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.' - - tA mmm $3 J ..if. t 7 V.; ,.. -: c;. ?' : ; .? ' ,v y,i -: "V mmmmmm rhn committee to wlom was rcferrol manorial of" the the Internal Improvement Convention, lately assembled in the City of Raleigh, . have bad .the same -ntrder consideration and have gi.ven-.to the -very-' jmprtant aubject to which, itTeialcs, as mature delibe ration as the yfry short- spare of; time' allotted to them Mould aUov) The commit, lee rcgrrflhat the,lates period of the" session at which this memorial win presented may .give.! to their deliberations anm.ett hat the appear nrice of preripitV'7. They are, however, consoled lyttre-reBertioti that the subjects are wit new. tliey have, earh of them, at various times.ocriipied the attention of the people of the-state, .until a firm nnil nettled ninvirtioii seems to pervade all rtasses of the nunmunif yi lhat IhMime has arrivt d when the Stale- of North Carolina ran no longer, cnsisteirtly with lier character in- her interest, delay embark iiig ina system of internal improvements. The memorial before the committer was the result of the drlibcra- ' tion'sof a vrry numerous ronveiit ion of indiviiJiialH assembled from all j Mparts of the State, and bringing with ttirm t lie most satisfactory evi; " donre of the.great incoiivenieneeiyjiid privations under w hich the peo ple of the State labor, and call! wg ffoon the Legislature, as their duly .'Agents, to remove mem. n I reaches us in surli anf"jiosingfnrm, it ho surely Hiieaks .- tlio wYSoesor a large majority or lit jcohc oi me state, that, il so rli'simsd,-o.caanu Jouger JUr ,,r to the various interests we represent. Wc must, at all events"; give some satisfactory reason why we w ill not aid in removing grievances , f which all tlasses fomplain. ''.'' The committee do not dV1n"1t necessary at this time, to .enlarge up on the great benefits which the people 7tH!ie State would derive from -a jreoeral and well devised system of iHtrrnktmiirovcineiits. They siorcrrly hope that no member of the Senate dntibl ibatirrnrkcan. be f'OIISMIIII d I II ooorest. means of rational cnioyinent, Horn wiiitli, at mis lime, -uiey rr utterly debarred by the difllrolliea and the cost of transportation. Dr. A if in 'Smith, the author ofihc Wealth of Nations, observes, that good roads, canals, and navigable rivers, by diminishing the expense of carriage, put the remote parts oi a couun y more nearly upon a kci , "with those in tbe neighborhood of large low nsy and on that accoMnUhey r are the greatest of aU-imirovcitie nts. Thej ' encourage , the tnltivation , of (he remote parts, which must always be. the most extensive c IrrJe, ofthe couotry; they are advantageous to towns, by breaking down the monopoly of the country in the neighborhood .iti(1 t bey arc d vaiitagi'nus to all parts -r the countryfor though' tbiy introclucc :.iinf rival rommdliks juto the JDiarkeis ttieopcjii manyieiMr -'kets to its produce. v J 3Uiati'u aJUiu:iiltfa thre.sbuul(l to the existing state of thing, from an tindcfnieil ajiprrfiensKm ofdari- ' from aH changes4 is to be expected from the nature ol.mcii:,tiius are tidd by the same author, in'l7?6, that , filty years before that placed insuperable difficulties in tlie way of luch aspirations.' But, with proper encouragement, thesit two arts, which moit effectually enrich na-' tiont, may. here flourishand spread contentment and plenty wnere now poverty and misery can arone be found. Agriculture aftdmanufaclarrs mutuarTy assist each other, and it .is iinpossible fo-either to ,be ti flour, ishing condition without'eommunirating to the. oilier tome portion of Us prosperity. The msofturer olTer to tie farAter that market at home,. m consequence'of which numerous artkbS otherwise vilueles become profitable to cultivate. The farmer- teases to labor, when the produce ol . his toil is valueless at hom, or the cost of trarinpo ting it to 4he nearest mark et is equal, to the price of his Commodity. Let cheap and esy coriiuuini. cations be opened into our interior. And wherever there 1 water power there will be manufactories and wherever ihe soil is iut barren the hus bandman will increase his exertions, whetrlie finds the produce of his la? bor not exhausted in cliarges.N , ' This view of the benefits orintemat improvements, is peculiarly wmtjiy ofthe attention of the poorer classes' of society. A cwmmunity exclusive ly agricul tural must hi ways bepour. This is a truth more apparent in planting thatr in any other agricultural countries. In the planting Stales, an individual without tsnd and negroes, finds but few avenaesio weatrh; and those of difficult and laborious access. , . 1'he planter himself, although he may fcpend his days in abundance, finds the difficulty of providing em plovtnent for V.nuinerous olfspring his greatest carer There is nothing in political economy better settled, than that divisjon of labor is the great source of wealth to nations. Let the. pursuits of a community be divided between agriculture ,,munufactures a n l commirre; and the mao w ho is not born to the inheritance of paternal acres, will ftnil amine ofwealtnin his health, his skill , hh) cliaTacteriShd his 1tjdiu1rryjrt' which, inuugu tney my noi oe auapico 10 one empivymeni, win ceriaimy find some congenial pursuit. . J The commitfec do nlat propose indutgingin general illustration's of the benefits of internal improvements to a community. They cannot, howev er, forbear reminding the Senate of the examples of New York and Penn sylvania. Pennsylvania has a State debt ol more than A28.tjO0.000. of d'Wie, by facilitatiner t!io means of iutercotnmtiuiration among the pcoHJabicIt 222,000,000 was incurred for public improvements. The value of pie, to improve their condition, ami to place within the reai h of the I the works yened br the State is estimated at 23 millions; so that, if th m a- a. I -- ' A at 1 - i' if I D.a. .IT I I. l ger I we me of th counties-in the neighbiirhood'ol London petitioaed the ent "against the extension of the 'turnpike roads into Ihe. remoter time, some Parliame counties." "The remoter countiesi they pretended,- from thc; cheapness pf urnnt.t LM. in ut. tl ltii r ot &s ' S hit "thrill chpa xv T. iit'lhn T.nndort their cultivatiori". Their rpnts, however,: have risn," the cultivation V' lias been improved aince.thaH.ime." '",, . f - v - v , i It is likewise, said that the cnunties pn the Hudson river, in Kew York, oppiisej thfr canal in that State, which has added ninety millions of dollarsV value to hdr real ta'telfro'm'the simenarrow-mirided 'and iUiberalfearsi v fears' .which have been . disappointed .almost, beyond belief for the rich v stream of 'weallvwficlt hasnourcd tlirough this canal' has fertilizet) every portion of tlie"S(ate. ;".We have, however, inNorth Carolina, but little to V apprehend from SB ch jealous' fears-as these.. . Every portion .;of -oiir.8tAt'?'. is sullering from the saine' cause.; Those counlies which are Vjthin sound S of the roar of the. sea,1 are barred from Us benefirs by narrow sand banks, f which not only remove thera'miles from market, but add incalculably to their . expenses of ransportorion. Jle'nce- it"is, that every portion x ..'the-'Slate; ks-yitalty. interested in this subject. ' .-" -V- -t z.. . Independently of the rapid accumulation of wealth which easy Snd-eX? J peditious modes of passing through a. country always prodace, they are i likewise, the great meant. f civ'i1ir.atjon. . Africa owes,tt8 perpetua.1 bar " . barism to the impracticability of penetrating the country, more ihan to -its sterility. ' -Nor could England, by "her severe penal law," civilize the inhabitants of the-Highlands of Scottand unlil she cut roads in every ilire"c-! tjon -through those fWnesselandTopenedT them tolhc light of civilization. Klglsnd and Scotland have noils' than -twenty-two. canals running aTcross ' mountain ridges, connecting he east-with Ihe. west; and where but.ft' cen tury ago, tlie robber and th outfaw found shelter, commerce, with 'all its tram of bUsslntrs. has established- the abode of peaceand cbnt.entmentJ" r The want of thes0 facilUie for ,intercolnmubication sp essential o the ehneraentoi felt in a if em We are raoidlv spot and remain just long enough to exhaust its abundance and muddy it.s waters, and then fly in pursutt of fresher pastures. Patriotism 'orjye sf tachment to tHe place ol our b'trth.Vta a result'of . high state ef4cmljza-tiori.-and is always the str'ongeVjn those minds .where : it is mingled with.-, associations of an vleVated an ennobling character: ; ; " . V ' In nronortioi as vou ffive.tolhe citizen a Cause to be proud of hiseounV try, in. the sum degree -you excite and herisli in hS bosom those feelings ' v of itrong-4tjroto4itet-(btnWV which fcaVf,gtrn --to. the world all Hs il- . lustrious examples 'nf batriotia heroism. ..Instead of; those-magnificent' unumenis oi Human art wutcn aooroeu nc ncicni.nwin, n-uns wren iu -boastofnioileratUioetoJlMelCcUiefltJLhl beneficial; and masttredW-atannVnlHitiUty- is niost nianifest for it -fitsaiiU with great. truth, that ;the introduction of j glass and linen ha diffused more feat comfort among thjA moieri. futiomt -of Europe,, tharthe Senators of Jloine' ould derive froui all their refine-: inents of p'ompnrjand sensual luxury. . ,Ti yiJ':T m The general diffusion if. a certain portion-1 of wealth : among ; the'pcople"" -4rnMMoven-indpeiisab)e en-' j0XLni'nrr ffedQ to. ..hopeless fnd perpetual poverty,.; when he finds his daily toll failt to ensuire a mwlerate- portion of, even the necessaries of life, Umits jiis exe'rllons.to th oppty of his daily . wants, and, degraded by- his privations, can- only- be' strmulated into ac tion by the commonf of inotiyes.Jiungei' and thirst.vtj, ; i. "' -s-jm trly. the dty ot " every Goven'iment that desires the", happfritsTtr iypenpU, that aims at the characler-of parental,, t.o aid. .by every meant sV4s power their industry.- and to remove.all uiinecessary k rttot these tacimiet Joriniercommuntcaiion, sp essentia mo mc ; of society, is not -peculiar to North Carolina Altliotigh'it ..'is here . fminenf degree,it is, bowever.the misfortune "of the jvlude south., pidly becoming a nation of Arabs, who pitch' their tents upon A ' olrMe'lwntfrutn.Itt free and. tffic4ertbn..,;,;,Tliit It the Ve ryjibjeclfoc which OoVerninent was iHrmed;'and when; from indifference to the 'W-el- . fare 6t the gnirrhedvor fin any.otlicr caue, It cosset to pi oinpte tlua, oh j e c it has failed iii its end and design. - Tliis is most eniphaticully true C uiosei governments wuicri are caireo ucmocrauc. nej ; are a pari oi tne .... people arid must afters few, weeks, ."mingte .whh the. great mass, sharing and imrticipating tbeir joy's and their.'swrows; If such agovertmeni- at' this does not sympathize with the suffiirings.and.pilvat,ions of th,ir fellow . citizen's); if, restrained by arty s'elfislv.lmoiive, by anjr lepiCol 'ltie toss of -TpUlariryfTbyTlie7tram"me where action alone . will ensure success," ttie,re but .litttc topb -for ilietrniiroviaent nf the . . condFtion of that -people. whV art so linfortuntea.s,Mo have committed.-, their destinies to such goid'anxe-'' ryK '"''rziij ' In cause so glorious at'the iropfovnicnt'of ihe condition of our com mon eoBntry,-' tlie government should not lag behind the real of jhe-citi-. zen; but placed like a Sentinel upon the Watch towet', it should be the first to give notice' ef lb .-approach of danger; and what danger car) more a- 'arm the ardent Jdver of bis coentry or the cool and cautious statesman,. . than to see towns sinking into, villasret. comm'ercr leaymR tbe-shore s"it - p.' nce enliveneij, And the yonng and.eutet'prising seeking, a- sotl more - - y'lt their cliaracteft?.;: s'.V.-fV-Vr;;' . niousi-oi Two-nuns, ll is oi. sunicieni nupoi lnnte 10 a iiir,e nuo protiuc-; : --. -- ; ? ., 1 1 ve. port ion .of .the. Stfte'f Justify the State's subscript ion-( three-filiU J , I . .They, therefore, reiOiniiiendthe 'atloption nfthe third resolution. f,r- .."!' V j'j. v ',, decide-whether tley will be sufficiently benefitted to' incur tlie expense. -Let jut examine what Competent persons say of the practicability of the work. i :-:'- ''-' f.. ... ' ,"" " The waters of Albemarle Sound, at this time," flow into amlico Sound, ''through Croatian and Boanoke Sounds. It it proposed, jrnWdef to open an inlet at the foot of A'bemsrle, w ere one originally existed, fo run a" dam across Croaton and Roanoke Sounds, which djm by pjeventinj ihe A!heu!arlwatrr4ir!naJlow ' another direction.-. The length of this dam in the water will be (mcliilins biMli souimIs 4 1-2 miles; the aveiage depth of water jn Croaton Nound is 7 feet; iir Roanoke Hound, from t to 9 1-2 feet. The nuking of this dam, or emlrankment.-whTch-Tnvolveirnenrly the whole expense, cannot certain ly be a work" of any pecwiur difficulty - The real qatm4ii, wlietewiU . the water.go, when it is excluded fromPamlico Suo.l. In iovesiis;atinK the opera ion's of nature, when you bvet iucceoded in finding; ie caue of any peculiar occurrene', you have advanced a jjrrtt way incbJaiiiinK yur . object. . On.' of the United STate,sKngineeiTvinarka il you1 restore the original topngtaphy of the country, you will force the waters Into the chan -lit I throuvh which they sought the ocean before the cause exk!d. ."Lawsotl.The earlTeirhistortar iif tJnrth Carolinarmnarks,- Roanoke Inlet has ten feet-water; tlie course, over the bar is 'almnst west;-which -leads' you through the best of tlie chanhel."' At fhi timr," 170f , th-re wis a Very narrow parage tlirough those marshes which tlivide Albemarle." from Pamtico, ahd. which, by the Gradual waHn of the watery have since increased into the size' of Croatan and Iloaimke souudi. It tlv re'oie fol lows. 4rom the .above reasoning, as is xaid by Cap' tin Bathe, fhat if the waters are confined to a single outlet the ocean, viz. Roanoke In ; let.J Wjf 'baVe rrSght ttt'tntltti atrvrna belonged to that inlet, when the pas;ige b tween"the sounds, though timit ' ed in sr.e, still existed, as is shown by the earliest writem. who invariably . speak 'of Roatinke as an island. .'.-;..;-". . The committee are afraid they would swell their report into too great sie, if they examined farther the opinions of the Engineers on the ptac ticability of this work- They 'will conclude Uh branch of the-subject by rfuoting the opin'um of General Bernard, Gen Grotiot, and Col. Totten, one oT whom is considered the most i&Hfal EBgiBerinJltj.oW.3r:The! report of Mr Fulion upn Roanoke inlet was ubuttd to these gentle- men by the War Deoartinent for (heir opinions; .ami -the .following us-i ; tion was put to themf . Can.the project be executed;' and if so. 'will, .ihe' . passage remain ananeeten serioosiy by storms and currents' ihey con- .. cor generally with Mr-fulton, and, in their' reply,1 as 'these words?. " Mr, Fulton proposes to extend a tfanv across Roanoke, and Crontan1 touniv..'l lie reaaiiht. ne"'g1 vea fori.rvfening;thr placvt-chosw-arttib:-. tantial."-The reuoninir ol "these gentlemen concludis thtisi j'There is,l then, jrood reascm to believe that if the tmbankments are once made,-with SI sulficie'it solidity to resist dieeflec.t of the first violent storms, vac h su- , ceeiling year will contribute to their, ttabilitv , and that timei wivlih. infal lllily destroys in osi of the vorlis ot man,' will here become an auxilliary .of tremendous.' power." " ;" . '"'- ''. As reeai d the Jmportanre of this Iwoik. tolthe eastern sertUm : of tlii! , Srarertht' c"wmiTrccTeferftie1Seit ' testimony:. Upon that subject, in 1830, a memorial was presented to Con- t ;v yress,. from a body of very intelligent fJimerVuud 'merchants reidini iiu s Hie ! ri 11 rnu lilies wnu "HtU,1 . u ""' ,Oi.vw..'u mui u m shipped via Crontan Souoil, thertf had been a lum, fioni olisM actions, of ; gl5l,4C9 9$ f It is but fair, then, to .conclude, that 'upon the whole pro duce of tjin . regipn, the entire toss is mote ihun double. . ;.?. i ne committee nave inxreiore,' vonriuntiu ru n u io cinzens or niai y, tneremre. reiOinineiiii ine aiioption urine iniro resmuiion. , 'I lie fourth resolution recommend 'the advanunir of 150.000 ."'Hollars."' Ax baVance of t'ie siibsrripiinn to the Wiliniiigion and ljul iii,h Rail Road, and the survey of a M'AdflmizeJ 'rnait from Raleigh ji Greensbor'ough ' -th reasons for which are ainply Vet fortlriw.-the'.mTOoria.U'.'V'r.'N' -;,..;.:;'. The fifth resolution rfj-oposes i6 borrow Si-000.000 hy ihe Sla'eto er , ry intp effect'the foregoing jda'us. , rTlie Siate'of North "CatnlTna. is free-of . deLf, and ij'possessed of n cash capita of more thao-twd iiiilliong of dol-v lartv.,:It is proposed to" leave thjs.gntoiiche.il, and to use ihe effilit id the; State. Should Legislature4 rom lode tf borrow" iJie sum proposeii, t . will be the introduction of R3,00f);0(j) V s-dld capital into ihe SWe,. which . -will l( iipeu In such a niann'era to con;frTjhe' iiinf gvn.''iBl bn"fittf)iiM , wVj be nerinanenlly.' doniextlcateil rfmbug ,u': ' '."'Murroveri if is jin ai t of -wist ecoilomv to borrow money at 5 per cent, "which ..wfieii u d in lomro. vinR our TPsonrces, -wilr at- the same time yiem a 'prolix;.-, he reivctaore , ;.:' - . manifested by the pedple iif this Sfate tn'ini UC.lbty.UJ 'very ircdit-bfe.'to. "iiX their integrity.; This feeling .may,'' IwwevVr,. be carried Jo excess, and M..:. V? certainly Is With us.:.C AVhera nothirig .is Viske.d.'tiothing .tan be guiued) ''i ' "-. k " and where 'a peotde refuse to.borruw money tniiiiprojc their irohditioA tlms-v. .''. .-. State were disposed to sell her works at public auction, they would very probauty bring one million ol dollars more than they cost, witaout estima-,, - ting the vast increase of wealth these works have created to the State at large. "Previous to the commencement of the works, if was said by a di - ' tinguished statesman, that the wheat frequently rolled in the barns of the ' fanners in the interior ol that Staje; and a large portion of the population of Philadelphia soflfered from the want of. bread and the want of work, s The tolls paid on coa! alone, which is transpoi ted on the Schuylkill -canal amounts to 24 per cent,on the capital stock of tlie. company. And ib Pennsylvania State works, which although'executed by the State alone, and . ) afa cost of near twenty per cent." more tbau was necessary, yet they' near '.' Jy paid, the second year after their full operation; six per cent on i ost. ' . f New Y ork presents a stilt more brilliant example of Siate-muniftrcnce, rTTie New';Y6r"TStW' Cnalhtctil?'F,leen' comple,teil anil commenced, reSaSnviles tnXtent,ind wilt cost more' thaB 18 mjljionf of ddtlaTt. If - to this be added the cost of enlarging he Erie canal ,( now too small foc.the ' ,busihess,"i it makes a total of 3 millions of; dollars. about J3'.milKont of . which has been paid; leaving 20 millions to be provided for. ! This State . has loaned its credit to the Delaware 'and Hudson Canal Company, and au- tliofised a loan to the New "i'ork'an(l Jvrie Rail. Road Company -of 3 mill- . ions, making the total liabilities of the.Stat gS6,80U,000,.v-tThe S40 unlet , - ol canals and rail roads constructcfl by incorporated cumponiesJiave a cap- SS6fcaB4Saje?SS - ' by private companies, .with a capital of about 17) iiiilliojis or dollars. This .- is the condition of New York, a State which jit (he revolution", had no ,7 greater population thanuY ownr.and";a, territory not equal, in variety 'or. . richness of productions. -Ltissaid the comparison does not hold good, be cause Jliose States are richer, than ours But to what do they ovv their ' w;ealthf It is chiefly to these very iinprovenients, which are objected to. -. 'Pennsylfinia,' particularly, has but little 1 foreigocoaimerce, 'She is almost - exclusively a manufacturing and agricultural community. j Even England, . .the most commercial people on earth,- is said to owe most other enormous --. wealth to coal and rron, ot which our interior is full: but it will be afuavs L i valueless, if the cost ot transporting . it ' exceeds the value of. the article whij it reachea a market. , . ' " - - ' 'Hie memorialists present to the r..tteBtion of the Senate 'two great works" the r.ompletibri of which would benefit Very large sections of the. Slate, and ' which they" urge the Stale immediately to commence.' The' first in im- I,:" portance is the Tail road from Fayetteville to the Yadkin river; the nests r :j ii - f.. r-, in "i ... , ' i .',. . , is mi uuutiBi -me loot oi viucinmie oounu. . in urging ine iinmeinaie. cominriceineiit of thege works, the-coniiiiittee do not -mean to undervalue . thelaims to the favoraMe.attention of the State of the fine llarbhur of ' Beaufort. ,: If "North Carolina i ever to take rank as a competitor for the, European trade, it' can--nly; bt-through!the7 llarbour-ofBeao.fotV--The wanUj however, ol this section are not so pressing as-to require immediate - actum; and- the rail rpad from the. Yadkin i to Fayetteville is,, likewise, .in the. line of" that improvement, and may, ait tome future da,' easily in Car-, 'ried to Beaufort. .' ' '. ;".'."".! ' J -. ." ' ' " For theee" reasons, the .committee have concluded to recommend to the Legislature those works only which are -J" in)mediate and pressing neces- - -sity; leaving thrcomplejiorr of the pjan- to future Legislatures. , i ' .rhelretisQn wfiy the jstteinprrf 'ar'ihlerrial improvement have hitherto beer? jiborti4w our. State is, that too. .much has' been attempted with jo-' ' adequate Jtteansi i, The coinmittee-have; thwefore". sejected-such woils as,.' ' liMbetf.opinion, 'woaM.beVinoslldiffutiVelj.vJwnehclario theStatc; and " with this view, they ba.ve "reported several resolutions : -y:. -;v , Tlie first residution rc'comnierids a guarantee of fe loan by the Raleigh "fit ' -.Gaston'' Kail Road Company of Z300.0QO. .This project cannot be classed . .with newfarid .untried works, ''as it isne'arly.comple'ted, arid should be on- - sidereil eparatend apart from any ne.w-plns- 'l'hectmmittt jeferthe . Senate to the report arid bilfupon that subject, and recommend their a ; doption.. ,'- - ;''v'.:' '-'s" . .'- : ' vC;-" ''". v The second resolution reronimends the subscription, on the part pf tht r "State,of four. .fifths of thecapital stock .iif the ' Yadkin and Fayettevflle -"Rail" Uoadr. 1 twill Ijare ,h subscrjbeil..tw'o-fifths of tlie capital 'stock' of this . company ,' provided three ' fifths were raised by private subscription.. It has bcuo found impossible to raise three-fitW of thecapital stock of so large a work, in a country where " surplus capital is sov scarce as in any' part of 'the Stpte of North Carolina. And even if ,there was a great deaf of .capital teekifig invest men t ,-in - - North Carolina, it is no evidence or the inutility of a -work that 'capitalists will not embark in it. 'n the South.cspital can be made; Worth more than - 6 per'cent, and those who, have' it are generally reluctant to place It'wliere , tyere will not be an iinmediat'e return, or; where'there jt ny risk; ' Slorco vev a rail road may be Unprofitable to the stockholders and1 yet immense-' :.ly advantageous to the peopje generally. For instance, 1ie cost of tratie. - porting 1 00 weiglit fromlhe neighborhood. of SalisburywilLcost a farmer, i his wagon, 87.1 2 centsby ruil road it would -pot exceed 36 cents, 'IIexe.jl.a .greaLM Hence i( may be t x :" treraeiy proper and" judicious for (he State, ia embars:1 tnjioc&improv.emcnt, ' ." when it might be hazardous t the individual capitalist,-who looks solely .to individual gain from tolls. ; The committee rrlo'mir.end that .individual should be required to. subscribe one fifth, it this will - insure the attention of sulli' ient private interest to secure tlie economical execution 'ofMhe -work Voiks of this magnitude . hay'e bsually been .done by t,he tovern-. . ment exclusively; but the committee rrcommehd ar sufficieut aniotf 'tit-local ' intertst to-et!ere sh-43e.vrjnfletTriii imposition, x--ti.,4. '' 'lie fognhmolutionwcommendt' the opening of sn' inlet "at the.footof T-'vAjbema'Fle,. .A-"i: .'.'..T-. 2i..Vl!i'Jt t ; Thit;is a'work"ofgat-importance to the'eastarn end ofthejStatei and onethrouf."! which nearly all the waters of nineteen of thi rirhf -niiht;- or tlM Slate anLmany ot Virginia would tinrt their shortest passage to the f- -3. three fifihsj4he capital stock nf tlie Roanoke Inlet company, provided 'tertainrdof the practicability of this, work, which Km -beeti so often- tor-" r. veyed, and concerning, wiich; so much bat been, said- -The- numerous enT. . n!iieera wio have surveyed it unanim'odsly 'report in faVor of - the pitctica- bility of obtaining at least ten feet Water at Nagshead.Yall thata.xoastiag V. " .;;'J.r :: -t e J fe' :W;S- -..:"., '-' 4 r "- . must cither remain statiiiiiacy forever o.incOr hea-vy taxation. I he plan proposed would in the opinion of the comitiittee rvnder inyalculable bene fits tiMhe .State.'and .in alt probnlnliiy iicver.d.ray "oii.e dollar Jriirti the -pockets of. the people and if suulv an occurran.ee were .to take tdare. the ability of our ponulatlin- could. meet- the pmeixenrv;? ,. In IBlS.N'tth.Car- otina pi'oL a riett-revenue ' to4he Fele.ral,GoVerifuieht'of atidan ' j" if pe possiuie tno people wouui,;ii. requireo; newtaie- to raise one rni oi the 8uin,;wlieh the in4iey wfls to m spent exclusively or tlieir beneRtlij There nre'two- kinds ot consumption'; nroiluctie and utuirnductivt.- If is productive wlterj" (fie -farmer ihvesfs money iii the. improvement f Jiis 'Jf . - titanlatron,, in the purchase' of improved implements of agriculture fie; it I ' ! K .. in.iMiiMiucnv wiien ne w.aies4iis suu?iancf ui ruMu'ii vio. ll is mus, 1 -f f i alt", with na.Hons; The- rohsumptijuii '..Is ''productive, wtji-n.the money ; borrowed is spenj ih making rolls anil canal; where .they ore useful "in xe-t v plenisliirq (htrearth and fubd.uing"-it;,it is tinjnotluctiye wlmu (he money ' ' Z. '?' twa.slrd in -foreign 'wart, or in ;itelett magmftientf It li.then'that a ''" public debt is a curfciv - ., . '.' . ... ' A--..':t' S Ni th Carolijiit has, moreover, in-lier twa'mp .laotls. a rcsonrse which, ' C " f r s.. .1 - : i - . . .. ... . -r- i ' r J . .n. . - i .it juuioiuusiy mutagen, wiii. give tier a tunti anipiyvsuimciefli -ior an wants. 'Jhere' are I,500.00f acres of swamp (a"ds;belon"ln!t to St.rte, which. ifflVTrneuTar .t trade wantf j although they drnVi whether the benefits would be adequate to tt.e costs..;.. -,-' v7-';.;.-.:.i--:y.r-,: fHETCarelina'hat great agricuiiuraian.d'manufacturi4ig capacities. Sh - J : It it the proyince -of the engineer tafdecldehether work' fan be exe 'can "enjoy any very larce share .of foreign' -commerce; : Naturehat ',' J S eated, and. what it will cost; it rettt' with tlie statesman and the people to - hef the perfectly wtll known tp -withy Eastern f Senato.rjlhat the'.nieft' liinda In' .1.. .i.'.' : 1 -il -L...:. iiivii- vuuinj oiB, inc. irtinnneii swa.'nps.- ',., iicur w-v',ipi t'Hiip'iso lanus . of enduring fertiUty, a'nd well adapted. to. .'most kind of prod5ctiniir. -" It has been fruently xsked, if so.; why. bave i tt individuals reclaimed, them'. Tbe reawm perfectly satisfactory to all those arquain.te'd vjji .that country: todrait) "such lar;e bodiesfoniiiuV was an Vnfcrprlze vasfly : ; beyond the (neafis of ariy individual.'; ;ti W.4 i rV: V ' . Tlie commiitee, for the above reason,-strong1v tirjje upft the' advantage of adopting the 'fifth res.dulioii. " It ou"ers the only practicable mode" of attaining i;or otijects, a mode to which, there 'Vxistt but few objec-' ..iMjusfUHu mmoh; prjncipaiiy connneu-io iiir,.unuajtiit.(iTrr'CaTtoas . V' Zk--',yi- B.: SIlEFARDCTir . I. Reiok'tili Thatitis expedient that (ho -State guarantee. loan- to be. 2, eire.v ted Bytlaleuih and -Gaston rail .road Company, to the amount i4 N' '-.-" 3.ot yi500.000. f -; . . ..' . ..' . ; r-; i ",:."-.'.'::;..,; ...''."" . T-'' - '' ' '""- II. Iieol)tfr That tlie committee on Internal Improvement b inttruct ; ?s '- ;'-. , ru u repuri.a oiii aujiiorisirig a suoi.cripupn, on.ine parr- oi ine oiaic,'f .;. ;-f S of four.fifttla of the 'rapilal stock of the Fayetteville and Yadkin .Rait (ii; -" 4 Road company, providfed the remalnll!r of the sttck b tak.en bj indi. ";''.'"i.:ijr t -vidualt, and the capital pftaid company doet not exceed two milHona : T ' - ; Jof dolfart'llllL.'ll-V''':. ' ',';'" '-'- 't" .. '-'? v '-'-" .ii V;.. .: "Hl llctofvedf That thi committee on Internal Improvement be l-7-:-'"-'v;?rW" sirucieii rorenort a 0111 auuiorismz ine-suDScriniion, uy inq iair, oi- .1 r.i, . .. . - .- " .. ....,. .t iiulivKliiala tak th 5 company does hot exceed 8150,000. iv, jusoivcd, : That JB 150.000, the balanco due-otihe StalffJiUMCirp 2-tion to the Raleigh and Wilmlncton Rail Iload. . oonht to be advanced, . 1 3 Immediately; and that a survey for a McAdamized turnpike read frontV A Ualeij-h to Ureenabore, via Hillsborough, be ordered. ' ,' .',MVj V. feoiM, That It is proper, that, H&OOO.OOO' bp tmrrpwed Jy'itht 'f?; H State to, carry ithe. above object into execution, ami that a biil b.rep3r- ? j S ted for tfiat purpose. j the committee on Internal Improvemsatv A-
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 9, 1839, edition 1
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