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This brief story is not fiction, in fact " It is a true copy of the "history of our Great West ; it b exactly ia accordance with the whole history of our country".' . Nearly all our boat citizens and greatest men began life w ith nothingstarted oa credit. Credit has been the spring of our nterpriset tlie nurse of our prosperity, the cause of our greatness. . Hcne the no credit system trouid fect ike Clearly this, noblc-ltfarted men would -ta:ucr have cone west, for he had not tlie means to' get t Ik; re ond cut down the trees. v Nor eould tlb Government have allowed 1dm to squat on the no Cred it system. Nei ther could he havoolitained his pre-emption right. Not one of tlc results of'this intc rvstini narrative which would apply equally well to a thousand, to ten thousand pases of fact, to i!kj whole history of our wliolo western world would have transpl red witfwut tho credit system. Without tills, tho western slntcs would have remain. eda wilderness to this day. 1 lie prosper ity and greatness of that teaming,! active, go ahead portion of the American Union, fere founded on tho creative, jirolific princi ple of credit The prosperity and greatness of our whole country, of this Republic, are founded -upon it : In describing a few of , . these case we write the history of this na. tioft, so far as respects the causes of our 'Sf- I 1 ..t. ... : ,UiiprBceJUiiiuu gruwm wiu uiixi iuik i. ' Mute the credit system affected the early his. ; ton of the North American Colonies. ' Our ancestors came here poor, just'.ng . e , ti. . .. .1, j our pioneer oi mc niai, uiuve urstnm-u, went into the wilderness. It is true they lmd some patronage from Government, and from other quarters, but patronage U one of the forms of credit , in the same ma nner as our pioneer had tho notronnce of the , good old man, who afterwards became his father-in-law Our ancestors had almost " noflifnsf to begin with.TIio whole enter. prise of settling this western world was a , credit enterprise, not' only in respect to tlio hopes entertained, but also toihe JUunda. . tion on which it was baaed. - The discovery of America-was ufilctcd orr the credit system. Was not Columbus a beggar for" credit at the court3 of Europe, through tho whole history of his great, su. bliic, and glorious undertakings? Arc not tho wholo of his achievements to be nscribed to ,thc effectiveness of that princi file? The grandest conceptions of man that arc-cxecuttrtl, pre- ordinarily done ;on thaTMuuTor bo true in every department of history , whe. - ther we refer to tlio.se who have acted only - on mind, or wielded empires over the world of nature. ,Tho reasons arc, first, because hey who conceivo tlie greatest things are - net the- most lit-lor '-the. prudent catcula Jioi)s of business ; and , next, because they '. who arc already possessed of wealth and . independene have no moUve, are too slug gish to entertain great enterprises; " . It was tlie poverty of our ancestors, and . other social inconveniences, which drove them to this new world. Some of them may have had, a little wealth ; but what was k all, compared to tlie greatness of the un. dcrtaking? .It was credit on, which they started, in hope of future income; it was ' credit on which they worked and traded, fought and died, the- inheritance or which they bequeathed to their children; it was credit on which they achieved all that gives them honour in our esteem, respect among mankind, renown in history.' Our ances. tors were always in debt to tlie mother country as individuals and as colonics. One of the chief causes o tlio war of the Revo. -lution were the -difficultiesraised -in-Uhe management of these .accounts. How the no credit system would have affected the early history of this country. ? 4 In tho first place, -America wouhr hot Jjaye boon discovcrcd...BuI pangnyJQiala these United States would never haver had existence l because the Colonies would not have been planted; or, if planted, could f ' not have been reared without credit. IJotii private and public credit was used on a large scale during the whole of our Colonial history. The Colonics were begun, car. ". ried forward, and raised to all their import once, such as it wasfcy that tneans. --- f"" How the credit system affected the attain. r - mentqf our Independence. -! Tlio quarrel of the Revolution was, in cflect and in fcubstnncc, a quarrel nbout credit, commercial credit ond tlie claims niy.yi.1 pwgfl'ivft.- Tin; .Tight rf jihsa.. i lute sovereignty was asserted as a credit ' account This right, as to the manner in 1 which it operated, was denied and resist ed. Hence the war, and hence the re , suit The latterwc regard BtjM.blessing, and owe it to this quarrel atxwt credit " But how could we have maintained that struggle, or gone a single step in it, with- ' out a national credit t A few feeble set tlements, having always been in a state - of-dependencej: without money, and great. , ly In debt, without arms, without troops, without ships of war, with no government : -ereD, except a hasty provisional onesrt up lor tho exigency ; such a people pitted in a conflict of arms against one of the oldest, "1rplwv1ded7a nd most rwwerfuTemnires jn tho world? But credit, that rpring of onterprise in peace, that soul and sinew of war, came o our aid. runds, ships, ar mies, flew to our relief. We issued bills - of credit of our wfl ; and a-basdess paper :- currency for our domestic uses which ' an swered all tho purpose at tlie .time,though it proVed to be good for nothing afterwards. Perhaps It would be true to say, that we owe our Indepicndence tofthat baseless Con tinental paper. What could we have done without it in such an hour I It -M-truer-it was pever redeemed ; but the. people wcrc redeemed, and bore with patience this tax to their country's deliverance. They w ho paid a hundred dollars for a breakfast, poor jasMtcy were, could point to a nation dependence purchased by the nacrifice a nation, of which each one of tliesc exulting spirts could say for himself, "I am ox a part and parcel of this infant empire !" a nobler, riclicr inheritance tlian the wealth jpf Cnesus. Ia the enjoyment of tlie blcss ittgi offectlom,tliey soon forgot their ksscs. potent agency that carried tlicm through What could have been done without it f Dismay would have covered every countenance in the out set, and the world would have pronounced our fathers madmen. .But it was the gene rous faith of mankind, credit, that saved us. How Ihe crtdtt system enabled us to carry on the last tear with Great Britain. We may, perhaps, say, in the gross, that that war cost the nation $200,000,. 000, if we include alt sacrifices, public and! private, and leu us involved to tlio .amount of some $120,000,000, more or less. We had nothing but debt to begin with : we sustained the burden ; acquitted ourselves with honor ; and in about twenty years lif ter the peace cancelled the debt ; all on tlic basis of credit. Without this we- could have done nothintr ; without this a nation might now insult us with impunity, Jlote the credit system still affects the Gov ernment of the United Suites. . It can obtain money wherever it wants, and to any amount How the no credit system mould affect the Government of Ute Lnt'ed States, i It could hot have issued its S3 ,000 ,000 of Treasury Note in the springof this year, (1810.) nor-its 810,000,000 of ,IB3. The wheels of- Government jvoukl Jwve been stopped. There would liaVe' been a revolution, succeeded by anarchy or some new state of things, we know not what A Governnentwjtbout credit is no Govern ment at all. lit is dissolved in the event The event itself is the instrument of its dis- solution, and no other could be formed ex. cept on the basis of credit. Can it, indeed, be true, that a, Govc.ro mcnt seeking to abolish the credit system in itself, at the snmc time, asking and rcali zing all its advantages, by the issue- of its own paper, without a dollar in-specie to base it upon t That it is issuing this paper by millions one vearTiftcrTinotheTf We know it is good ; but we ask for consistm. cv, for tho proofs of sincerity. Or is this Government prepared to say tollie people, " Ydu shall not have credit, but icy will?" Will they say, it is good for public, national purposes, but bad for private use ? But tho Government is compelled to iise crwlit heyT. And may it not also be convenient to us, the people 1 Hoicthe credit stistent affects the British Empire. For a quarter of a century that Govern- inwii waatltk'. by the iw credit , to stand against the "most powerful eombtrmtifw (or tledeslrh4ojf belt nwiw ufuctures, hertradcj and the throne itself, Which was ever formed against any nation, and was victor in the end.. Still she. holdp on her way, dotting the face of the globe with her colonics, nbsobing old empires and erecting new ones, covering all seas with her navy and her commerce, creating new worlds in this little world of ours : all on the basis of her credit The sun never sots upon herdominions, and. her morning drum keeps pace with each of the twenty. lour nours. How the ito credit system would affect the i British Empire. It could riot exist a day, but would Tall to dissolution in ten" thousand fragments', presenting a scene of social devastation, such as the world never saw. Itote tlie attempt to introduce the no credit system has forced our Government to ra sort to credit. - . Nothing but bad Government can keep the American peoplo down. If they are not Tap soon after tho revulsion of overac tion.it is only because the Government will not let them get up ; if they are not going ahcadTif is only because "tlieTIovern-mcnt-has-knocked them on the bend.- The no credit system will not only ' destroy a Government, but it will destroy a people. Crraied out, It is the dissolution orsociety. Tjns4 -rt true definition ; as weH nsits- cf ftc. An attempt "to introduce it, there. fori, from tho highest department of socie ty, from the Government, is just knocking tlie people on tlie head. They can't stand it It is governing too much. It is de stroying faith, morality, the bond of tlie social state. . " Just let the people know that this is what tlio Gm'eTnmcnt are , about,-' and that is enough. They feel the blow, and reel un der ill Tlio body politic, shakes, trembles, and quivers through all its parts to its ex tremities. Alcn are frightened ; confidence takes fli nh t ; rumor with her thousand 'llesatalkbroad. ,re. 1 iter 1 sents a scene of confusion, with disaster following quick upon the heel of distress. When a Government, instead of endea voring to repair and re-invigorate a shaken credivstrikca .anolhetaruLinQre Ireroend ous blow, by telling the people, "Since you will abuse credit, you shan't have it," it is like a bolt from heaven that shivers the oak. It is punishing the whole nation for the sins of a jew. It is like the quack. Who Irghtiqgnipon a,cpmmurilTy visited by aa epidemic disca'sc,' not only kills the sick, by h1swanVof skill, btit'Torcca down tlw thTOatitjfcYery "well mon7wonMirJ7"and child, a, drug which kills them all, under iprclcnco that it is -to save them from the bohtagioiK " No wonder such a mode of treatment re. Acts upon the Government, and they find themselves in a few short months falk-n from a surplus to a deficient and rapidly failing revenuer No" womter tliey are coin. pi-lled to resort to credit to save themselves,, as they have desf roved credit in the ranks of the people by ilo threat of doing it A country thus injured , so far impoverislied How the state debls isrc affected by this ulatm occasioned by the action of the Grrcm- .Takc for example the debtofthe state of Pennsylvania, which is 830,000,000. Before the slux;k occasioned by . tfie Go vernment attempt to abolish credit was fclt, 4ha-houdof tlio-Commonwealth-of Penn sylvania were worth in the market of the world 9 1 1 3 on every 9 1 00. The last sales were at 975 on the par vtduc of 9100, since which there hns been no demand. Suppose, however, that the bonds of Penn sylvania are now (Juno A, 1840,) worth 975 on' 9 1 00. They cannot be woth more Credit was the charm, tho than this. It will fallow that the entire dc preciatiqn from 113 percent to 75 per cent , on a debt of 936,000,000,' is $13 080,000 ! , Is not this a - truly amazing fact T Is it not S moVtifying position to a sovereign Commonwealth to be obliged to own tair fame T . .... - y Haw tlu operation of this Government Bank Suh-Treasun win work a revolution in q ruinous depreciation ef the prices i" property and labor. ; It is an uncontroverted maxim, that the prices of property and labor are graduated by tlie amount of the circulating medium. It is also.ohvious, that tlie. Khcme of the In dependent Treasury is to reduce and con fine the currency of the country, to hard money ; and this is likely to be the effect of its full operation. "Study," says Mr." Bent orr, of the United States Senate, "the financial history of Holland, France, Cuba. Follow; their example. Imitate them." This, is known to be the doctrine . of our National Administration. The average prices of labor in some few hard monev' countries are as follows : In France 5 shillings end 8 pence sterling per week. . Hours of labor 12 in the day, or 72;jor the week. In Switzerland: 4 shil liiigs and five pence per., week. Time of work, 82 hours. In Austria, 4 shillings per week. Hours 70. In Tyrol, 3 shil Tings and.9 pence per week. lfours88. In Saxony, 3 " sliillings and 0 pence per week. Hours 72 In Boon, on tlie Uliinc, 2 shillings and 6 pence per week. Hours 84. In Egypt, 3 to 3 1-2 pence per day. Tlie average price for "tlic above named European countries is 3 ( shillings and 1 1 pence and 3 farthings per w in k ; and tlie average numher of hours 79. This average price of labor per weiek amouuts to about 7 cents of our currency. r HY i'ftifland. tlie- prices -otiauor- p(ir week, range from 15 shillings sterling, (or $3 63 cents,) to 30 shillings, (or 97 20 cents.) Average $3 43 cents. In tlie United- States the-, prices of labor have heretofore rang wl from 3 to SO jier week. Average, 94' o0 cents. This comparison will show the differ ence bet wren the prices of labor in hard money countriesand mixed currency coun tries. Great Britain and the United States arc known to have been die most prosper ous countries in tlie world. I he cause is olid tabor." It may be laid down as a max. inoif-tiniwprBlY'rthi 'that tltt, bigi't - it,tliat'all.-ouf8tate-alhfc&rrit6fie "would of prospfirity in any 'country is that condi- suffer in the same proportion 'to New York, of prospfirity in any 'country tion of things which maintains as a pernio nehry tlie highest prices of property and la bor ; more especially of labor ; and that me 8iaie most remote irom prosperity, is that which reduces the; prices ; of proporty and labor to the lowest point. In all the world and in all ages ' this xwill be found true, other things being- cquaL -Tlie low est prices of property and labor will be found under absolute despotic governments, and in a state of barbarism, wliere also will be found the greatest poverty, and the most misery'. ' It is not sufficient to say, that tlio de. prcssion of these nominal prices does not depress prosperity, when other things arc equal: because oilier things are never equal, as we shall see in what follows. Let us, then, proceed to consider how the operation of this Government Bank scheme will affect the property and labor of the country. Tlie amount of a sound mix- ed currency of a country is at least three dollars to one of a hartr money currency. I his is the smallest diltL-rencc, winch vc arc therefore entitled loaasumc lis giving the J greatest advantage to our opponents.X; By this rule the following calculations, are made for the purpose of illustration, the principle of w hich inay lie. accommodated tortnysnpposableor actual slate of things. I it w in w. seen inai me suinuaru we assume is perfectly immaterial jo die argument In the assumption of any other, to suit par tics or persons, the grand rcsult would be the same for all our purposes. ' ' Consequently, by tlie principle laid down which will not be controverted, viz r that the amount of currency graduates the prices of property and labor, it will follow, that the introduction and full operation of the Government Bank system will reduce the prices of property and labor at least two tlu'rds. How much the reduction will ex ceed this fraction may be guessed at by a' reyiew of tlie comparative pri different countries given aoovc ncesol labor in given aoovc, Let us, tlien, estimate the amazing change. The working man who, under the old system, received his dollar a day for wages. would find them reduced to 33 cents under the new. The dollar and a half per day of. the journeyman carpenter, mason, tailor, jeweller, cabinet maker, printer, book binder, and numerous other trades which it would fill a. pogeto mention , -, would be reduci-d to fifty cents. The six. pepcejqf the milkman, wlio makes his daily road through the streets . of our cities, would be reduced to to.pcncc. In the same proportion would. tlwse market peo ple siiller whojiuppjyour iownsjind-itics Irom the surrounding, country. Beef, in stead of nine cents, a' Ipouiid, would be three ; potatoes would fall from thirty to ten cents a bushel ; corn from seventy-five cents to twenty-five ; wheat and flower in tlie same proportion ; and so of all kinds of meats, all kinds of breadstuffi, and all kinds of vegetables. Tlie saddler's 918 would dwindle down to 96,, and the bootmaker's 9 to 92. Tlie man who under the old system could lay tip 9300 a year, under die new could lay up only 9100, or 950 in. stead of 9l50,oc-925 instead of 975.'Thc farm worth 91500 under tfco old, would be worth only 9500 under the new. In the snmc mannar and in the same propor. tion will every species of property be de-1 pressed : lands, farms, bouses and ' tene. mcnts, city and country estates, horses, cattlejshecp, wool, the products of the soil, and of labor, labor itself," senice of every'description, and in every capacity of common life, in town and country : ever thing; indeed, except the salary of the Frist- dent of the Ifuled blates, and those i, of tLe officers atid agents of Government, amounting to one' hundred thousand ; ajl which would be raised in value-it propor tinn in tlie increased value of money, ba it riuim nr Iras. Then sav. two thirds. Of course, the, President's salary would be worthy 975,000, and those of other officers and ogents oi tne uovernmem in prvior. tion to tlieirpominal amount .: l But debtors, who probably constitute nine-tenths or the population, wouia ie me. greatest sufferers of all, inasmuch, as they would not only suffer equally in die depres sion of their property, if they have any, but in tho some proportion for all that they owe. In many instances a debtor who wos actu ally rich under die old. system, may" be reduced to nothing by the substitution of tlie new. Nay. he will be as much worse tlian nothing, as his debts exceeds one-third of his proertyt2For example: If a man's property was worfhJMO.OOO, and his debts were 930,000, he will be 910,000 worse tlian nothing by the change. A farmer possessed of an estate worth 91500, and being in debt 9750, would find himself 9250 worse tlian nothing by the change. A firmer who could pay a debt of 9300 with 300 bushelaof wheat under the old system, mus p&rt with 900 bushels to pay if under the new, besides sacrificing two thirds of the former value of his farm.Tf lie is obliged or w ishes to sell it In the same two-fold proportion would all debtors, bav. ing property, suffer by the change. It has been said by high authority with how much truth we know not that the aggregate of private debts in every com mercial country.b'ke ours is ordinarily equal to all the property of that country ; in which case, as will be seen, such a revolution as will necessarily be brought about by re ducing the circulating medium of this coun try to a hard ntoncy level, would increase this indebtedness of individuals to three times the value of nil the property to bej found in the whole cwimry? ; i ' Tuking tlie assessment list of the state of New York as a standard of the valuation of its property which, as is well known in all such cases, is much below tlie true vulue and adding to tliat her public works and other species of property not taxed,, all of which must suiter alike in the genera! wrccK of this revolution and it . would probably be a moderate estimate to rato her losses in passing from the old to the hard money system, nun the principle established, at it may bc7$afficicntly "accartc 10 assume. asis llio" proportion f UtdrTcspcctivo rc. prcwyilations in tho House of IU preventa tives in Congress which would show an aggregate loss to the whole . United States ol ,000.000! Besides all this, bywiUidrawing two thirds of tlie circulating medium, we with draw two-thjrds of tlie active capital of the country, orwhich is tlie same thing, two-thirds of the means of public prosperity. Tlie productiveness of this capital by the application of skill -and labour would be tw ice as' much to the nation as the prosperi ty" bad upon the one third retained. Yes, much more than that, on the principle, that .every increase of . capital ougnjents-tlie power ol acquiring wealth in a manifold proportion. We. might probably say with truth, that tlie failure of fifty banks a year in tlio United States, of half a million ' of capital each, all falling on die people, would not be so great a loss to the nation. It is to be observed, that a dollar under a sound mixed currency, -is as cood nsa dol lar under an exclusive metallic currency, so Mr as respects public ruith, Deccuse it will always nrocure hard monev. A'dnllasia a doflar in America, in Europe, in Africa. in Asia, every wnerc, at an times:, liiougn it may not procure so much of the necessa riesjf life under a mixed as under- , hard money currency, it counts the same as an acquisition or investment; and a dollar un- der Uic former system is worth just as much in our relations ip all the world as a dollar under the latterl Consequently in' our social, commercial, and political standing with all mc worMy we should bcorthThree times as much, and have three times the strength under the former system;-which wc should have under the latter. Besides, we should be able, and on that system alone able, to maintain our rivalsliip with ureal Britain, and our relative standing w ith oth er nations. c, ' There, too, is our foreign debt of some OOfJtTJOOTTOn our States and egaiust individuals, and in that way against the country, which, by the principle already recognised, would rise to 9600,000.000, upderthe new 8ystemt not nominally indeed ,'but really , without a frac tion of that abatement which is ascribed to our domestic condition under such a change. The trueTreckoDing would be on the other side;. Forit must all be pi id in specie It wouldcvcn beHinore Tdlfncult o pay" 200, 000,000, after this change, than $600 000,000 before it had fcrgun. ' " . J All the gain of such a new state of things would be to the rich, and all tlie loss to the poor-. --The latter would -stitl li avener pay the same for their tea, coflbe, sugar', cloths, and all loreign productions, if they could ever get money -enough to have eitlicr. Butltt" this If makes a very doubtful casei It yje8to from. Knoxrflle Tenn, to Wytherille .1 .1 i r .i , . ti , - , ui uuuui oi we poxjr in ui naru money counines o reinam lorevcr ptxr, with scarcely the msns of, subsistence. So would it be with us. Tlu y w ould be ground lO IIIU UUSl. "America," said a distinguished foreign statesman, " is (was we must say now) the heaven of the poor man." And why I . Be cause, first, ot tlie exceeding facility, of getting enough to live on ;and next , because of the numerous and great facilities of net ting rich. But introduce this new state of things, and it will be comparatively a hell to him. " r - 7 -; We arc not aware, that there' is any groudd for the charge of fallacy, or of er ror, in the calculations we have mad.- or in the results to which they have conducted us. Is it not, then, high time for the nm. ph of this country to look this tremendous reckoning in tho facer .. - THE MESSENGER. 0. R. M'ANALLY & J. ROBERT 8, EDITORS. . .... r ii 1. - . Friday iforning, October 30, 1 840. . THE ELECTION J For Electors for President and Vice f resident takes place in North Carolina the second Thttesdat i! Novembeb kbit ;-r-REMEMBEB, the Second Thursday in November, (the twelfth day of the month,) THE LET BVEBY MAil DO BIS DCTT. Each voter will vote the whole ticket 1. Cof. Chahles McDowell, of Burke, 2. Geii. James Welbobh, of Wilkes, 3. David Uamsoub, of Lincoln, 4. David F. Caldwell, of Rowan, 5 James Mebase, of Caswell, 6., Hon. Abra'm Rencheb, ofCliatham, 7. 8. -0. 10. Hi Joh.x B. Kellt, of " Moore, Dr. James S. Smith, of Orange, . Chaeles MAxtr.of Wakdr Col. W'm. h. Loss, of Halifax. William W. Cheeky, of Bertie, Thomas F. Jones, of Perquimons, Joeiah Colliks, of Washington,' James W Betas, of Cartaret, Daniel B. Baker, of New Hanover. 12. 13. 14. 15 The next legislature. - Am Uic timq. appruachet for the meeting of the next General Amenably of this 8tat$, it ma be wed fur us in tlieae western counties; to look around and ace what are bur wanU, and what ubjeeta will be like to be presented lo that body in whicb v arc particularly interested. We will Begin at bouie. "-" " v First, we want an act incorporating the town of Asbvillc. If llitue ia a village in the State where such a measure is needed, it is here Uiis is the most complete' thoroughfare perhaps in the State. Our situation is peculiar in many rcspecta, and more inconvcnicncics attend this place fur the want of such a measure, than any other with which we are acquainted. An act of this kind War once granted by -the Legislature and when an' attempt was made by the cithtcna here to avail themselves of its "benefits, they met with county generally; that strange to tell, soonj after ffieTaw-""was"p -whether in all the history of the world a parallel ease to this could be found whether the records of any State,.. Kingdom or Government on the face of the earth can show an instance of similar ea.,. : .....r:. - ,-rr: X- .-'. '. -Put why was R dppoacd T Because if wo have been correctly informed, some few political as. piranta thinking they might be able to make po litical capital out of it, misrepresented the nature and design of the charter itself as well as the ob jects contemplated by the friends of the law, and in this way succeeded in exciting a foolish and un reasonable prejudice against the measure which terminated in its final repeat. We natter ourselves howevcr,that the reign of such is past,and that the good sense of the people both in town and country will now see not only the propriety, but the real necessity of such 8 course and heartily unite in availing themselTes of its benefit. We design to recur to this subject and strive to show our friends that there a in sucb a meas ure no" exclusive privileges, as has been asserted but that it tends directly to the good of the whole. Secondly, we want our Female Acadetny and Boarding House, incorporated, and an appropria tion made for their permanent endowment. To .build up here a literary institution of Itig! character must be desirable to every noble minded citizen of this country. . This, wc do not believe, under existing circumstances can be done with. out sonic aid-i from the - State aid wbteh the western portion of the Slate has a right to claim, and which the Legislature in justice ought to grant Heretofore this part of the State has re ceived but very little of the public funds in any way in those funds we hare an equal claim, and Jhereja no purpose ito wbichtbf youldLbe. Appro. printed that would in the end benefit us so much as to the purposes of education, ; AJI we wanttoensure our success in the en. terprize in which we have already commenced, is a little pecuniary assistance. Competent teach ers can easily be procurea at any time for a good institution. Our country is imploring and healthy, and it is in our opinion, high time our representor tiVc; were atJeagJtjniikinan.effoltriB thclvgisi I lature to obtain for tutaome grant for educational purposes. . i ... - In the next place, we want badly, a good M, Adamized road front the city of Raleigh to this place This ia greatly needed by the entire: wes tern portion of the State, and indeed by the State at large. It most serve more than any thing else, to connect toe interests of the eastern and west ern parti dieJstesdd Lhlehhat has octet yci oeen a commercial mtgwonr. By it, the merchants 9f this place win be able to bring goods from New Yorkyor Philadelphia by wewavof Kalcurh sonner and , 1, rkl. cheaper, than they now do by the way M ChariW. . ( h. must increase the amount of travelling from M A to Raleigh at least ten fold ' At present, it is .not at all uncommon for traveller from the Smith. at " ontiopmon for traveUeTs rroin the South- uivu.u uhz mounuuns ny way ol aalctn to Kalcigh, a distance much greater than by this place. i . iveue such a' 'road, with a daily line of stages irom Kaleign to KnorvOle, and travellers to any of the eaiuScsfroTOTepjeasee, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi,' and Louisiana, will find this me nearest, the most pleasant and cheap route. najeigo must men become a commercial city and every county and village west of it will receive greater Benefit, aa we believe, than from anv ether enterprize in which the : State could now engage out as oar readers may be disposed to donhi whether such an enterprize would effect mercial affairs, particularly here in the West, we will be a little more particular. From Uiis to the cnyofKaleiglt sj, we are informed, two hundred ana sixty milea-tho areraee .need of . .i, - v. . .cu graoea McA&uxuzcd road, is ten eu.es per now ; a merthint therefore. wm.M i- 1 by that aseuui from Ashvilhi to g.L.' twenty-six horn; fromBaleigh he wrti?' KewTork by the present taeuitiea, fa, , nore than two days, eonsammg M ft, rooicfromAshviuo to New York, a fittts Uiaa three days, the time that is now renni, gofroni -AaheviBe to Charleston 8. C. . M w York he would purchase his goods aad thea question with him would be, by what nx . coald with the greateat dispatch and lent hs nave uiem at w wuw unw munauon. cost of transportation from New YorktsRit-j. could not, wa think, be greater or area as from Wew I or a to nKua dj way of ton. ' From AugoaU to that place, a goo, hauls thirty-fiva hundred pounds fcr wBifa merehant pays nsuallyeveaty doThtrMna his loading in anoos twelve oayi aoer H Augusta; or in outer words, a wagoner haafc a good team, from JugusU to Ashevflk, ik.. fire or forty hundred pounds, at two eeek k pound ; two cents is the highest price, one iai J half the lowest, ana maxes uis uip u nssa kll to twelve days. 1 He avenure distant W waggon on a McAdamixed road, is 'shoot tiaW miles a day. From Raleigh to this place woaj that rate, require thirteen days, bat more time than is usually required to mass i trip between this and Augujta, while the 4fe ence in the load would be about on hiK, team that is now required to hauL four thooa from Augusta here would In nearly in the aa time haul from Raleigh in a well graded Mt&t amized road between seven and eight tboaasx, and consequently it could be done at a rittls i than half the cost on the hundred pounds, ' Another ad vantage would be found In Um fcr that persons from the western part of this Bos, would run tittle or no risk of sickness in p. to Raleigh in the months of August and Scpht bcr the time Uiey have most leisure on their (u and the vary tiiqe they would go to Hamburj J Augusta at the risk or then-lives. If then we be'eorrrct in the'view wskn hastily taken of Uiis subj.-ct, it is ono at thw ai bTorouilTmpoHhnOT tlie eastern and middle portions because it wU crease their travelling and trade, and to the ssu west because of the increase of commercial fact. tics as well as of travelling. V That the State is abundently able to coosbJ . such a road; none we presume, will 'pretest' dubt." Whether our LffgWnture will be wi&a to attempt it remains to be seen. It may be at Uiry will be too fearful of their popularity at kak or too mnch engaged in making presidents or 8a ators to attend to then matters if so, we In- mistaken Ihrir character, particularly those ef at we. bnt' ourvenera hie friend of the Riehna, tJiKjuirer woaia say, - w emwu.-- T( OirAVc take the follow mg from 4 "Southern Recorder,' published, at )t kdgcvillc, Georgia. Itshows-ifW full , turns from that State, and the majority Whig votes. y'' It will be recollected that it was Uiis State, that the Clobc, some time uk announced tliey .would commence lh6 Vs Burcn victories in the South ; and the Rid mond Enquirer supposed that no man common sense would pretend to say, &J Georgia would vote against Mr. Van B. Thv-r-f"-firksof the Recorder we-wott respectfuiiy recommend to the consider tion of the Log Cabin haters of our w State. ' . 7 ' ' . - From the Sbutiiern Recorder. Retch.xs Complete. Th. following i the aggregate vote of the several candit. ntcs for Congress in ail the counties pf Mr StatCvThcy tLrt frmnoficial-rvUirm ft! the Oovernor, except three, and those iff received from private sources, no dod correct. - In the Senate wc have 43, tiv Van luren party. 44-i-Anda tie in Cowett In tlie House of Representatives, our a prity is about 30. AGGREGATE VOTE. HARBISON. f VAjt BDBE5. Alford, - 39,273 Black, 35,49f MvsiXiJ! 33J19 Cimphell. . 35X1 Foster, . 39,306 Colquitt, . 35,5fc tumble 39,254 Cooper. .35,565 I labcTShaih; 39,TTT!r-ITTri cTv' oo,$il hing, 39,237 Iverson, 351 Meriwether: 39,141 " Lumpkin. 35,41 Nisbet, 39,399 Patterson, 35,291 Warren. 39.297 Pooler. 35.36! Durinz the late canvass, our onnourBt' taunted us about Loff Cabins andjlard Ci der, and charged as with thinkinc too W of the intelligence of tho people, in ns'!? such thines to catch votes. " Thev nredkl cd our defeat, because we insulted the p would certainly exhibit their rcscrttmcnt the polls. The people were not fools, td uiey would show it Well, the elcctja day came round, and proved that if the p pie were instrtted atlrrlfXas-'! W opponents, and not with ul, and that name of a Log Cabin was no treason1 their eyes, whatever our opponents 0)$ think of it. But tlie point towhich we would nartic larly call attention at present is this : Ctt opponents have said over .'and over agW that fools only would be "cauirht bv lA vimus -tiara uiuer, dec, and they dw think the pet tile of Georgia 80ch blockhcai as to be caught by them. Since the el; Won, our opponents still sav we have eaio the day by our Los Cabins. Hard Odw. vxn sKins, lied Pepper,- &c - If so, course in their account, the great majontf of the people must be fools. Very co plimentary to the inellig nee of the pr tnily ; just such a compliment as wc do hot tliey will remember; we doubt not people, will reward these modern Solon for their very fluttering nnininn of them, M showing theia ihat if they were fools on first Monday of October, they will: much bigger fools in the same way, on first Monday in next month. , We ww sk our friends if they do not think; ! if opponents have lost every thing else, " they have at all events, retained their n esty. They are only wise folks no Whafca pity it is there were not more s them! " ' " i lit
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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