The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-10-28

deratlon tDat PuIs US more tavorably in
the comparison of our advantages with
t,ose of the Hamburg and Charleston en-.
teiUrlse, aud gives us strong ASSURANCE that
as raat has succeeded, We too, can adopt
some plan that must prove successful.
Z aegreat question that we have come
here to consider then presents itself. Ehi-
ther SHAH IRE 90 What schemes shall
We select .s tie most feasible and most
likely 10 meet The wants of these co,pmu.
mites ! Thu question your committee
thinks ought t. be answered by the con-
yentI0n luther which will commence Its
session this day. 1t will, doubtless, be-
composed Of intelligent and patriotic gen.
Ilemen, whose wanisare common 10 ours.
They will discuss the question more leis-
urely than VIC can do II in popular meet
ing, they will probably have the counsel
OF skilful and scientific men TO aid and dI-
rect them. We think therefore that this
question can with great safety aud proprieiy
be submitted TO their prudence aud dscre.
ton. W think howe.er that we ought to
ask of that body that some measure shall
be singled out and urged upon our Slate
Legislature for It's iuriheIance and support.
We are much inclined to believe, that if
the other Internal improvement conventions
which have been held in our state, had been
less tender on the score Of harmony, and
more specific in their recommendations,
that we would by this time have been fur.
Their along IN works of improvements
There has been for the last three years in
the western part Of North Carolina, a spi-
rit Of enterprise that needed only TO be lu-
diciuusly directed to effect important re-
suits; but we were IN the iancled position
Of the Ok between the straw stack so eX-
actly balanced by inclination in opposite
directions that We have not gone either
way. We think that il is high time that
We had come to a conclGs0n. Decision OF
purpose isas necessary 10 communities as to
individuals IN aiming at great achievements.
While, therefore, We deiefeutIaly torego
the right Of making this determination, We
constantly hope that the convention will be-
still able TO present Us with scheme that
we can take up With zeal and confidence.
We are aware that some sections OF the state
who have been looking 10 this connection
with great earnestness, will feel disobliged
by decfsion let it be made when It NAV,
but we ought not 10 be consigned 10 a life
of single blassedness for fear Of giving of.
fence TO our admirers.
Before We close Tins report, we will en-
brace this OCCASION 10 congratulate our fell
low citizens on tue auSplcious circunsian-
ces that attend the meeting of tins conven-
ton The zeal and prompiness With which
SO many Of our respectable and influential
fellow citizens from abroad have come hith-
er on the business, is a circumstance TO en-
courage US. The period OF our assembling
is fortunate one-it is upon the eve of the
first Legislature after the amendment of
the State Constitution aIter strong &C.
cession has been made TO the representa-.
ton Of that section Of the State which has
ALWAYS most wanted and most urged the
policy of internal Improvement. 1t is for
,unate too, that the friends of this policy
come into power foil handed The late act
of Congress distributing the Surplus Reye-
hue among the States will euable our rep
resentatveS TO make good something of tho
large promises made to the people of what
would be done If the constitution could be
amended. 1t is a favorable circumstance
too, that money is pleniy-that produce IS
selling al taIr prices, and that our people
are out of debt. Il is above all, most ia
vorable 10 see safe, calculating men inter-
ested in this eaterprize aud willing to
risk largely of their worldly substance in its
result, whom all the solicitations and en-
tcemeuts OF former blasted projects have
never moved nor >educed into Improbable
ventures.
But, fellow citizens, something is 10 be
done, as we'll as SAID, before we can expect to
realize these bright antlcipatIons which are
beginning to break on us. We ought not
TO wish that others should take the whole
expense on their shoulders. there is any
risk as to the proitableness of the stock, we
who will be certain TO gain by the lncreas-
ed value Of our profit and the increased ia
cihtieS of trade, let that event be what IL
may, ought certainly to encounter it, at
least in part. Ii, on the other hand, rs We
confidently believe profit is to be made by
such an investment, that profit ought TO be
secured to cur citizens Instead of going u
broad to enrich others. We are aware
that the disastrous issue of certain mad
schemes for improving the Rivers Of our
State, create dlsrust and discouragement
in the hearts OF many but we who arc
pressing these matters on you are not res
ponslbIe for these failures they are the
errors of another generation, most OF thclr
authors are gathered from amongst U.s.