalist?, and vou raaks i
Northern
not only
yourselves but all future generations
1
slaves to zrcedy and bloated caoital-
iota tk nnmiti' uvuii i 'U
one for those favoring such
- J 1
a suic;dal j
j act, but posterity will curse
us1 for it.
; Accept Mr. Best s propo3iliou, and in
, less
thin
ten years when vonr
, the pockets of these capitalists, thcrse
'concerned in giving away their proper-
ty wm be ashamexl to acknowlc I c
; that ihey were so;short -sighted.
roa,t
; We nave becn told that the
; not be ahje lo p tbe
m-rtgjge
ow on it'of $S53,03 whe 1 it becomes
j dw ai$jy ft3i thit it will thea
. ' I
, to the hammer and will become the
property of the bondholders. Those
who thuV prophesy.
ought
to hare
made that discovery before
the State
tfurdrasol in 175 and certainly ba -
fore we per forms
Pmii,a ii, j 1 .1
rroea the. Herculean task
of j piercing the
Blue Bidgc. They
should not have waited until we had
J reached so near the Tennessee line,
Long before those : bond Lwjoaw die
we shall have reached Paint Kock
when it is . conceded our road will be
. worth ? 3,000,000 in cil.
luea if it
NUMBER 6
, halt not be convenient id rrxy the
; bxrndi 1 tre can readily renew the raor-
j gage.not only of Utts le)t, bnt for nn
, amount sufficient to refund to the ltate
, every dollar which she shall bare ad-
vauceL Oi this there can be no fines-
! - . " , :
hon. lletides. With tht valoable
property in onr possession. With ,lts aid
and a mortgage , on the Dacktowii
route, we can bui4 the latter.
i-
j f da not propose to tax people
, further for the construction of thu
She is bound to feed. -clothe and jnard
, them, ttnd she must do It in the wJIs
j 0f thePenitentlary (that great elephant
' on our hands) "or put - them on works
j of intimal improvement. here they
! will cost less. If they are kept in the
Penitentiary, they I mint be put to
; trades, and the product .of their labor
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will come in competit or wah the
t,..,,rtat monha-nip iU Wtntu nml
ors and i reduce them and their families! to beg
Westeni ! giry. : - -
The supremely ndiculouti portion of
Mr. Best's proposition is that to give
him the labor qf jQO convicts for five
j years to build liitnja railroad.
ftie State oWris thousands of. ncras
of valuable swampland in the easteri
C"untle'belonging to theLitUf iry funnj
If we do not propose to use the con
victs in the construction of railroads
for the State and to tc owned by the
State, rhv not put; them to work to
canal and reclaim these .Valuable lauds
which when brought into market, will
raise money sufhVient to heap ope.i
your common .schools ull the )'ear
round? Instead of providing thus for
the education of 'the poof children,
we arc coolly asked . to give to rich
capitalist the labor of these convicts
to build a railroad for themselves, j
I wish the Jtato ito retain her . rail
road property. The railroads , were
not constructed aldn j for this genera
tion but, for posterity as well. We
cahnoVbc expected to pay In cur day
lor their' constructiio'n in full. If we
pay the interest and a small portion
of the debt, ft is as much as we ought
to do. Let those ; who arc to come
after us and enjoy ithe benefit of this
property pay their portion. There is
no difliculty, in keeping up mortgages
on any good railraod, whilst millions
yCcainuJJn the great cj ties are seeH-,
investment at four percent.
We have denuumced without Ceasing
those, who. in 1868- GO sold out the
State s interest in soma ot her most
valuable rolds, and we propose a
more indefcusible act. Give away
this roa 1 and Hienf follow the N. C.
and the A. & N. Ci Roads.
If the State shall decide to part
with her property, Idon't give it awaj
don't give one foad to build another ;
but put up at public auction . your
three roads the Western N. C, the
N. C. and the A. )& N. C, - and they.
will ell for money sufficient td pay
tbe entire indebtedness of tbe. State,
which under the ; coioproraise act of
1879, is a little less than ' $5.0d0.000.
Then yoti will be put of debt and the
cry of taxation will ceaei Complete
this road to Paint Ilick and it will
sell for more. than half of your entire
State debt. But give this and your
other roads to capitalists and allow
the public debt to'remain unpaid, and
your people may ;sy as their property
on account of which the debt was con
tracted, is given away ; they are un
der no obligation to: pay the debt. I
hope such a disgrace may never befall
North Carolina, and gentlemen who
are proposing to gve away lids valuable
property and the labor of 500 convicts
for five years had best beware.
I" I were ever s xlanxious to sell this,
road, I would not Consent to Call the
Lazidaturc in extira session. Ifhy the
necessity of 9uch liastr ill tlie
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jlSHW. May not others wish to pur-
i cliase. (and we know they do) if they
of; cn have. time to inske arrangeraenU ?
If we postpone, will Mr. Best with
draw7 It i- known to this Board that
when Mr. Best's first proposition was
made' some 30 d.i)s since, be was
asked if he would j not give time to
consider so i.nnorlant a matter. Me
i replied lutue negauve. . ssymg uiai
. t I 1 . t . . a f V.am. A tinrU.
11C Jia'l uliici iLUen .ii;iiici uuui
consideration, lo'u rejected bis prop
positien. and now he makes another
j const lered by some.moreuvora&te than
the first.
Give bun eleven months Ion-
rill make a
: u he t0 2l p0,4ession of this valuable
' property, out of. which he and his as-
sociates expect ui make millions di-
i rectly or indirectly.-
The iron and rolliug stock on yonr
! road is worth 1 Q00.00O In cash to-
j day. but you are to give all and 500
I convict, for five ycire to Mr. Best for
ti$50.W) of ratlwil bonds, fromwhioh
i.l.C., I. -Ill ni.if ra.lita flvl to
the State wi'l never realize a dollar.
If the road Com Silishury to Paint
Rock is to be a burden on the State, at
tome say, whv are the& wise, far tee
j ing capitalisitfi, to ahxiout to gfct iL
H bat they icpoAe t build 140 miles in
a ouidrent iitrecimnr is in; was an
. . .t.ii '.. . a
ilmiuiiHi tliit tlia rTirlt frrmt ft1ia
5 vrY to wulnr nock is worth more than
the sons which will b required to boild
! the Ducktown branch? Are- tho peo-
Ple of jnU tsrohna 10 acrttloe fi,-
' J?'?)0 worth.of rpsrtj to btuld the
! either route? ' 1
! Do the neotde intliscounlicsthiourb
One Siinvfw 3 Months, w.-.-.i.iJtJ
One Stisn? Month, ....i tf
One Soran 11 Mouth, ',LU.L1IA.
Liberal dcKirtlons madalof Urjtr ipa
Transient AJWleiiient Inserted at TeA
CeuU pcx lluc.,.... , p ;
which thaTfoc1bri Rosrl t rua.
demand UiU' sacfinee nrtha"' balance of
the State? if Uiey do. it is the graUt
tax wtrichhnvrer-been itnpoaed om
NthjCAaafjiX Jto d
what I can for those people as in lic
led in a former part of ray re barkV
and aa ahowu by my acta in lac Leg
ulalutix ;:H , i i
If Mrle9 rorotkn , alt-Mild t
acceptc I, he and his asocuUs will
mtke all the tnoney out M It thy caa.
that U iheir purpose. Will tluy nol
put tbe frcishts M WgU as , poksible T
Kour IgiULure will not be able to
b ;'p you ioc that bod y cannot furnish
jon any aarejtnrd. " It wilf be a poer.
er to lat you and ymr deacendaoU
for all time to come, witbont ability to
relieve yourselves, you and posterity
will bo their slavea, .. - , j J
1 confi lent'y believe that in less than
twenty yirs yoiir line' of railwar from
Paint Rock to Beaufort will -'pay tht
expenses of 3'our Govern meutJ" The
oountry must increae in wealih and
populatioiij and with j these iinprove
menls your italc lines will yeapby in
crease more valuable. Recollect, that
we are not acting for the penlple of
this day on!. Do not lei us Minui -a;c
as to bind and fatter those who
are to c"ome after us. and bring down
their curses on our. beads- " r j
I have before brought to yonr alien
tion the Immense quantities of freighla
brou-rht t North Cirlina by lite way 1
of Mew Vt.rk aud Baltimore, am
shown U1.1L all produce mide i
State which is consumed lu the
em States, goes by those fitics.
a source of incalculable prloflt to
cites and ihe railways leading to
from tlie West, at our expense.
lhve
1 thie
is
tho, . '.-
them - ' f ""
Now
e one ;
can- -
these .New York capitalist have one
of two objects in View, which lj
not say, as there is great mystery con
nected with this preceding. One it
to secure the great trad a of Iho
JFest
over this road from Paint Hock.
The
other is to control this line in the In
terest of the Northern roads and pre
vent the trade from bejtig direr ted
from them. .Thete are so many rail-;
lions iti vested in these roads running to
the Northern cities, that I cam well,
see that their wealthy owners, who ar
stiaming every nerve
to make
mote
millions, would pay; largely to prevent
this vast trade from coining to
Carolina sctoorts.
So solicitous ia Mr. Best for the suc
cess of his scheme, that I: learn
to deposil fSO.OOOiti owe of. the
of thie city ae a. eort of acurity
he is
baoka
to to
State aul to become the property of
the State if the Legislature, to be call
ed in extra session, shall accept his
propositioj. and he should fail to com
ply with his engagements. Now I do
not intend to tharga auy one . with
any improper act or motive, in thia
connection, nor do I purposd inti
mate anything of the kind. But look
at What may "be., eaid. It wil eoet
about $3o,0iK) to call yonr Legislature
in extra aession. When the members
assemblei it may be said that tnere ii
no -inuney in the treasury to par their
per diem and mileage. It may fbe aaid
that Mr. Best has deposited pO.000,
which may become the property of
Ih .State, if you accept hie proposition,
and out of which you tv get yotir
pay '. but that it will be withdrawn by
him if 3ou do not accept. .1 do not
like this thing. If North Carolina
cannot pay my per diem and mileage
as a member. of her Legislature, I
would scarn to accept it, coining di-1
rictly or indirectly from any one be
yond her borders.
rar
Borne of this Bard who are .i favor
of jelling,, say that there roust
portant" amendments mide
be Ira
O Mr.
Mast's bill.-'. It 1 At propesitio, not
ours this board has no right to alter
it if they do. without his consent, it
i.1t l,a fr. l'.naf'a nrnnntillnA
'If .1.. t - ..t....i- s.f- nAt. -J
piace mc iegisiauurc. air. ltv p
ents his bill, he has deposited $39,000
as security that he1 will comp y with
the terms of his bill. Is it oible
that the Legislature Shall be deprived
of its constitutional riht to amend?
That it cannot cross a t or dot an I,
and if so, Mr Best can say 70 i; havo
not complied with my terms, and I
must have my $10. which he putt
In his carpat-bag and leaves, j Then
your Legislature will be placed j in the
ridiculous position of having assembled
for nothing., at an expense to the tax
payers of $30,009.
It has. been intimated that the D-uk
.wo rwte is wanted as part
of tb
Great .Southern I'aciQc RailriwL If
to, MrBest expects V - make largely
by tes proposition ; first 00V of North
-Tafolioa, and then sell to ibe Southern .
Pacific for a Ursc sura. If tbe South
ern Pacific waota the Ducktown routo
your Legislatora will be glad to grant
Ihe rfgbt of way without cliarg ?
I repeat, bold on to your property,
on til y ou ai e offered a sum t fficient
to pay Ue indebtedncs of th s State '
arkl I ba lie ve veil "pMpesiiion will be
made in lev than 6ve year. Then
i your people will b3 relieve I from all
fUUTt uxation for railroand.
, j k a North Carolmia'i. "bar-
iiiig no tntereit whatever, ex ?ft as
cttizeu at laii uAer
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