The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-02-17


oil course te paid for IN some kind Of paper AT
present, there being no circulating medium sufIi.
Gent Tor the purpose the greater part Is taken
back IN bills Of exchange at a cost of something
near per cent besides loss Of interest for at
least thirty days. Suppose ". Caroline TO furnish
one third Of his trade; the annual expense then
upon her citizens merely for tins exchange, would
exceed j en- Thousand dollars. This tax will al.
fpost entirely he saved by this Bank, because its
currency viii answer al! the purposes of exchange
IN The different sections Of the route and will thus
facilitate IA every respect the operations Of trade
And what at last is the boon asked at your hands
for benefits so vast and enduring 1t is TO grant
ihai which you have given to The other Banks in
your stale for tax of oae-iourth per cent On their
capilsl-wlthout deriving from them any public be-
neh, or any other contribution 10 the proyement
o! the State Compare this plttance ith even the
certain advantages offered by the nank now pro.
posed Here you have an outlay OF three nil.
hons among your cItizens-a road fastened To the
SOIL which IS itselt source Of wealth. and upon
which you have reserved the right TO levy taxes
NE increase value ut property which IL Will Ger
ta'hiy proouce-Ihe villages To winch il will as
certainly give birth--ihe saving 10 your citizen.
10 furnishing their exchange substituting
sound and stable currency for one that is doubt.
iul and unknown-besides ell the other advsn.
tages upon which have already so fully descanl.
ed Can you refuse this boon Will YOU reject
Tie brightest hope OF Internal Improvement which
has never beaIned upon your State
refusal at this time on your part Mr. Speak
er, would be particularly unfortunate. Ii cannot
have escaped your observation, that South Caro-
Ina has choice Of two routes to the commerce
! Of the Nest-the one through your Stats-ths
other through Georgia. For reasons satisfactory
10 themselves. tie Convention al knoxville deter.
mined upon the route through your State. and
South Carolina. acting IN good faith Low offers TO
redeem their pledge. Ii you reject that ofitf, Sd,
has no alternative left, aud the Road through your
State IS lost forever. 1t is u question Of some
Doubt whether, IN any event. tie Georgia route
10 Memphis would mol have been mere adgants- (,
gous 70 South Carona. AT al esents the energy |
WAN winch Georgia Is pursuing her Raj Roads /,
anu the large subscrpt lons she has lust made 10
thehi Indicate that she would zealously haze uni.
led all her si.0fts With south Carolina had The !
uiicr been maze to her ehch Is now made 10 YOU. 4
ne c.alm upon you therefore untes your inter. I
ests with your honor, and acquires the most sesi.
o1s Importance, Il you refuse to acknoW ledge IT, I
you abaie The yea. aud destroy the influence OF
those who preferred your alli-aec. They " III be |
Justly accused Of having declined the advances Of
Georgia, whose eafnestness IN the cause Of Inter.
nal Improvement has J.si been proved, for North.
Cslo!ina, Who viii b. your refusal, have eyiuced
an apathy The most lepelling. \ revulslon OF
puoc feeling viii be the result all hope o, Union
"iih YOU will be abandoned forever, aad The gold /
en- uoe OF commerce Will be turned from your
Shrfes to leave ibetn more waste aud desoIae.
have uGs, NJ. S.eaker, canyassed all the /
views winch have occurred 10 me, touching The
subject o. youf deliberations have discharged
my duty Ii is now for you to act. Let no man
mistake the position IN which he stands. The
vote OF IGls Senate aust now decide aclher Your
state sha.ladyauce orrecede. Upon every Senator
there Is ali immense responsibility. Ii by lis vote
tA.s ~oEo SHAH fail, what reckoning Wl.. he de.
manced al hs hand Ii through his tiM.dity or
indifference the people Of your state shall be de-
prlyed OF the benefits which tins Road oiirrs, how
great vii be his condemnation Destroy this
project, and shat hope Is there from any other
Upon tbs the euer. les of the South have been
concentcsed Puoiic opinion has been di ecled to
II from every quarter aud 1t 1t now fail II will be
futile 10 propose another. With IT, fails prcstrate
al! ou,erpuec, snd Internal improvements viii for
Us be the mere vision Of dream. Aud when the
time shall arrive, Il 1t shall Tor beng arous.
ed from this dream, We shall then aNaae 10 the
discovery that on the tide OF emigration has obbed
away ,-e lie blood ai the STATE, TO moslcn and
ieyi.lige Tho soil OF our negdbofs. Then perhaps
wc VIII coutsnt ourselves 10 sit down IN despair,
until common misery and supueness shall ID.
ure MS 10 our condition.
Mr. Speaker, read in the expression Of your
couuenaUcc, that tins shall NOT be. sec, you are
ready to seize upon the moment and advance 10 the
struggle. Com, then, let US, with united strength,
press io-wardlet us initiate the generous emu.
iai.on of cur fathers, aud the pr,zc is ours-,he
noble prize Of having established the happiness
and prosperity Of our country. Sir, We have all
read 10 The schools, that in former days there was
i people, ct whose hands an emergency REQUIRED
4 pubiG worh to connect their city with the sea
With instant alacflly, the whole population rush.
ed iorth-wonian, child, aud man. There, they
made uo count OF conseqaenee>-lhe rich cast into
The public treasury has gold, the poor hls mite-t
Nas enough that their country a>ked--and IT Was
done & layouslg. nob!y done. Sir, that city and
that people have ever since stood foremost in Tie
annals Of nations Those were days in which We
might live sad proudly claim the name of man.
These are the men who have stamped upon their
history characters SO glorious and unfadng, that
even now, by their example, we and our children
are taught Ia infancy the great lessons OF pubic
virtue.
SIR let us not now forget these lessons let Us
'evoIe every power 10 the improvement OF DOR
country aud let us, without hesitation, instantly
advance to stay the wounds under which she is
low bleeding Then at least. If our efforts move
every remedy in our power be APP
,lied IN yaln-i' the tnat III must como, and our
country must succumb--we shall have done our 5
Utmost 10 avoid 1t; we shall have discharged our
inty, aud We shall at all events be allowed the me-
ancholy satisfaction OF declaring, this is no work
VI mlnc--" thou canst not say ald IT..
free.ing.-A young man IN this town i
roze his foot which was perfectly cured IN |
eSs than u hours, by the application Of a I