L.flllMIllMWWWiM ' ' '' fj 'Jrt , Whole No. 460. Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, N. Cj Saturday, August 10, 1833. Vol. IX No 50. lac "Aorlti Carolina Free Press " T.Y UEOItOK HOWARD, Is puhlishc! wccIJv at 7vo Dollars and Fiftu ( per year, U.pjiul in advanceor. 7W ,, ;.;rv, at tUe expiration of the subscription year Fo, a iy period U-ss than a year, Tiventu-fivr Vv mcnth. Nibscri'K-rs are at liberty to discontinue at any ti.ue. on Riving not.ee thereof and pavinjr arrears -those residing at a distance must invariably nav in avmce.nrgnearesponsiblereteivnceinthisvicinitv Advertisements, not exceeding 16 lines, will be in-' sorted at oO cents the first insertion, and 25 cents each roatmuancc. Longer ones at that rate for ev ery 16 lints. Advertisements must be marked the number insertions required, or they will be continued until oiherwise ordered, and charged accordingly Letters addressed to the Editor must be'post paid or they may not be attended to. ' Their sea-nrris nr i ; ,r 7- , uwutu u,i 11 vessels; .manufactures, to everv sneeirs hf im Uieir meehnni. firwl tiu.j vsuiisiiini employ ment and high wages: .jieir msin ' . f. ' " ' " llUUIIlli tores are prosecuted with still i,IPrRll5 kiii; and their agrieult . . . . i i . . a i nunc niirv ... .t . hi me moment when it gathers the reward of industry . muikhls tor the sick and the in provement, and to genera) prosperity. The o-reat wants of our State then are emphatically, good marts of fmffip. nnH ure is beautifying jibe means of cheap transportation. Un til tfie.se can be supplied, our forests teem to little purpose with the luxuriant and valuable productions of nature, our allu- f?" .ClilT1 !ororl':-l"ti'..ti-,ns vial landh present .00 feeble nitraciions . ; uuiiiujiiiu om-juie numeral treasures with which our 7' . i . 1,1 8lrt?mntM tor the re. earth abounds must lie undisturbed and 7 "Mugatonor Human woe, leven unexplored. Mm con not be well i-.igii 110 eje and, elevate the heart of j induced to labor for more than thev can 1,115 "unoiuer nt ollerings ()f gratitude to run PEOPLE OF N. CAROLINA. A numerous and respectable portion of your Fellow citizens, who assembled at this place on the late Anniversary of A merican Independence, to consult on the means of improving the condition of the State, have directed us to lay before you the result of their deliberations. With out pretensions to authority or the wish to obtain it, without party or sectional views of any sort, and with no influence save that of reason, we claim your attention simply because of our communion of in terest with you on a subject of deep and abiding importance, and because of a sin cere and hearty zeal to advance the pros perity of our common country. Nor do we deem it too much to hope that, even at this moment, amid the din of political strife and the struggle of contending can didates for your favor, these claims will not be disregarded by an intelligent and w ell-meaning comm u ni ty . North Carolinu is endeared to us by every tie of nature and every obligation of duty. Her advancement in whatever is great and good is insepcrably inter woven with our hopes and wishes, our patriotism and our pride. Keen there fore is the mortification, to be obliged to confess that she is falling behind several of the States of this glorious confedera cy, in that career of distinction to which all were invited by the bounties of Pro vidence, the freedom of the American In stitutions, and the capacity of the Ameri can People. Forty four years have pass ed away since, under the auspices of the Federal Constitution, she entered upon this generous competition. In extent of territory she had then the advantage of Now-York and of Pennsylvania. Exclu ding their principal cities she was not in ferior to either of them in wealth. In free population she nearly equalled New York, and was but a third less than Penn sylvania. Her superiority in extent of territory yet remains, but in all other points of comparison bow changed is the scene! Her free population is now to that of Pennsylvania as one to three, and to that of New York as one to four, while in wealth she bears to each of them but the ratio of one to six. In New York, and Pennsylvania, Colleges, Academies, Scientific and Literary Institutions are spread throughout the" bind, presenting the opportunities of acquiring a finished education to those who have the means to procure this invaluable blessing; while ample provision has been made by law for communicating necessary instruction to every child in the community however poor and destitute. In our State, not withstanding the injunction in our Con stitution, and except in the erection of the University, and in the incorporation of a few Academies either without funds or witli funds not derived from legislative grant, no public Schools h:vebeen estab lished "for the cheap and convenient in struction of youth." In Pennsylvania, more than seven hundred miles in New York, six hundred miles, of Canal Navi gation have been created, while Rail ways are every where in the process of construction, stimulating and employ ing labor, making and defusing wealth throughout their wide spread borders from a prosperous community to ihe Fa- therof the human race for His blessings on their exertions, and mute but expres sive solicitors tor a continuance of His consume, unless the surplus may be' con veniently exchanged for the commodities which refinement has made valuable, or can be stored up in accumulations for j the winter of age or the wants of posteri- bounty to those who delight in doing'ty. While production is thus kept back, fewv.. iu i imuicii 01 men. now are all these things in North Carolina! Fel low citizens, we do not require your an swer, nor do you need information from us. You know how they are and ice forbear to speak. It is sufficiently morti fying to discover, it were too painful to dwell on the humiliating contrast. In deed, did we not hope that this reproach would ere long be removed from amongst us, we should endeavor to bury it in thick night, hide it from the world, and if pos sible forget it ourselves. But we trust that a blessed change is in store for us. We kno.w that there are difficulties, and serious difficulties to be encountered but we are sure that there are none which may not be subdued by wise coun sels and united exertions; and we are convinced that on You, People of North Carolina, it depends, whether the State shall or shall not become all which her warmest friends ought to desire for her. "Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it," announces to man the first direct command of his Cre ator, and a command rich with promised blessings. To subdue the earth, implies effort; effort would have been unnecessa ry, had not difficult ies been purposely left for man to overcome; and He who is all wise and all good, never would have im posed an obligation impossible to be ful filled, nor have enjoined an act which was not pleasing in His sight. The sub jugation of the earth can be effected but by labor-and the steady, judicious and economical application of labor to this purpose lies at the root of human pros perity. The extraordinary fertility of the Gennessee Country, like that of the valley of the Mississippi, no doubt attrac ted to it many citizens from the adjoin ing Slates, and many emigrants from foreign countries, and thereby hastened its settlement and growth. But taken in the whole, it may well be doubted whe ther New York or Pennsylvania present ed a better natural soil for the labors of the husbandman than was generally to be found in North Carolina; while in the mildness of our winters, the higher val ue of the products of a Southern climate, and the greater ease 'with which our earth is tilled, we had on our part deci ded advantages. But these were com- uensated. and more than compensated, by two physical blessings bestowed on them in an eminent degree. Each of these had a port of safe and ready access from the ocean, and bold rivers penetrating tar into the interiorpossessing thus the means of cheap transportation to a home market, and of easy exportation to tor fi(rn ones. Marts were to be found with ineach State for all that the industry of its citizens could produce, and the pro ducts of labor were not consumed by the pxrifMisps of reaching the place ot sale While adequate motives were thus fur nished to excite agricultural industry, its success gave activity to mercantile ad venture and employment to tne mecnan ical arts. The profit, of these built ur ranitab and capital led to enterprise, to the discovery of new sources of wealth, to the extension of facilities in business, to there is neither supply nor demand for commercial capital. The products actu ally made, because of the costs of trans portation, are of little value, and there is therefore no increase of agricultural cap ital. Slovenly farming, slender traffic and a languid circulation, general want of enterprise, inactivity & listlessncss be come habitual, and generation succeeds generation with scarcely a perceptible im provement in wealth, manners, science or the arts. If by a sudden dispensation of Providence-, the shoals which endan ger and impede our maritime navigation were removed, and the various streams which intersect our State were rendered fit for the purposes of conveyance from their very sources, all will admit, that we should spring forward with resistless en ergy to the. consummation of our hopes. The impulse given to business of every sort would be felt in every section of the State and in every department of indus try. Let children Indulge in daydreams; but it is for men to inquire whether they have not the power of supplying the de ficiences of nature, and of acquiring by their own exertions what for wise purpo ses was originally denied. Obstacles surmounted and difficulties subdued, as they are the best trials, so they become the noblest triumphs of virtue, intellect anil courage. Often the most eminent among men have been trained up to forti tude and wisdom in the sc hool of adver sity; and the most illustrious of nations have usually passed through the stages of infancy and childhood, struggling for existence, gradually gaining and consoli-j dating their strength, and by severe trials acquiring the qualifications aiid forming the habits which were to be displayed in the maturity of manhood. "Heaven grants the gifts it grants the power to gain." Is the navigation of our rivers obstructed! To a considerable extent wd with no mighty effort, we can remove these obstructions. Where these are not removable, or the streams are too shallow for boat navigation, or streams are wanting, experience has shewn, that the Canal and still more the Kail-way, urnishes better means of conveyance. As in no country are these more needed, so in none can they be made at less ex- nense. The process of effecting speedy and safe communications with the ocean has already commenced amongst us un- der the happiest auspices. Art in mis resoect. signally triumphing over nature j , n , . dredge boats are removing in uours the slow accumulation of years; and we announce to vou with joy that the day is not far distant when our main outlets to heen will afford ready passage to ves sels of sufficient burden for all ordinary .nmmnrrial purposes. There is then ample room for exertion, but there is no cause for despondency. We are aware that injudicious attempts heretofore made in the cause ol Interna lmnrnvnments Iiavo prejudiced many ,.rninat the renewal of any efforts at im provement. But prejudice is a wretched ,..,n,,Mlor. whether it seeks to concea id, selfishness of the sordid and tin fears of the timid, or is seen in the apa thy of the sluggard, or Npeaks in the snears of the scomer. We have at tempted too many plans at once -wd have fritted away our means over too great a space, and have expended much money in many silly schemes. Let us then profit by experience. Let it teach us caution, judgment, and a proper appli cation of our resoures. Let it guard us against the recurrence of former errors, but never let it repress exertion in the cause of duty. Others have by a well devised and spirited course of Internal Improvements, brought incalculable bles sings on their country. And why may not we? Are the people of this Slate by some irreversible interdict of Providence, disqualified for improving their condition? ff so, in what does this incapacity con sist? Do they Want mental energy? Look abroad and see the sons of North Caro lina, wherever a field is presumed, con tending gallantly in every department of manly excellence for the palm of victory. We nave been called hu unpretending State, and long may it be before a wret ched self conceit shall cause that epithet to be exchanged for one less equivocal & far more to be abhorred. But it were not a want of pretension- it would bo self-degredation, ingratitude to God and treacherv to ourselves to admit any in feriority for good or great purpose to the proudest among the members of lliia Union. Do we want the pecuniary abili ty? If we were called on to raise at unco a large sum of money to be sunk in tho ocean or transmitted to a distant land, it may be conceded that we could with dif ficulty comply with the requisition, and should severely feel the loss. Bui it is among the striking effects of this sytem to which we invite your attention, that it disburses within the community what the) community furnishes, and returns speedi ly and in abundance all which it exacts From the moment of its commencement, it creates neighborhood markets for la bor, materials and provisions, and throws out money into brisk circulation. As it proceeds, it not only contributes by its profits to pay the interest on advance-, but it extends more and more the sphere of activity; so that, independently of the im mense benefits which it promises in the end, it pays in its progress by the excite merit which it communicates to industry and the impulse which it imparts to busi ness of every description. Money thus employed is not sunk, nor lost; but is money put out at compound interest. Such a course of expenditure and restitu tion is like that of the blood in a young and vigorous body. It gushes forth fronx the great reservoir, the heart and is pro pelled through the arteries to the verr extremities, enriching and strengthen'iBg the entire system in its course, but is re turned by the veins to be again ar.d again stmt forth in a round of life-giving circu- ation. Our very poverty then, the result as has been seen of unrewarded labor, anguid trade and limited production, is) the strongest reason which can be urged for engaging zealously in the system. The one vanishes as t'ne other comes for ward. True we must have, or procure wherewith to begin the experiment. But here there is no real difficulty. If each one amongst you will consent to set apart half of what he can spare without in convenience to his family; if he who has not money will be ready to make his ad vance in timber, food, or work; we shall at once have a capital more than suffi cient for the undertaking of every use ful enterprise. But the State Treasury ought to aid, and if you say so, will aid, in their accomplishment. Wfiy rjas a public revenue been collected if it is not to be used, and where is the advantage of public credit if it is not to be employ ed for the public good; and where is the service in which either can be more bene ficially engaged? Is the character of the Stale part of the property of everyone of its citizens? Does his heart throb with

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