Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-08-20
Internal Improvement.
ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEES.
To The People Of North Carolina.

To The People Of North Carolina.
a numerous and respectable portion Of your fellow cili-
]ens' who assembled at this place on the late Anniversary
oil American Independence, 10 consult on the IN eans of I'M
proving the condition of The State, have directed m 70 la
before you the result OF their DELIBERATIONS Witbou, w.
tensions TO authority or the wish to obtain il, without par.
~ or sectional views oi any sort, and with no influence
save That oil reason, we claim your attention siuplv he
cause oil our communion OF interest with YOU OIL a subject
oil deep and abiding Importance, and because OF a sincers
and hearty zeal 10 advance the prosperity Of our common
country nor do we deem 1t too much 10 hope that, oven
at this moment, amid the din OF political strife and ,bo
sFugg'es OF coh'endng candidates Tor your favor, these
claims VIII not be disregarded by All intelligent and well
meaning community
NORTH CAROLINA is endeared to us by every tie of
nature and every obligation Of duty. Her advancement
IN Whatever Is great aud good is inseparabiy interviewer
WIN our hopes and wishes, our patriotism and our pride.
Keen, therefore, is the notification, 10 be OBLIGED ~ Coz,
fess that she is falling behind several of the States ot hi,
glorious conlederacy, in that career of distinction to which
all were invited by the bounlies Of Providence, the free
dorn oil the American Institutions, and the capacity of tho
American People. Forty four years have passed aw.v
since, under the auspices Of tIe Federal Constitution, she
entered upon this generous competition. In extent Of
territory she had then the advantage Of New York and OF
renhsyIvan'a. Excluding their principal cities, she was
not inferior TO either OF them in wealth. In free popula-
tion she nearly egualled New York, and was but q third
less than Pennsylvania. Her superiority i'm extent of Ter.
r'fory yet remains, but in all other points of comparison
how changed is the scene! Her free population is nov
TO that OF Pennsylvania as ono to three, and 10 ibat nj
New York as one to four, while in wealth she bears TO
each of them but the ratio of one to six. In Nov Vory
and Pennsylvania, College,, Academies, Scientific and
Literary institutions arc spread throughout the land. pre.
senting the opportunities Of acquiring a finished educa.
NW' w 'NNnO NV nave it w ~ 10 procure I'M nlu
bie blessing; while ample provision has been made by law
Tor communicating necessary instruction 10 every child i'm
inc community, however poor and destitute. I'm orr State
Notwithstanding The injunction in our Constitution. ami
except III the erection of The University, and in the moor.
pordhon oil a lew Academies either without funds or with
funds not derived from legislative grant, NO public
Schools have been established for the cheap and conve.
Dlent instruction OF youth In Pennsylvania, more than
seven hundred miles-in New York, six hundred miles.
oil Canal Navigation have been created, while Rail. wsys
are every where in The process OF construction, stmuIat-
ing and employing labor, making and difusing Uealn,
throughout their wide. spread borders. Their sea ports are
crowded with vessels; theii mechanics find constant en-
ployment and high wages their manufactures are prose.
cuted with still Increasing skill and heir agriculture is
bcauitytng aud ebricbiDg the soil, at the moment when il
gathers the rewards Of industry. There, Hospitals for The
sick and the inssne-Asylums for orphans-Institufioos
FOR The cure aud Instruction Of The bind-Scboels for tho
deaf and umb-and other %benehcent establishments for
The removal and mitigation Of human woe-deligbt the
eye aud elevate the heart OF lie bcioldcr-6t offerings of
gratitude from a prosperous community to the Father of
the human race for His blessings on their exeftiops.
and mute but expressive solicitors for a continuance of
His bounty TO those who delight in doing good TO the
children on men. How are all these things in North Ca
rOlina' Fellow. citizens, we do not requirc your answer.
nor do you need information from us. Pon know how
ihey are-and IRE torbear TO speak. Its sufficiently NOR
liylng 10 discover, IL were too painful TO dwell on, the hu.
initiating contrast. Indeed, did we not hope that this re-
proach would ere long be removed from amongst us, we
should endeavor 10 bury IL IN thick night, hide Il from the
world, aud, IT possible, forget IL ourselves. Bot we trust
that a blessed change is IN store Tor us. We know that
there are difficulties, and serious difficulties to be encoun.
tered-but we are sure that there are none which NAV
no, be subdUed by wise counsels and united exerfions
md we are convinced that on You, people of Morh
become all which her " arrnesi friends ought TO desire for
her
"Be fruitful and multiply, and rspIenish the earth and
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