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. (.. i il. ..!! i...., 1-r i ' .i; ii...r. :... !'" "lK"? a. j-i.;., I BUiii-itn-4 yrt w h'i the uniiitti-ts of tint suhj -ct, and impor tant will b.' the frmll nf ilia present d.-liberalion, lhat I M bound to deliver my view and opinions. In my judgment, B.r, there ha len no question, hi fore, the uuta tif in.re i.iiporUuic J l)if do J believe tllTa Ct be qu.ji.tion prernld in Which the true iutsresUof . lrulm. ar wtN deeply Hvlvl, thau. in 4I1. hilt aoW before u. '" , , I am, sir, in favor of eiiendinj th Central railroad In the fcarUir of Ik-unfurl d 1 aro. (or voting wffi. bis .eterpiisins; iudividiiala to aceomplish this Work; whatever he the imuum required.,. 1 am etili more in favor of extcuding.tbi crest Central road lo the Ten. nesses line, so -as to effect steara communication be tween the capacious and coinnvaJious Mapnrt on -our Atlantic couat, aud which haa breu ao well described, and the teemiVg valley of the Mississippi. I anvleo for eumile4ins a work that ie already commenced, to . , .... : : L' ir w ill's nil yet ; increased to lOiA) mill A.jrtli "i1.lv (tie found m Ur..v, llins ft-..-ii.riii in oth- I er btntca much of the money winch, ihty rcilii from their exuberant crops, their fisheries and forests of Cy press and Jumpers " . .Snppusa our railroad U the Tenn'eaaee line were com pleted; why tlie auminer Uuriaufrofif5'urtern couni lie would almost ausuiu the road while they Would aae Waat half the .u.n the, ped. j,. wmi to inrr fund, and luuka arrange f,.r if ...if 3-':) i..U; b'!J 1 mcrenK'tl to nii.uoiis, our 1114.10.1.1.1.11.0 .... ... come cujiiiul investments, and more than pay for them selves. They would be overcrowded with busmi-tis and their income would pay back the cl of construction While they would be adduijr. ao lirwliniou1y Jo the ta able property of the country, pur Treaaury, therefore, inf health and pleaeure nearer home, their money, with Interest, returning to thsm every fpritff in orders for rum aiMoyawM, ..,--....-...-. 1. ..-.'--r- 1 auow, air, inui our eaern iwinm . teneive and Important amrmv the nioet important in the world but, air, gire oe the mean of gettinf at therofrorn the up country, and I'll agree to engage every ehad, herring and rock caught in all our eaatern waters, every year and at caah pricea. The railroad will briug the Blue Oidge down in the Atlantic apace will be annihilated, and the mountain will dip their ba- wV.lto4itaueiitftn!naiwn PbrnfiiBuT"' Fih aiill flulleritiir. oveteri etifl breath- fiver work" whc omtplemro writ at tn tbr ttev.w ; - ,,,;,. w .hn...... ihi ioni of the m.rtintai'na and opment of the inexhaiwtible coal field which border M your fiA oymen wuud lhu, uurohaHl VDUM lb .... ... - . . .1. . mr...n.: 1 am bfcewaKft r, on ivo ut tmpruviog tn uih iuct of Ihia bill aceomptiidi I 1 ho imateal acnieTemeiii rci --- -m 1 j -l.a J .1 - ,.,U- .AJ nw nd 1 - . . . a... r... )... .L.n I Would be wiUintf Uite winnvT ortrranr s i mci i .mbh iih luaT-iin uw w -. nienta for fhTduCauoa of every child ia Jlie8tate. All iuoi.i.u inioroveinenta are auxiliary toeachotb- Ut f ee UeiJite 4a develop 4l,t0; ehief Ti)Wlh of earth, man, lo stimulate hit powera, toenaoie m now tie, and to miniate'r to hi happinee. All the improvement tend alao to multiply employ ments and this i a fact which universal experience af ford to theory. . It was once ihouiht, and aome. rea auuing priori still contend, that the invention of labor saving machines throws people oat of employment bat sen has never vet proved to be the fact Take a Slat without improvements: there are but one of two" easlt ing. snd these are larjofJoO and pijrtadryi whileavart ,j tk. nnni,iii..ti ra lrivn off or left in idle pov- . tr - - 7 ... . and Catawba rivers i aud I am honetly of the opinion that these various Work added, a i proposed, to those completed and in pmgreM, when they re all accom plished, will c.inlribute to the proaperity of the Slute an amount eirtiipar. d wllh which the propoaed appropri ation will dwindle into annotate, inaiguilicaucc. Thi i t lie opinion which ( art out; will any one dare to dispute 1ie general proposition t And if the proposition i nundeuicd, what excuae cau be urged for shouldering the ftaounwbility of the nrcewary appropriation? Dut ir, if n one will deny the General pn.pi lion t. .. , ....... r.jk. ..l ..iir ..M 1 -no T.W. nv Kim on earth with manv uuprove ..L.i.tV... .;...;...i-r. ......r li,J.' , n.i.i.: m Sua h nneiunir for every body. e an wnn're, ivui ui.niiiw, i.u. ,.iv. i ... . . . . .. , -- - In word,, it ia too often" discredited in the action of our (n boy and your young ladi,- would swarm through our know that mankind are created with an infinite variety luuuutaina, aud every hill and valley, every rugged of taste, aptitudes and necessities, mental moral and teep and fairy dt.ll, be peopled in umiuer month with , phyical j and unless improvements open a wide held gay partie aud musing loungers. lor diversified talents the tnej. part of the peopte. are And, ir, thi mountain region is not important mere- left lo pine with intolerable latitude, are driven oU, or ' ly a a place to go for health and comfort in the uin- rust away in ignorance arid dissipation. 1 mer: il 1 one ol the richeat mountain rrgiona in the ! In States without improvements a universal languor world, ubiiunding iu mineral and agricultural resources, ( seems to emasculate the public mind there ia no ex with water power' to turn all the machinery of the cilemeiit but in politics, or in vice, and life is robbed or ' wwld, and limber enough to bnild it, with rich pastures, more than hulf it charm In a well governed State natural meadow. a.l iimgrnhcent fruit with improvement .11 .. n.e anu . . ... -,. our fr,el nuiolr, we 1st . nMIl lltT Wlill siwtiowiii ' ' J . uu- ut 1 I.:-'-- 1." ' ' '"' 1 (miy Nukiil t'-iaoLi-NA, '""1 "'!'' "'1 " eit'ii and lite hope of my cliihlreji To unite the Sula and b.eak down nil .prejudice of section-to brinjj the east snd west together ts one ob- n KiiAnirr. 11 fMiiv nit niiui . j'v-' v - j .4' Hut, there ia another point in which lo view hope ; every eye ia i matter. I speak of our 'duties aa dalesmen lo the ' step i quick and eh public men. We have crawled along with our improvements ye, sir, crawled along without daring to make an ef fort lo stand or to w alk. And air, when with fear and trembling we have raised ourselves up fur a moment, from our creeping puslure, we would not trust our strength ; we would sails bold of sdvenliliou aid, and atugger hurriedly from pillow to poet. Now I contend -that we can stand akntj--that we can stand air, and wulk, and run loo, if need bet a fust as our neigh btir ill ill race of improvement. My at tachment t my home, and my State pride forbid me to think otherwise ; and sir, the most careful consider ation which I can give to the subject drives my judg ment lo the conclusions so congenial lo my feelings aud ' to all the instincts Of my heart. Ye, sir. North Caro bsa can stand alone ; and sir. if, I oouhi but infuse my own spirit inlultbi assembly she" should stand and walk and trample beneath her feet ilie scoff of all her stand- , ere re. ! Dut, aa to the question, the grea t qunlion of our abil ity to stand alone: The Beaufort harhor w the best on the Southern At lantic and one of the best iu the world, all admit: all 7 admit its great euneriorMy to the purls of New Orleans aod . Chariestofl and even Norfiak, in many respects ; m . h uthor sna an aan.u also in. eu-Muie neoeHiy b- gres. , w- wi, ;- tht he f(f hoill b w Southern aeaport city. I he prisper,ty,i the U JS ccnla per uuudxed weignt f. 100 uulus; audsup- dence, thedrtrj,t intererfsof thF mth demand this ; (hat itilt SeeruIlyU in value according to and none wril dlay that Ihe produce of the M.ssppi TV h rf fl ' Taney, nmfpumvmfam, wouio. ., , .ne-poni . VV hen flour sells at $3 per hundred, thecortofget- ehivttef eyery fu i ruildy wiib the plished, it would be -wort h ail our puma, and be sateat achievetBenl yet wituessed in these ha l iuld.be willing 10 oe sacrificed ; yea, sir, it I could but esse.onal l;Jj that hateful tyrant, die, I would be w.lhng to faU to rise 00 mors a politician. . '-,",. Bultf wecnultkill K .and also reaeem .iy"' -., ..ia .. ..K . hill as this, ana start iimm Carolina oa a bright career of prosperity, J(W snd hep pines, then indeed would I mo cheerfully Tod'r all my hopes of preferment; if IhaJ surrender would pur chase the result, and proudly die in triumph. From' the African Repository. THE LATE EXPEDITIONS TO ... LIBERIA. ' In our ll numUer, we all.ided briefly In lbe saiHn? offhree flrtu new lirj. ! grant, for Liherin ihe Joseph M XW5i,L.rrMn Wiliningloji, N. C, November 22. with 150 emigrants; the Linda Stkwaht, from Norlolk, Vs., November 27. with 171 emitfrihls. I2 of whom were from A-irgli.ia. 39 from North Carolina, 2 Irom ihi ciiy, and 1 frmn New Jersey ; and ibe Shiblky, from Baliitnore, Noveinlier 27, wilb two einig,ranH sent out bv (hi SK.ieiv. aud 34 ly lbs Maryland Stale Co. n ! .i:... iw' 111 11 1 i he-tllle n.ll.lHl! il...'lft l. ,r,'e eldu.l mir cloivil ..-rii..i..mion iii ibimf social, ie litical i.iivil.'L'e, pronpefiiy and bighest Witbibi consul Httt 1 ;!va! million Irom a iioiiii, auiJ po wbicb .r itfcfj la thf" 0 asiWe- ad va nee me nr. . -thing 4ba fi io uJ til . I a . M si a at nil aa. isvi lo let ii, remain ae U.a nat - . -- .r itiviim "i L. ....... ,ho. separate juriediciiimi and liulnientr in which God evidently drained they should live. They are convinced that the black race in tin country can only be elevaied in ihe scale ol moral, iuielleciual, and H.liiical bemg.by Iran. ... iL. laud of ibeir nattuitr, and freeing ihem from ihe re.lrainis which they ,y airine1... iiMbeir power.t retrieve wha, more natural' than that h. 1 r f ... ..... .nil brine back ihe inPn I,;. ..... ,t.; . iDn .1.:. a.:. . a ...j r..u.n. Thrv 1 l..w ,.f hen ih. nroHiircd bv virtue-iinprovm? laoor. ai cut oiT from the markeU of the world ; snd whila The machanic, the agriculturist, the architect, the their production are generally of a bulky character, inventive genius, the maihematical gemu. lbt; engineer, they have to be hauled in wagon lo market, and gen- ! the gardener, Ihe pomologiat the man of calcnlalmn, erally hauled a dislunce of ut least a hundred mile. j the tradesman, the mariner, the scholar, poet, historian, 'I be diflereiic iu freight by wagon and railroad Irene- school-master and philosopher, the adventurous and the v that: that timid, the itronir and the weak, the coarse aud the ro le, while it cost oue ilulWerone dollar aud fifty ceuta fined all find employment suited to their t" j per ln of freight 6 every hundred miles on. the railroad, and capacities, alinnu tneir ngnt levei.siuu isinuioauu it cot twenty dollar by wagon, 1 and carry out the law of their nature, and ibu are hap- And, sir, two UMi are a very heavy wagon load ; and for every Ion so hauled, there must be a good wagon and five or six spirited horses. This is a slow as well as an expensive way of giang lo market ; but a Very few of the kinds of produce made can be so transported, and the price of these may change five or ait times be fore they get lo their destination. Thus our people have no inducement to improve their land ; and it ia a famil iar fact with us, astonishing aa it may be to you, air, and to our eastern friend, that it i harder to sell than to muke. We do not cultivate half the kind of produce that we can raise ill abundance 5 and of the article that we raise, we do uot produce the tenth part of the amount that we would, if we could get it otTour hand. Thi i our great trouble ; it take one half the year lo get off what we Well, air, we then have these conclusions admitted. 1 ting to market i exactly one-fourth of the value of Ihe U1CU, J ...:. 1,..I.J . I ..:. ikL... ....... ..r.u ... to wit : the capacity and advantages of Beaufort har- ..... , r ..... ,;iil . . ty. u bcondtlisanwurrtcfimiducerte Weatj if crtrterrd -r " fi u3Ld rhud d. JUra anuual- Une twentieth of two millions five hundred ihoiis- . . . . ... ...l inere, so ouna ap an mmense city. 1 oe coniiraiiii?; . . , nna is warning ; ana nature, w a.nu io ua m rn-n, re.- . . hvdnd ,a ,wfll,y.fiM thouwud ; and thi. suaalaa ftaoa ns katwolF msilji ( I. .a a. in ii-vltsi m lisilr ' - - - . -' ..... v........b ...... wol!d thf railroad cost oTgelting to market, saving A navigable river flowing from, the Blue Ridge to lwo mj,ioni Am hun(Jrt, ,IM ..ty.fi,, ,hmhVin3 .27' ,U 1wott'd to 'h" c"7n,erc,f annualltof lax paid tbr the exports. The tax IW five VSrginia. South Carolina, and of much of the Mippi w m rf eUt hfJf , miion valley : towards tin. r,ve .1 the improvement, of the wcmi(.,h Jf ihil would be twetuy-llve thousand nlliMin . '.o. . uuiu mmimij winvni ; Hi ( J n py- Tbu, sir, our feeling of pride fiw tlie honor and inde. ' pen'ienee of our State are appealed to our sense of duly as legislators ie appealed to by the absolute necessities of the people ; while considerations of a high moral and philosiphical character should press home upon our bel ter judgments, and lifting us above the smoke and dust of party, abuVe ilie mir and filth of demagoguea, above Ihe paltry considei ation of place and office, place ns on that statesmanlike elevation whence we can view a mag- ' nificeut panorama, neediug but our voices lo become a glorious reality. The means are eaily raised they will fall fightly bu those looking lo the general good, and seeking to restore new life to the energies of our invaded commonWealih, the deprivation small and momentary, and the end certain, near at hand, and worth a thou sand tiuiej more of exertion, risk aud expendiiurclitan those that are asked at onr hand.. Then, sir, lei oa-riae lo lh digmly of sttesrmn-let i us for a moment forget our petty cares and striu.-, and march up to the responsibility, making-thi the bright est day in our calender, and this assembly the most me morable one in ihe annals of our Stale. Why not make a declaration of independence, and following in the loot step of those wbo have made ihi way glurioua, jiledge our lives, our fortune and our tacred honor to redeem our declaration 1 A gallows stood before them the worst that we have to fear is banishment for a lime from theae halls, which many now affect lo regard as a prison. 8even years of hard battle, of toil and loss, and suffer ine, it took the giants of '76 to accomplish their task of independence ; half of that lime, and a milliouelh part give the name fd those emigrant were scnl by ibis Society, from, which it will be seen that Ihe whole number, in ibe ihiee vessel, was 321,. (eiclu..ie of Marhall Hooper am' wife, who are returning lo their home in Libe. ria.) ol whorn 289 were born (tee, 22 were emancipated in view of emigrating, and ten purchaser! their own freedom of were porch ed by their friend. Of ihe whole number, 144 ueiefrom North Carolina. 7 from Geiria, 2 tlttm the Uisfrici of Columbia, 1 from Penn eylvania. 1 from New Jersey, aiid 1 from Indi. ana. Some ol ihee emigrant are men of considerable intelligence and enterpriz ; and Wt have reatou lo hope that many them will become valuaMe citiien of ih uew Itepub lie, Five while iniioiiaiiei of the Baptist church sailed lor Liberia in ibe Linda Siewait ihe lt Mr Sherman and Wllo ol rhllndelphia must ever leej in mo prosc..u - taee-. In-Afrwa, u- oireo pextpui Jiwy. enjoy m-tlecl .ocial equality uitb those of ibeir own race, and becomenbeir own. legislators, and ihe arbiter of their own destiny. There ihey miij enjoy a climate perfectly adapted lo their cunsliiution. and secure ad-quale relurn for Ibeir labor, nt merely in the form of stocks, moneys, and reul estate, lot al. in the form of lhal influence and respectability which honest labor and succasaful industry almost iuvariably confer. Sut b are, in briel, some .d ibs Unefil which the Colonisation enterprise aims to confer upon the free blacks in our midsl. Lei all, then, who desire lo nflord subsianiial, not mere sym paihelic aid lo thi unforlunate class of persons, give Iheir countenance and support lo this phi lanthropic and Christian undertaking. And let our tree colored people before ihey rejeel ihe friendly advices and offices of ihoe who are tbu eekin their good weigh rarelully the in ducement which are lhu offered lo iheir de sire for social and religi-.u advancement, and Iheir laudable ambition of honor and political power. From the Fayelteville Observer. VVASHistnoN Gosstr. The correspon dent of the N. Y. Express says. Tlifre is n detprminatiar io get nf) S !i i.'-, ,;!. onr r;.f Ihe relloion of.Mt.gico hmJ on,;;'1;1''' whose imereMs are aupnose(i , u with ours. . 1 ' ert u .f. - Nowtf NSpot?rffly- a tn worit )s, and find, En-Ua linn h.rv.l t i . . - . -?BlaRd ... . u hi n state .01 nfsn..'.- I formidable to b .SLPJ,2 orrpirfeglon ordiSifornU t There may be nothing i this idea. k we confess that it i forced um.n n.k.',' foco party. UHiin i. L , 1 arrogant tone of the leader. f ,h. 7 1 foco narrv. ! TUE CAROLINA WATCIlIix TfJlllSDAY EVKIG. limn IJ. Mrs. Crocker, widow of ihe lut ftevT W. G. Cwkevi Wrho, after sli "years' labor in Liberia, died at Monrovia in 1844. Ml. C. alter an absence of a few year from Liheria. is now reluming to her itwmer.field.-of l labor and uo. fulness The following .named miionatie sailed in ihe barque Shirley : The Kev. Levi Scoil, Birhop of ihe Methodist Episcopal Church, wbo goes to meet the Liberia Annual Conference ; the Rev. J. VV. Home, wbo eipeci lo take charge of ihe Meihodisl Episcopal Seminary ai Monrovia, and Mis Reynolds, of ihe same .Lurch.; also the Kev. Mr. Scott and wife and Mis Kieeman, of ibe -Protestant Episcopal of th,cif ban!?bip. will .couaunuiuite oiif .ind the Rev. Mr. Coodman and wife, ol Ohio, and : genrrhl wnr w'iYK Mejico. upon the Boun- Kon, air, an c,.yer North Carolina with the mantle of gladness rmifthjtt tt ,ht church at Cape Pafirt. railroad answer the place of a river T 1 do not contend. .Mr. Speaker, that for commercial . . ftJOtl.OOO. an amount leu than her miasmas toother, ditch off and hedge in her wide realued in the county of Bertie from exports, while Her- eastern champaigns, convert the sedge on her upland tie ia very thinly settled, and ot a tenth of Ihe produc- . hills to blushing orchards and golden harvests, people Uve Hmda in eKivalk. . m lunate that middle ami weatera North Carolina lose an- pleasure wiU awaae me sueni ecnoea 01 ine roiu.n ie tiuatly two millrons of dollars for want of internal im provements ; and in five years this Would amount to a sum twice as large aa that which, hy the help of indi vidn its, it ia calculated Would cover Ihe Hate with un-. : provemeuls. This m a startling calculation, but it ia ' literally true; every western county, if it had the in ducements, could easily export aa much as the rich aud delightful county of Hertie exports, aiid what aha tggre .gutle would be any gentleman can cypher out. Take, for instance, Orange, Alamance, Guilford, Stokes, horsy the, Randolph, Davidson, Surry, Yadkin, ower-. Ashe, Watauiia, Uayie, Kowan, Cabarrus, Iredell, AI- But, air, this is not all nor half: Ihe plan proposed exsnder, C'leavelaud, Caldwell, Wilkes, lliuke, McUow- kaik to the redemption and Independence of Aurtn liir will build up her seaporte, drain off her swamps and j w , k ,hj, mPan, ( f IureSing our grate. - .. . : - I . . ...... .1 1 1. 1. t.W - w. Il ...I m. if, Il ' P WUlA 1 1 purposes, a railroad is equal to a river ; it is not so cheap a means of getting to market, and for very heavy freight it haa iu drawback. tta'ite' mher.si liou mode ; and in this age of telegraphs and of specu-. lations through the let.-gra)di, expcdiiion, speed is often more iioportunl than cheapness : , But, as fir as much of the country is concerned which il ls proposed to m.iko tributary to WilminglOO . aud In Beaufort and Newberne, it can have no outlet to market except by railroad ; and sir, it is an extensive, a rich, and a promising country. In this condition is western Virginia, western North Carolina, western .South Carolina and Georgia, and much of eastern Tennessee ; and of this region I am-, teud that the part embraced iu oOr own border will am ply sustain a ruilruad, will build up our seaports into dttry Line business titthe Marling point from tbo upper Rio GrHnde, hs wdl aa in the mailer of the Trhuftntepec roulf. Where this delermination'is (irmly fixed, a quarrel can fnsily follow. " A great deal of ammunition was pre pared here against the Fiench. in ibe man trr of the allegro1 French encroachments upon Samana, in Si. Dimingo ; but this story turning out to have been manufac tured. All the ammunition has been spoilt. Mr. (California) Marshall was lo have tone into that, out the newspapers- troin New York tllat morning; spoilt that part ' Ol'bis speech. ; . " 'Another project for depleting ihe pub lic treasury, in addition to ihe ten millions Catawba with the clatter of machinery, and cover the j eolitary.Yadkra with fleetsof welt-freighted boats, cause -j villages and factories, and cities lo spring np on the shore of ths old Cap Far muHtply the-wealtlrand prodiic- lion Of the great Roanoke, and bind in bonds of indis- j Jul.le inlenMrt, pride and affection, the ' Albeinarte, the Pamlico, the Cape Fear and ihe mountains, marrying the east to the west, with a rich dowry on each side, , with a good prospect of pepetual union of love and in- j lerest, aud a gluriou offspring of beauty, manliness and ful ackaowledgeineni for ihe ktnd Ireaiment (itf war purposes is a proposition alluat r . .ir- . L. i WW ' . we received irom toe pumic auinmnina 01 ..... , ,Q gjve olie miijon 0 dollars lu the. Hud mington and Norfolk ad the osi.ic vl. ! Satjs nHV COirinfirrv. tnd the Fagrt's Sound ! Company, lo induce them to sellout their ; rights ih Oregon, whteh they bare under the treaty of W ashington. 1 his ptoposi- unteered bv them and ai her citizens, lo enable us lo despatch Ihe eipediiions from those port. From the, Buffalo Christian Advocate.j AFRICAN COLONIZATION AND CIVILIZATION. The cause of African Colonisation h one which e have waiched with profound inieresi for several year past. We have recognized it-is one of tboe greal moral enleipiiae which have for iheir atm the amelioration of human lion, it is said, will be pushed. " Mr. Marshall. of California was Irying today to get an oppoituntty to introduce his Ten Million (War t Plunder? or what Resolution ?) but it did not get. in. It awails a more convenient lime. The lie- solution expresses its.-lf in ihese letms HOMILY. The " IVlersbnrr, I lit ullirn. It lis patrons a short discourse on ibe jubi of raising potatoes, ftom which tteimi the following extract. The editor of J intelligencer is hard down on the farm. ot the oltl Uommion for mting JJonbei potatoes, w hich he says might be prod .1 r ' ea at nome 01 a tietier quality, nn(j J cheaper than ihey can be bought, ;a ...t.l.l., ...... il:. i are thus delivered : " We hear ninnies talk every day of J commercial independence ot ihe SWI and see them every day wiihaYnlJ matle lork. feeding themselves off of Y'ankee made plale, conlaining YnJ potatoes served up on a x ahkee nftade ti hie. covered with a l ittikeejHmte uij hi a i .--r " cloth; anu Ihe very -Yankee madr ttifi whirthey "weir. are hung out lo dry a a Yankee made rope lo which ihcj w ..... . .... secured hy i ankee mitile crotches. Give it to'em. brother Syme, fHet it , t . serve it an, anu more ocsiuys. AMyoi plain talk fits our North Carotin folk well "as your 'own good people of the Qi Dominion ; anil to iherh vre eorarneiid with the assurance that the half is si told. Why. look inlo the tool houses of oil farmers. They have Northern nw ploughs, axes, thing forks, hay fork9,hoi elavbnes. drawing knives, augures, ! g tmhlets, n a ils, sere w s,-h ammers, ettVela and it really appears t hut if it were for the enlerprize and industry ol to North, our people could produce noih to eat or wear, or if ihey should makein thing, Tiaving no'hine to put it in ana where lo put it. -Thelt . chililwti school to iSorlhern teachf rs. and w their ABC from Yankee books. Thei are clothed in Yankee cloths all thedayi of Iheir sojourn on earth, ;m.l arc wrapij p.l in Yankpp muslin w hen t bey die. Anl to cap the who, it takes a Yanliw ll hU thpiir snirils from the spirit If. v,.. . -, , .. I?UJ..I.'U.I Ft, V..1.H .,hC..-.l,n. .mil lu&llK. v.- - . - - -t -i - r;-".irirttn u yuki ii . Kuincnorft, uunomibe, lancjr, M.arwoudJiacuiwju ...u, . .. i and make mem noiu coinriav ... iTl F'JV C i r r "TfF, a.lj ' !- they could export an aver.ee of $31)0.000, (and deliver u. fn.m our vaa.al.frs U, Virginia and South Car. afford a pract.cal oullel and prudenl direction o ...Mar.. no, otherwise aot.ropriated wPinS Southern friends on carta J2 ZZHTctt tZJ liiUc'eoenty of f,H.nk &L thj it woM mdt. ' oli. v.ly multiply the wealth of our peopla. le-on lbai deep and active .ympalhy which ajlenli Hlfi Ijeas ry, 0 " ''' J''; Irimmtasronkhin-thinslbatSosl! ddl .4 w.rn North-taiohB. 4s w,.vvrUy ov,r $J opo ()u0 ; lheirtoiI. diucra tt. ,4r C vi atdlsiposat- -lh-Fr--' - It ft most onr!tlin tDing "S- . :'-r- t - which, by I said, ibis i not an nor half: when we have gut ihia I , , dltatmdiA children of Africa AI. fident, for the purpose of enabling him. ern people are so dependent on the .vmi yJ2Z:iZ heel during the JUf Congretts, to meet j ,t owng i,eo,,woc. thWorldr iwr ie lheotln and, tobsnco fvtnds eul f,f u, to work will pay and sustain themselves, they will have j unoslenlatiou and comparatively noiseless yet I 8UCB exigencies as may arise out ol IhOSe wj. . ,nft ove 0f ease, or the use of W to the hcc,.land.on the HtaiKuk or the ctoa luda Nr n to wy ihat a railroad would destroy built np our aporta. and turned alt our produce aud all ,,,. have iriven indication (rfquiesceiil .trenglh ; momentous subjects connected with the i " . . .... coff Ur.renoUren wte. -no desert and not evv- the Vl,ca,ion nd lhe f wme It i. a ainp- our fabric, in that direction H hen th.S happens, when , J ,jca rfflcifneY which pre,agft ,or j, an olh ot tjfi earth, SO liable.on ac- "temmeu p.peB a,,u . -. IrTJ.'J.'SL :L7..v 5 - thseer .pay.-- fimh - .-.,1, m,. -saamrfket . ...',.,, JuA ,.: ',v Thm , ,h,j .,,.,.., An,i ,,1,,,.. tohacco. If the former, it islatiw. J ..v J - - ..i.u . .f ....( . .. :. . u . . .1. . .r. hi., hull f1..WML.(.il hv w.sn .vil.in . .. i.nnr.M.. " '" H ' J vuui.i. ui .11.11 v . . .v , .very where Ihe climate ia suit.-d to the growih of all the productions of ihe temperate (ones, and every acre f oi cibl ihe'-very' -highest tot of tnr proveiuent. And all this, sir, is an ad.liiiun to the water power, Ihe cheapest and most abundant in the world ; la addition to the gold, the lead, copper and iron wi ih which all our hills are enriched in addition lothe inex haustible stores Of timber, and the many natural vejre. table productions, irouorianl fur medical and household IB tn secono piacs.ms i.ue co.i.ury is buiucu a population votiatfy (food and iruproveuhle. They ore the most hard working and economical people in the world ; long accnstonicd to hardships, for lb want of a market they have learned Ip shift ia all sort of way, to economise, aud to turn everything to the best account. They are proveibiul for sobriety and morali ty their inoustryr peraevrraoee, and energy, are not aurpasa. d. la the third place, all the productions seeking a mar ket from this country, Would be compelled lo lake the railroad J there would be no rival route. Oar eaatern friend come fn.m a highly favored coun try in some places eYerX,lan , i Jij wu , shi.pcc ikousand creeks, riven, sounds and inlets. When the iron rood penetrates our upland regions, it there will be no other outlet to divide make nothing. A railroad would actually increase the business of these their number would be muUi- nlied. and haulinir shorter distance, with more to do. , in p)pnratkm oar Atlantic cities. Then sir, when al and sure, certain business, their profits would been-' this happens, and it is feasible .and easily accomplished hanced. Wr, when the producer is making, all those when all this happens, we will have but begun our who cairy and trade in his article can make ; when (treat career. We will not only have achieved our iu- he can make nothing, the carrier cannot, make dependence, have broken loose from bondage, but We Now. they share the kisses and labors between them ; will be ourselves on the broad highway lo empire. --with better stats et thing they would shore the f&f$ ments, they will make our State a great State, ai .ks plishrnenl of it greal and philanthropic pjrpo ull aur iiiiprovemenls prohUUle, aud euruJi aud mcr case . it will be the nearest lo U'verpuol, the half-way port. And. Mr. Speaker, let me tell you a secret a se the dinner place between Europe and Ihe mighty coun- crel worth knowing, and one which, if generally known, try of the Amazon ; and the long arm of thia port will The primary object of the Colonization move ment is to facilitate tbt return of lhe free ne groes of this country to Africa, lhe heaven ap pointed hoin of lhe colored race. luconiirc lion with this object, which ha special reler- W miaMtt'h poath Southern Atlintieoce io he-4aproveniet of the condition iif Ihi r. -i, t . ... r : . .. . L . li . . ' ... . would chung tho sentiments of many gentlemen on this floor iu regard lo the proposed bill, 't hat secret, air, is this: ih.it the more you lax a State, up to a cer tain point, for works of internal improvement, lhe light er you make the taxes in proportion to the moan of the people. This, sir, is not a paradox ; aud let ine proceed j t once, and with, a very few facta, to demonstrate ths ; truth. ' I hold in my hands a memorandum which, I. will read : The report on Uie last census lxw lhat " The Farm to 118,457,621 acre of improved, and 184,621,343 of unimproved ; total 303,078)70 acres, worth in tha av erage $ 10 per acre. The average value of the Farm be thrown out to the exuberant valley of the Mississip- : pi. On our coast will bv the great Southern City hitherward will come the wide and far aouth-west. and . hither will be driven even proud rivals, South Carolina and Virginia. J But, sir, I forbear ; I will not draw the picture which fleams visibly before ine in that not distant future. I class ol persons, vnilous oilier oenehcenl re sult, are contemplated, which have already been realized in part, And must, according In present indications, continue . lo be more and more fully developed. We refer lo ihejenine-' lion of lhe sjave Iradevaud the civilization and evangelixa'iion of the barbarous tribe of Africa. I hese result have.a- we said,' already been mining. deal in facti aud Hot in fanriet ; and, air, I am a mat. j realized in pari; and Ibe lilrntf of Loloinza ter-of-fact man, and have but little imagination. Yet , ij.in discover, in (hi partial tucres. an earnest o glowing i the picture, which I see-so bright and j f vrhal coming general jona shall wilne.. in errand and enchanting, thaVI fear to sketch it, hut some t;-- , f " , . ... . 4d.fri.uigla.iu moral eiae,rt.e. Of ibe.e ec- seal had made me mad. TonJary. biinfot feir1rnpBttftt,-i0tfjBet of th It remain only lo ask what deter us from realizing .Colonization cause, we cannot now speak, .ge value oT the tarm . lbe hopes which we might justly entertain t , Mistnist Our.deign,at present is flierely to notice brief, -tsland-rt mirwcticotrtof hp peoplo-feurparly-.pirit and ecti.nBl prejudice' . , . .:,,,-.,,- narnelv In imnrnte. ths Pennsylvania is about j ,hese a7the curse of North Carolina. We onderrata " Pn,nry l""Pe. namely, lo Improve lh WUI te our ocean ; mere win oe nooineruu...-. n. ......, , 7 -( l...,rh..,. rh,.,j j -in.fciK.-.t -ibni'M'-XtsMfit .11 of - Massachiraetts, Knorle -. ".T " " n New York. New Jersev, and aUlhaothsr veins. P"r pore' (.tw ,enry "'K""1' rennaylvania low- ,he intelligence of the people ; we gratify our own nar- Everv riU and branch and creek and river will pour es. v-nue maine iew iia.nsn.re ana vernwni aver- ,iews in volingoown libesa measures and then.aad I. k. IriLl. to .well lhe mighty current ; and by the " bou' V"61"" "'7" . h blame on the people, f tuvnTii resehe. Rahigh it will ba indeed a torrent !- !? Ine "" . ro'", boU C,M '"; Sir, the people of North C.nAna are more intelVm Think of k for a monient! Lo.- at the counties of .''. ' Ahbama. .M.as.ippi and Tennessee, valued ; ,hBn ,hey are represented to be in our legislative hathv; Uranee. AUmanee, IUndolph, Guilford, SU.k.-a. for- :",'-,7""r" v , , . n ' "na r" ,ne P"Pu,"r1n':"" in.unc.a.roucaieu or an avih.. DaVidaon. Surrv.Yadkiu. Duvie, tuharrus, Row- TO " are otlener just ana noerattnan oinewise. ' . ..... i l.. t : UH U...W .ai-r-laisal3aiaW-Rta ' .rfi.Cle.vrl.,ld. Burke, McDowell, Cal.lwell,V, Ikes, ; .".t',h. Abe aod Watauga on this side of the mountains ; eve ry aers of each one can be tilled t advantage, and eve ry article of produce made in each for market, will have to go over the Central railroad. ' From each will go ooro, wheat, tobacco, hay, oats, rye, fruits, potatoes, rout, batter, chscsa,. &cr A-C. ; and lo each in return Win pass over the Central road all the salt, sugar, mo lasses, dry goods, 4ce ; which they use, he condition of lhe free negroes of ibis country. We are aware lhal thj motive of ihoee who have eulisted in ihi. cause have been impeach ed, and that ll.ey hUve been accused of desiring lhe removal of our free Colored inbabituiiU oieiely from a di4ike or hatred nf the race. .'.ir . . u I wilt trust the oermter and ff we-irouM att dn h-if we T We trust tt l hrr binre neta'isarv lo vT.idiriTu sratemeut I may remark that would Das thi bill bv common consent and iro homo il.u Aj.ru . ...I n.,I.U .k.i u.. .. Ik. h.,.,J,..l .:iU tA.M A k. . Itk.,.1 .11. . .. 'J , '- It ! . : J j: i "' - -" l ..... l.a .rrr rs ....v. ............. a,a(MH,la. V, uin.-.- bna inrow ourselves on tlie peueniwiy ..u u.m:ri.i....aiHHi mat of the present value of all the property of the State, i f the public, fighting for and upholding each other, we ; real personal and mixed ; and lhat to make Ihi amount, ' would overwhelm all opposition, the land will have to be valued at an average of at least j Fr sir, I would try it : I boast not of courage, but two dollars per acre. , ' when conscious that I am nght I know not what it is to Now 1 will not contend I might contend, but I will fear. 1 am willing to mak thi experiment; to sink or not, that a liberal system of lirlernal improvements prewim.liveor would bring4 Up our lands to an Sveiage wjdal to that of ; deem North Carolina, ., . ;' , " .. L .: ,k.i ik. ..i. .J rennsv Ivsnia and New Jersev ; tuit I will insist and And, dr. ill thi 1 would know no party. I would be ea-ttsim. - n-- '-":-- . . , ' I . u ,ri; ..l,.,..l I. 1. ... : . . tlum Cunnlir, by the tiin the load t completed, will cuiieii(e a aemai or ine proposiiK u mat u wouiu i , wuiui ij .-uo ...U..K K.. ...... ( no gleans unprovea ny amoonl lo am eiglit or leu milhorta of dolllars. their i least treble the present valuation, bringing up the land I am. lo forget the naraee of whig and democrat ; devo- Colonization in Liberia ha, we think, been Imrawts to i or eight millams; and we know that the to o average of wx AJIars per acre, 1 will also boldly ted wing as I am, and jwalescing, lVatnizing with my j demonstrated. We have- but to look at llr.Vb.iJ of a r.3 lliixHirh their midst w ilt very oon ' aasert that the value of personal properly would be treb- brethrenonlheothers.de of this chamber, form a new i , J ,,,. . . " j . Sobtan ieStpLmtSZ Then. V, wdl the I M-I ought to .-ert ind m.inWlh.t it will in- J port, and devote myself to It party of North C.roli- j he. cond.llon here, pre.en. and prospective. vm water piwes. of the eouulry be turned lo account j j creased ten fold in ten yea.. Take a single fact th. I niansr-a party dev,ed to the interest of our people i and Iben turn lo lhal flourUhing colony, in older aasi then wdl be a (real acceasMM of business on Uis ; coai on iwi nver may se eaumaiea si one nunares , is i u .ni.i. - i uo assu.r.i mat mis is ine case. tine can fsbrics swus: from Ih factories to the markets of and hfty rmlhon or Ions a very low estimale. IUi I ed lo all parties a party lo rescue norm i.aronna ir.Mn I A mriA Ika raw malenals Colllinc III. w u.n.u.cv. iw iuiiwi. . . l 1 -t" - - - - .- - - r-- . . . i . i . I A i ...:n . i ... ... - ..1. gaged In ihi movement" from iich unfounded aspersion v Their self sacrificing and unoh trusive deeds of charily in lhi great work are an ample refutation of such calumnies. It is moreover unjust to.atiritui aci44nsrmaiitf ly beneficent in iheVr results to moiivcs sa low arid tinworihy. Thai the condiiion ot our free the world, 1 lata; and to develops Ihi will squire an Thretmenl in 1 pie and aoft raiment, and place her high before the world boat, wharves, house, shops, factorie and village of a worthy of its respect, and worthy of 'lho atleclion and one hundred and fifty millions more. Thus the improve, veneration and devotion of all her people. meat of the navigation f the Cape fear woild alone j And, Mr. Speaker, I can forget section In thi also add aa much lo the value of the State aa ahe is now arciionxl prejndi.ee, that most baneful of oil the feeling ZkIZaj ii.m.ii. To lhe pleasure-hunter, the in- worth s and it Would be Inuch Jow the mark to asaert ... of iho human heart, next to lanaiiciam. . And ...lias la. it.. miiMTah.iyist Slid hotllliist. If We roH inier- inu aa appmpnaiHin oi live miurai. w i..f w.. ,....v...7 - g. rJw, inniua.k ..j . .. A. hni.ff na Ui sslusiUu, nt if. Ki.i. fnirri three hundred virtue, a nilesenUinenl run mnd. ratwf aooniy m me u .1 ! sWli i. O.h. mUli..rt nf d,011ar. That is! . Its raviuirabivaevet disturbed pur JeirislalivjaJiyaJlaaiat frve miffion would yfeU Seveu Bundred. milTion : and ' it utters it wild anl fierweursesoiialtopr enterprrze. Thia is a sTivht view of the cis-montane trade t and (ben Mas look across the Blue Ridge to that magniheen!: ad fsiry hind which lies beyond! Where ia n mora i...;r..i m arrand or iuviiinir regiou T. VVho an dreeribe Us enchanting scenery, its delicious climate, iis i, twuris: asjon.j , ----- . -, I -'jjA irjte nHHwHy, warm of uch petune. Jjjyj 'gBwawr, iWsjWsff.yig were. ras level, iai,.'... VJ . ..' -; - .:..-(. 9:HViV-f!'''.-f father CV- ed and where they lie buried, endeared as tlieajsi ly , ..in n, j.in.r. iurir social, leiigi.iu. .11111 po. liiicul stale in thi country, even in the niust fit-voicd liioiliiies, without realizing thai theirJ ioi is nn umonuuaie ana gloomy one. I hej are de-barr.ed from (hose social privileges, re. ligioii. institutions and political franchise, which nr esWijiial io iheir elerjttion n ihe scale of being. " They1 are regarded a an in. erW raesvarwt bar ivW.tij. r rWowrlgemenis ' ..! ... mrwwnrrnj lor uisiioctiou in any ' te)culiarihe--l a.H n-M.i'aKi- sK.ilLi2i--i.-4. to present themselves from hour to hour for practical and itnmediato consTdera- tion." Jt is too evident that there is a restless spirit in many of the Locofoco party, rea dy, lo seek any occasion to burst forth against1 some -iareigr Spain, England, France, llayli, the Sand wich Islands, or what not. Anything for a scuffle, in which adventurers or bullies,- . ,k:.... ... i. .. fj.t r....i.: .iaui uui uua iu insr, ninv unu suinr.iiiiiK . , . . . . (,.. i . i, i xr -.u i , vie d of lhe staple hecessines lo be ira neil. War wi h Snain initrhl ' ' give usCtiha ; from Mexico anoiher large ! atmosphere more slice might be carved ; llayli or the Sand wich'Jslands might be annexed ; and any quantity of "glory" might be manufactur ed out of a dilUculty with either England nr lrnncn TKa Wniira nnrsll.. frr f.,p oeMe. and are 0DDoWltooroint? ntinrrel with all tb uorbl. vibioh i j.iiv, ! 0US desliny. It IS man ious to be at peace wit h us. This dispo-, ! ih t. J hese hlessi ngs aje not impro -it Ion ol" theVhigs i affords so fine ari" op-T that iori portunily to make capital by denouncing Ihem as cowards, enemies oi their coun try, friends of Spain, or Mexico, as lhe case may be. that even Locofocos who really do not want war cannot forego tm) chance . .. . :. . r .lf ,lunil Ihe latter, it is tne want i u...- .nsrw We are sure the Great Crnl' is not at fault, for He has scattered nmfusion all the elements of indepei ,l-r.. .ml w-lth. in everv hill le v of oar States Iron,: tvffxrff0! ailirsr. rrold. and even diamonds.awlo . j c .l- u- .n,ifnr the labor oaa lor lito- staitu, ;i rtinre Fcnprous m of life redolent of swefto A f;P- onufoinlnrr mia lit IPS. .J I1U iiiDOUiaMiii'ffj 1 1 -..M fl...;n .ii..m mrire conStnl ai" P UUSII'BIIV.... - . . .r.fl rwin more rracious of the 'iro .-a . snirs..!. for the Use. 4 nugiKs ,.. . .. . anu -i who is 1,1 f0 1 nn be. one of the greatest country iJiis p-reen eartn a -Am Il.,t w are not witnoui - rays of" cheerful hope. The ttfon future before of"1 -.1 ..r:. . .. ! n;.;.,r iI.mii r.VfT De". ui iuivJiift..w.puai-uui ui u, uy KCtiiiiii upT nrrw I'n""""?! . .fH M ri.mWiv. - I .h r,rtiheslumhfrinf uasvHSwa I U a' M U f II I II ' Ifll UK ' " " " " e. i vaai We apprehended that there is danger i f..,,-. 0r 0, Hip's children The s!irl of its coming upon us all too soon. The "Monroe doctrine" is made the. pretext for assumptions which will scarcely be sub raitted io by foreign powers. And though the commercial relations between Enjjr lanj and the United States are too inti mate and vital to allow either country ta- tolerate the idea of -a war about petty British rights in Honduras yet Prance is differently situated, and may be in a dif ferent mood. Napolean is said to be as rest less as some of lhe Locofocos. He pants for glory. He is fishing for popularity. He would rival the warlike deeds of his great uncle. , Why should he submit to a dogma. Vhj"ch not only denies to the French Em ireall right lo establish any new Colony in NoHR A mr-rica, hut Ts now o faT e.x fended h t quest ion its rikht to retain sutrh as trllfiaaTor centurtes, tjven-ue-ToVe" ih0 ehajjenges its tl--WaWI4-tai.Ja.'iia ;ife4r !V."V.X "UJ"-. papery vrtginniiy 'paor4,jejH.o-t. .u. wvrl whistle of the locomoti ve ana .- berationsof the lumbering t"" J shall soon pass thWgh.our hdk l feys, wiU startle them aru, , tical music anu ricn n - f() more and more appreciated. ?- J ... . iir ii low Ihe developments ffj and at least a partial in that humiliating unhrotherly sections. 1 hen P n . o i. i- st anu. Is 'II IUI llll I l u tillllU Ihe plariK rou. . t.a-.atVli Aee n m wor th rail TOM . i i i i'i i t plank roaus. u-- . ir . . I....A1. deen and K;sn.-ps; m - . -II .l.inrr aim at b anu in n" o.o- ; goodness aft fully ,nf:;rih ,ii.ioaJs11 . V. n -Ainp 1 l " - uriih-v.'i G ........ - - J.V.tJ. y. 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Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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