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jftiC0ll1tift 111 1 f II VOIaTJME3 .: in Tin is lie true, as urged in t.. -t ai,l I Lio Kail K.j..!, that it- triue of l!i ) couiaifi through which it would -a, fnmi the seaboard ' 'i.i I .uolma to the lily of Chariest on '.' Charlotte mil Sali-lury aru ;. 1 7 means nf tln Charlitte and Columbia Kail 1 1 . . a 1 anl lie l'in ad, in iMntu iti'n with Ch.u K -! a" m il a.i with our own ei- 1 li" c -pit of the counties through which tin- Atlantic, T.-i.ii K.al would .a.", already trade ! Cbatlottc and Sali-bury ' ' b it rj.-)M' to connect tlirin. Arrived at til -(.- point-, 1 1 . y I: n 1 -. in roiiiitrtion by mil road will' Chm ! -t n. a well a. with ir at 1. an I p i-.v.., J of tho -tiro liberty .1 trailing w it !i id., r. If 't (ii. ir inn-rot lo trail' to the seaboard of North Camiiua tin y '' ' If, ou the other hand, they find it O th'-ir t it rr-t lo trade -'"Ic-t.ui, they uiay ilo o. The Atlantic, Tclim ce and Ohio l.'.iil ' ' ii'l inertly enable them t i arrive ;il S i-bury a ti i Charlotte Willi - r !i ihiy ; hut those places would be m:i) uo nearer t , or more ' ' mii,, ciod wiili Charleston, and no further from our seaboard than '.T'C Jiiw jf " ' -r, then, that the e instruction of the Atlantic, Tennessee ami 'hi ) I! ad wuM ,t tend to Jivcrt tin- trade r.f the i .initio through I ' w 'iM r.a,.-, from tl.n neaboarJ r.f North V,.!i mi to thf oit uf f "' n i ''t that it i fff.M-t, on the r.Mitraty, wmild I..1 nn'ri ly to fai ili- ti.f tra.li. nf ... .i.. c k;..!;.".,,r.- ,.,,.1 I.. "' "1 ' J I V already I'm,! thnn-ilvn in ron::trli n Ly railroad hoili with "u snah .ird and nilh ( 'liarhi'tnn ; conn.Tlioim whir!, hav.' Iutii tf ' 'I'fouh the i.reu.ju.-. li'islatiiiii of ourortti ."-tatr, t he mir with '"a, lir-t. ' '-"-iiiiiii1, 8(1 fiiiidaini-lilal J iinriilc, in thi at ninciit n:iin-t tin' ' ' 1 1'nii-jtfc mill Ohio liail Kuii'l, that it i.-- injur ions ! Nmiii 'ar- f ni., t inti ri'ir j'ortions .f the Malo liy 1 1 1 1 Ko.nl ith m :i. " I '','"'nt co ni to Caiilitato tho tra.lo lutwrcn thi in. 1.4 lhi Ye trm.? ff M, Xorth Carolina owe- a heavy 'li lt of jrratiludo to a H '"'iiNnf tin. Atlantic, Ti.im.im' nnd tlhio Kail K 1, ..r cii-iii; '"'"'I' ll liitlicrl j atfcrtcJ liimdi of li.-r I., -i-l.itioii on tin: Milj.-U i: " l't hi-rri..f..n I .1 ... V.....1. -.1 c ....). ' i:.... I I? 1 . i II 1 1 n: I I'll inr ...'lei Itll'l tOUlll l .11' Mill. I l.ll"ll., in.: 4 " ' I a'i".1 ''"IniiiLin It. Ho. ad. tlm l.oni.Milii', t'liii iiinati and Chaii. ton 11. 4 ."' .,' liivt r U. lioail, the I 'hai li-ton, liliu Ki.l;!- and t'halla J ' J:l''. An. ; all th-.dii.-d to coiiniil intitior port ioiM nl the Slate h it li j ' ton. And coiial lai ilitv "ranted Charter f ir li. HoaiN S I' niAHIC, TLN'XESSKK AM) OHIO - iaa . i - A Dill va iutroJuccd before the Li'gi.ilaturo of North Carol. ua, Jurin " . il , . f I .t . . . ... ljCHitionol iw, tor tuc purpose oi ctiaricnii llie Atlantir, i enncs-to .Jt"bio Kail IloaJ Company. Thia road win dusigncd to extend from tCeutral Kail Road iu North C'aruliua to tlic State line, up in the Wa- j;a I'livcr, in the UircLtija of Joncnhorough, Tctitiu.sncc ; and waa intend- ; u couueet ith loth Charlotlj and Sali.-hiiry. Keyotid tlio limits of jj'.h Carulium, coinpuuies had bcuu already chartered iu other States, to niJii for the ixUiusion of this road to tho Ohio Kivir. In our State, ouh a nake-l chartur without any appropriuiiun a.t all that was asked, refund, and the hill was defeated. I propose to tdiow that thu ro- .-i! of Nrtb Carolina to jrratit this charter was unjust and umvi-e. It w argued iu favor of nTa-dng thu charter, that if the Atlautic, Ten ...te and Ohio Hail ltoad were- nmdc, the counties throiiL'h which it would h wou.a traue over it 10 uanuMon, a. aiu wu:a uol Ira te over liie jrA Kail Koad to the keapnrt if North Carolina; and that thus the . : ity of thf seaport of North Carolina would he retarded, and tin; ,5 upon the Central Kail Koad irould he diminished, no ai to render it ,: rofital'e to tho State. 1 1 p? t) ow that it is not true, that the c on-tr icti hi of the Atlantic, . --i a.id Ohio Kail Koad would retard the pio-perily of the t-rapotts X..?:h Csroliaa, or render the Central Kail I! jad ls rolital le t the l!ut acppjue it to I c true, and true for the rcaiuM alleged, that the .!..n thr oau;h w Lieh it would pM would trade oer it lo Chariest ,m ! u',l li t trade over the (' i.tral Kail K;al. Then, w uld it Le jut C'.'Utitks to refuse thiiu the chaiter for this rea-oii T Tut Ka-t and Centre, iu urging thii aruun nt upon tho e counti' -, are fif.tt sijinjr to them : It itpliiii that the Central Kail Iliad, whieh npiti - t u the nntuial i .v 1 il utir trad.-, and . onni il' us with our own a Ijaee it n ap ot-, ii A 1 f't our t-pecial bt'ln lit. Aud it i- e.pia!iy piaili t) u that it ii .:.:vtid..-d for jour e-peeial Lenelit ; J'.,r though the Central Kail K i id i i cohbt'd .""aii-iiury and Cbail.tt' with our own report, I we are ! ! y our prvi nt argument t i a Itnit that, if the Atluntie, I'. i,i,. ,. ' - i i j Hail Koad rerc nialc, y iu Would trade over that, ti I 'h j i !e-ton, i "! ! I!-.'! tri'ie over the Cciit.al Had Koad. Kut, though we want, d iitf 1 liail ilor. i fir our e-peeial In lie lit, tr were Ulialle, or unv ii- : ' ! ir tho Lar Jon ff ignti ueti'r-.' in iu- thai, onetiiir 1 ..tit; an! we ' th; State to ho-r thu bur leu of c jii-truetiii- (he jtl,. i two third". '.:; becoitii'ip State piide an 1 pati i i-itn. j m p-ner'.-u-ly sii-tain"l iu r.Jii.el.ted that, in addition to thevther Lire.- min ex peudd in tho ! ii.d Ci ntre f..r inteiii.il impiovi ui nts, the State hhould incur a ill bt I'.illiou of dollar, in aid of tin' Cenll a! Kail Koad, for the paYinei t ,. :i yju eri t Le taxed equally with u. I or this we (,we "ii a . :' ,-ratilude, ri'dei-iiiahle, n it iu empty thanks, and i 1 1 ilei lan.at.uii, .:, ..ate boiids, i-surd to uid in the ru.-trurli.ii of a Kail Una I. !' th'nU t!.i ii true, y.t if wer.il y, a in the rei.-t i u. ti hi of th .i'., Ti'liliUAS)' an 1 tlhio Kail Koad; na), if we even a'.l nv .u, u;i i lj- u-, ! muke it our lte-, you will trade orer it ti t 'h.n i,-t. . :uU, indeed, do that fir your own bccl.t. Kut what of that ! V.. i 1 rra-e to trade out the Central Kail K-.ad ; and ihux it w uM c. . in' ;.i.i'.ii' io i ne .-t lie. it is true mat, a- tax er., ., i t , ar .;. with ii", V.ur full .-hare of the bur.Jeii of t'.i- C. nti al 1,'a . K i I, i.d f.,r our s.-tial bem fit. Kut we want lien.- of y ou. We wi.h v.nt J"vi frmii tr.i'iin.'t ) Charleston, v. !.n h, we nre ..re... 1-j o ir v.. nt t-i adant, is jour t, at oral market ; and t i secure your trade u; u i.tril Kali Koad, to youi iliadvanUt'e, a- we iu elb et admit, in or :, it, at tour cip-n -e, its toils tmy be lucre.!.,, il, ml he pro-p. iii f .. rts pr oiiiote'l. .' . jh j ,ii will n .t only , as tat payer-, bear your full shate of the ! tir : ti.. !' i.tral K.l K .ii, whieh we admit, Ly our argument, to have .:.te:idcd for our e-pecial bmu'tit ; but v .u will, as t li paver-, al- , '' u- as tuu'di at we can nuke y n. of our pait of the burden I'v ;rrati.-m. ut we will s.-eiire ti our- Ives the bi end of the j . r t: t , 'i Will liati- to carry the ln-avy end of the hni ilen u -o ibious to our iiitidns.fuei', and -o ten;,ti!i; to oar cip- lifv, .'a.i;!i f ono vo'i a d, Lt of eratitu le rcd'o iiia! le in a Kail K a.l, )'i.. n it nil! y r f i-e to aid y "j in the e .ii-'rui tn ii of th Atlantic, S I hi Kail K-d, if m 1 ad the temerity t i a-K it ; but we d- F.y yiu i-vfii a nnhed t'hait. rfor it We wdi n-t veu b t y.u I -ar niiii rntd with jour own nionev. We will fjree ou to trad.; .!' C.Mral l;,il !.,t.l." i 'li'' argument, in a ilifTeront !rrs, I -t in sub-t u.ce imel.iti .'j bi irc, ils ii.ju-tiec m-.iiis some -a hat more elarne.-, it is in i , aeross Her inirtlieru lionuiIRiy to tlic enports I Vir-nna. j I i '' 'it ' '"' il' '"' ,'rr"","UHi l'" " ""'.' 'Ttli Carolina has adhered i ''' ''rror nf her ways ; until at len-th the npoiients of the '4 'I if "" ' ' ' '"'Vl' ctiliL'hleueil ln r councils. i ' t''''l.'",;'d.'itiin is erroneous for the rca-oii alleged, there would i " 3 "ln'il;ir error of cipial inaonitude involved in much of the fame j i-n ; to mi, , ,.n,,r u permitting rail roads to be extended from I "ports nf adj. lining States, across oui territory, to the interior of nth tl iir " "!'l'r,,,'. for example, that Chiirh -tou is endeavoring to -Aio"r '"' roa'' couneclioiis to tin- tlhio, and to secure u portion of 4 .'"''""re- o the North West il. lf, Kut se much of this commerce in -tV throm.l. .1... I' l -l ... I .'.... .1 ...... ...... ..C .1... 'Ti' II -".r. - hi. s I. in ill I 1 .1 nil llie iciib iiie j j in. ""I Mmi titiiiiiM. iN order to reach Charleston bv rail road, is no.v V 1r'.r. of a direct rail road throueh North Carolina, to ninkc tin ', ' " '"wardH tho South West, and pour its fuil tide down the val- see and across the wide domain of icoi"ia. , ar.-'iini nt arrain-t the A '. '. i.tie, tl-trilell-u wroild tend I. (.ivelt 'ii inii -f.ri'iniiiii n mwnt tm i-. And yet when it was proposed by tho Charter of the Charle-toii, K'.uc 1'idu ami Chattanooga Kail Koad, to open a more direct channel for the riht tide of this coiniuei ce, by the lliwassec Kiver and Kaluu (jap route, North Carolina was blind enoii-h, in the. estimation of the opomnts of the Atlantic, Teiilii ."cc mid Ohio liail Koad, to grant the Charter. And when it was proposed, by thu Tcuuem-eii Kiver Kail Koad, to open for thi.! com liiercu a ebninal further Kat, and .still more direct; North Carolina t-till prants a Charter. And when the friends of this commerce come still fur thcr hia.-t and ask permission to stretch the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Kail Koad, by the French liroad route, across a still larger por tion of our State ; even this does not open the eyes ol North Carolina ; and the Charter is granted. It is only u hen, by the Atlantic, Tetiue-see and Ohio Kail Koad, this vast and "rowing commerce at leiiL'il; seeks a transit acro.-s the whole width of our State by a route n liieh is by nature the most favorable for the construction of a rail ro .d, is the most direct bc twcc'i Ci.ir.'e-t iu f?nd the Ohio Kiver, and at tiie eauie time connects most admirably with on- onu .-y stem of rail roads, and our own seaboard ; that the scales of error at len-th full from our eyes, aud we suddenly become vi-c cuou-!i, guidod Ly tne.-.e fea-e couum ilor.-, to refuse the Charter. The human mind is so constituted, that it would not be unparrakilcd, if cine of the many authors and promoter.-, of these various Charters should Mill roii'.en-l that the error lias not iu -ruiitin- them, but in ii.du.-iiiL' '.o grant the Cliarti r of the Atlantic, Teliue.-..t.e and Ohio Kail Koa Without cam in' further the language of iron v, it is sund v luanifc.-t, the xainple etMl, that N orlh I aroltna had n -t, bi ter the Atl.intie, 'reiiiies.. e nnd Ohio Kail irohihiiin le r Sist.-r States from extendi: mi li prohibitory p A'.ey been adop- tie Ij it on tl.e i -intra ry, -lie ce.nty ea t of t!..- jlil I-' th- l . t. t.teh of tin V. ta(.s. i .linn.' , Lie iic vidth is luiiiiin. aetuat. d Ly it arc Vet till ! have- : who ,-t and u j Wi'h that if We e I.I,, i t Car dii.a, v.e t ,, il f-ith the !,f, l: . -i p lur tin u, i .t i ti Mile! V the lie (,;.. - n r lai.i ipis vsitli the -aj.orts vt trj-rm t and Mmtd i. We a ' t i i -I' the .Mate ; iu ' j . u i.er atteli.--, and draw ..! , r r i - j . i i l ; we dia.. i 1.. r of In r t.eu-ur-". aii-1 !..-i I irn.i.i .-iiii S iutii (. ar-diua ; and so bath. Hot N-rth '.it ...n- h ue int. lli. i.ee . . 'i i i.'h to ii;-tni.'"ii-ii to Kil-'W that t:n 1 I ,-s re-a lit i ! pr- lied With lii ai ('Oy..J ...ial to i :n !.." t i ' ri's of cominei ee In -I h.tiiic.l phi! j--) hy, to n ; aiei it liecd- but iittie C Jin j l e Lend that the Oeili- l.llle' f s!iut!"a-t, to re (!. lie d -..(- let il. -I rve tin ' that Me. too, w i' I ! l.ild li i , and tin ir rail r-ad i nu.-e t ai,! V. i!t::in-totl reindl tin ; the tei rit jr ot' ii .-il n s it'll ii.'l.t el, ill lr . ::i in at ; an- i. ritual. It n ' ii I ut kimw 1 1, it act i "U i - .n iuii pa kll"'.li. !.-. of the l l'.H -f ",; li.riee Let'.iei :i St.n- - is I in It ii.ijl t be v-i i!. t ', f 1 r the a Ivocj;,-- , iii.-ii.b. r t:. it .'. i- a inn that two can play name . I . 'il!. " "a ro.iiiia!,. V. h i dois n ,1 In, (::.( s -ii our . .'ii-t, an 1 ( it. nd their c nn.n.ei li m , oi, r the I';.'.,!,. K..t hj.i will K, a .if, N utii Wis. : i.i S nth Ui-t , v i:h .at ei o--n tin on,, haii-1 , and of Soutb, Carolina mi the uiher '. It would seftn a wa-te of time to r 'nl .it the ial'i.ie v ..f a pi.-y si al -urd, it thire were let t j 1 o f .'.Hid in N .'.'th 'ar 'Una, u,ai.y j , r - i i - h advocate it. '1 her," are a!-o n. .to , r"ons iu N nth I'arolina who fail int- an ct r it e.j'i fa'.liic ' . n nt in- that it Would Le oi-a-tr ei- t build raj r ia ls in Not t.. 1 ..lo.ina, f'T the reaon that there won'.,! id Le bii-ii.e-. ti f -ii t'n 111 enough to -u tain them, .md ti.".t th. ir comji.'titi m would reii ii, r iii.i i-diti.-tl'le the roads alreadv made or in pr i-n .-s. And some may ; ii the A:. in. tie, I euin.'ssee and t "hij Kali Koad I tui I- sueil pel -i.il- we ash b uve re-peelfuilv to !'- iehiiid the tiii.es; l,i y are n -t posted up in -s ,,! ihe a-c, N-rt,i t. ar.'.ina was .-tunned il.to . int. i -hock of ; ami it may be that tlm.-e :. . ti tin: droW'-v ii.llin i.e. of that stun, lfso.it tb.it tin V should awake. l.vt tho-e Noitil Car iniaiis ef little f ..1th 1 -k ar "Mini t!.. m, and "1 i rve til -i..l.'.ic st.i.ii - of l-ili I ud ei.tel-pii-ointh I land Siati .-, f ir the l.i-t 1. vv ear-. A nd t lieu L t ilniu e uii pare the eoiisi iiiiin, and tati-tic", an-l re.-niiicc of North Car.. !iua, wit!i I he e .lid itii. II, :i ': i st .ill.-lie", al.il re -o ill 1 1 s of t he m et, on - vv lie I e t in -e .-t ! ide -have been mad", and are mukiii.' ; mid they wiU n am t.i ei.tcrt.iiti a more I X-lltt'd fpitlioll f the " "i l ohi N"!tu Mat.'. 'i heir d.',,! t. t,:i l .'.iil to li.-at t i al' , their I. I- - .ill e;r-.W hi l'ht ; al.-d lln". Wl.. ,eal ll t be. t he i ne recti.- iin l ,t '.oted patiiili-in ot hi r s-"is mav y Oar-lina a lutui. of fcd.ri.ei pr-pt-iity. To ein- ur . wc will invite their aHi'i.tioli till..' eon-iderati ii .f a '. illustrative nf the ability of Nut th Carolina tieji:-!r eeln l'al -t. Ill of tail road I' rtialld, M have ,!,ed ill the 01 p 1 1 ein I- i r- of tlm- n . ,., Mi.'.-e-t that tin v t in ir '" .'''. 1 1 . t ' i a li p an .. I r- Mi. have i. I i- h. -!i t I'd tliat t :n. hleve for N 'I'tll tileill i.i the I - ft. ov l',, t. ;,i, I li'i.i -let aud maintain a Hue, Is ot ie-s extent he int. r.or i" h naiore le-s piodtie iia I he pl illeijiai pail oi tile eoui- le e 'iiiuieree ol i - ir mi the i'i id. s In lll J OV ei'sh.td tin: ser.-, The cea-t ol' Nvw l!i,"!aii 1, eit!". than tie: c ni-t of North l'al .Liu. tiie than the interior of N ''i:h Car. Inetce of this section of e cir-e centers at lii-t mi. 'I other seaport- upon the c.vi-t, to bnrro'v a few hra-i of the Atlantic, It ii lit --.ii- and Ohio Kail lb-ad, 1 owed by the vicinity of Ki-t-n, L, tapped and drained, indeed, it mi-ht b" tlioiiehl alt i-i't lnr Mich.'d dry, hy the system nf rail roads r iiulfyin- int i every part of it from the .'rent eoinmcreia! emporium of the adjacent Slate t.f New York. Vet lip, Ol this portion of the .oii-t of Ntvv lln.laln! alone, beside" canals :iiid navi.'.il le stream ". and in ad,'ilion to all the rail mad termini at the "real city of l'-o.-t"ii, there are more thin twenty live othei ti ini.ni livcrv c unity In Ma-siielniM'tt and Connecticut can -how within its borders, p, .ith, ii- ol two, three, four, or more rail load-. The Aiin i it an co a-t uf 1, ike I i t ie i" nin-h h'-.s extcll-ivu th in the emi-t of North Carolina. Yet there i- a rail road ahm- thi- eo:i-t. and nine rail road- and four canals, with their various 1 a.uilication-, vunuiii- iruiu tiii.s lucre lake r net into the inteiior. Vet it ha" been L than thirty years since the lir-t mile of rail road w as laid iu th'' I tilled State-, mi'l i these va-t sy-tems of rail road", the in 'paralleled r lipid '! vcl-'pniciit of which has been the wonder of the a'e, were commenced when rail roads were in their infancy and their success mi t j, peri men t ; and w hen the population, wealth and resource" of the States over w hit h tln v exteinl, were no greater, in proportion to the extent of than aie lh imputation, Weahu und res ,.f North l heir Ii rnteiy, ( ai in ii ii. These fait" illustrate the creative power of rait read"; and show that, ili-tead of wca'sethii- each other, they build up, sti'eiiL'then and sustain e.i, h other. And (hey prove to a reflecting North Carolinian ti.at wi, too, rt.piiie and ciin su-ta.H a syetem of rail roads whieh will i-xtcnd it" rami fications into every portion of the State, ami send into her remotest cx treieitic" the lifo-eii !"-.' 'Lm of eoinniercial prosperity. If the people of the North and West cnuld do nil thi-, coi;imeiicintf poorer than we arc, and in the iiifaiicv of rail roads; why should North Carolina sit upon the stool of do li'thiiij.', w niiciiii,' her hands iu despair! Wc will now compare some uf the leadiuj statistics of North Carolina, uinb-r the ei'ii-u of I -."id, with th.c of the adjoining States of South Caro lina, (ieoru'ia, and Tciim ssee, which are webbim; tliem-elvcs with mil roads ruiiiiin into every portion of t heir territory. We will add I i'.iiioi", so near ly cipial to North Carolini in population and area, and now rapidly devel oping a mneiiiticcnt system of rail roads. We will hL-o add Mi-soitri, which has latelv coiiiiiiein'cl a i'( ui-t al -v-teui of rail road-; and low a. infant roui ic th" r iu-al to liar- Koad, ait' (I upon the tolicy of their rail road c .niucliont iu- .1 from Lake Kri ijki s. Aloaii is to ami aero--. ,, r terntory. lie" any ted Kl the olle r M:.ti' ; In the State of New York', a rail road and canal i xl to A.bauv, foaiu.ii tiding the imii..-u-e commerce t-f ti li i n -an r t . the city of t-w I oi k. than to tne livul city ot J.o-ton, In tin: ad'oir.iii.' St..tc of M.i afhii-ett. The State of Nt w Yoi U iiii-ht have pi '.hihited to t-,-t iu a eo:i:i"ctioii nt Albany with In r -reat Wc-ti-rn canal and rail r-ad, iin l a p i r? : ( :p ili -li iu the va-t comm. rco vhi.-ii pours o'.tr tlieiii. i'i'1 she a ail le-r-e I ot t ins i,ow cr oi uroni i itnoi iv no iin an.-. invited lio-ton throii-h the breadth of a sin-le i, ti unite lnr-If vv it h Albany, lnr interior, and Urrltorv of l'ciin-vlva'ii i Hi- lids t j lake I'.rie. ik .'...iid t.,t eontieet h'T-t-if bv rail r-ad wiili the we-t vviiho it ( -j--iii thi- i. ek. lli.'S l'cntis lvani i. under thi- -Iron- telnptati i.i, a d opt the prohibit ry policy ! No. Kit. on the contrary, she permits New V ol. to extend h-r nil road into the we-t, a! oi- the shore of Lake Uric, H 'l'iss the Lrnuhhof a -in'!" c'.intv. Mi--aeh i-i tt- i- webbed bv rail he little -talc of and a eiiii'tl, all runnm . r t.-rritorv troin South betwei u K ostoii an I r nd" ruiitiitiL' from the s. npnrt- of a" Ci,'.ii.-..tieut li.,-six rill roads, a unv i-; from InT own seal-card acr--- the who!' io N vrtli. Y'tshe iM-rn.:?-' two rail r, New York, .seaports in adjoiuiu- State., to cross tie' entire ietu th of her krritory fioin I! i.-t 1 1 W e-, one ab'n- In-r ca-t, and on.- throu-h the cen tre of the State. Ne'V II iii.pshire ha- conni cted I'ort -in out ll with Mon treal by rail road ; and 1 1 permits Maine and Ma--aehu-c!t-, thr ui-h oppo-ile crin-r- of 1. r territory, to aecon.t'H-h the -aine in etion. tjenr. eia, utter a iantic -tru-!" to reach the f'l.io nnd the N-ith Wt, y.-t npeus the w.-.y aero-.- a inb c.Minty on the Nvtth Mast corner of her ter ritory, that ('liirle-toii liny stretch a piralM ami lival road thr oaeh the Kabiiii (lap to th" Oh'o and the North We-t. And it w-'ibl be ea-y t ) multiply t xainple- - f th- saiiii' spirit "f ,i muni comity t xi-tin- throUu!..ut the 1 in "ii. And the mutual p-..-p.-r!l w 1 i I " 1 1 ha- invariably li-jwed ll Mil the ex r. i-e ol thi" t allelic nt. d liiorahtv , pr-vi - that the Mat"., wln.ii are a- ,t- ih, y are l' in i ;U". pi'iii- tip in N r t li Carolina a tae" of .-iim'.'I p-jtieiai:', tle-.r t es -hot in a!! l!,:.- 1 '.:.' of li-jl.t, and xe'siin, frontier, and without a larirc city, a scacoasf, or a hike coast, vet already I .:.... i ... .'" ii. "i .:i . ... .i i . . .-. " J tuniiucijciii- it uuuioei in j.ii .nit i i an loans iieio-.s iicr lorniory. '- - x S e. - . Cm n r - " - - '"r -se-3". .-' " e z i- , c - -' - " 'r ' -. o1 ",1 ,1 - -' . - ' J li '- I, not bein- aeee.-.-iL'ie to "he writer. , t. Li n compared, are oii.ittt taioiinais licrc criiipari-l with Mat, -, --nie ol wlut vaie.ed lur in the worl. of iiiteinal improve lm tit ; and have neeived turn, the increase made bv the creative power of these in. prove uieiits. t v ii under tii - ;,j p. ar, iu com p. :m i Tcnncssie. she inn, .her of acres of a:,.! rrsotial t" tat iii reasin?, in the a ex!' thev all ha c oii.struc'.ni; a -i ful rail road in the ei,;;-triietioti , miles of rail roa t'. i. 1,. r - i, -ore, t! lliino.s ate each webbm- w hid., w Leu com 1 ted, vv ii ins ot rail roads to evei'v count v : and the construeti ci e the same sj.irit ; an ! , for the eoiislruction ot work of construct:!! lour piotiei r i ai! i oa i civilization. How e.ees t.:t of these railro t ure -a in- d w ; or as a stati 1 y : when pa. ed bv Carolina, thou.h no seems iu i oii.pa ri.-"i recede and d a in-, n . Yet North I 'ar !ii. tliat, tlioiiL-h she ma; v alued a! home and V ith the t lenient- of her sons, may y ct 'o: Who, after e w .Mi-.-. )uri .us cau-!il rail roads. Kvcu infatit 1 ai : js the w hole width of . to cal l V the locomotive iu ri,' the I r -i" tity ad-niri Kin' rt', ii , v in n hip, pre.-iiij the in--re 1: vf Noitli Carolina comj are v ith the pro.-jet".ty Nates? js the luxuriant vc-etatiou uf li a -!:n ed by ihe products of a iii.'li cultivation ; : forward with full sails, appears to r tr-vatlc, t id inotioii of a swift ocean steamer : so North i.hi:,' forward iu In r streii-lh, with liie more I o pi u procre.-s o! a in l r er-vv iislef Carolina, I it-or-ia. Tt nnc-see, Illinii- and Mi-"ouii, can any I that North Carolina, t" ', can eon-t nut nnd i.diitain a -ei.cral rail road- ! N.:v, who can doul t that, in t!ii- ae'e of progress l'liie, when the slides" of rr.il reni.- i" 1:0 1 Mi"t r it liiatttT of when the cost of their construction has been so much rtibit'cd. improvement" have been made in their operation ; and now ,er doul t .sy-teiu of and ciiter .loubt, and an.! so -rent that the r..il r.enl- ot -ortli t :ir"ii!:a w, u.l ne IvU an l .stren :t ie. m il on every i.aini, t v tin i r numerous connci't'otis with the rail roads of Soutli Ca ro.ina, (lioreia, Tt n i n -see and iruiuia; and w hen North Carolina, from her l::ek of inter na! navigation, i- t'nrt-ctl by lit cossity to buiiu rail r ads ; who, in view of ail tin", can he-hate to believe that N'oilh Carolina can m aintain, an,! will ceitaiiily construct, a -eiieral system of rail reals; that the spirit and progress of the ace vvi.l inevitably fotcv thro't.'h its cin-trui'tioii. in .-pile of i Very oppo-iii- eh-taele .' Tahiti- it fjr grantctl. tlnn, that a "eiieral y-'teiii of rail road", extend -in- i: tii every pint of the State liut-l and will be enrtructt'd in North Caieliiia, let ll- now revert to the -n! j, ct m ire iuiiin di atcly under our eoii-iderati hi, and view the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Kail Koad as a part of the general sy-tetu ef rail ro.nU ill North Carolina. Wcie those who npj'O-ed the Atlantic, Ttnne.-see and Ihio Kail lb ad, bceai-e it w a-j rop.-t I t -ive it a tiiniiius at Char! tte, aw are thai Chail ete i" nearer t Wile.in' in, on our own seab'Minl. t'.ianto Charles ton ': Yet such i the fact. '1 he ili-tanic in a -tr.tL'ht line from Charlotte to Charleston, would, if drawn in the direction nf V into the Atlantic ocean. 'I he iiilleiti.ee ill the ti be still creator in favr of Wilmitut.ni ; Or tin Ivvctii Charlotte and Charleston i- crooked aud indirect, w liile the coi'iiee ti ui 1 ct ween Charlotte and 'i'.i:.in.:toii would Le uiiu-u.iliy straiebt n 1 1 , i di rt el l'-y a fortunate c ouforn.ation nf its natural route, the Wi'.iuini'tou and Main he-tt r Kail K-'ad a'.ri ady i-xtends I . mi Wilii.iiijit.m to W'lutes ville, in Columbus c, unity, on the dliact route to Cimriottc; nt,d fiom hite-ville to Charlotte, through the tine counties of Hebc-on, Kiehtii unl, A 11-0:1, Cnion, and Met hii t.b.irp, there is a direct and vny favorable route f r a ! ail road. It i- obvious, then, that, ill the future dev.! 'punM t of t'lf rail road sys tem ef North Carolina, one ol the tirst and mo-t important rail 10a U which will be constructed will be a rail road from Charlotte 1 1 ii.iesville. Thi.s rail 1 -ad will meet the Central Kail Koad at ri: lit a'uVs, a ml will connect the most wealthy and j-ro-pcrous portion of our intt ri.-r with W ilmiugton, our n.o.-t tlouri-hin-seap u t. And Noth C.au.'.iin may will all'ird tj fos ter the interests nf W'ilniiu-toii with an aff. etionate hand; for W iiuiinton (leservt s well of the Mate W ilmington has done more to jiroiu.ifo the im provement of No th Carolina than ail the other tow us in the State ; iinl, p i t lun to her wealth Hint population, i", witli-ut liny txecptun, the 1 1 -ill ' 1 it v ill the I 1.1 01. this tab!,', the htiiti-ti' " of the fi-herie.", and of the turpentine and r business, three important sotireen cf the product. of North Carolina, rh of which .-he' would surpass all ot the States with which she has And North all . .it' v a l io re-Ytt, ,f North Carolina .i-adv at. tae", bow do the etati.-tics II with the statistics of tho.-e Statu" ''. W ith the smaile-t terrilorv of 1.1.3- iu the iiumbcr, except Soutli Carolina i- third iu the number of inhabitants; second in the improved laud ; third iu the a.'i'rc-ati' value of real : third in manuf .etui'LS ; foremost, ami mo-t r-.j.i'ilv i-iir,port aiit interest of ."hippiii-; hi-h ah j. the ave rage iu the general result; le-pectable in every item, and hind most in no tt.11.4T, unless it be in the -mail co-t of her govt rutin ut. ami tin li-httu-sa oi her State debt. It wc study her 11 tub. vi L-.p"d re"c :irce, th 'y arc ini-riil'iciit. Her .soil i- ri"h , and, b' in j aloindai.tly -;;;p!i. d c.l'ii We!l-i!i trihiited and ii:e. bax-lil'!': dipo-itsol' rich manure! nnd leitiiieVs, it is inexhaustible, .and capable of the highest cultivation. Her oei.'i.il ami i iinp'rehi tisive climate produce" in p' rlfti 01 the staph s of all the other States. Keiieath her surface are already i!i-c".ercd cxhau-tless tnitics , gold . copper, iron und coal. I 'u the slop.- ! etween her lotty lnouutain- and her seiil"'.ird, streams, larer than the Menimilc, few over rapids w in re miiiiufiit-tuiin- cities may flourish ; and their many tiibutari.- i:i their i.ipid tour-t s offtr thousands of choic" cite- ).,r iii-iiiufaeturiiiT tow n and villaje". At Kcaufcrt, on ber coast, i" a harbor of the lii.-t class, admitted to be Ihe best iu the Cuiou south of the Che.-' p-ake, and posse-. in- a rare cm! inati jU c,f advatita-es. Now. how arc tl .se States, with which N'.rth C..r. ini compares iu sta tistics so fiiTorai I v. 1 r oere.-in- in t!.- c'n-Jrurti 11 of rail road- ! Thou.di i-ive ii land navi-ati 01. they are all in the full career of , rai .-y-tem of rail r nd-. South Carolina ha- a suc?t:'-s-ration in i:caily very ili-triet. and is tahii-g steps fr p. l ii.ips a" many more. Ii or-ia has nearly a thou-and Iu succe-sfiil operation, and is yet a'itatiii- so manv -tein seem" but to have coinn eneei! . IVlii.e-si f and t'.ienisf 1. c-s with mi.htv -.st, txteinl their ramilieaitoiis in t. 1- ranidlv advaneinj la-i. scs-ioii of her legi-lnturv, Tetetl millions on a lias eotniue bi r vif";iii -"li, three or ;t Ivatict; of the march of :n.' great. Mr.tes. to ha- reason t ., he proud of her statistic?. TheypruVe be sleepinj, she is a sleeping giant Tl-'uh uinl, r- (iiiided abicad, y.t she i- ri. lily endowed by nature pi "spcrlty; ami. by the ctier.y anil per-, verii.ee ef I ..iced side by side with the toietnost ill the I'uioti. mwi '.ii- the sf ati-tie" of North Carolina with th ,-e of South :t 'On, ext. lid far -taii'V ,y rail road would rail road connection be- pr, 1110-t li' era! aud cut rp W iliniiij-tou is not only nearer t , Charlotte than Charleston is; but it is a fact eipialiy -igiiifn.iint that Vilmin-toii is nearer to Cincinnati than Charleston is; aud U al.-o nearer to Cincinnati than New York is. Tho Atlantic, Tciines-ee and Ohio Kail Koad would open a direct communica tion bctvvicn Wilmington and Cincinnati; 50 direct, in fact, that it would he called an air-line or beo-liue rail road between those points. And, while South Carolina is lavishing millions to connect Charleston with Cin cinnati, North Carolina, thanks to tin: oppose rs of the Atlantic, Tennessee, and Ohio Kail Koad, stands in the attitude of having rvfu-ed a naked charter to a rail road ttrctchin- its whole lcn-th directly between Wil mington aud Cinciuiniti. It may be supposed by some person' that, although North Carolina is able to sustain a general system of rail road", yet it would be useless to charter the Atlantic, Tennessee nnd Ohio Kail Koad, or a rail road from ChnrJot'e '3 U h'tufvillis, booiiuse the particular nee lions of the State throu-h which they would pass would he unable to su-tuin a rail road. The state ment of a few plain facts will lie .sufficient to refute .such a supposition. Tin re are eighty-two counties in North Carolina, the average population of which is lll.o!W. The counties of Columbus, Kobe".. 11, Kiehiiiond, An son. 1 uK.u and .vlei kleu'oire, throag whieh a r.til road from C i.ariotte lo White-vilh: would pass, have an average population of I l.lli'il. The coun ties of Mecklenbiir.'. Lincoln. Catawba, Kovvan, Iredell, Alexander, I'ald. well.and Watauga, thron-h which the- Atlantic, Teuncs.-ee and Ohio I tan Load, including a connection wiih Salisbury, would pass, have ait aver aid population of 'l,'-'"'i; which, in proportion to their aita, is more than the genera! average of the State, mo-t of tho.-e being among the smallest coun ties in the State. And the-.- e ninth s would le found to compare as fa vorably with the re.-t of tlic Stat : in other stati-tie- as they do iu population. In Illinois, the twenty-twj counties thrini-h which the great Central Kail Load from Galena tJ Cairo pas.-c-, have an average p-pulati n of only 7,lo-. It thus appear." that the section of the State through which the Atlantic, 1 ciitiCssei; and ( Ihio Kail Koad vv 011b.ip.1--, i- superior in population nnd re sources. This section of the State, al-.j, owing to tlm variety of it- soil and climate, ixhibits, at each step, varying productions and mutual (b pcinieii. cics. 'Ihe Atlantic, Ti lit; "see and '.'bio Kail Koad ould unite the I'n.o regions throu-h which it would pass, with their natural outlets upon thu coiet ; Would combine harmoiiiou-ly with the other rail roads of the Mate ; Would penetrate the mountains by the most available pas, and would form the great channel of e niimunicatioti between our seaboard and the North West. In short, it would combine all the great advantages which men propose to attain by the construction of rail roads. lh yond the limits .,f North Carolina, both in South Carolina and in the We-t. the liulic-t interest is manifested iu the Mieee-s of the Atlantic, 'li'iines-ee and Ohio Kail Koad. Tdmes-ce has ma le an appropriation, to aid in eon-tructing the portion of it which will be upon her soil, of eight thousand dollars per mile. The Ka-t Tenuessee and Virginia Kail Koad company have even gone so far a- to cause a recouiioi.ssaiiee to be made of that portion of it, iu North Carolina, which lies west of the liluc KiJge. And tt e very able engineer in their employment has officially reported that it can be con-Inn ten at a c -t p.. r mile not exceeding that of the Mast Tennessee and irgiuia Kail Koad. I'rotn the Central Kail Koad in our own State to the loot of the Kluo Ki Ige on the blast side, the route U every where of the most favorable character. The Kiue Kidge itself piv fetits the only formidable obstacle in the way upon the whole route; and. although the Watauga pa-s ha" not been subji ctcd t) the test of all actual sui vey, it will certainly compare favorably with any other, and is bt.-iiivcJ, by those Will informed ci the subject, to present the mo-t t iigi bh: route by which a rail road tail he made to pelieti ate tile Kiue Kid.-j ill North Carolina. I have endeavored to show that the refusal of North Carolina to charter the Atlantic, Tenia -see and Ohio Knil JIo.it! company w a uiiju-l ami un wise. The fact- adduced for that purpose are founded upon the substan tial and a-eel'tained ba-i" of the pa-t and re-ciit. 1 f th o.-e facts al e true, and the infer, nees drawn from them sound, they merit the attention of North Carolinians, however humble the writer may be. We have been led, iu treating thi" -ill -1 1 . to ( 11 'a -c f.r a w! 1c 111 the p'.ea-ing task of advocating a genera! system of internal improvements in North Carolina, and to allude to the advantages combined iu tlic situation of Beaufort harbor. It will rut be uuiiiter.-tiie.' In e uicla-ijii to consider ti. Jre attentively for a while the importance of this bailor. Th" harbor of H?auf jrt is capacious eiioii.h to acejiuntodatc with ca'S tii" largc-t commerce in the world. It i- 0; e;j in all sea-011-, an ! can ho entered and cleared iu all weathers. It is cth ctuaily secured, by the form ol' its c-ia-t, from ! lot ka le in time of w ar ; and it is so eutirtly healthy and sain'-: i hi- as to he a j lace of resort iu tile sickly sea-on. It" entrance has twenty-three fet t of water at 1 jw tide, which i" a depth sufficient t admit the largest tin reliant no'ti and on an steamer.-, aiioat. It is well Ian 1-1-nked, and at all times afford- safe anchorage. And yet it is so im mediately 011 the ocean that it can be entered and chared without a pilot; an. I ve-.-els at .-e.i. sailing upon the great highway of commerce, bet ween our Northern and Southern cities, pa-" iu sight.,:' it- wharvc". es.-els fr"tn the South bound for Liv ci pool, an I vessels from the North bound for , e..i i" '110-f reinfirk-.'il.hs t 1; , pa.-s over the .same route. And the W e-t of all, K- aitfort is so situated, with re-inet to the ocean currants and rre- truling wind-, that vc-sol.- from all parts ,,f the I'nion. whether North or South of K-a'if .rt harbor, sailing ! r South America. Australia, Asia, Af rica, or the Mediterranean, pa near its entrance. Such is the woud. rfu! combination of advantage " united at Keaufort Harbor. In th" present state of the coinu.t rt ial world, th" po cs-ion of these advantages justifies the belief that a great cniiiinc rcial city may I.: erected at this point. Kut there are great event- lew iu proge iu the C'.'iiiim rcia! world, which will give to the .-'. aat ;,: -.'' Kemlort Harbor ia calculable imp .'itauce. Sou.e of these great events, which will Ler. af'.r l.e 1 vkcl iU',t: a-' eras in the bi-t-iy of commerce, are. the e-t ihii with tlio eoiitiiei.t of Kurope, centt ring at 1 on the Mediterranean sea; the scttlelii. lit the growth of a con niercial re -ublie in bii , tion. an 1 formation of a mighty empire in the va-t comun r. efthe-e 1; rowing t tnpirc ranetli with the Cnited States, mu-t all pa lit 1 t in 'f ;'' an Ml li-aile citv, uii- zati mi , f Au-;ra!ia ; ria; a:i 1 the ru-h of inimigra he v ali- y of the Amazon. If and of Asia ami the Mcdit'T- bv the entrance of lleaul'-rt rreat vallov of the 1 1 art or ; and if that ha! bor i- as n ar tile h. nf tic Mis-is.-ij pi as any liar), or on the ocean; why may it n t be made the cen ter of a va-t ci 11. no rec ? W hat but emrgetie action, guided by wi-e coun cils, is reiiiired l live Ik'iufort a future ef unexampled pro.-;niity I' As the grandeur of thi- possible future develops it-. It t . tin intellectual vision, th" imagination i- captivated in its coiiteni lati m. Kut this great future, for Ikauf'it and for N'jrth ('.iroiina, can only lo aeeonii !i-htd hy dct, riiiim d and ui iiiing 1 1! Tt. Our si-tr States ate -.training every nrrvt to out-trip, each otiier in the race of iuiproveint nt. If North Carolina does not wi-h to be distanced in that gb-rious race, sic, too, must exeit her strength. If she will arou-e her dormant energies, ami cuter re-.du'e!y into the contest, she has nothing to fear from the le-uit. Let the watchword of her sou-, then, be, Action, Action, Action. W. W. LMNOI li. .- - , J (' 1 I. l-ol. Oi Hi- I!. tt t.tiM v lii.v. Kill!', i ' Tiit; Lk i-lah uk t N. 7 f-'.e Hi (if . i.t.-'O, III coininurleatiiig 1: v '1 tin- S to the nt' A - I Atti'I 1NA. 0,1 tiil.lv pn setitvd f-T ee!igr,',!'.ii:,ting it id l'rov idiT.ee Las 1 1 -toned in " ir xc ee, a-:ou 1 vvl.nh a ki t'sjn eially ca-i - ami 1 -ad aiid il. that the s; our people, A giicu'iture. in tne lit, whic'.i ha- iucr.a-ed an additional int. r. -t to thi it is believed, wid compare ,1 t ion "I !,a , to i i-ii Oisi.lel tier St 'l i'l t , a tit Hi the blessings f the State, ami : 01 tn Ial. litles w va-tating con-t ij'iciie ". It is al irit of progress and iu.pr ivetut t t. presents a bright ro-pcet to tin . I 1 ' ' - --st , il le extent, from ihe di tt - aud Nations, with su. a subject of congrat jlatii vv Lieh, at present, aiiiiuat, lestinv of oar bt '.ov 1 1 .'stat North Carolina, I re vi a 1 law - h ive ! tiallv a- iii a: ,111.1,1111 rov elm i t t u exec ne .'" Utt d 1 Iu r coui: pr. , lm! cr credit stand" re being ex:, :. I I'lmij' and t xpt 'l.tiou" mode of their labor, nnd for the suppiie eity, of tl.e biglit-t rank, aided a high order ; and a -vsteiu of ( tlliei I' go Ue atl important linlto of the husbandman, an ! i:n : 1 e it J ruse.it ; 1 he moui.t , !' c 1 1 u.i e m. mi: I with that of any otl't 1 M o. ; 1 an 1 i jstiee a linoi:-: red as i.i.i the lai'.h of the Stat ha- b o: st r in' ' 1 deservedly high, both at b o. . :.:, 1 ai r... f t !- aibnd the l'a liner alii M 1 ha tin tr:i:i-v ori.-.ti mi f r the -111 1 In- pr nl acts tav f ii : u 1 n ; : d Acid o! ..- ... I . Civ :. b -, tb. are to r. a ive iu r y nun: i"U- Cnl'.eg.- a' llllll. II sell - I.-, W lilt a W ll to that ot no ot hi r State nre rapidly cxten ling the t o i.iiit o.' ni 'iit .1 1111 provi meiit to every class of our cltiiens; the lleo'.'gical cxa'uin ono." a:e aliiio-t d: Wi a'lh "f th discb-V-ing Valuable "t it- : and ad'b'l p i to the a' lh" i.i illexlrill-lible I ,' Itl-M! .,!
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Nov. 28, 1854, edition 1
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