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VOL XL.
RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1049.
NO. 46,
REMARKS Or J. M. LOVEJOY. ESQ.
Reforf tiik Wake County Internal
Improvement Association
Publithtd at the lUjnrtt tf the At'tciaiian.
I do not think I pan interest this audi
ence, for I know .but little withj respect to
the subject, upon which 1 hire boon reques
ted to Wt speak. I have not read much
about it, nor hive I generally attended
your meeting. . I know nothing of facts
in rcgardfoltail roads. I only know that
rail rodsap4 steam have great power to
build and great power to destroy a State.
And I know that you have a glorious ter
ritory, the inheritance of your forefathers,
which is to lie rniiictl, or improved by this
power. Look at this territory. North,
South, East, and West. Ini!e East, there is
the finest bnd in thr? world, 'interm-ted by
navigable rivers, 'i'here arc pch mines in
oilier part". Look at this territory in the
Wer t7 Nature has denied it only one ad
vantage, a communication by water with
tVe mam of commerce; whi! in other res
pects, the evidence of Geography, land,
" water, fire and frost declare it To tie unrival
ed on the face ol the globe for the habitation
of man. Its latitude is between thirty-four
and thirtv-seven, which i the besffor health,
suflieientlv removed from the racing diseas
es of the Torrid one, and the terrific con
bleeding to death, would you look on, until
his life ebbed out, before you bound up the
wound? Would you sit down contented,
and think him growing stranger, until his
eyes were dim, his lips pale, Until he stag
gered and sunk down at your feet, and then
stanch the blood? Your great men say,
North Carolina is in this condition. Her
resources are wasting away, she is growing
weaker, is bleeding; the constant emigration
which has been going on for "the last fifteen
years, has opened the sluices to her heart.
These flood gales are gaping wider and
wide1. Men have learned that labor is
three times more profitable in the South
Western, Suites, than it is upon the barren
sand ridges, that rjn through the middle of
North Carolina. So sirongly have they
been impressed with this idea, that many
have sold their farms, srtd gone
South, although the Raleigh and Gaston
road passed their very doors. Now, the
failure of this road will increase emigration a
hundred fold, for fail it must, we are told,
unless the central road is built. Rut how
will this event increase emigration? I
answer, the Gaston road has taught men,
who have enjoyed it advantages, the vast
divest herof hernbleproportions,by redu
cing their own children to dwarfs and pig
mies. Were all beings influenced by that dark
and narrow despotism, which subjects all
action to self interest, society must first sud
denly come to a stand, then go backward,
and lastly perish. God must stand still,' for
he works for the universe; the sun, the moon,
and the stars must stand still, for they fnove
by CcM, reflecting his power and his glory.
There could be but one hand upon the face
of time, destruction but one movement in
the universe, death. Leave this business to
posterity! the very idea is unnatural, unman
ly, degrading. Resides, your posterity will
not be here. Other Suites will have your
children: for be assured, be assured, if the
Gaston road goes down, the broom of enii
gTafion wPl sweep with a powerful and
mighty hiin(k' "AJl the wealth and intelli
gence will leave four country, and this part
of the State. You must see the wealth
leave your city, and go to other places of
more comforts and greater ennveniencies.
You must se all your merchants and me
chanics depart! who are able. All of you
who are young and vigorous and can depart,
consider whether they shall run ikto a sand
bank or a swamp. Nature is angrv that
she is so treated and outraged. Nature
loves all, worksTor nil, shines, rains, burns,
freezes, thunders and lightens for all. Nature
is hot to blame for the freaks of the Raleigh
and Gaston road, but they are to blame who
attempted to pen her up in' so horrible and
monstrous a manner. Rut if this other road
is built, running through the Capitals of a
dozen States, through the heart Of a mighty
empire, attracting to itself all the travel which
must necessarily pass through such nil miHpp goes to' 'the wharves of Europe, the I
sumplian aQUe-Nouh.
"VeVt'fff'RortEr Carolina, brings you to the
unhealthy valley of the Tennessee and Cumberland-rivers;
next the unhealthy valley of
the Arkansas, which reaches to the sandy
plains of Mexico: then, th,! Pacific Ocean;
next the Desert of Cobi in Asia, extending
to the barren mountains of Turkey: then
the Mediterranean Sea, the desert countries
in the North of Africa, and the Sirocco
wept uttpc nf ihc fiowfrrop Europe;-next
the Atlantic Ocean, theu the .Eastern part of
North Carolina, which is also unhealthy, and
lastly to the. sand ridsreupon which issitua
ted the city of Raleigh. Thus do we see
..that land, seas, oceans, mountains, swamps
and deserts show that-Western North Car
olina is the onlv great country in the same
latitude, which can he safely inhabited, if
health is considered of any advantage. And
yet all observation and experience, all wri
ters --cm-the subject; -affirm- that th belt of
land between thirty-four and thirty-seven is
the health test section of ihc Earth, tin less
local causes of an unhealthy nature inter-
iiHcreMe, Jjetween tn.e.cOT
bv fire, and the carrying it by horses. Fire j have not "the menm, you have families; rind
charges them one ninth of ihcir crop, to , women and children, without money, are ftx
carrv it the distances of two hundred miles: I tures; thev crow to one spot lite trees. I
luve sold their land anil left the State, who
were receiving the benefits of the road, what
will that same class of men do when tills
road goes (low uf 1 he event will come up
on them like n storm, it will cripple them,
thev cannot move. They must commence
buying horses and wagons for what to trans- j
port their produce to Petersburg? No, to
carry their servants and families to the South :
West"' -''-"-""'"""'- - J
. ..This will takcJpl;H:G all along the Gaston
road, and throughout this country. No man
knows the sweet or the bitter of a thing
until lie has tasted it. Deprive a man of
this road, who has enjoyed its advantages,
and he quu'kly finds lliexc is' something wan
ted, there is a gap somewhere; what is it.
where is it? The Raleigh and Gaston road
has gone down, has it, has it, he exclaims!
perhaps this is only a'mtstake. Truth at
length assert the fact, it has gone dowi.
This man is at first half crazy, likeadrijniT"
ard depri vetl of his dram. He. almosiswpars
at himself and at the Slate, blames himself,
ttve-toftbkimps cery -tbmgy-wii'hest hhwelf end the
much heat; if vou go North, "Vmr lmve toa
much frost. Consequently, the testimony of
. 4Vost and ftre.abw prove not Only 'that the
temperature of that country is the most a
greeable in the war-V-but- that, coll ami
heat are so happily proportioned, as to pro
duce all the grains, fruits and vegetables, of
more Northern and Southern climes. Wheat,
rye. oats, barley, buckwheat and all the veg
etables of the North are there. Rice, cot
ton, tobacco, indian corn, the sweet potatoe
. peculiar to. the. South, aud .all its delicious
fruits, are 'her.'. It rtbai.ndo in fine pastures,
l.ieadows, hills and mountains for grazing.
There you can produce the fine merino wool
of Spain, the rich &leek,caUlof New Eng-
Lnid 'iTintTtm'rniddle States, and all kinds of
stock, in lite greatest abundances and great
est perfection. There is every thing to
please the ear and the eye. Rryoks, rivers,
sweet sonndingstrcains, valleys, hills, moun
tains, pleasant landscapes and flowery
fields are there. God has made it the gar
den, the Eden of the world, and will you these advansnges, it is worth comparatively
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Ill'iniliiw. ,uw ii mi; iviiaiuii lud'i
down the land in Wake County will be
Sute aL'ln? bottom of the. sea,' At la!
comes sober reflection, what am I to do,
f w'h'ither'am T'fo turn?" He turns to his Vile,
he tell her he suddenly finds his produce
Worth. jiat!iing,.Jdial thcy ... raotuil Ji-va, -the.
children cannot be educated. Qf course,
the prudent wise woman calms his passion,
stills his temper, advises him to soil the
home of his fathers, and leave the land of
his birth . Ho does it, but ho does it sadly,
and with deep regret. These will be your
feejjngSj ye citizens of Raleigh,. if tbu, rnud
goes down. Ye may not curse, but you will
In; sorely vexed. You may allege that the
fanners who leave this country, will sell
their land to others; consequently no change
will t ike place, save that of possession: but
in this you are ad!ymistaken, sadly in an
error. There are but two things which give
gillie to land, situation and fertility. If
land is fertile and near a good market, it is
very high; if it is lertile and far distant from
I ma rkrt. it is very low"; if it has neither of
thev arc round our hearts like suiishine
round a cloud; we would-die for them; living
is nothing, we would lie slain a thousand
times, to save them. Rut I mean to say,
can a man who has a family take them up
at any moment, and move where he pleases
like a young man who has no family? Who
changes his situation, as Fortune changes,
and varies his pathway like the. "winds of
hnve.n? 4lfl it j.whom destiny favors, ...lie
it is to whom Fortune reaches out her hand.
He has the unbroken hcartt the clastic step,
strong faith, endurance ami the indomitable
will are his; and his imagination makes the
far o(T to come, all brightness aud sunshine
He is unincumbered, feUerK-ss, free as "the
wild wind. He throws himself into tin
oxeat world nee, and outruns the world.
The world cannot keep its eve upon him
he is out of sight in a moment, crving this
wav, this nv oh world, the goal H be
fore! All these will leave your city, your
county and this part of the State. Hut
many of yiro- are past the meridian" Thie of
lUk; you fUiuiot lave ia leave the iund . ol
your childhood! . You r grand-lailhcrs, jour
grand-mothers, your fathers, and your mo
thers; hrfd ami died hw.'t)litscta;fferrr'
wrap themselves around you like agarnien',
and cling to your hearts like a ghost to the
rum it haunts. II you start to go away,
Time bids you stop, show you his sylhe
ready to cut you down, points to your gray
hairs, points to the graves of your fathers.
makes the future all fear and drakness, and'
beds the far off to come with fire. Your
fejf are upon that section oflife where lh
rmnr it'
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Will you, or will you noWcoustruct a rail
road to this remarkable territory, is the question-now
submitted to your consideration?
a question vast in its consequences, not only
to you, but also to your posterity. If you
decide against this road, your decision must
bn final, final for one hundred hears, forever.
Your most ableien believe, that you never
can build this road, if the present attempt is
a failure. For should the State continue
her proposition, poverty will forbid all ac
tion hereafter in regard to the subject.
North Carolina is not growing rich, but is
every day growing poorer. No one will say
that capital is flowing into thisS'atc, while
every one knows it is rapidly going out,
that the tlecrewe of her capital by emigra
tion is greater than its increase. Texas.
Florida. Mississippi, Alabama and all the
South Western States, swarm with enter
prising men, and abound in riches, which
' hive gone from North Carolina. Then,
why should you put nflf this business, and
reject the proposition ' hirh has been offered
by ihtf State? Do you think,yon hae not
tho means? If. you are not able now to build
this roaJ, when will you he? Will it be
live or tun years hence will it bo when oth
er Slates shall have drained you of your
wealth, and swept all enterprise and intelli
gence from your borders? Will procrasti
nation brighten the future, or add new ener
gy tu. jmmiu h-wkl 'he ,imiwe jHldBt
no hojjejs, no in-Jbccuuiut, ui expectations..
All is tlark andglooiny, and growingdaricer.
Nothing speaks for delay, but every thing
for swift, decisive measures. The State is
rapidly diminishing in wealth and power;
no man can deny it, all tilings affirm it
yntir waste lands, Jvhteh stretch far and wide,
once bright with lifj and cultivation, now
barren and desolate. usBert it true The
pire, then will nature w.irk, then wilt she
have fair play, then will she show you her
hand. Her giants, her steeds of fire will
move through your State, like 'a whirlwind,
casting off with the rapidity oflijliintng be
fore your doors, the bounties of all climaics,
the trrannwii of Hie world, diffusing wealth,
prosperity and happiness around. On the
other hand, if you sit here and do nothing,
statu! still with your hands m jiockel", while
odier States are up and doing, and chaining
their lines ol rail road around you, then must
they increase, you must decrease, they must
drain vou of your substance, and cat out
y our very vitals, must become great, power
ful and intelligent, while you must berpme
miserable, poor, wreicTied lintliiaked. rtreat
events sometimes take-place in tho world,
which bear society as lar in a year,' as it
been the discover)' of the cleetfo-tolcffraph.
the art of printing, but more especially the
propulsion of machinery by steam.
Nations must avail themselves of those dis
coveries, or stop short, in their career ol
lory and renown.
Europe" has appropriated them. She
has become famous and powerful. - Asia
has rejected them. She is miserable and
iiillufknesti. blinded anddazzledhy tho very
beams, ..which, would have ill led her empires
with life, beauty and splendor. Hut what
dors steam? It does wonders, and brings
important events to pass. And will ye re
ject this power, drive this giantess from
V our borders? til vou say to tier, we
dislike your hoarse and troublesome, voice!
our sleep, our tranquility, shall not bo dis
turbed by your swift impetuous temper;
therefore begqne and leave us to our slum
brrs. She ays admit me within ytir bor
ders, and you shall sleep then, more than
now; I will carry you live hundred miles pe
dayvTirrd rock you to---dlcerr "it:-thfr meim-
tuuCj heir you wish topiove vou shall
not "pass over horrible. :xoud-ia . horrible
hacks, drawn bviakd horse w hose swollen
limbs imd "pontine ehest make y ou wiah ..to.
walk rather than ride. She savs to vou. ffo !
' to uli.nn until l-ftuf ti'ivna nm ctiilili'Ptl! I
fchall never fail, never falter; T have feet of
iron, limbs of brass and blood nil flowing
with impetuous' speed and rcststleg power.
(Jo to sleep with your wives and children,
or leave them behind; I will carry you far
away to distant" cities and return before they
miss von. I will do all your work my;
No lahouring vessel, no weary Rail, carries t wloic world, ihoocean, the elements, firo
out ourprineiples, our messages, andpuf love ' attwaier are-hcr Ymir wwlAy' wn-
shall go over to her side. She will -takrt
the riches of those who tay, ami give them
to her friends and supporters, strip the very
clothes from their barks, snatch the bread
f.imi the mouths of their children, blind and ..
curse them with poverty and ignorance.
Is this fancy, or to it truth? Truth! Il
in jjot half the reality. No imagination,
however swift in flight orfnibty iir energy, '
ckij jtjrintihe terrible eri( liifh mul ac
cumulate in a Slate, tmleWit use this pow
to the stnitralinir nations of Europe; but
the Queen of the deep goes forth with them.
Does she traverse, does she sheer off to suit
the caprice of wind or wavo? What cares
she fir wind or wave ? She walks the o
cean like a tyrant, and dashes the billows
from her side with scorn. She laugh in
the face of the tempest, and her dark hot
throat t'tit roars, out burns the thunder and
tilt siorm, which descend to devour her up,
111 . w i t i
now swill messenger oi tne r.ag.c Kcpuii tc, . - . .,,:.., ihe ...me ' w,f
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worth almost nothing; fori will have neith
er of those qualities whijh. give raluc to
land. -V
Who then will purchase this land will
they be men of enterprise, men who care to
improve themselves, or others? No, they
will be men, who care for nothing but to
live, and who wiUbe contented to.live up
on the spontaneous productions of the earth.
i ou iliay think to leave this business for the
SliiilbwS of tig?1 darkly' fall, and ihS 'mm" of , self: "" I " will hiiild up towns, dies anq
existence begins to go" down; your limbs be-1 villages wherever I go, even in desert pia
giu to lose their strength, and your knees ' ees. SI. ep. sleep on day and night, sleep on
their swiftness, and the bounding enenrv of forever. Your old fields sludl grow green
youth is gone. You are climbing lb thun- with ther products ofinduslry and labor.
iler stricken hills of time and death.1 Now I will rive the poor man prrflence, economy
here you must Stay because you are afraid md a strong heart, for I will take his pro
to go.' Andyewfio have riot the means j duce, which is Worth comparatively nothing,
must stay, because you cannot go. Here and bring him back many. ..fliany" comforts
must you live and linger out your days, a- ami luxuries in return, The poor shall re
midst the dark crowding troubles that beset Joiee at my going and my coining, for I will
you, must see the young and the strong deM feed their children, clothe them, educate
part, andtill wealth and enterprise quit ) our ithenr, biiild them-good houses for their bod
capital must see your houses decay, your j ies, and give peace, tranquility and sun
city dwindle to ' nothing the place where. shine to their hearts. I will turn all your
you were born and raised, that place, above water falls into mills anil factories. Admit
all others, the most sacred to the soul; God.nie within your borders, and you shall he
has made it so. and has rooted jl in the heart, jeome great ami powerful. I will do all this
as strong as death, as deep as eternity. Ye'myself; ulcep, sleep on day and night, rifjen
citizens of Raleigh, it seems to me, ' that a ! on forever. Rut this power says, if you ad-
irreat dancer threatens you! that a fearful en- mit me not, I will awaken you with a start,
emy is about to strike, and to strike fatally.
And will you devise no means to avert this
danger, will ye hesitate to give the sum of
seventy-five1, or a hundred thousand dollars,
next generation, may say let us take care of j t0 averl nt Were a hostile foe upon your
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borders, would you sit in your houses until
your throats wefre cut upon your own thrcsh
holds, or would you go out, and meet the
enemy in the open field, and pour out your
blood like men? Now which is the worst, to
be killed by the quick rapid strokes of battle,
or to die tho still, slow, horrible death by
lingering consumption? Were it left to nie,
I would choose war dotrhly dark, rather than
ourselves, let those who come hereafter do
the nms. Yon have no right to do this
Hr.d your forefathers acted upon this princi
ple, yon would ngwbe grinding the axe of
tyrants, to sever your own necks, and for
ging chains to bmd tfnd gall your own ank
les. How mean, hou1 barren is the idea of
acting only for sell"! The hours of existence
belong not to self, but rather to posterity
ami. to God. What is the value of one man,
enduro the torments of a monster, that kills
or one generation of men, when compared j by years of torture. The bloody footsteps
wiih the establishing of a great principle, 0f War are washed out by the next morn
which shall reach through the hearts of a ; ig6 dew, and ths thunders of his march die
thousand generations, bracing the soul to ; nw&y," like the voice of the retiring storm,
virtue, and raising it to that noble destiny, . Hc strikes the heart and it is cold. Rut here
which the laws ol Nature intend it shall ; j. a dawrer. which threatens to rust into your
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hearts, to eat up inch Jy inch, smew ny-mnew
I will torment you with cold, hunger and
famine. Your State shall become a skele
ton of dry bones and rocking joints. Capi
tal shall leave your State. I will drive
your sons away to die in unhealthy cltniiates,
your towns tdiall waste awayryou shall be
come wretched, worse and worse shall grow
your perplexities; other States shall eat up I
your commerce, your wealth shall be giv
en to the cities of the North, your ships
shall rot in your harbor, and your seaports
become the habitation or beggars and fisher
men. A gloom shall hang over the land
heavy and deep, the gloom of poverty and
ignorance. Ignorance shall walk up to your
door as a neighbor, and claim admittance,
shall tell your children, they are his broth
bone by bone, limb by limb, joint by joint.
Will any one bring up the imbecility of the
h'lls and valleys, brooks and rivtrs, the very ; le.rcst of their own generation; for the former
trees and stone
cry nut and
lay this suliji
attain? A generation of men, that acts en
tirely for self is of no more value than?
(reiteration of trees; it is less so, for the tree
leaves its kind in the earth arid Nature the Raleieh and Gaston road against this pro
saiua a it (bond-he."- White- -people whS' je"cT?" That is ho Vno'ar'u'menl, no' cvi
act e jitirely .. Jor eUV iea ve behind them -flr. dencer It lies like a dead giant, limbless,
olation and darkness. They have not left powerless, nerveless, between a swamp on
Nature as they found her; they have been I the one hand, and a sand bank on the other.
a dead weijht upon the world and drawn I Are there large, eities at cither terminus, tO'
it backwards, and they deserve corses, and .give impetus to travel? Are there rich pro
not the blessinir of posterity. Rea?i bitdJ duetive hackxnnnrrirBr ta load "the. trains
tisbr inert,Teptito 1 have a higher value, a with produce? No: they come -emptyr and
more noble dignity in the'universe, than that , po empty. The verv engines seem vexed,
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inai mey are uouig iiuuung ioi mc wuiw.
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proud of her strength and her origin
il.ies her illusion end here; she meets her sis
ter of the land. The two ciantesses shakG
hands and exchange friendly irreetings.
The queen of the ocean delivers up to her
sister, her news, her letters and her messa
ges for the people of Europe. She receives
them and tarries not . She stops not m
the mfirts ol commerce, where tho domes
of power shoot heavenward, but strikes off
for the inland country, where the oppressed
arid care-worn poor till the lands of wealthy
fords and noble tyrants. And site scatters
all along her track, the sons of American
Liberty, who toarjuhr people their rights
and the foul wroHgs which are done them.
She throws off her commands to the wires
tvery-d
voice wrue write, oh Mgiuiung, write Hie
namo'of Washington, Liberty, America, upon
every" door post in Europe!-The genius of
Fulton and Morse is there. Away, away she
goes, North, South, East, and West, through
every country in Europe, casting her dark
and fiery shadow upon the brows of tyrants,
hut giving hope and courage to the oppres
sed . This power is the great regenerator,
thojrreat teacher of mankind. She teaches
Hnan'jverv thing, nrudeuee, Itt'jIirjicjOinr,
torn w- Ilteratu re, ihu . arts and sciences. She
iHTianging the face of society, tearing down
old despotisms and building tip republics.
And how is she doing this? She brings
thousands, nay hundreds of thousands of
the oppressed of Europe to the shores' nT
America" yearly. Mie carries back their
sentiments, their letters and their opinions,
by which, Americ.in principles arc planted
all over Europe, and spring up desires of
revolution and armed tor waf. The . peo
ple are beginning to believe that they are
not cattle mid their tyrants not Goda. The
bits set hard iu their rowtUtv grow-Jvorsc
and worse. 1 he hand that pulls thote busjs
JUteJuiie.M'Jlli-Uuuiuiuu 1 4rWMiOHefr
an awe attached to that hand and a horror
at.sirikmg it oil, but that tins departed. ' tor
that hand is always cruel arid etrfctirifr. tief
er gives benefits, never returns favors, but afc
way demands tabor, pain Tind blood. It
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may be asserted mat tne revolutions ot
Europe answer not the expectations of
Freedom. Hut what did r reedom expect?
Did she expect that one or two revolutions
eouhl burn out the heart of tyranny from
Europe, that one. or two rivers of blood.
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could wusn out tne deep dark stum, which
k thousand years ofoppression have stamp
ed upon her brow? I reudom expected no
such thing, She knows that ler - tree can
onlv grow in Europe from the dust and ash
es of despotism, watered by the blood and
tears of her children. -That it is a ihhig
of difficult culture and requires grcatcaro and
patience. That its roots must shoot deep and
wide, even to the heart of tho earth, before the
nations can nil quietly under its shade, and
and tranquility, prevail in Europe.
Kossuth bar failed, - Hungary" hits" fail
ed. The nations looked on and. saw
the unequal struggle folded up their arms
and saw her star go down. Hut God saw
it go down, God saw it. . And he sees the
plains of Hungary all stained and black
with the blood and limbs of his children.
Rut does God sleep, has God forgotten the
Earth, shall injustice and wrong triumph
forever? No: for every drop of blood spil
led upon the fields of Hungary, an armed
warrior shall rise up, millions shall there
come forth, who shall pour out tho anger of
God upon Europe like a devouring fire,
hurl the bolts of his destruction, all death
and lightening, until tyranny backs out from
Europe, like the freezing darkness when
the sun m f eclipsed, tuid tho tree of Liberty
is planted upon the grave of despotism. -
Rut to retirn to our own country: Will
you reject ihis power? Ye dare not do it.
She bids you reject her at your peril. She
is strong to build up, strong to give life, but
she is also strong to kill. You are struggling
with a terrible monster. She has her hand
on your throat, and hid you say no, if you
existing in other States, to prevent them
Irom drawing her blood and eating up her
substance. This power seemsto bem great '
friend, hut is an enemy not to be endured,
not to he (rilled with; seems Ui out devil the
devil hi nisei t, in atrocity and cruelty, Sh
takes from you your clothing, snatches the
fijod from -HftHouih!r Wind and enrse
your children or seduces them away and'
makes them work for herself; and yet sh
is not atrocious, nor is she Cruel. She works
for the world; her armsare long andtheir
require a broad sweep. , Can she prevent '
their passing over your State, tearing-1 ytmt-hmines-dmrjrand
vastirnonrTmlwtnriraf"""""
i our wealth, your produce, your younjf
men run after her. Is m ta Mtmff. or- n
tfiirnrTF
is Fid ton to bl-tmo, for arming Such, ft , tcrnt
bhvmontfter against North Carolina? Neither?
of those are to blame;- but yon are to blame,
if you reject her, and must suffer the eon
sequences of your folly,; Hut vou must
remember if yon make this power your en 3
emy, there are three things which make her
different (nyn all other enemies. - First: she
can kill rou while you hnve no weapon, hoi
can havtahyA with which to defend your"
selvesr' Heeijdry.Bft',nr!,iiril1 nyttipathlzB
with yonj, no one -will say she does wTong; "
thirdly: you yourselves cannot say she"
does wrong. You must see her rob your '
children of their clothing, snatch the
bread rotu lJioit.mauih3.hUttLjnLMft
them with ignorance, turn them out into tho
winter and tho storm must see all this, and
still think site is doing right,' fold nf your
arms, shut up your eyes and say nothing.
AffainxAppeople naJliirjsJian neoplcJ
mr proplerwb ether TWTngerbnTbsTOUior
christian lias the right to reject measure
which olevale the masses, or improv-4h
condition rrf thrrponr.Tht3 power is tho
great friend of Ihe poor. . bbc. makes the '
poormarr neb, am! th Ttefr fnai-rtcher?s"
She is the great teveler.hutTdorays leveU
up never levels down elevates poverty ;
witlmat ucmeMuig w'caltli. ', reru.ips no
erty is no evil; perhaps the ignorant poof
are nothing, ijct us see about it. 1 lie world
says they arc nothing has said it for six '
thousand years. Tho world must be be
lieved. Let us believe itagree with (lift
world that they are nothing have , done
with argument let death decide it. See death i :
how h scbret all classes land condition of ""
men, slays them, throws them together,
strips the worldly gear from their backs,
and lavs them in one bed! Death decides
it" Ha is impartial, uses all men alike, ta
stronger .than argument the ignorant poor ;
are something. Yet no one Speak for them,
no one cares for them, but death death ,,
and darkness. Death cares for them. lis t
stills the rage of their hunger, hushes their
stormy hearts, takes from them their rags. -
wraps them in his own garments, lays them
do wn upoti tltehosom-,.iil.tlie .earth the
sweet motliorof mankind and leaves them ,
there to God. Death cares for them. . ,
Darkness, bight cares for them. She hides
thein in her solitary caves, visits them , in "
their lonely prisons, bars out tho sunshine ,
which sees their nakedness and their shame, -
and throws around them the gloom of her
own garments, when hunted to death hy t
the law. Darkness cares, for the n death ,
cares f'r them death and darkness care
for litem. Oh! darkness, night Titanic,
unborn giantess, who dost gather all nations 4
nndcrthy far reaching, impalpable, wings and '
dost hover over them as still ind silent as the .
grave! what do the ignorant poor of this world ;
suffer what do they suffer North', outh t
East and West in Europe, Asia, Afritfa, A.
merica w-Tiat are they sufleritf In Trolaud,
where tho dying feed upon ihe dead, where
death slays faster than time can bury, heaps
np the slain by tho way-side, while the sunj
pours ids hot, dark vengeance down filfinj "
(he air wiih the vapors of destruction like a
cloud giving teeth to the laws' of the pcslf- .
1 ' i ..? .-.!. .j
n ut r- nun icmi w 111s irv illi lHiuu iwuiu.
ers "arid his sistersrthat her-will drinkTlaroJSa-vit,JsyJLa!id she will strangle you,
people who consult for nothing but the in-
lli s, i.ruilK!1 -ill-! line, to hij ; .... w. ... - .. . .... - - e -n
tone., could ihev speak, would ! leave their species unimpaired, while the , ty miles per hour, as they
I swear it true. Then, why de-1 latter attempt to degrade Nature, strike at jhere they limp along, stop,
bjecit Should you see a iujii hex heart, hack and hew at her liuibs, andcbnsiikr! What do they
Instead of rushing along from twenty to thir
ty miles per hour, as they do in other States,
hesitate, consider;
consider? Tlicy
and sleep with them, that he will lend them
through caves of darkness and dens of
crime; that he will blind thein, strike out
intelligence from their eyes, and blast out I
the rose from their checks like lightning. j
The propulsion of machinery by steam was
the work of one of our own countrymen 1
Arid by U we have paid Europe the'" debt
we owed her, and more than paid hers, so
that if we owe Europe much, she owes us
more. She has given Us pleascut books;
we have given her great principles of gov
eniment, aniLlhe useful rUfc-- If the soul
of lier hards is here, the spirit of Washing
ton, the genius of t ulton -end - Morse are
there. It is the arm of Washington, that
strikes on the plains of Hungary, Piedmont
and Italy. ; Far away by the rushing' Poto
mac, the world's great Liberator sleeps
while bis unit-it is buildinir un reniililiei on
I - W I - i
the banks of the Rhiiic'aud the Danube. I
that hand; it is iron. Wrencft at that hand;
she is strong and you are weak. Wrestle,
struggle with her. She has feet of iron,
limbs of brass, sinews of steel and outstrips
the storm in her gourse. How will she
destroy you? She will not be within your
borders j will not go Uirmigb. them. - Rutss
she passes by them on her lightning track
she will stretch out her hand from the
mountains to the seaboard, and tear your
houses down, throw up your'ships high and
dry, to rot upon the sand, rain a blighjingTnil
dw upon th land, iww it with the dust-ol'
destiuction, destroy your cultivated fields,
turn them into deserts, and plant them with
thorns, thistles and the yellow broom. She
will entici the young men from your borders
into her own territories, and add them to her
other allies, and tl.cy are many. All the
stales, North, W est and South, are hers the
There - is another power which cares for
them, this great, this mighty power, which .
strangle you by years of lortureTTV'rcncrraty
from your borders. You sre called on to
make way fur this power, to build a road for
her to the great West, whither may emigrate '
the poor and the destitute from every quar
ter; where your sons may go and selUo,'
whether they are doctors, lawyers, farmer
orJJachaii.4ri go, ..
South? Because they can not live hereV But"'-
do they livajherc? Every paper announces
me ueawi ot some one irom iMortn i;aru
linn. In the sickly climate of tho Sooth-westJ-ern
States', Mobile, New Oilcans and . all '
the South-western Cities, are 'full of youn'
men from this Stater" But how few bfihem
ever return! ' Disease, death om poverty f
prevent it. Poverty, say, Tot 'hut few of"
them grow rich. Arid why do not the yourtjf'
become rich among strangers? It taker ten'
years to establish a reputation "and 'charae'
ter, and by' tMt time they die. No man shoulJl '
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