Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-11-22
TRIBUTE TO THE NORTH.
pr ssSAToR PRESTON, OF g. c.

Ma PRgsroS, in bis speech concerning the Rail
road, on Monday last, drew a striking contras, be.
tween the difference Of character Of tho Northern
and OF the Southern parts Of the UnIon and the
consequently opposite condition Of the countries
that they inhabh.
He sslt that no Southern man can journey. las
he had lately done,) through the Northern States,
and witness the prosperity. the industry, the pub
lie spirit, which they exhibt--'he sedulous cult
vaiion Of all those arts by which life is rendered
comfortable and respectable without feeling a
deep sadness and shame, as he remembers his own
neglected and desolate home. There no dwelling
is 10 be seen abandoned, no farm uncultvuted no
man idle. no waterfall, even. unemployed. Every
person and every thing performs part towards the
grand result, and the whole land is covered with
fertile fields, with manufactures, and canals, and
Railroads, and public cdifces and towns and cities
Along the route of the great New York canal
Chat glorious mon"mcn, Of the gori"". mo"o.y
al De Wit Clinton) a canal a railroad. and Turn
pike, each of them crowded with travel, or over
flowing with CO Dmerce. Throug bout their course,
lands that before their construction would scarcely
command five dollars the acre, now sell for fny,
seventy-fve OF hundred. Passing along il, you
no space OF three miles without town or vii
sge and you are never out Of the sound of church
bell.
We of the South are mistaken in the character
of these people, when we think of them only as
pedlers in horn hin's and wooden nutmegs. Their
energy and enterprise are directed 10 all Objects
both small and great within their reach. AT the
fell Of a scsnty ryulet they set up their little man
Ufactory of wooden buttons or combs-aud on its
top thew erect windmill. Thus at single spot
you may see the air the earth and the water, all
working for them. Blu, at the same time you ma y
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sails of their ships, and the land lie covered with
their works of art and usefulness.
Massachusetts is perhaps the mos, dourlshng Of
the Northern States. Yet of natural productions
she exports but two Srcles-graare and ice All
soluiely nothing but rock and ice Every thing
else Of her commerce, from which she derives so
much, Is art ifcial-ihe work of ;heir own hands.
All this done, IN region with bleak climate
and sterile soil. by The energy and intelligence Of
the people, Each man knows That the public good
is his individual advantage. The number Of rail-
roads snd other modes Of expeditions ntercommu-
nlestion. kGus the whole country into closely
compaeled mass, through which the productions OF
commerce and Of the press the comforts Of hfe and
tho means Of knowledge are universally diffnsed
while the close intercourse of travel and business
makes all men neighbors and promotes common
interest and common sympathy. In a community
thus connected. single fash Of thought pervades
the whole land, almost as rspIdly as though, itself
can fy The population becomes. as It were, a
single set Of muscles, animated by one heart and
directed By a common censorium.
Z How different the condition ~ things in the
/ South Here the face Of the country wears the
aspect Of premature old age and decay. No I'M
proSemeni Is seen going on-no,hng ~ done for
posienty---no mau thinks Of any thing beyond the
present moment. Our lsnds are yeat!y lacked to
their uirnos, cspscity Of production. snd hen eI-
hausied are abandoned 10 the youthful West. Be
esgse nature has been prodigsl 10 rs We seem to
4 think Il unnecessary IN do any thing for ourselves
TIE Industry and skiil that have converted the IN
I element and barren hills II New England ino e
garden, IN The GENIAL climate and icrtie scii u the
South would create al1nost paradise. Our nsiu-
. rel sdvsnisges are among the greatest with wh'rh
providence h,s blessed mankind. bu, We lack The
spirit 10 ENJOY and improve them. The nth ore }.
5enes,h our feet. yet Dig not for n. The go
Den fruit hangs from The Dough, snd We III, not COL
hands 10 gather II. The cssk Of delicious .qCor u
before oul ewes bot ere too lay even 10 broset
u. 10 thinking 10 writing. and talking. We arc
equal to any people ca the face OF The esrih-bu
Ne do nothing bat think, write and tak.
Tar THaEa wospzss OF wosEs. fifsi. al hi
teen. they ~ooder who they shall take secondly