' IT'S il .1111 ill iiii.'.jl I.---U-.I
speech far jonar a, cilmcr,
On the IWt tanking general ojipmpriatUnt
far trorlt f internal in Yvrtinnl, Jelie
ir? J in Hie Swale, December, I85J.
M. SEtki t: I bate mt desire to he te
dint. or lo detain the Senate unnerrarily,
for there u unihuig Mirt nnplcxaiit ibw w
aildnve in impatient audience; yet auch
the magnitude f ihi subject ami in important
will I ihe rvuit of our present il liberation.
' I 61 bound deliver my t ic t and opin
ion. In tny jtn'gmcnl, sir, there, ha been no
question btl.iro ih Kena'eof more importance:
nor do I Mici llierr ran lie question pre
sented in which the true interest of Nortb
Carolini re'm.i- ilicjily involved, than in
th bill now helorr us. - .......
I m ir. in favor of Vxtendibs? ib Central
J.rail rood in th hirsute T Beaufort; ami !
am lor voimp siilbcM-nl aid in ihehape of llu
4tvtlil ofilie Stale to enali enterprising inili
mImu1 u tirmiijiliili ihia work, whatever
iv,' llie amount required. I am tij(t more
heartily in hnir f 1-xtraJittg tltia great On
tral .ruad to ike Tennessee line, so $ 10 rfteei
-,u."afl eontmoiucaijiio between lhi rapacious
and commodious seaport M our Atlantic mam
vnl , which has l.ern o well decr!bed
and ih teeming valley of th Mississippi.
t an also .r Completing a work Ihii it slready
r. rosueasnrt-d. ia ii t ihn lmnMMM.M' ..r .1..
- navigation of Ilia Cap Fear river; a work
I .who completion will assist in- the derrlun--.
.Mant wf Ibe inexhaustible eoal field which
border tinon il : ' !
w , I ant.iikewisw, air, in firmr uf ImpslTiib.
' the Yadkin -and Catawba river, i aiI ,
, honestly f the opinion thai llicaa a'.,iC
, work auucu, a i proposed. Ui ho, roin-
pleurd ami in program when they are all e-
.-..l:.t I :i -,. . . .
ruiiitiiwiinu, wm eouirmuie to in prosperity
nf the Slave an tuunt compared with, which
, lit propoaisl appntprialiuii will dwindle into
abfil.ito iniiniiic.im'c.
, '1'bia i llif npinion wiih which ct out ;
. will my uuod ire o d.pM'e the gt :irrl nropo-
aiiiiui I And il the inpmitinii ia nn dVoii-d,
i wtwi exeuw raq be urri d for not hnuldfring
t the rrvpnnaiiHliv of ilia uerretary'anprnnria-
' II u, air. If nn one wilt Jpne llie general
jiropoaitimi in wordi, it ia too often diaerediied
in I lie an Kin of dur pjlilic men.
t he erwled alKt; with our iinprovT
illume s , air. emwled alonjr, wiihmil djr
injf In in ike an eiron tu aienJ or to w ilk.
. And, air, when with fear and lrem!linj we
hara ried oyrliea np Ut a iiiniiirnt, from
,wor ereepinj polure, w would uot Iruet our
. Mlniiidlli ... .Mifil in... k..l.l ..r I ..1.:.:
i-- " iiipiu ui u rvuiiiiiiue
aid, and amrtfef hurriedlr from pillur to r.t.
Now 1 Boiiieiid fiisl we can atatid l.ino
thti we m-iJ air, and walk, did rtia too, if
iteeil lin ontust t nr i--ijrli,.xr in the r iee dI
i.Bprntetiieiita. My aliairhitienn tomy linnie,
mid my Kt tin pri e f.ir!id ins lo think oihtr'
fu V N'T. Hf"i'l ' r J n fnt e.in leration
; liirh 1 mi s'e llie anlijAei driea my
j-.tdjiitent to the runrluninii au congeiiial to
my li'fliin-,in.l to .ill the iuaiiuma of my henrl.
, e air. North Carolina ro i etaud lionet and,
air. if I ei.uld but fnfuau wiy awn apiril into
ihia aWiullj'. ahe Ajk aland and walk,
and trmijile Iwncath her feel ilia aeoiT
,ti mi in f i iiiijp. rr.
r ..il i i
Hut, n qiiMtbm, ih (real oueaiiun
of our alniiiy to awml alone: ;
J!mrt ltt a'if.L,bailmrijh- beat in the.
woild, all ailmil :. all admit ita greut aiipi'rior
iiy in ihn yttm of New Urtean and C'harlea
lun, and oii n .Norfolk, in many reaneei t and
nil OitlllH ulri) '.liu abiiJuUjnrr.tatilr te I
tiiwlliero wamirt city, 'i'he indeeml ni-e,
Ilia dew real mlitwui of tii 8ou:hdmand thi i '
and ooixt will deny that b produea of llie
MiulawppJ valley if, npped at any one poini, !
woniii, li Ilia port per milieu, .autld tip the
larr eiiinineri-e in III world. ,
Well ir, w then bv I lite eonrludon
joluiitlid, to wh : ill eapartty and advanlagea
r4 lliitilort hnrbor.aiHl ill amount of produce
iiarn. IV, if ceHtnred there, to hud J up an
i'mmeiw i-ily, . '1 he eouneetin link ia want
.'ng syi nature, ao kind lo lie in many re
Vuy lia Jul huraa'f made tin connecting
Imk. - -i -
. A iii?ilile riref flowing from th Bine
Knife In UctMiiloii all ?ea would hrimr to tt
llie eouimeive of Virginia, Kouili Carolina,!
Miui of much of the Mmifppi valley tL-'
mania tine river alt ihn improvoment of lliej
m iuhl-onnif JSt.itet would finally convert; 1
- itow, ir, the, ain-larjiieaiion lo he aolvcd
, will railrond annwer the pUe of liver 1 1
' imt eonienu, Air. npear, llial li t
eiimnirn iul purpurea, a rjilroiid ia eqml to a j
riirr; it I not ao rhenp a me.ina of jinting to
inuikct.Biid for very heavy freight itlriait
1r:,wl.;ii k. ' tin ih other aide lh ruilnud ia
the mol CKpeditiout nioj and in Ihn age of
' krleariih and of iperulalion llirmitih the
lehgnipli. axpeditinn and pi. i ofieu inure
Important lit an theupne, -t ., .;, . ,'.,, .. ,
'" lltil a fat tia nmcli (if ilia CMiutry ia e
rcrnt'tl. whii-h it irt lirnruiaiMl hi mukn lrilima.
i v to W Jnitiigtiiu iiiiJ lo lleauforl and iuw
bein, it ran hat e no outlet to market i-il
I, bv rullruuil i and ir, it i an tgienaive, a rtrh.
and proiniiiiig rouulry. ; 1 ' i: !
u Inia roiidiiion i wealarn Virgini.i, n'
r'rtt, Monti t'uroliii.i, werlern South Carolina
and, (ii'orjftq, mid murh of eneleru Tenneaieel
andf llii region I ri.nu.nd that lh port em
I'Mjifd in our own border will amply Minlaiu
a ruifiiid, will liuilil up our uiporni 4i l.irue
rilit.th ;md .nl milli. inn iinpurtanu In duinatid
..an ojiiUi tu tti)wktib;.y... i. .a..,-,.ii.-i.i:!.-..i,.
i .,; Ni.w, air. 1. 1 u eiili iiliiie for a moment
11 it he buriic in m nd that in th l!rl
plai-.i the IjnJ ir, the inidiila and wralcrn Nirth
. ('arottna i Unipenally good. 1 " ,!
'-Tberiv'i no mieii rnnli a- d rxuharaiil oH
- a va fiohjlo the easient cosmiiei wher lir
Mi tie! eorn l.imln lit the world equal to the
uti-ieeii Inmla on rhe Koanoke' or the eotton
InniU'on the Mii?ippi or Ued river. But
nn iheoihev h ind there am no b.irrea wastes
r ft) deaert and tmt even any unprndm lit r
plantation. The ni i imiur.illy goud ei en
where the etimiite ia euil'-d In the growth ol
all the proihietimi of the temperate 7one, and
a.erj aere ol jih! in tiecpiibli; of the very
liii;lu-rt ate of improiement, .. And all tlii.
air ul nddilioil to the WMh-r power the elieet
an luiiMt uhiimUnl in lliswnrid I in 'addition
lo llie gold, lb load, eopper and iron will,
whiitli hII ourltin are eurlefied-in ml litmu
In lit iiirih:iuiilii'!nri of liiiilwr, and Ihv
Viii.iny until r.il lejrt ihle priHliiruoin, iiiiK)rriut
fr iiiodie.il and hnuachuld purpote, with
whiell the eou'itryalhrnMil. , . , .
In the at'roiul pl.ice, thi fine eounlry in el-.
tli'd hv 3 jnipj,iiion t.jiully good and iui
pror:' i'..lf. , . a -
' '1 h-y arrt tiic must li irJ-wodbtg and eeon,
o;n ral ro;,l;' ill the world , bmg arenrtomed
In h ir Is'itji, fur lh waul tit a niaikel, lliei
C;uc I aiiicd In -ti : li in all un of aay, lo
er ,r,.m,zr', and to luro firry thing to I he lel
iii'i' iiiiit. 'I 'bey are proverbial lor nlrii'l)
mid ruoroliiy -ilieir iu ljatrv, perneverance,
eni ft". , are u t enrpasaeit. .
In die third pi if', all llie production eek
int; a in ari el Iruru lin t'niiutik wuuldltC Com
i ll'-d i'ike titr Ititlioiill tliert' wuuld br) no
riv.i! ruutci.
" i r.TV i.'jrtft"! Jst-wt.". t 'tint a -b'JtWyif
I'iiid iMiuri-v tu awuf jdoeta eiirv man i,
hi own aliipper, and produce of llie eoun
try aeeM trie orean on a thotiaanj rk, rir.
era. aoamU and inlet. A .
W hen iron rrad peuetratet onr nplund
regiona, it a ill he ottroeann s titer will be no
oilier o:lei lo ditida the trade and lrel.
llilhvrward will he dirreted all the oilirr im-
prwcmcii! lo ll iajreat ariery will flow all
the nil.fr vrina.
Ktery rill and branrh anil rreek and rirer
will pour in its iri'xiie to awrll the mijrhij;
ruirrut ; and by tia liuie it reai-hr R.ilrifh
il will he nirlrril a nrpi:! ! .Think of il lor
r miim'nt ! IrfHih l the e'lunlir ol Orsnjr
AUuianrr, lUnilnlph, Guilford. 8tiikee, Fof
) tin), J)arnl t. Suit)-, Vatlliin, IHrir, C:i
''Brnn. Kox an, Irmlrll. Ah-Mmler, C'aUwha.
f.inrotn, fiaalnn, Kiiilicrliird, t'lrawlaml.
Hiirkr. Mi ..wrll, CdiUrll. Wilke. Ahe
and Wilaiijra on Ihia aide of the m iuulaina :
every aere of ejrh one can lie ti'led lo adian
tae, anil eiery anii lf of prodiira jiaitls in
fjurll tut market, will liae lo gn (nfejf Uur
I'entriil rai'roAd, From teh will tunr'rura,
wheal, lobareo, hay, mil, rye, fmila, poia
tort, wool, htitter, rheeoe. ic iie.x and lo
ewhln relnro will paai oer llie Ceiilr.il
road all the a.ill. aujar, innlanra, dry good,
ii'., whirh they uae.
It ia no ri igJiTittim lo uppe that the
export' of lln-ae eMiiiiiit, liv the time the ro.id
i rouipb ted, wilt amount lo aome eight or
ten million of dollar, thuir iioporla lo aix
or eight million ; and we know that the
eompletioh of a road thrnuih their miilal will
very aowa uouti.a ami trelilt- Iheir produeliona.
t'la-n air, will the val w.iter-puwcr of the t
Country be turned to account ; and there Will the buaiiica of lhi-e their number would
be a greil urecasion of buine on lh road,! be multiplied and hauling ahorter distance
fabrir going from . the faclnric to the mar-j with more lo do and a in- certain -humieaa
krUof ihe world, and the raw material com their profi'S would be enhanred. Sir, when
ing in. ' the producer i making all those who carry
,Tliiial!ghl view ofthe cii-montaiic trade : ; and trade in hi arlicha can make; when he
and tiler) let u liuik acrow the Blue Kidge t can make nothing the carrier cannot make,
to that inagnifiHrnl and lairy land whirh. ilea ' Now, they share the lose and labors between
beyond I ' Where i a more beautiful, a inocei them; with a better atai of thing thi-y would
grand or iuviiiug ri'ginn t . W ho ran deveribat alure lh profit
it em-hutting nwntry, it ihjtriou cliuate,i And, Mr. Speaker, let mr Hi you ecret
it iMiglilful attraction. To Ihe pleasure- a crrri worth knowing, and one whHi
himlcr, lh invalid, the mineralogist mi I Ih- if generdly kuown, would 'change the emu,
lanisl, it is th't in s: i'tleresliug country in ihe mrnts of many ernilemrn on this rlior in re
world; and all. air, thai it iieede lo ining lo ', gard to lb proposed lull. Th it e'-crei, sir,
it, annually, awannt of uch peopbt, ia the i llii't that the more tou lax a State, up to
mean of gelling there. a certain point, for works of internal improve-
Now,' air, look e.iaiward from lure. We ment, the lighter you make Ihe luxe in pro
hrlml J a vast level, once covered by the aea, ' por ion to the mean of the people. Thi.
an I left rich by iia receding waii rs. . air, is not paradox; end II I nie prorrcd M
Tbi-re i no ot to compore with il iTu't mice, ami with a ery few farts, to demon
sir, the ouly rau?c uhicli bare ruuditretl il ; trate its truth.
si valuable aa an sgiicultnrai enuiury have ' I hold in my hands a memorandum, which
also at certain eeaou rendered it unhealthy. I will read:
It I no disparagement In say the eounlry ia! The report on ih last census shows that
unhealthy at particular llhi, and if it were "The farm lamlt of Iho United Kiaira are
not, air. it would have ton many advantage. ; ad down ainntintiiig in I IA.4.Y7.622 acres
Now the iiibil'i'Htiii ol til ia rich country ; ol improved and I H l.tti 1 .3 It) of uniiiiproi ed;
ate in ill 't habit of leaving in the summur lor 'total 3t)3,07H,0?' acr s, wnrth in the avi fi;'e
health and pleasure; anil at llie watering aIO per nere. Theavemge vi'lue oftho Farm
pj aces of. .Vi''i'tiii-l iiaMrali!ga, ud all lb t bnul of .Maaehirnem li df Wand, lsentr
cities and hailuug place of ihe urth, ihey licul, New York. Nrw Jersey, ami 1'eniin, I
re found in drove Ihn acatteriug in other j ani i aloul .)tl per acre. (New Jersey
Hlatcs much of the uiotiry w hich tbey teal-' hijihesl, I'euriav Ksnia lowest;) u hile Maine,
iie from their exuberant crops, their fisheries New Hampshire and Vermnnt avenge ahout
and forsala of Cypreas and Juniper. ', SIS per artr. Vi'care rather surprised to -e
,, riujiisu our railroad lo lha Tennessee bur j the Farm land of North Carolina, South
waa completed; why the siiuinier limrisM a-i Carolina, (ieori.i, Alabama, Mississippi, and
lone fnli our eastern countira would almost Tennessee, valued ia the arrrJen belovv-55
auitaui Hie ro4iVwlide11iey" would aara at ' per acre. Should the average Ire made in
luast bdf die sums they annually spend, in North Carolina ahuie, I fear it wuuld fall on
gilding bealtli, ami pluas are nearer home, their '
uiotiry in ah ititrnst, rciuruitil-lo l hem inerv
spring in uider for lislt and oysters.
I know. air. that our eastern' naileries are
very extensive- and important among ihei"? "f '! prtipt rty nf lluiiSia.u,aW, per
mosninportaiii "of llie world bit air. giveomil and mixed i and thai to make this a-
u Ui means of getting at them from the up
eouniry, and I'll agio to engag every ahad,
herring ami rack caught in ihe easlem water
rry year al cash price. Ti railroad will
bring the Blue Kidge down In ihe Atlantic
euaca will ba annihilated, and the mnunuin
will dip thir baaea and reflect their tall shsd
uws in the broad water of the Pamlico, Fish
till flulterins. ovsiers s ill hrealhine. would
ba tttrowa mi the Hip id the mountains and
wlnU all your fish and oialer would ihn be
purchased by your own money, your young
iolli and your old pople, your invalids, your
plrasura-huiittrr, your ai-himl-boya and ymir
i.uhe would swarm through our mountains,
and every hill and valley, every rugged ateep
ad fairy delb be peopled in the aumuier
tiionlh with gay patucsand musing loungers.
And, air, this mountain region ia not itn
I i . r I it-t
portant merely a. a pi ice lo go for haalth and
eomforl toto' J"
I mountain
iiiaoi n aiuiia in inv mtuu. uouiiiiuiiik
i i. i. !
rat and agricultural reaonirea, wi It wa-
. ii ,i . . r .i
in mine
ter power to turn all the machinery of the
wmld, and limner enmign t liuihl t; with
rich pastures, natural meadows and insgnif
icam fruit. '
But, sir, there ia nujiher point In which as
view litis matter. 1 apeak of our dtiliee to
tatiwni'n lo Ihe people of thi fair upland
and mountain region. They are cut off from
Ihe market of lh world ; and while their
production are generally of a bulky rhane
ler. they have lo be hauled a distance nf at
least a hundred miles.
The ililTereiiee in freight by wsgriu and rail
road transportation Is Iwd (lious iud per cent,,
or m arly that: lhal I while it costs one dol
lar or on dulUr lilty cent pee ton nf freight
for every 100 mile on tle railroad, il costs
twenty dollar by Wagon,
; Ami, ir, iwo t-in ere a very heavy wagon
lead and for every Ion an hauled, there must
be a good wagon and five or six spirited lows
ei" This i a slow n weH a cxpeniv way
of going to market ; but a very few of the
kinds of produce made can beo Irani-ported,
and the price of these may change live or
six limes before they get thrir destination.
Thu our people have nn inducement lo im
prove! iheir land fand ii i a Lnuliat fact
with us, astonishing n il maybe In) nu, sir, and
In .our eaatern friends, lhal il is harder lo ell
than to make.
We do not cultivate half the kin.! of pro
duce that we Kan raise, in abundance and of
th aniHc t'wl wa Mi', we do not prinluee
th'n Irnth ptirt of the amount thai we would
if we eouhl get il off our hands. This is our
grc.it trouble t It take one half of ihe jcar lo
get nfTwhal we make during the other. '
We will suppose Hint the priee for hauling
by wsifott is lb rents per hundred weight lor
one 100 miles j anij aitppoM" ih'al it will gen
eratty equal in value aeeortlitig lo weight the
ari'u le (if Hour. ;
When (lour sells al (3 per hundred lha cos;
il getting lo market is rxaetly one-fourth of
he value nf llu articl i hauled 1 and putting
i his a the average of aU the exports, then the
crmutrv exporting lea million worth i l"XJ
two.mtliion nve tiunureu itiuueana untiar au-
nn itlv! On twentieth uf two millions Ge!
. y . . . - ,, i -. .1
hundred thousand is one hundred and Iwi nlv
live thoussntl I and this would bo the r ilroad
cost of getting In market, saving two millions
three hundred and seteuiy-lii'e thousand an
nually nf lax paid for the export. The lax
fur five or six millions of import would be at
least half ii nttllinn ; and one-lweuiielh of
litis would br Iweutv-five thousand dollar.
Mow, sir, the routine named ran easily
expnr; ten millions worth suimallj t and this
would nut be an average of inure Iban ftUO.-
IH A an.nnuuint lu tUssiv, lhl. !liie4.ibjt,i
fl.uittj ol ucniciioiat axpuiia, toeit iki m;
ia very thitdy aeitlad, aad -not a atnib of the
productive Jand in eultiVation, Then air,, we
may tafi ly eeiioui that miildl and wettern
North Carolina h annual! v Iwo miliion nl
dollar for waul f internal improvi-menu;
iand in ore yrara tbia would arauuat to a aun
wire at kiiv a llial which, by the help of
mditiduala it at ealrulaled would eover lh
lh Slut with improremenu. Thi ia a
larding eaiirubujoa, but it i Iwrally true ;
every weirrn eouniy, if it had the induce
ment. cohIiI eweily export aa much aa the rich
ami delightful county of llitrtie export and
what the aggregate would l any gvaileman
eaa cypher ihiU
Tke,fmimrtanee,Orange, Ahmnnce, fJuil
ford. Ktokea, For llie, K.utdulph, Dui hIooi.
rtorry. Yadkin, Ahe. Watauga, l)avir. Ro
wan ('.iharro, Ireilell, Alex iiukr. Cleve
land. Caldwell. ilkea, Durke, McDowell,
Kiitherford, Buncamhe, Yaurrv, Haywood,
Macon, lltutlcraon, Chcrtiker, Mad mill and
Jackson, and uitxe liiey eouhl export an
average of t3''X).0() , (and lite little eouniy of
fatquuiank uoc tin,) it would make over
9,000,000. If eiich ia the prcannl amount
of iheir exporta, they pay fur it i,25(l,tl()0;
of whirh, by railroad, they would aav at
Ircl2.l0l.i00; and if they do not nowei
p'rt h. I of I'lia amount il t a I for the want
of mean of getting ui marke'.
f or will it do to ny that a railroad would
destroy the voeation and the profit of wagon
era. Ill aingular fart lh it, ihnugit the
producer pay nne-rouith of the. value of hi
article lo yet il lo market the carrier make
nolhinir. A railroad would etually inerraae
the a erage as low as $1 per acre
- Jn conueciuui. who Ihi statctuenl .1 nny
remark that three hundred millions of dollars
would be a liberal eMimatn of the present val
i mount the land will have to ba valued at au
average of at luast two dnllars ir acre.
Now I will not contend 1 might contend,
bull will not. that a libera' sinein of inter
nal iinprovemetii would bring rp our lands,
10 an avera-re cqtlil In that of I'enmvlvaiiia
and Sen Jeraey ; but I will insist and chal
lenge a denial of the proposiiinn lhal il would
al least treble llie present valuation, bringing
' P l,e 'nJ' " average uf aix dollara per
",fe- 1 ,J"IJIy jl,,;rl ,h;" ,lie "llM
of peraonal property would be trebled I
ought to araert ami maintain that it would be
increased ten fold ill ten year. Take a (in
gle fact) lha coal nn Deep River may be ra
nmaled al one hundred and fifty millions of
Ions a vx-ry low eeiimaie. This may be val
ued at one hundred and fifty millions of dol
lar and la develop thi will require an iu
Jvaoiirm in im.hiw, wnaivcw, inniBca i,,i,a,
, j , of hnt)rp ,n(i fi ly
million, more. Thu. the improvement ol
vestment in boats, wharves, house shops.
i ,..,
the navigation of Ihe Cap rear
' , , , . .. i r ,i .
and a much lo the value of the
would alone
Klale ae aire
ia now worth i and It would le much below
the mark to assert that an appropriation of
fire millions of dollars would bring up Ihe
valuation of the NLte from three hundred
millions lo one thousand millions of dollara
That is, five million would yield seven huii
dreJ millions, being lated al the ratra which
our preaent three hundred millions ' worth is
taxed would pay for til th improvements.
Thus, though the aggregate amount of taxes
would be enormously increased, the rate of
taxation would remain i and these taxes would
he collected from a people more happy and
contented snd a population rapidly increasing
with the pleasure' of existence multiplied teu
fold.
But this is not nil. In audi a stale of
things the taxes wuuld he more equally dif
fused urcr the Ntate; and our rich eastern
friends would no longer have llie sad luxury
of complaining that they paid all the luxe
Nor i this all yet ; for if our -300 millions
should be increased In 1000 millions, our im
provements would become capital investments,
and more than pay fur themtojves. They
would li overcrowded with bksnesa; audi
their income would pay back the cost of con
struction while they would be adding an pro
digiously to the taxable property of th coun
try. Uur treasury Ibereiore, wuuld overflow;
and then, air, wa eou'd add new and large
sams to our Literary FiiniTTarid make arrauge
iiiems for th education of every child in ihe
iStale. j '
AM judicious iiriptovemcnt are ancillary
in each other ; stud all enuihiue to develop
thai chief growth of earth, man, to stimulate
hi powers, lo enunhle bis faculties, and to
minister lo hi happiness.
All these impnn emeu's tend lo multiply
employment s an I litis ia f.icswhica unif tr
ial experience oppose theory, ll wa (nice
thiMialii, and iue reasoning a priori Will
contend, that llie invention of labor lawng
machines throws people mil of rnipl.n ment;
but tuch has ne.cr ycl proved to be th fact.
Take a State without iiniiioveinenis ; tlier-
are but sjne or two callings, and these are a la.
borimis and p:r)r badly while a vasl portion of
.--'.-.l.... .l: ,f i.i fc. : i i
mi niiuiati,ni arc iiinrn on or icu m iiue
poverty. Take any 'ale on earth with many
improvement, and we find an ojieiiing for
every body. We all know that mankind arc
ctcatcd with an infinite variety of state, ap
titude ami necei!i(, meuUI, mural and phy
eieial t and aalcasitnprovrmem open a wide
neiu tur uitersitieit tulenta the major pari ol
in people are leu to pinewllli tutolcraliie lassi
. lul. f dnen off or rust away in ignorance
'"' iiissipatioii.
Jubilates w wImkoV HnpwvrairiW. HRieimtil
j languor e us in enissrulale th pubttc mind
there ia no excitemeht bat in politics, at la
vie and life is robbed of more than '.half, tut
charms. lit a well governed State with in
proiement all i life ami bus le. energy anal
hoji : ev.ery step is quick awl elastic, every
facs is ruddy with lh glow ui health, produced
by virtue-improving lab
The mechanic, the erictrlmrist, Ihe inven
tive geaiu. Ihe malhcraetrcal genius, Ihe engi
neer, lha gardener, the pmmologial, the man
of cab-el a lion a. the tradesman, the mariner,
the chdar, poet, historian. Schoolmaster and
philosopher, the adve'lur ius and ihe timid,
the stroof sml the weak, the coarse and the
refined all find emplo; mrnts auittd to their
several lastea ami caoicitiis, all finJ their
right level, and all fall into and carry oui
Uie law of their nature, and thus are happy.
Thus. ir. our fueling of pnJe for the hon- j
or and indejiciuUtiiee of our cba'.e ale appeal-1
d t our ene of duty legislators I ap-,
pealed to bv the absolute necessities of the
people; while roostileratioiis ol a Ingti moral
and philosophical character should press
home upon our miller judgments, snd lifting
us above the amoks and dust ol party, above
Ihe mire and filth of demagogues, above the
paltry considerations of place of office, place
us on that statesman like elevation whence
we can view a magnificent panorama, needing .
but our voice Ui become a gloiiou reality.
Th mean are easily raiseil ihey w ill fall
liehdy on those lookup to the general good, j
and seeking lo reatore new tile lo llie ener
gira id our invalid commonwealth the depri
vation small snd momentary, and the end cer
tain, near ' at hand, and worth a ihou-aud
timer mote of exertion, risk snd expenditure,
than those that aie uskid at our haul's.
Then, no, let us rie to lite dignity uf
stales men lea us for a moment forget our
petty cares and amies, and march up lo llu
responsibility maktiiir this the brighlett dav
in uur calender, and litis assembly Ihe memor
able one in the annals t iftir Staut. 'A'h-.
! not make a declaration id mdejiendence. am!
U'ollowing in the footstep of those who have
made this way glorious pledge our lues, uur
l.irlanes and our sacred honor to redeem our
' declarations!' A g dlon s stood before lh. in
i the norm that we haie lo fear is banishment
lor a nine from this ball, wlncii many now
a.f ct to regard i s a prison.
I Seven vers ol haul bat.lc, of toil, and loan.
antl suTerina, H l""k gum ol '7ti lo aeenut
! tiluli rtinr! .k of ind peiidi nrc j ol that lime.
' am! a nirrrjroidi part ol tin ir hardships will j
i consummate our independence, and coier :
j Nnr.h Carolina with the lllande of gladne
uiillaidd up oar seaport., drain nil ,er i
j swamps and her miasmas together, ditch ort
i and hedge in her wuio eastern champaigns,
I com eit the sedge on her upland hdh.lo blimli
! tug orchard ami "olden harvests, people her ,
J blue mountains with youth and beauty, tote :
I anil pleasure will uae ihe silent echoes of;
ihe romantic Catawba wilh the clatter of ma
l shini-ry,iid etttex llie.xolifcry., Yadkjn will)
I fleets ol ' wt'll-iieilited boats, cause ullages
factories, and cities to spring up on the shores
ol 'the old Cape Feir. multiply the weaiih
and productions ill the grenl Uonuoke, ami
, bind in bonds ol indissoh.tile mtercsr, pride,
anu jliVru.ui. the Al''eriiit.rl.e, llie I'. mili
eu, the Cape Fear and the moiiniatiM, marry-'j
' ing the east lo the west, with a lieh dim ry mt;
each side, with a good pri spcel of a perprtu
al union of hive ajid interest, and a glnnuus
j nlispriitg of bounty, uiaiilinrns and puwi r.
t B'i, -, tins is not all nor half -ibe pian
! Tirooosed look lo the rcdeuiiiiioii aiidic.de-
( peiidence of North 'arolina, audit will c( rlain-
17 Rcenmplish ilu ae ilesiratila titua. li ill i
bring a market lo all our counties ; il wall de
liver ns from our vasal.'ge U Vrtgjnia and
South Carolina, vastly multiply the wvalih of
our people, lessen their toils -and increase the
pleasures uf living. And as I said, this is not
all nor half; when we hate got this lor we!
will have doubled our population, trebled our!
products and tilled the State wilh faelories j
: And. sir, our works will psy and sustain hem
; selves, and they will haie buill up our eea
, ports, and turned all nur produce and all our :
j fabrics in that direction. When lhi happen
: wh. n our agricul'.mal, mineral and. minti-1
' luring resources are hut half developed by a !
I wise system ol iiupmtrmenis, they will make
our Slate a great Klale, make all our improve
j mtilts profi table, and enrich and i.icrease in
j population our Atlantic cities. Then, air,
when all ttiia happens, and it is feasible and
i easily accompanied ; when all this happens.
wh ill have but begun pur great caieer. Wa
will not only'bave acheived our independence,
have broken loose from bondage, but we will
be ourselves on the broad highway to empire
Ws will have the heat port on the Southern
Atlantic it will be the nearest lo Liverpool,
Ihe half way port the dinner place bet wren
Europe and the mighty country of the Ann
ul,! ; and long arms of tbia port will be
thrown out to the exuberinl valley of the
Mississippi. On our coast will be Ihe (treat
Southern City hilherward will come the
wide ond far southwest, and hither will be
driven evin proud South Carolina and Vir
ginia. But, sir, I forbear ; I will not draw the pic
ture which gleama visibly before me in lhal
not distant future.1 1 deal in laetl and nol in
fnneiei j and, sic I am a matter of fact man,
...it. . , ... ,...J : v. I
anu nave miv lime imagiuauon, x ei so glow
ing is the picture which 1 sec ao bright and
grand and enchanting,, that 1 fear lo sketch
it, less some ardent (riend of the Stale
loight iusiiiua'e that much xeal had made me
mad,
" It remains only lo ask what deter us from
realising the hope which we might justly en
tertain f Mistrust of the people fear party
spirit and sectional prejudice! these are Ibe
curse of the North Carolina, We underrate
the intelligence of the people; we gratify
our own narrow views in ruling down liberal
measure and then saddle the blame on th
people.
Sir, th people of North Carolina are nmr in
telligent than they are represented t b in our
Icgislativ halls; and air, th popular heart and
instincts, educated vr not, are uflencr just and
liberal than otherwise. For one, I will trust the
people i and if w would all do it ii ws would
paas this bill by eouiiuun consent and go bom
and throw ourselves lin th generosity tuid dis
crimination of the public fighting fur ou up
holding each other, w would overwhelm all up.
position,
x Fur nn sir, I would try It; I boast not of
ceurscf, but when oonseiuu that 1 am rijcftt, 1
know not what it is lu fear. Iam willing to
nxtke this experiment, to sink ur swim, live or
ill politically, in on great struggle to reiiesin
North Carolina.
And. sir. in Ihi I woold know ao party. I
would b willing w Uy aside all party feeling t
strong partisan a I us, to forget tb nam at
big and democrat ; dereted whig as I am, to
roaleaeii fraternise with brethren on tb other
sKle uf thu chamber, and fenn a new parly anj.
devote uvself to it a party Aortb Carotin,
ians i party devoted to tb inierrU of our poo
pie tu lh honor and wlfar of our childrea
a party o,poed lo ait partie a party M re.
eu North Carolina from dishonor aud puvertv,
and rags, to cloth bar in purple end (oft rwii
ment, and place her high before tb world aa
worthy id it respect, and worthy of th affec
tion and vstisratiun and devotion nf all th peo.
And. Mr. Snkev. I cah f iriretetion in thi
rlso aeetinnal prejudice, that must lianeful.of
tB trmjs-tit ttre wtiman treart, nem wnn
aticisss. Aud Ilk fauaticuna itsiriirgs frous a
good eaus it i a perrrrted virtue, a aobl mw-
uaient rua aasa. , - -
Ik ravines hare ever durlurbed ear legislative
balks it antra im wild and farce earaee aa all
oar enterpn-. ,.j ,f
8ir. I lot soy borne, tb n'aca Where m) fath
er lived and wbere they he buried, tadas red s
thT an by a thoaaawd tiiiv recollections)
and I ra prua-i s asy baase, and of iu pp!,
and I will speak far them earns and creTTWlMr
aad f gbl fur tbesa wbea they ar asaaaled.
Bui. sir, f"T th very reason that I loss asy
borne, I love Nortb Carolina in which thst bum
is situated N'urtb Candina, lb sovereiiw who
guards and protect my home, and whos honor
d ahame are tisrl of my own. 'Whim, there.;
fre, a bill like th pre seel is Wfura aa; wheal
the true and paramount int- rent, of that State
ars al stake, I knew no section, nn east B.r went,
but only V .ltu't'i.,i,ui, on and indiviaib'.,
niv sovereiBii ami Ui t.pe of lav childrea.
Ta unite the Stt snd break down all prejw. 1
dice of section to bring lha east and weal to.
Katner. is turn object or tins hill ; and Mr. 8peak.
r. if onlj thi eould be accomplished, it wbuld
le aortli all our pains, and b th greatest a
chicveinent yet witnessed ia these balls.
Keen fur thi for this alone, I would be wil
ling tu b eacritieed ; ye, sir, if I could but see
seeli .nal prejudiea, that hateful tyrant, die, I
..u,.i in wining to iau also tu rue no mora as
a politician.
But if we eouhl kill it and aim redeem N'ortb
Carolina if we coald paaa such a bill as this,
ami start N.u-th I'aneina im a bright career of
pruspen-.v, glory an I liappiness, tlien. indeed
wi.uld I ni.ist cheerfullj surrender all inv hopes
of preferment, if that surrender would purebaa i
the result, and pruudly die in triumph !
SABBAITl TKAVELMXO.
The (lid School I'reabvlerian colony lo
Oregon, which was formed by Rev. J. A.
Manna, of families fnim Illinois and Keuinc-
ay. ami sianeo ui.ring I he past Mnmer ior
neir uesiiuaiion, nas neen rreentlr heanl
r ii i i ........ .... .,, ,uvniru in in, I'lguKi 111 laiium-
Tiom. I he eolonv experienced (Treat rever-,, . . , .,. . ...
. The company disbanded an t separated 1 Tbn ,r mMT L,", ,n l"'l" P"
S. fore they reached the territory, nd Mr. ! fefB. issued hy Wa-hingtonCity Banks which
Manna anil his wife enierfd Oregon alone. v existence.
The captain nf the company, wilh twenty-j ' """ '
one persons, refused lo teat on the Sabbath; The speech of Mr. Gilmer of Guilford deliver-
and proceeded on their jonrner
ir j.inrner, but Mr. H. '
a. fterward. severely j
as and dcai h, and reach-
sai s this division w
scnurged with si, kness
ed ihe itillry eight days after tfme woo rest--it'.
The resting party vVd good health, am!
no deaths among them.
HIES'IDKN T ITlI.MORE. i
The New York Commercial saw: A let-
A let-
ter from Wasliingloii iiif .rins us llial it is t!i
determination of some frieeils of the coloni-
za.ion cause, to make Fresidenl I i
more a
llie director nl Hie American L iilonizalinn i
Nociity, by the pot m)Kiif one thousand dol
lars. The menibaV of iht Cabinet, oliieer
of the army and ny v, iiielujtug (Jen. ftrott, j
and many other have ahead, contributed.
There can be no thiulit of the sum of tbliiOO '
being easily raised for such a pnrpoae, but , damp, wet weather, "nor winter ha been mild ' IT. S. SF.VATOR.
wa-BUpjmsw-it tatMwraM to -diHrble oe hltBui11 Feceiittr. Ph the nihttd' the- 4ib, w. 4 Arter le fmrth of March n.extvU.is known,
the sum. a whatever il may aatount lo mil l?frBW1 . 'conid.rM ' enow storm, but the ' North Carolina will be represenl.d in tb.
r 'T'Tde, ' r ""' " , """"Inppearanc. of die warm ray. of the sun next ; f 8. Senat. by but on. Senator. Mr. Badger,
grants lo Liberia. Contribution may lie re-! , . ... , . e . . . ,
loi.ted lotl.e Uev. J. II. Daulur.h. Alex-n- . J-T' soun dipersed it. At our present writing, j I"" equally well koua, that th duty Infill tb
uria, a. we hov Jeltgl.tful spring weather. i pl iee of Mr. Mangum, duv.bed apoa tit bt
1 , . . , , , j Legislature, knd that that body niiled to sleet
COCNTKBI'T'IT. I fOKK, lone. I'nder uur eenati'ution the Gurern r.
We were ves-crday ho., a e mntere-ii ' The demand for rt.is ne.5e-.sarr article i. muebj'sos no power lo fill the post This is to b
-J!l hill on llie Commercial Bank of this town j beyond the supply: Engagements have been regretted, oo soma accounts, especially in view
(says the South Carolinian. J The note has : made, we undeisiand, from JO 50 to $7 50 per!o tb important matUrs which way Im broaght
a vill
nnoiis bmk, had pr per and ba lly
tel. I he bean ol tlie vignette runs mm the :
cuiveu line ai uie mp oi me mil 'ioiumi'ia,
SimiiIi Carolina." The eivnsture of the
Cshier and President, J. A. Crawford and
A. Bl-anding. are evithenilv written with the
ame ink. The word "Twenty,' on the left
haul lower corner of the bill, is -cry much
Idurrid.
WHAT SAVANNAH IS DOING FOR
RAILROA OS.
The City of Savannah Ins subscribed half !
a million to the Savannah and Penaarola : political subjects introduced, it is difficult to eon
Railroad, and now, Meaars. Screven and ! .eive how thev coulj have moved on more rapid
Roberts, who are canvassing the citixens for , , 5 , rotiew of , j , u wi u
private eubserimum.. report .lock uken toi. , ... . . . ...
the amount of fSttO.i'OO, making in all, the
sum of 4800,11011 secured, by Savannah, lo
the I'ensaeola Road,
NECKOns 1 CANADA.
Some of the Canadian papers are taking
ground against the influx of negroea into th
Province, viewing it aa a preaent injury to
their property, a drawback lo their social
progress, and a aource of much future trou
ble. Al old farmer, about the time that lite tem
perance roforin waa beginning to exert a
faithful influence in the country, .aid lo bia
newly hired man:
Jonathan, I did not think lo mention,
when I hired you, that I think of trying
to du my work tbia year without mm!"
How much must I give you lo do without
ill"
"Ob," avid Jonathan, "1 don't care much
about it, you may give me what you
please. -'
"Well," said the farmer,
you a abrep in the fall, if you
"I will give
rill do with-
out.
Agreed" said Jonathan.
The eldest son then eaid;
Father, will you give me a sheep if I will
do-without rum!'
Yes. Marshal, you ahall hare a shep if
you will do without.''
The youngest son, a .tripling then said:
Father, wdi you give ate a sheep also, if I
do without rum."
"Ye Cbandlrr, J on shall have a sheep also,
if you do without runt."
Presently t Imiuter apeaxa again:
- "Father hadn't you belter take a
loot"
Iheep
Swollen month i a malady which some
time attack ahole flock of ahecp and be
come quite fatal. Mr. Mortal Male that be
haa had Ihe disease in hi flock, and cured it
immediately by mearvng (he diseased tin
with ur.
The Rev. Bdhop Ante, of ihe Methodist
Episcopsl Church, eailed from New York on
2Uh itist., ia.' the Illinois, for California.
W. iV. Axpihwall, IUq-. President of the
Pacific Mail fcieain Ship Company, ent the
Bishop, . unsolicited, free tiekeis for the
through paaatgc, accompanied by a kind let
ter, f - ' ' .
t ...I i -
f"P' it i estimated that at Ictut a million
and a half of persona w th Wellington pro
cession. . The tilling accommodations at trie
window. and roof nf the various house oo the
I me served for about 300,000 or 800,001). The
Queen ami her children looked from St. Jam.'
Palace. The Ainericau M ini.ler joined par
ty of hi countrymen, invited by Mr. Peahody,
loihe London Voflew Hmiae, which i ilna
ted within few hundred yanU of the Cathe
dral. ' ... -
dCialaal eaaMt!AoeaiaiUtwrer4 albe, State
rilUne'a.
TJ1E STAR.1
1 mA
VUJP .;. sr.
Ar7T --i.'v-
Librrtittl istalt xoIbb.
ALBXOH, Janaaxy 12, 151
V. Ik, PAI.MRR, lbs Amsrivsa Xeavpaper Afenl,
is Mc i.nv aurSoctauf' A'tnrt, tnr tfatfl iwiwr ta U bIUm
of ll..t ,ii. asd New Vmk sdJ alsu u uas rioeial
arvst to PhilsdelMs. sad ia tal, empoamd Is take
flveniaeairnn ami aahieripiiinis lbs rstrs aa roir
d by os. Uis neeipu sill ks revaraVd a, psvwieeia.
His nltrea ars BOSTON, eVdlav'a HujUbar I KEW
TliRK, TobaavllatMiag,: HH I LADtLelllA, S. W.
Corasr Third ilJ rhcataal Pu.
fcsf" The electiun of Municipal officers fur this
City will inks place on Mm Jay tb 17th instant
" vte are indebted to th "Standard" for
tb debat ia the Senate nn nor first pan
,
We haw omitted hcretnn.re to .hi. tb.,
President White if -Wake Forest College, has
been unai.imo,!y re-elected to that offic. by tb
Trustees sod that b. has consented to rsmvn
g We mart miiTi our ,., n0, to uk.
',.. w..l. i ,u. re . c
1 in Ibe Senat on th Internal Improvement
Bill, will be read with interest.
. . .
prR CITV. '
It is gratifying to us Pi witneas th evident
sijms uf iinprorement in our beautiful City. i
Mechanics and tradeame- to be busily en. :
gtigsJ ' remunerating price. YTb first of ihe '
CEsd ' remnneratinjf priees. '.;Tb first of ihi
year, exhibits not onljf the uaualj but increasing
demand for hooes. nnil-csnts se bth. Wehave.
..,m l ,.. ... ,i. ,i,:,
ant prices. Men servants command readily
i 125, and cnoks and house maids from 40 to $T5.
-""
THE WKATIIE".
Xotwithstanding the unusual prevalence of:
execu-(hunJrci. Onr roads are in such bad condition, ,
that but few bogs bava arrived.
THE LATK LKGISLA TCRE.
y There appear to be a general disposition to
charge upon the Inst Legislature, a fearful dore
lie'.ion. on account nf the length nf time consom
cd in th session. We have no apology to mik.
for the w isle uf time and the forcing into tli
few list davs of the sosiuo so much important
Iiasiiiess; but wbea we consider th close party
complexion of Ibe body aud the many exciting
. - T
About the usual aumberof Act hav been pass,
d, and but fur tb failure of a few important
bill, it might bar boon considered a profitable
Session. Cnfirtunatsly for th Assembly, tb
numerous private bill which might bar. bean
eaaily and properly disposed of at first, war de
ferred until the last Many of eouriw were bur.
ried through in a erode slate, which doubtless
will require future legislatioa to parfeet The
sould not wall b overlooked, a they involved
so many local interests, snd consequently thsy
interfered wi h the success of measure of mors
general importance. In future ws hup tb body
will do bettei in this respect Let thsm first
consider and perfect th privat and local legi.
latioa necessary, and then basing lan decks
aad a wid berth, tbey aaay pat la ship to sea
and bid tb storm.
TAB WITIGS OF TUB LEGISLATCRE.
It Is a suujsct of frequent remark among our
Democratic friends, thai the wbiga ar poor
manager. There i too much truth ia th r.
mark, a th history of lb past in this State
will .bow. Tbey ar Mldon guilty of party
trick. Mnnrevuriog an d Iricksry form no part
of their creed; and a a general thing, they
ar mere novice at such a game, when compared
with the Democrats. But there ar time when
tby out-lterod He rod. When driven ta ds
peratioa by th relentless and domineering spir
itoftba Democrats, they display considerable
generalship. Such wa tb ease during tb late
Legislature. Though ia the minority by odds,
incapable of moving a peg under th application
of strict party screws ; yet roused a they wr I
by tbe atyust and illiberal demand of their
opponent, they rueceeded ia carrying every
elsetioa ia wbieh Ihey took an mterswt, and ac
tually accomplished more in tbe defeat of the
Democrats, than thy eould have doa perhaps,
with s bar mvjqrity. We have el)om aeeit
tb Democrat so .ore under tbe infliction of
any punishment so well merited. Let them eaaae
thuir ravings. Th Whig ajar Ihsot " g ws, "
but they dwrrawit all of It,
ME.SSUS. SAUNDEftS AND S1IEPABD.
These gentlemen it appear, who hare hitherto
been regarded a leader ia th Democratiu
ranks, ar about to be read out of tbe party far
th unpardonable offinee of having boon voted
fur as U. 8. Senator. Tbey ar charged with
the capittd arias of having defeated the Demo
crat iu aa attempt In misrepresent thenod Old
North 8ute in the V. 8. Senate. Of th Dem.
ocratio nuauuee Mr. Dobbin, we bar nothing
to Say. If our Stata were Democratio, be would
ae doubt represent bar will in lb national coun
cil! but in tbe absence of euUcient proof tu
oaurinca a of that xact.it tnke as a being
fortunate the Slate that there were found ia
tbe Deioocralio rank men of wdloient coumg.
in Msnmt hi . elrjctinn. A. lo Mr. Shepard,
who U swppoecd to u'eommilW ihirougtiiy lb
b. eatira policy ,? th iJemocratie party, th
charge ai, U, .lth furet . bal wb Gfc
8a.ad.ra aboald be clawed in th. , ,,
ry. wh. o pablW, .a, .pfc.tic.li, ijwrf
lb. .cb.... uf tu Deawxrau j.
UaJ parucalar U not e)mtr. 8och .
- totoOHntUi pj;,, rftbatp
Pn, ai...j.,.p.rl,WB
palaubleor k.t Privat. view. .., U,tnt
turn, of public affairs, aaa4 saccawb la thTia.
thiH-iutiv. diem of tb Osmocratl CkasVI,. A
eieo on becoming a DemocrsJ most bold ao doe.
trine which ar not snJuriMd by th awvirmd
saust blindlj tilluw ia tb. had f th. mUon.
atitutad Ssnbcirim of the parly and work Well
in tb tracM, bowvr gaHiog Ihey may U, r b
disfraacbiaed. But Gen. gaoaier. and iir
Shepard dared to bs wilting to b iuhSt',
when the party bad designated aaetber 1 la
there any baraa in tbat I .
33
THE TEMPERANCE lEMORUIsvu.
Whatever mj b th view rhlMUiaad by
the public mind, a to tb ezf imrg of Mesial
a law prohibiting tbe traBc in spirituous liquors.
It U evident, that th aneeremoniaa manner ia
whih tbs subject was kicked out uf tha I .
Legwlature, can have sootlisr ssTost than ft, as.
boldea tb friends uf retona to press th at 'Iter
"Imo" 1 "P"n pnuving
of ,h v""'i" Memorial hy tb Seaate. will
10 k!o1,e ,he Wh,rt th re,uU W,itt
0,,,J c" u doeate
oi -reiorra win auuer us . to .uaiouisa sueas
against all tatSMfxrsfeappea'a to tb. passions aad
pr.ju lice of th p-opls. Th conduct of eome
of our legislators, whatever may bar been th
sincerity of their motives, is certainly Indefea
sible ; but any undue attempts to pr judie their
Constituent again! them, can only tend t in
crease their boelUiiv. aad um them to rallr all
ith furoeaof tbe opposition agtu-sttbmse.
! Opposed from priocipls, a we bar always bean
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to tms netanuos trams, we eannni o uaoiinaiai
of theabsulute impojseaace of securing the warm
advueacy of tb gftat ljudy of th people in It
support, in order W-iect any panaaoent re.
f- Tiii ae understand to be the ebjeet of
t friends and advocates. Irtt theoa ths
on, in th a ran tenor or thair way, enlightening
and purifying puhlie sentiuieat, and sweMse ill
attend the eff .rt; but let them avoid all bitter
and intemperate expressions, all tareastie and
: abusive epithet. Let lhe,n tnke but ivis
giouad ; ever bearing in ai'ind that they are not
'to return blow for blow, nor railing Cur railing.
before Congress duringjh erienirig two year.
We doubt not, Mr. Badger will faithfully rtfieet
the view and sentiments of the State, but in a
contest involving southern rights, we shall need
all our strength. NuiriericaHy, th Democrats
of the State Legislature possessed 'be power to
elect a Senator, but their diSarai s pr ten led
it. At tb aext snasi.m, if th Whigs are true
to themselee, tbey will supply th lack of taw
Deaaoerau.
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PLANK ROADS.
W ar pleated at tbs growing popularity of
these roads- At it late session, tbs Legislature
passed bills authorising the erection of soaea
twenty new read. Ws wish tb ntrpris all
posaibl success. Just about nuw w feel th
aeed of them in almost every direction. Iodd
tbey bava been found tu furnish tb publie with
tucb facilities for travel and th transportation
uf produce, and withal, pruaiiee each a hand"
sums return to tb stockholders, that w should
nut b surprised to see them at no distant day,
dotting our entire State. It ha occurred to ae,
tbat a Plank Uuad from this City to Faycttaville,
and one to the Deep Rirer Coal Mine, would
not b bad ideas.
UOX. GEQRGJS . BADGER. 'T J
Tbe popera suu tbat oar distinguished Sana,
tor ba bean nominated by tb Prssidsat for lb
vacant judgeship ea th C. 8. Supreai Court
Bench. We ar not adviead tbat any on ba re
ceived a eoafirmatiua of tbia rumor ia ear City,
While th numinatiua is an indication af tb
good judgment of tb President, fur a appoint,
ent in our opinion woold be a bttt one, we
should regret to lose him from hi pwitioa ia the
Sanate at thi. junctor. ',
W1L1INGT0N. f
It is gratifying to observe Ibe rapid improve,
ment of onr sisUr town. If the opponent of
internal improvmnent wish evidence trungr
than the history of Wilmington furuishe ot
their utility, we despair of their conversion.
From a tabl ncontly published by tin Ilsrald
of tbat place, we Uara tbat th export of tba
plica, bulb coastwise and foreign, far the yea
j ending tb (rst of December, 18ja, amM nasal ta
ll, 14,009 67. -
, N. C. MEDICAL toCIETI..' a
We publish on tb Srst pag by rqul, an
excellent address frum a eoumiitw f this Ae
eiation, to th Physician uf our State. Wat
heartily wish th Socioty success in it lwuxUbbt
attempt affect any wholesome reformation In
tb praclioe of th member uf tb medical pr)-,
fossion. , Wonder, if sametbtng of th somcoort
may not be odd among member of the V
profession. . -,i lei it-
TERRIBLE BAIL. ItOAD.ACClfiEST.
We are pained t record, m on the Cth iaat v
tb pasnge train en lb B.an and Mia'
Kail Road wa thrown froa the tract near Aav
a .1 . ,,hankmaal lwnty fuel itt
m '-- , - . l ire
depth. Among lb passengers, wr lb Prcis, . J
dent eleqt, Gen. Pierce, hi tarty ana son. V-..
Pierce' son was lusWntly killed. Mia, I urea
wa badly injured. Ca. P. pd with lijfb. ,
injury. : " " '. 9
Fanny Wright Daresuwnt died in Cioeinnaitl
laat nsnvith.' 8b waa botr known a Fan
Wright, the eo.Jjntor of Robert Dale Ower
the free thinker. ' What must have been ihe re,
saors of bar last momeala, if ah did avb
lived I. Only think of it reader, an i M del ha
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