The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1836-11-26

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their. support. These publisa.ions werl
,,,a..e 800 late t0 iuduce subscriptions Dr
,itsaline .hey proposed. and 80 near q,
lime OF suhscribing as TO have mischie
r..u> effcc, ON the line itSwas expected u
supercedr. They appeared at q tim.
when. they might defeat one line Of road
bu, coul,l.nol get up or sustain anaiher
This was peculiarly unfortunate. AZ pro
creded from those WIN were devoted Il
the en,erprizc. aid amols its most zealou.
friends; anil lhus unintcntionally gave Il
The wavcring. tho lukewarm, and the enc
mics of the undertaking. an apology fol
nnt taking stock themselves aud prerc1'
ling .'lhcrs from doing so. The effects ni
ttis e rar are passed. the charteris saye.l
and saved BY those who are devnted to
the line of the KnpxviIie Cnnvcation.
The people living on that linz in South
Carolina, have taken one million and q
half of tho s,nck. and w,.think our friends
in N1rth Carolina, Tennessee and Ken
iuckv. need noa now iear that the general
direction of The road which they agreed 10
a, the Knoxville Convention, will BE-
abandoned.
II is nos 10 be doubted that many persons
declined subscribing from canviction that
the Charter would not DO secured, and that
they would be deprived Of the use Of the
money required in advance. sor some time,
with little hope that thr work would go on.
TIL Charter IL secured, in manner which
shews ;hai South Cdrohsa IS in earnea. oad
determined fart tie rad shnii BE- made.
Aaotber cause, we Understand, has tended
10 dcprcss the subscriptions in East 1'cnnes-
see: The President nf the United Sairs. in
his late visit to thar par, Of the State, used
ali his influence we are inloe,ned, t0 pu,
down The cn,erprizc. His principal argu-
n.efiis have been that no prar,icabse route
can be foui.d, crccp, IN q course % circuiious
'ha, the road froas Charleston /. cincinna,i
Hi!l Be fifteen hundred mites long; end that
i vii cost eight or ten times the estimate
to the pubic. BE has, ihcrek,re.
arnpouDcsd n n mere hambug. got up 10
1ring into tntice some OF The principal Nali.
icrs IN South Carolina. especially Joka C.
Calhoun We tl,iuk tho President is mis-
akca III all these particulars Capt. VII
sans. Gl Tho u. S. Topograpfical Ensi-
,cers, Sssis,rd BY ether gentlemen OF tho
profession, oi great .kiil and experience. has
The whola ground. making actual
urscys in the paris mos, difficult, and care.
ul rrcnnno:s 'nces Of the rest. and has p1p-;
bounced ,ar roaie perfectly practicable. on a
inc as shosi as The stage road between the
80 Cities. and has estimated The cost Of
obstruction al about Sii ,O00. 600. rhesc
arrcys ansl examinations have been sub
ai,ied Il, Maj. M'Neii., one OF the mos,
kiiliul engineers III the Unit d States, Who
las plannrd aud supervised moro Rail Roads
han m. man on this s,dr The Atlantic, or
rrhaps IN The motiJ, and he confirms aIi
apt Williams views or the matter. Our
'eniir.src friends can determine wt,rihsf IN
lace greater confidence in Cen. Jackson's
q dom tiininn. ioSncd without Information
nd "i'lr,a, experience. o, in that Of Ensi-
rrfs Of h'g, sIanding. approved probily.
nd aacsccllrd skill We think this grcutl /.
ndstiakipg Is not . Aars6sg, md that Il has I
o,hi1s 10 do with polHics or parry. The
so rrra, u'ovcts IN il Genrral Hayne and
ol. Biand'ng are oi opposite politics. /
'hy harr nsrcr ac.rd together in party |
'rasnres- Thr nrc wc believe, personal
irnds. bur decidedly political opponents
'hr, can nnly ae, tosrthcr in This undcnak
% because itlry trliesr IL has n,ahins to do {
hh psny. LINK OVER tire Soalh Cannl,aa :
'.'scribrs. aud il = III -lp,S in qusl prrar-
,n- Quinn and State R,gl,,. names. We ,
~rrlorr pr,iea against ihil emcrprizc
IN. considered an, thing rlsc than il pus. G
'r'> 10 hr--a grrat aud pstrio,ic movement {,
ihr Soath md Wra. TO SECURE ,tr,r b
arc and ,ht. GUNNER i'll advantage. and n
b>'aniIal dressings which The spiril OF Tho Il
~, aud The adsanrcmcn, OF science. arc
sisensiDa 10 other paris nf our beloved
nnlry. We clsiu his road No our sharc Of
e !ssrra. Improvements going On in tho
lioa; and il nc gisc IL up, wc. shall shcw
fs,rrs unworthy Of thr. station VIC hold
d the blessing. ,ha, arr oflrrcd 10 u.s. !.
We lelrvr that the rcoprning OF lhr =,
oks will br every whesr hailed with de. :,
hi. a. furnishing an opportunity 10 ,I'ose
70 have .noi yet subscribed, to swell tn