PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
WILMAiH W. n OLDEN,
EDITOR AJVD PROPRIETOR.
THE CONSTITCTIOH AND TUB USIOS OP TrtR 4TATfii-T8BY "MCST BB Pit E8KRTEO."
IIALEIiai. IV. C. .WtiDVtiSDtV, FEBttfJARY 3, 1845.
VOLUME X!. NUMBER B3S.
TKn 3 V E It X X N USX,
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'rHE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD.
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pr cent, will he m ule to those who advertise by the
"sir. gcj- If the nu-nber of insertion be not marked
. .-,-. rhv will ne continued until ordered out.
nt aC li'.enueu m- .
V;IaEJe Properly for Sale.
-v GREAT BARGAINS TO BE HAD!
-n- virrue ol a Uceu n l rust, Doanng ar a ini
- . .
,i bid.ir far Cash at the late residence of the i
r i.mv K;'i-pi.mv. I .n: I rir.'n rnspn ro
"...ncv, oc i hms lav. the 13th fluv t 1-ternary, .
Rillowingdescri'beJ Real ami Personal Proper. ;
a TKACT Oy l.:U. on the Ji.-irth sirte ol swnt e
. ...... - ... I
C. k. co:fainiii 250 rr.-s more or ls. adjoining the ;
ut. Alo
Hie following
Valuable Slaves:
Korwnod. azd 43; Bnrk, azed 50; Ashley, aged SO;
ibram.s"d 35; Grarv, ay-d S5; Muj;o. iffd SO; Hen
nVifa. -d 17; R l.v. ad 22: .-Ulr d ajjed 10; Kachael,
afd 7; Helii.agMl 4; aod Guiliord aged 1.
I alio sell af the same time aud pUce, tbn follpw
in; adiiitional projwrty, iz:
fiv Horses and a Mule;
Hf !-ad of Hosr;
Srvral fi e Cws and Calverj
To Cairta:f and llair.ecs;
O.ie Waion and Cart:
Several. Saddles, Bridle and Martingals)
Oie Kan Mill and Cutting Km IV;
A Book-case and Books;
One Clock; to BifNtt-ad:; and Cand Stand;
Silv. r Tattle and Tea Spoon; toeth'-r with an a
fnrnnenf ol Filming iinplmefiti.iuch a Ploughs, tloes,
f Mrksmitii' Tools, Axes. Griitdstom s.
The whole of the atiov d'crtbed i'iOierty wil: De ,
oM without reserve for eady money, and hucIi title (tiv
es to the piirrhaseis as i convened to me b) the Trust,
which is believed lo be undisputed.
JOHN A. WICKER, Truttee.
Jsnuary 22, 13i5- 534-3t.
itate f XortSi 4'arolina, Kaib couufy.
In Equity.
Martha Battle rs. Commtnlore C. Battle and others.
Ouginal Bill tor account and partition.
IN this case it appearing that the defendant. Commo
dore C. Battle, is a non-resident of this State: Or-d-red
that publication be made in the North Ca:olina
Standard, tor six weeks, notifying the said Commodore
C. Battle to be and appear at our next Superior Court of
Equity to be held for the county of .Nash, at the Ceurt
Hnuse in Nashville, on the third Monday of March next.
then and there to answer the complainant s bill, or J'Jclg
Ber.t pro conte-so will be entered up against him.
Witness, James Harrison clerk of cir said Court, at
0c in Nashville, the 17th day of January. 1815.
JAMES HARRl -ON, CM. E.
By B. H. BLOUNT, Dep. C. M. E.
($5 2 1-S.) 534-6t.
Cmmtneement of the 'ew Volume, January, 1815.
The United Stales .Magazine, and De
mocratic Kcvieiv.
JOHN L. O'SULLIVAN, EDITOR.
THE Sixteenth Volume of the Democratic Review
commences with the present number. The Pub
lisher cannot omit the occasion it affords, to congratu
late its readers and friends, upon the great victory recent
ly achieved by the cause of their common principles; a
v.rtorv not less important in its consequences, than gh-
rious in its triumph, alter the unprecedented seventy of
the recent contest of pirties. Originally eMahlitrhed at
a period of the deepest depression of the Democratic
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ver taken an active, and.it is believed, not ineffective
par!, in the long and keenly contested battles of opinion,
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lowed to ask and hope to imare now thebeti fi of the
triumph and prosperity, of the Democracy of the coun
try? It has sustained itself through considerable por
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bers through seasons when zeal for the principles lo
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iaooary, U41. ' . 'g, :
FRINGES, TRIMMINGS, &c.
i. a. noom,
100 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK,
Importer and Manufacturer
P FRINGES, for Dresses. Curtains, Carriages,
J Rngs.&e. Gimps. Dress C rd and Tassels, Ze-
nhvr Worsted. Canvass. Stc. Uoat Corns, ioan
phyr W orsted Canvass Stc. coat corns, v, -"V ,
i - - - . i.
&,c". . All kinds ot Bindings and Fancy Trimmings-
lanre assortmeut of Whie Cotton Fringes, &c &c.
He invites attention to hi assortment, whicn win oe
kept full during the reason, as he will b.e receiving the
newest and most fashionable styles.
Offered Hy theTackage or otherwise.
Terms and prices shall be such as to give satisfaction.
fry- All kinds of t.imcaings made to order.
January 29, 1845. 634-13t.
WAKE FOREST
Pleasant Grove Female Academy.
MISS MARTHA R- RICHARDSON, Principh..
Til E exercises of this Institution will be tesuuied Jan.
uarv 20th. 'i erms as usual.
- JOHN LIGON.
Secretary ol Board of '1 i nstees.
Jan. 6. 1845.
509 BALES COTTON
iirtvi rt)
, . t j Ckn0 pnrln.or1 in nrir. Sunenor
i.aa ei i-huumhiiic "" - i - -r
Erntlish Lot.g Cloth, Rders Patent t laniiel ran you
it elsewnerer nmr.u.,. , " . - u
o.ne handsome Sisks.Cash.neres all wool hoavy 4-4 Ir.sh
Linen, warranted to nave no como mrm vimiuih-
ers should rr.inpare good as tney are ucqnenriy miu iets
in st.-res, that oo noi puai.su Q vnur
Barsains: Great Bargains!!
IN DRY C.OODS.
TN consequence of the advanced tate of the season,
the mi bar Fibers resnecltuMv announce their uiirpime
ol selling their extenrioe, well selected, and splendid
Kck 1 Goods at prices that cannot fail to gioe satis- j
rnrtion ' V merelore invite iurcira-i iu n, ami
country to lavor u with a call, and we will pledge ou
selves to mre them not only bargains but Ore ax
Bargains! RUSSELL & ESKRIDGrl.
next d.Kr btve R. S oith's.
January 22, 1?45. 533 5t.
Q&- Star and Register insert 5 lims.
-CO
-CO
XTKTAS committed to the Jail of this County on the
Ff 13th dav ol November 1814. a Negro man by the
name oi jaco..aooui -a ei n e, .iu "j
to Edward Smith of South Caimina, and was sold to hnn
bv Jaaie Poteat of Caawell County, North Carolina,
some time lat spring. Theowner is requested to come
forword prove his piopeity pay charges and take him
Wy" ZACHARIAH LOCKET. JaiVor&e.
January 5th, 1845. 63 6t.
ed tu.. n. c.
RaletSb Classical,' Matlaeniatlcal and
military Academj.
Classical Department,
J M. LOVEJOV.
Mathematical and Military Department.
W. F.DISBKOW.
THE Tear will be divided info two Sessions of flve
months each ;
the fitst Session beginning on Ihe first f
January. and the second Session, on the fuel oi Jaly. .
ri ;. ih. . n nf ihi Prereiwor. that fhi. Intlitu-
tion shall not be surpassed in the advantages aff.rded for
acqninngathorough English, Classicaland Mathematical
Ed cation.
PooilBwillbeDreDaredtoentei the Junior Claw of any
College in theIJnited States. '
" . .
TERMS OF TUITION.
!
!
'
15 00
For English and Mathematical Studies.
per Session.
For Latin. Greek. French, Spanish and
Italian Languages, per Sessson, 02O"OO
Military Tactics taught to the Pupils, free ef extra
charge.
The advanced Claws may pursue th Studies of a
lower Class, payin; only for tke studies of the Claealo
which they belong.
Raleigh, January 1845. SS-6m.
To my Creditors: Gejitlembs: You are
herebv nottrled tliat I have been a i rested under a capias
ad sntUfaciendum issued against meat the instanco of
Thomas R Fentress, and returnable at the next Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be helcT for the County of
Wake on the third Monday of February, 1845, when and
where I shall apply to take the benefit of Ihe act for the
relief of insolvent debtors. You can attend and object,
if you think proper. S. L. TUCKER.
Jan. 22, 1845. 633-St.
. JUNTO ACADEMY
Rebuilt aud again fairly under tray.
'HIS Institution, situated twelve miles northwest ol
M. Hillsborough, is now open for the reception oT stu-den-s.
The course of instruction is as complete and
thorough as in any other Academy in theSonih. The
terms of admission foi the "English course, embracing
all the branches of an elegant H. finished English educa
tion, eight dollars per session ; for the Classical course,
embracing the Latin and Greek, with some other an
cient languages, tf required, $12 50 per session -The
discipline exercised in the Academy ;is very slrict and
careful, and is Wholly ol the parental kind. Evey effort
will be used to piomote the literary and moral culiute
of those who enter the school Xne subscriber is pre
pared to accommodate neve'-al blher boarders with good
board and very convenient out rooms, at $6 5 per.moulh,
lights excepted-' Good board can be nad convenient to
the A cade my," irr respectable families, at from $4 60 to
La dollars per month. Mudents prepa ed lor any of
ur Universities.
DANIEL WILSON KERR
Ja. 17,1845. - . 533 St.
" FHOCIl A7iJ BiGLISII I1!lCS.
CHEMICALS, OII.6, A"N ATOAHCAL Pitf;PAItATlJ3 OF
' EVERY nESCIUPTION, PEPCMBHIES," BRUsHCS, ECT. "
ALSO, PtATIXA W A11I V L.AT E, A N D V Oil.
3 JOHN SON, MOORE $ TAYLOR,'
: i-No; 23 Liberty 'st reet, New York, ' " -
fM-PORTERS of the above art icles, which thCy have
on hand, and. constantly receiving by. every packet
frnin their Houses in Paris, and London.." The quanty
of these wtipe'Sthey wirgiiaiaiii-e;as they aruaU man
ilUcttued by the first Chemist? iu Europe, and thep of
fer ih m 'lor sale at the' vcry-IoweVf rates. '
i January 22nd, 1841 i r- -. 533-61.
. . : t , ' "
Important ale.
BY virtue of a Luil 'in 1 rust executed lo us, as
Trustees by Uobert D.-Wiincerly, wu the 6ih ot'Jan
uaiy 1845 ur cei tarn, purposes i herein nauutl, the. un
dersigned will pToceed lo sell on the Plantation ol the
iuuI Koberr D about vine mile north-wet ot Tarboro,
on Monday ttie 10th day of February next, all the prop
ertv.coneyed iu said Deed To the 'UTidersiaed as 'J'rW
feT, uz -t-A ; wy ?valable Tar Rtver. t - x .'.;;
t.x n - I-..- iffA KM,. . . :'
Well timbered , and productive, containing about 1520
Acres, also lhirty-fie very likely Negioes, meu women,
and .children; also, alltti s'tock of ;.. : . ; . i
HORSES. CA r'TLE. SHEEP, MULES, HOGS Sfc.
All tne corn, fodder, peas, potatoes rm;ng iiletisils,jtie
vVhibky Uislillerv and the' intereloi iie 'I iDst..r in
another at Waluut"C'reek,;C.fcr'. he creditor xt the
said Ro-ert D are requeiited to meet at the plantation J
at aii early hour on tne aay oi a i ne juauu wwi be
Hidden the aUbve day betweaI2 and 1 o'cock. and th
sale will -continue Irom titty ,to.day unjtil all isdwpoed ot.
Terms made known on ihe day of'sale.'
: :? . LEWIS S'KDWKEJV J
JESS& H. POWELL, , Trustees ; 4
' 1 ' joseph jr. w. fqwhlLl, y
e
JfOTICK. -
ptOMMITTED to jail in Granville enanty. North
U Carolina, on the 23th December, 1844, Negro
Phil, taken up in said C uhty as a runaway, sold in
Richmond by Mr. Solomon Sattawhite to Dr CuMen;
he was then sold by Dr. Cu len to Mr. Ralph Graves,
' Columbus, Missi.as'ppi. He is about five feet six inches
...... .r. ...... , ...... .
he:h, dark complected, with a black mark in nis iore-
head; aged about 20; has on grey homespun. 1 he own
er is requested to prove his property, pay charges and
take him aWav;' otheiwise said negro will be dealt with
as the law directs. E. C. VVADDILL. Jailor.
Oxford, Jan. 8, 1845. 633 U.
LITCRARV rUND. .
IT is ordered by the President and Ditectors of the
Literary Fund, that all Ndles due at this Hoard, on
or before the 1st day of January 1845, and which shall
not be renewed on or hefore the 1st dey of March next,
shall be put in suit for collection. By Order,
t - H. W. GRAHAM
Secretary of the Literary Board.
January 13, 1845. 633 4L
State of North Carolina, Franklin county
In Eqiiity Fall Term, 1844.
Daniel Wester, Lockey Wester, and Martha Wester,
vs.
Litlleton C. Wester.
Petition for the Division of La:d and Slaves.
In this case at appearing totheeatisractionofthe Court
tliAt Littleton Wester, the Defendant, is a non-resident
. ol the St tie It is ordered that publication be made for
.six weeks in the North Carolina Standard, notifying him
1 to appear at our next Superior Court to be held for the
County of Frank! n- at ihe Court House in the Town of
1 Louisburu on the 2nd Monday after the 4th Monday in
' Match. 1845. then and there lo plead answer or demur,
or the Laiui Petition will be heard exparte and Judgment
and Deerce entered accordingly . -
Witness," Yoi'ng Patterson, Clerk and Masterof
our said Court at office, the 2nd Monday alter the 4th
Monday in September. 18-15.
YOUNG PATTERSON, C. M. E,
' " - 531 -St.
State of North Carolina, NasZi county.
In Equity Fall Term, 1844.
.'James J7rrison and others. vsSauipKon arrison, Eliz-
. .. i i r i i i. rr : i . i .1 . i
aoefn ZJ.ti 1 if"ii, alio juiiii j ticHjii, viuiuirii ui urn-
jamin D. airison.
Petition lor pat tition of Land and Slaves, &c. by
Sale.
In this Case it appealing that the Defendants are non
residents ol this Stale Ordered that publication be made
in the North Carolina Siamldid, lot nix weeks, notiiying
them to appear at our next Superior Court of Equity, to
be held lor the county ofNah. at Ihe Cotirt-oouse in
Nashville, on the third Monday of.VIaich next, then and ,
there to answer and plead, or judgment pro coiitcsso will
be entered u auainsi them.
Witness. Jamis mm hov. Clerk and Master ofonr
said court, at olhce in Nahvie, the 28ih Nov , 1844.
JAMES HSHIUSOS, C. M. E.
By 13. H. fil.OUN V Dep. C M. E.
Dee. 5, 1844. ($5 62 1 2.) " 523-6t.
liaiulolph JIacoti 4'ollese
The collegiate year at fhi Lmtitution closes annually
upon the 2nd vVeduesday ! June, on which day the"
Senior Class is publicly graduated. The collegiate year
i divided into two sessions. The first begins 8 weeks
alter and the second begin il weeks before the Vnd
Wednesday of June. It is best tor "Indents to enter Col
lege at the beginning of Ihe first session ; aud lor admis
sion at that time into the Freshman Class, they must stand
an approved examination on English Grammar, Gen
icraphy. Arithmetic, Latin Reader, Cae-ar, Sallust, Virgil,
Cicero s Orations, Gieek K.ader.and Aenophon s Ana-
Oasis. II a stildelil ueiers ei'ierms ine r leiMiman ia
until the beginning ol the 2nd session, in addition to the
preceumgsuajecrs.ne mus. aisosianu an spproveu eaami
nation upon Latin and (Jreck prosoily, the Geortce o
Vril. Livy, Xeiiophon's Cropedia, Roman and Gre-
cian Antiquities, and Bouidon s Algebra (through Quad-
l . . i i i. ..... - f . .
ralics ) il 10 retiiiiiuieiiueu hi xiiiuruis pieiai iii iwi mi-
trance -into this College lo use Andrews and Slrodilart'
Latin Grammai, Sophocles' Greek Grammar, Leverett's
L.lt;n Lexicon, DonnegaiiV Larger Gici k Lexicon, and
' EschenburgV .Manuaol Cassica Literature.
There are manv youn men who desire to acquire an
extensive English and scientific education, wilhrait
prosecuting the ancient Languages. Our course ofetody
is so arranged as to meet he wants of all such, provided
they present themaelvesat the bvgjnningof the 1st session
And the benefits to be derived from the use of the Libia
ries and from attendance upon the Literary Societies
which are attached to College, should lorrn very strong
inducements to such young men to prosecute their studies
here. In order to enter upon the E'iglish and Scientific
course, the student must be thoroughly acquainted with
Grammar, Geography and Arithmetic.
The expenses of the institution are aa follows :
Tuition for the" Collegiate year 40.00. Bosrd for 41
weeks $77 00. Beddingand Wishing $20 00. Wood and
Lights $12 00. Incidental expenses $20 00. Total $160
00.
1-i.the item of incidental expenses are included text
books, and a few articles ol furniture wheh the student is
under the necessity of purchasing when he first occupies
The second session of Ihe present Collegiate year wrll
commence en the 16th Jatinaiy, 1845. '
a room in Co-leg. L. C. GARLAND, President.
January 1, 1845. .. 530-5t.
Stop' the Tliief.
STOLEN from my stable, on Tuesday night the lTlh,
ot Dec, a gray "Horse five feet two or three inches
ingh,loBg mane and tail, and eight years old next spring
Any information otthe horse, will be thankfully receiv
ed ami amply rewaided.
V7. AMIS,
Henderson, Jan. 1, 1845. 531-3t.
BOOTS FOR THE PRESIDENT ELECT!
v- ' Some tilings can be done as will as others."
r If any one desires to see the 'tno&t spb hclid pair
of boots. ever made in this place, or probably in
this country, or that he may expect to see in jiny
other, fei.li it n call a Mr. H. P Doijoal's Boot
and Shoe Store in M y bin's Range, and ho will
bo satisfied. A public-spirited' gt iitlcman ol thrs
city a zenleui D'-ttfocrat, and' warm - hearted
friend of ahe President 'elect -u testify his grati
fication at the eb-ction. of Mr Poi.k, ..instructed
Air. Douoal to make a pair of Boots for the Presi
dent, to wear at his jrtauyuratioii to cost not less
than One Hundred Dollars! The measure was
handed with -the order.;, and Mr. Docoal, entering
fully into the spirit of the matter, dftei mined toshew
that " soiri'e'things can be done as well as others,"
lor, in other words, th.4t as fine and neat, and splen-
diJ and beamilnl a. pair ol tSoots can be made in
Cpluuibia, as any pail of. the, ( world. How far
he.luis s icceeded, lel.tbjiread'r examine and judge
tor btiuscil. . , - r . : o9Ha LtaroUuwn.:
: : - -; : ITEMS. - ." V - .
-A'WesteTn editor speakinsf" of reevtVinSr papers
a wei-tafter ihey ate due,' recommends Danfwrth'
plaVter a a reined v IIkii hein'good for 'a tcYak
back. Hurrah for VVester'n editor ! VVouder it
that is the siimf one that advnierf fur 'spel: of
cf.Id weatherl' becrfu-e he hadait received oy thins
hut' wood in' pay in nt f r hisp 'fiet for three months,
and the weather was" so wauu he could oeiiher use
nor iell it 1 ' 1 V""; : '
ner botiffht a ht and upoo sola? out in the
r?in ws observed to take it fjtus he:Vd and ry t '
k'ep it from ihevet, and. on being a'sbt d why he
did S'.. WnswereJ -, Hat hMiie-head mass'.'
. A . VagranC defence, .A fellow taken up as
vast an i declared that te wy not "a man without
any visible Wans of subUieuce, as he hd jui
i ...... t . r. a . i ...
upt nru a siuir, ; it ivuuu, uiit uiuuni, umi i
had opened it with; a crow bar . in the, nijhtt and
axArftoaatelr tke store belonea) to anoiite maa.
EIOU3JS OF COBISIOIVS.
REMARKS OF MR. BROGDEN,
OF WAVNB,
la the House of Commons, Dfcember 26, 1844
On the bill to authorize the foreclosure of the
mortgage ol the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road !
Company, and in reply to Mr. Moore, of Hali
fax. Mr. Speaker: I dislike to trouble the House
upon a subject that has no doubt already wearied
the patu-nce of the members, but what I design
saying on this occasion will be dictated by a spir
it of. candor and sincerity. I do not pretend to
claim any exemptions from the common errori
and imperfections which beset frail human nature;
for we are told in the sacred volume of Rerelation,
which contains h-ssons of wiedom for the politi
cian as well ae for the christian, that "no man is
nrrfirt. no not one." But I stand here a the hum
hip advocate of the principle of truth, honor, jus
tice, t-quulity, and liberty. The bill now under
consideration involves prinripli-s which are with
me of paramount consideration. And I do not
propose to make any party-colored statement in
regaid to the question now under consideration,
but I deem it a duty , which I owe to myself to of
fer some of the reasons which will indo.ee me to
pursue the course 1 hare adopted in relation to
this mailer. It is my intention to do so, in an in
genuous and unbiased manner, as my principles
are mv shi Id and justice my sword. It is not my
purpose to indulge in' a disordered imagination or
a craven funry, for the positions that I shall at
tempt to sustain are so iinamliguous and explica-
.1.1 w. I tl
live that they cannot be reluteri by all tne sopnis
try and ingenuity that can be brought, against
them. My object is more to reply to some of the
vague generalities and point l ss. declamation t)f
the gent), man fo;n Halifax Mr. Moore. than to
difvu.s the real merits of the. present question
That gentleman has hem vrry verbose, as usual,
in pouring out his Jeremiah lamentations over a
Rnl Road corporation, because a few democrats
m t in convi ntion with the whigs many yeats ago.
and joined in recommending certain works of in
tertill improvement to the attention of the Legis
lature. Sir. the gentleman fiom H ilifax seems to
sympathize very much with those who are lik ly
to lo?t their money by investing it in Rail Road
stix-k : anil because probably one democrat to eve-
iy t u or fifteen ivhics ha. somi times been found
bndinir their aid to woiks of internal imprevi
tni nt, he seems to suppose (by what kind of fibu
lo'is reasoning I :un not prepared lo say) that he
can tn:ike the d'-mociatic paity amenable to the
pt ople for the acts committed by his own ft i nds.
Bi t 'he ginth trian may vainly endeavor to fiight
en the people wi'h ghosts and "things that an
not." in hierrrrtit z nl to nJiihtrn what he irtiirl.t
choos
to
denominate the " Publicans in the wil-
demos - nnu l can ?suie nun inai mil ui9
il i , i .L. ii l:-
sqtieumNh and obstreperous exertions to ast ihe
ns-ponsibilities of the ivbics on the shoulders of
the d niocrats, will prove but as "gilded loam or
paiut'.dcl y.n. f was the whiff party in the L--
irislatuie in lBSouud l&4Uthat has involved th
Siate in pruntitiy vniharrassment by her s curety-
ship nr Rail Roads, and now the t nth man fioiii
Halifix has thouffht prop r to drag into the de
bate, and paixdi b fare this House, the names o
a few diMiuuuisht d members ol the d mocratic
party, for the purpose of showing that they had
joim-d the wluus in recommenltna: extravugant
5ehems f internal iinproveitu nt by the Slate; but
the g. ntleman had not the liberality or generosi
ty te infoitn the House that the whig party, as a
body, has gone on all occasions tor the most wild
improvident and extravagant schem s of internal
improvement by the State, some of which we are
now called upon lo provide lor. .1 would appeal
to every unprejudiced member on this floor, and
ask what can be the design of the gentleman from
Halifix, in his vituperative and censorious course
towaidsthe democratic party, in relation tn woik'
of jnte'rnal improvement, if it is not to endeavor to
shield his whiff friends ftotn their just eeponsi
bility? Sir, the gti'ilfman may have some faith
that his desipirnt efforts to create the impression
that the demociatic party has sanctioned the ex
travagant course of the. wings in former Legisla
tures; but we are told in Holy Writ that . faith
without works is dead " -.
Mr. Speaker, I entertain the highest personal
respect for the gentleman from Halifax fMr. M..
and 1 cannot. believe that he is actuated by any
sinister design on this or any other question;; on
the contrary, I believe that in his legislative con
duct in this ball he is nnimaled by patriotism, and
emulous only of serving et'he - public faithfully.
However much we may differ as to who is re-sponsibfe-
for ir-o lying, the State in Rail Jload
debts, there is one great principle., upon which I
4fust every, member in this House, and every free
man jn the State of North Carolina, wilt rally,
and that isa to sus ain the honor of the Stale bt ight
and untarnished. 1 deeply lament the unfortu
nate condition in which our honest old State is
now pjactd by her securetyship for Rail Roads,
and gladly would I embrace any plan that I
ihougbt would relieve the distresses of thrse Rail
Road Cotnpanies;-without involving the State, in
till greater liabilities. And, sir, whenever the
honor and faith of the "Old North State" is in
the lig hiest danger of being tarnished, by reason
of her indorsement of the bonds of the rail road
companies, X. believe that - the honest and hard
labor Mig yeomanry of the State those with, hard
hands, warm hearts, and. strong arms will rally
in a body,, "all as one," to prevent the slightest 1
spot or blemish from being cpt upon her fair es
cutcheon. , , v
No, sir, I venerate as above all price the noble
and sublime sentiment that "character, is as im
portaut to ' Scat s as it is to individuals ;and the
glory of the State, is the common property of itf
citizens." Thil is a jewel of which I trust North
Carolina will never be deprived: .let hear. wear it
proudly and triumphantly emblazoned on hqx hel
met. X trust that North Carolina njll, riever re
putljate Vohe single cj:nt of her honest debts.. Let
her. remain, as she has always been, a bright and
shining light amongst Jier sister States of the con
feilcrary. ' ' Her' time for integrity, -fidelity, and
viitue, w 1 1J always remain; . r .-
...... r i . 'Like sunshine in the rill t
' i- . Wtich' turned aside is surjshine still.
I speak in no spirit of pariizan animosity when
I gay that, in my humble opinion, itwiU re great
ly detriment il in the interests. of the State should
she hecoine the.jMri anent owner of the Raleigh
and Gaston rail road, and be bound tn incur all
the necessary expense s for the purpose of keeping
it up. , 7ire company- was ffranted a charter for
theipurprse ol constructing tne roaa,,oy inn le
gislature of 1835, with a capital to consist of eight
5 and red thousand dellare, asuT.W'ot te exceed oneoa all oraaaionv whenercr Hof fje(rp its iris-'
million of dollars. But the road was constructed
at a cost of about one million five hundred thou
sand dollars ($1,500,000,) while the stock paid in
was only about six hundred and fifty thousand
dollars ($050,000.) leaving, as a matter of coutse,
a large balance of the cost of construction a debt
against the corporation.
The Stale never subscribed one cent of stock to
this company, but merely granted a charter to pri
vate individuals for constructing a road at their
own expense. And more tha.i half the stock ta
ken in this road by individual stockholders, is
owned by individuals not residing in North Caro
lina, but citisens of other States. By a resolution
adopted at the present session, calling oo the Pres
idem of the Raleigh and Gaston rait road compa
ny to furnish a statement of the amount of slock
owned by persons residing in other States,, the
President reports that there is three thousand and
eighty4wo shares owned by individuals residing
ikT....i. " i: j .t j i
in iiuiui iiuiiu, miiij uiree inousana nine Hun
dred and thirty-one shares owned by persons re
siding in other Stati-s. The company applied to
the Legislature in 1838 to indorse their bonds for
the sum of $500,000 to en i Lie them to complete
the road and to furnish all necrssury materials,
and an act was passed at the session of 1838 for
the relief of the company, by which the Slate was
to endorse the bonds of said company for the sum
of five hundred thousand dollars; and as an in
demnity to secure the Stale against any . loss or
damage that she might sustain by reason of her
indorsement, the company were to mortgage the
road ana all their other corporate property to the
State, and the private properly of the stockholders
.".-
was also to be bound, in the event the mortsrap-c
upon the road and other property should prove in
sufficient to pay off and satisfy said bonds when
they fell due in the year 1860. The mortgage
on the road aiid other propeity was accordingly
executed by the company, in pursuance of the pro
visions of the act of 1838. The company again
applied to the next Legislature in 1840 for fur
ther aid from the State; and an art was passed at
the session of the Legislature in 1840-41 author
izing the Pu: lie Treasurer to indoise. the bonds
of ihe company for $300,000 more upon this con
dition : That before the Public Treasurer should
indose the bonds of the company, it was provided
by Ihe act of 1840 that the stockholders holding
at least three-fourths of the stock in said company,
or other solvent persons who might subscribe in
such sums as they thought proper, so as to amount
in a. I to the sum of $500,000, should enter into a
bond, with sufficient personal security, payable to
the State of Noith Carolina, covenantiuff and
binding each one of the obligors therein, several
ly, to p ly anil satisfy lo the State a part propor
tionate to tne number ol shares ol each one's stock,
conditional for indemnifying aud saving the State
from any loss she might sustain in consequence of
ner indorsement ol the bonds of 1838; and by the
act of 1 840, it ws provided that the Prisid nt and
Directors of said rail road company should make,
execute and deliver to the Governor of this St: t
for "and on b half of this Stale, a deed of mortgage,
under the seal of the corporation, of all the estate
real and personal belonging to the Rah ioh and
Gas: on rail road company, conditioned or indein
nifying and saving harmless the State from the
payment of the bonds mdurstd in 1840 There
ran be no doubt that it ws the intention of the
Legislature in passing the art of 1840. to secure
more effectually the bonds indors. d by the author-
ity of the act of 1838. But the bond of $500,000
givm to indemnify the State, under the act of!
1838, is not payable till i860, and many of its
obligors are a b endy dead, and many more of
them are totally insolvrnt,nd the ia no proba -
bility that there will be any solvent ones wh n
the petiod arrives for the narrm nt of ih-if'hnrw'
Upon a foreclosure of the mottgage of 1838 the
stockholders wish the proceids nf the sab' of lheinr some ulterior oVjecL I regntto hear the acts
rnml' applied to the payment of the penal bonds of
$500,000. But the Legislature in 1840 exnress-
ly prnvidtd that individual .stockholders and oth
ers should enter into bond, with sufficient versanti!
security, tor the payment of th- $500,000 bonds
indorsed in 1838, bt furethe Public Treasurer wa8
. a a . .
aulhoiis'd to deliver to the President arid Dirrc -
tors of said company the bonds of $300,000. which
me eiic agrt-ea in itiuorse in iP4U- , 1 Oelieve,
sir, that the act of 1840 was passed wiih the ex
press understanding that upon a foreclosure of the
mortgage of 1138, the individual stockholders
and others were to bo held" responsible for the
payment of the bonds of $500,000, and that the
mortgage was to secure the sum of $300,000 in
dors d at that session.
Sir, the gentleman from Halifax, Mr. Moere)
has thought proper in the diVcussion of this ques
tion, to go back to the Internal Improvement Con
vention, held in Kaleigh during the session of the
Legislature in the year 183", and has edified the
House by reading the harne of a few distinguish
ed gentlemen of the Democratic pirty that hap
pened to be iff that Convention, and has charged
Mr. Haywood with being the author of the in
vestment of $600,000, in the Wilmington and
Raleigh Rail Road, and the appropriation of
$200,000 to the draining of the Swamp Lands.
But, sir,- "an honest tale speeds best, being plain
ly told," and it would have bern much more in
accordance with the plain evidence of the Journ
als,. and much more creditable tothe gentleman
and his party, it he had condescended to inform
us, that the Whig , party in the Legislature had
gone almost unanimonsfy for these very works of
internal improvement that-he now charges Mr.
Hay wood with being the author of irr the Legislature..-,.
. . "',
- Mr; Speaker, I.believe it -was the remark ef
Elthu the friend of Job. that great men were not
always wise, .Had-Elibfl lived in these days, he
would have found his-saying verified For-al-though
the gentleman from Halifiy may (.hink
himself "a great man,. I must 'confess that I have
never been able to rfdderstand that the gentleman
was great upon any thing. but corporatiohs. Yes
sir, the gentleman it a rtrygteal man upon rail
roads and every other kind -of corporations that
grants privileges. to the few at the expense of the
many; the gentleman I auppose might be tolera
ble great irt the advocacy of 4he seven principles
described by John Randolph, viz: five loaves
and two small fishes;" and -the' whole argument
of the gentlerrian from Halifax, in attempting to
hjft the responsibility of. his -Whig-friends upon
the shoulders of the Democrats, like the house of
the foolish man in the scripture parable, is but h
upon sand. It cannot stand the ttnrm af scrutiny
and investigation, and it therefore shrinks into the
most rpnte mptible pedantry Vrhcn tested by critic
al ingehnity. The memorial of the: Internal Im
provement Convention held" in t hie City in. 1838,
is the text book of the gentleman from Halifix,
tion (9 rail roads is agitated in this House, that
memorial is invariibly seized upon nan pretence
or nucleus, for all the acrimonious criminitioa
against the Democratic party which the prolific
fancy of the? gentleman can suggest. Yi s a t,
that memorial is ungenerously and iroprudeu.ly
lugged in as a legitimate topic for all the.S'vag
fferinff and rodamontade of the gentleman ficQ
Halifax, in his incessant efforts to hold the Demo
Icratic party responsible for the acts ol the Whica
tiut, sir, any person wno is a " sincere inquirer al
ter truth," may at once perceive, by refetence t
the Journals of the L- gis'atures of 1838 and '40,
that it was the votes of the Whigs that has pro
duced the embarrassment of the State, by loaning
her credit to rail road corporations, and involving
her in debts on account of rail roads, that I fear
will continue to drain the Public Treasury for
many years to come. The interminable labors
of the gentleman from Halifax, to hold tha Demo
cratic party accountable for all the improvident
and profligate expenditures of the Whigs, is, to
use the language of St. Paul, " os dust in the bal
ance, less than nothing and vanity." We have
heard a great deal of irrelevant declamation, that
was not at all applicable to the question before the
House, and it may with truth be said that, words
are the counters of wise men . and the money ef
fools; y .-'
Right cheap are words their cost is nought,
Sut-9-weigh their substance, they are wind.
Sir, the magnitude and importance of the ques
tion now before the House rises above all V9f
considerations; it is a measure involving impor
tant consequ nces, as it affects the financial con
dition of the Slate of North Carolina. But the
gentleman from Halifax seems to have great faith
in the memorial of the Internal Improvement
Convention, held in Raleigh in J838, because a
few. Democrats was- in that Convention ; but the
grntltman ought to know that, ''fu'lb without
works is dead," and if he can accomplish any
work by bis frequent recurrence lo that document,
I conf. ss that I haverjot the acumen to discern it.
And if there is any member on this floor that io
dulges the hope ol heating the gen'.Ieman cease te
ring the changes on the. nanus of W. H. Hay
wood. R. M. Saunders, Louis D. Henry and otb
ers that does honor to the Democratic party, he
must be possessed of that chniiiy which ''think
eth no evil, which believtth all things, hopelhall
things, c-ndureth all things."
And again: the gentleman from Halifax, has
waged an unrelenting warfare against the Demo
cratic party, because a few distinguished individa
als of that party have countenanced the xtra va
riances of ihe Whigs, and the memorial of that
Internal Improvement Convention is the fund from
which the gentleman manufactures all his obstre
perous gasconade, whenever the subject of rail
roads is mentioned in this House. He rt minds
me of Paracelsus of old, the greatest boaster of
the age in which be Jived, who boasted that he
had discovered an elixir, the drinking of which,
would render a man immortal, arid yet he dii4
with a bottle of it in his pocket. And without
being favored with the jrift of pronheey, I will
I Vi Qture to predict that the gentleman from Halt
fax, w ill die (I mean politically) with a memori
al of the Internal Improvement Convention in his
pock. Yes sir, h; may have his pockets era in
, 4 ?r l i J .1 l m
! 'u,'i f he "chooses, and I am greatly deeeivf4
i,f he does not then "count without his host" is
j bis ard'-nt desire to make that document cover M s)
j multitude of sins " that has bern committed by
the gi nib man's own party. I believe it wae
Dean Swift, lt, dffinrd what .was right to be,
r" P' P, r wor'd iu prop r places," and what coo U
' b' the design of the gent Jemm in gninffas.jr
j back as 1838. to an Internal Improvrrnent Ccm
mention h Id in this C ity. 1 am unpreptepard te
lYi tinless it was for the purpose of accomplish
! 8nd d'ng t by-gone days," luggrd up, an4
natpen upon long ana ioun; jor tne purpose oi
making political capital. It was no doubt, a spirit
of State pride, and an anxious desire to improve
. . S . . 1 '
ine conuition ot me iate, ana increase tne proe
P''rily aTM happtnesss of the people, that prompt.
I a portion of her sons to inert in Convention te
devise schemes for the Legislature to act upon if
they thought proper. And there is every reasoe
to believe that those individuals who assembled ie
Convention to consult npon'the best plans te be
adopted by the State, have been " snore sinned t
gainst than sinning."
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate too highly both the
virtue and intelligence of the people of Norte
Carolina, to suppose for one moment that any por
tion of her citizens would propose the adoption 'of
any pian wnicn tney tnotignt would not redound
lo" the welfare of the State. Cir, the very object
for which all governments are instituted, is te
meet difficulties in the public cause- to meet and
overcome them to encounter responsibilities- Am
endure all the invective and denunciation which
may be poured forth, yea "the pelting of the pill
b ss storm," if duty to the country demand. At
guardians of the constitutional rights of the peo
ple," we should not, for the sake of temporary ex
pediency, insult the moral sense of the people, end
the principles of liberty t which, yet exist in thrjf
bosoms by embracing measures fraught with the
most disasterons consequences to the .Stale, Time
and tide waits for none the expediency of the
day passce with the tun which sinks to rest, but
principles are eternal, and in their beautlfuj opera
tion on the systems, of goy?rnnirnt, shine .jrere
jtnd more as time rolls on. But those who have
their armour . burnished to preserve ustarnished
the honor of their Country, need not rrpino af the
trills pf their virtue and taJcnts. 1 shall never
cease to cherish, until time with me shall bo pe
longer, the 'wisdom contained in tlie Iitllo maxim
that should bo engraven upon the dwelling of cvj
ry hborcr in the State, that " the. price of
ERTV IS ETERNAL TIGlLANCfc." And;WhoevrT
undertakes t,o serve too 'public, may expect to bajsr
to encounter the bitterness of cnemKi and the pe r
secution's of. faction. I recur . to the noble, and
ptaiaewoithy jx)stion lbat North Carolina jpcci
pics among her sister . States... vrith feelings pf
pleasure and delight A find by examination, the:
there is but eix. States in thcAmerican Union
with! the. exception of North Carolina, but whi t
have large public debts. The States of NORTH
CAROLINA, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey and Delaworej
have net permanent publu debt .withe fit their
own limits, er debts due in Europe, or to other
breigh capitalists for works of Internal Improve
menL But', the States of Maine, Massachusetts,
New York. Virginia, South Carolina, Georgisr
Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee Ohioand-Mir -souri
have contracted enormous idebt with' foreign
capitalist, bv selling their bond' to British stock -
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