The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-11-18

Tune" nix yorr eyes upon the memory,
and listen wan y0nr ears Ia the lile vi
IAaLs MADISON. s..
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Nj W ENGLAND IL THE SOUTH.
The following il ~ extract from a
speeel lalei. made hy Senator Preston,
of South Carohna. II . public meeting
held a, Columbia. toennsnl. nn measures
relating To the Charleston and Ciarlnnatl
Rail Road. lie pays naltering tribute
To the character oiihe population Vi New
England
" We 81 the Sonih are mistaken in The
character Of these people. when We think
II them only n pedlaFs 10 horn finis and
bark nulmegs, Their energy and enter.
prise are directed ~ oil objects. great aud
small. within their reach. Al the fall OF 4
scanIy TiEulel they set up their hsIle ma.
nuiacIorv 81 wooden buttons or combs
they plant barren hill side with broom
corn. and make u intp brooms al the bot
Inm-and on lls top they erect a wind.
mill. Thus al single spot YOU may see
the air. the esrih aud the wafer. all work.
ing for then, But a she sane ume the
ocean - whiIened TO hs exlrrmiiies with
The sails Of their ships. AMI the land is
covered with their wOIks Of art and use.
lulnPss.
Massachusetts is perhaps the most
houTishiny nf the Northern States, Yet
Of natural productions she exports but
two aTIcles-grSniIe and ice. Absolutely
nothing but rock and ice Every thing
else 81 heT commerce, from which she
derives So much. Is aTuiclal-Ihe work
Of her own hands.
Al this Is done. IN region with a
bleak climate and sterile soil. by the en-
rrgy aud intelligence of the people
! Each mah knows hat tue public COOL is
his individual advantage. The number
1T rsi roads and other modes of expedl
nous omnnnlcatDun knns the xhule
conalry INTO a compact mass. through
which the prodacuon 0t coumerce and oil
! Inc press, the comforts Of life and the
mcans nf knowledge. are universally diff
fused: Wide the clnse intercourse Of ira
+ vel aud business makes all men neigh
bors, aud promotes common interest
J aud common sympathy In cummu'
nIly thus connected, single fash al
thought pervades the whole land. almos,
as rapidly - thought itself ciu fly. The
population becomes, as it were, a single
SET of muscles. animated by one heart
and directed BY common sensorium.
How different the condition OF thing:
in the South! Here, the face oi tn,
country wears the aspect of premature ole
age and decay. No Improvement is sect
euing on--noihing is done for posteri,,
--no man thinks OF any thing beyond .h'
present moment. Our lanGs are laske'
to thcir utmost capacity Of production
and when exhausted are abandoned ia
the youthful West. Because Nature ha
been prodigal 10 us. we seem Ia think l
unnecessary In do any thing 70, ourselves
The industry aud skill thar have convert
ed,ihe inclemeal hills of New Eaglan,
into a garden. in the genial cIimste am
fertile soil of the South would create al
most a paradise. Our natural advanla
ges are among the creates, with whc
Providence has blessed mankind, hut W
lack the spiri, To enjoy aud improve them
The rich ore is beneath our feet. vet W
dig not for il. The golden fruit hang
fr"m the bough. and we lift not our hand
to gather il. The cask of delicious Ii
quor is before our eyes. bu. we are to
lazy even to breach il. In thinking. i
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