| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| December 4, 1861 |
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| Public meeting in Danville |
| At a meeting of a portion of the citizens
of
Danville, Va., and of Caswell county, N. C., held in
Danville, on the 30th November, 1861. Mayor William T. Clark was called to the
chair, and C. W. Watkins appointed Secretary. |
| The object of the meeting having been
explained by George W. Read, Esq., R. W. Lyles, Esq., moved that a
committee of — be appointed to draft suitable resolutions for the
action of the body. |
| The chairman appointed the following
gentlemen to constitute said committee, viz: R. W. Lyles, B. G. Cobb,
John W. Holland, Jas. C. Voss, Dan'l S. Price, G. T. Pace, William
Rison, J. P. Atkinson, and E. J. Bell. The committee then retired for
consignation. |
| During the absence of the committee, the
meeting was addressed by George W. Read, Wm. D. Coleman, Wm. W. Flood
and others. The committee then returned, and reported, through their
chairman, the following preamble and resolutions, viz: |
| Whereas, the President of the Confederate
States has recommended in his late message to Congress the
construction of a railroad from
Danville, Virginia, to Greensboro', North Carolina, as indispensable
for the successful prosecution of the present war, we feel it our duty
to express our readiness to do all in our power to secure said
connexion: Therefore. |
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1. Resolved, That with our knowledge of the great advantage to
be secured to the Government of the Confederate States in the
prosecution of the war, by thus filling up the short gap between
Danville and Greensboro', and in view of the cheapness with which it
can be built, and seeing especially that, with this connexion, a
continuous line of railroad will be
secured through the middle of the Confederacy, so indispensable to the
cause not only of Virginia and North Carolina, but of the entire
South, we, the people of Danville, as well as a portion of the
citizens of Caswell, pledge our undivided support to said connexion,
and will contribute our substance as liberally as our means will
allow. |
| 2. Resolved, That Dan'l S. Price, A. G.
Walters, B. G. Cobb, W. T. Sutherlin, W. B. Swann, A. S. Buford,
William D. Colemac, Wm. W. Flood, Thomas B. Doe, and R. W. Lyles, be
appointed a committee to memorialize the Legislature of Virginia, it
need be, in order to obtain such amendments to existing charters, or
to obtain a new charter, if necessary, to secure the early completion
of the said connexion; and they are also requested to communicate with
the authorities of North Carolina, and assure them of our readiness to
do all in our power to further the great work in contemplation. |
| On motion, the preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted. |
| On motion, |
| Resolved, That the Danville, Richmond, (Va.,) Raleigh, and Greensboro', (N. C.) papers be requested to publish the proceedings of this
meeting. |
| The meeting then adjourned. |
| Wm. T. Clark, Chm's |
| C. W. Wateine, Rec'y |
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