The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-02-03
Per The RsroE6sf.
SURPLUS REVENUE.

improper application of the funds. To
eject his. shall be obliged % examine
and discuss some projects lately brought /
70 The notice % The Legislature.
This money should lie regarded BY our
rulers - trust Tor lhe benefit Of The
state, and not 70 be used Cor mere local nr
exferIlal Improvements. 81 he roads
nos constructing Or proposed 10 BE- made
IN Aorh Carolina. are obnoxious 70 0ne
or The oliler ehAige. Nov in order 10
secure 10 myself not only our present
share Of The surplus. but also whatever
ne may in future receive. mean 10 dis
pose u all claims which others may have
set W 10 any portion Of these funds.
Thus. ! all consent on no terms 10
subscribe me dollar IN the Castor and
Ralelgh Rad: fur although entirely with
IN The geographical limits nf our state.
vet u was planned. located. and intended
10 heneii PeleHtAlre alnne. We had at
that tine Two rail roads running from Yir-
gina 10 ihe Roanoke: we're these r0n,i-
nued lrnm Nsldon Ia Ralrigh. our Plant
eEs wnulr have had choice nl markets.
aud there was every reason 10 expect
that = considerable town would have
grown up Al Weldon; bul To prevent the
grawlh Of that place, aud the competition
from Norfolk. IL was deemed polite 10
: run Toad from CASTOR 10 Raleigh. by .
most eiTeuIinus route. increasing the dis.
lanre near forty miles. aud Al AZ expense
Of more than one hundred per cent. for
no purpose under heaven. la least none
that | can See hut 20 seeaTe 90 Peters
burg the ride ii al o0r northern border.
and have our farmers no choice Of mar
kels. THIS ohjecfNss ayosed BY gen
iIemaa from Petersburg. whose connex
ion With some "f the principal managers
II that sebeme afiuds the best assurance
he Vas well Inlonned on the subject.
The Cincinnati and Charleston road
has slIll lees clsm on the patronage Of the
state II Is true thai road is intended 10
rross a small parton II our territory, but
exactly where we have nothing TO export.
4 lIllle stack NAV Al times be- sent from
the mountains of Buncombe. but their
owners will have more sense than To send
them on the rail road. And here LEI me
remark. that the gentleman who lately al.
tended nur Legislature a. commissioner
from South Carnlina. To procure an a.
mendmsnI To the charter of that eompa-
nv. has must zealousl, anu abs dlseharg.
ed the duties Of his Trust: this | state an
justice to hin, aud not rs 4 return fnr the
compliments pad by him To nv native
state. n not only first ia the race uf iame
where nations ar registered on the CO.
lumu of freedom but the pioneers also
in the mnsI splendid scheme Of This aye
Of enleIprze These compliments are
gratifying because True; hut they cost no
thing ~ the donor. aud II l. all that Ne
are In receive. The states of this union
WIll aiaays consent that Nnrih Carolina
shall rttsin the empty hanurs. 50 long rs
she ahandans 10 them the power, patron
age. aud e'nulumen's at office: and ON
this sane principle they vii! locate Their
Tnad precisely in thai part Of the state
where u Is 81 no value IL Us. For une
| am willing Ia receive my share NJ those
compliments as payment in Iall far al
claius me nr my heirs may have on the
benefits resulting from that ROAD. and beg
thus may be considered receipt fnr tn,
same. We are told by that gentleman
that two routes were proposed inr the ID
} cation OF The r"ad--one soulh. passInl
through Georgia and Alabama to the val
lsy nc the Tennessee; and the other b,
the mountains nj North Carohna, Ten
nessee. &C.. That Ia adopting the south
ern rnnle they would have had the ms
: efficient aid from Georgia. but they pre-
frrred couuexion with the Oil Nnr,l
state. and we are asked. most politely
+ is true. In acknowledge aud appreclau
the compliment. For this We owe then
, neither thanks nor obligation: the Eaa,
. will be located just where 1t may hes
promnie The interest 81 Charleston. lie
me ask. If funds are wanting for the con
suucIioa Of the road, and they can de
:. rive such efficient aid from Georgia. woul
: they not adopt tina, route. unless som
;, more powerful motive forbade 1t. An
> if do not give the true reason. le, IN
suggest at least plausible one; had III
. road passed through Georgia, might nj
:, a large share Of the western trade. whic
> they now hope TO secure 10 Charleston
aave found other markets in the Soutt
Aud its location in our state is on precis'
ly the same principle. Although the es
ACT route is said no, to be definitely Sc
!, lied, YET 1t is understood that it will pa
. through Buncombe and down the FreuC
!" Broad into Tennessee, Those who ha'
= the direction ul this business. are we
u aware. that no road made by North G.
y rolina can ever reach theirs, and thus d
I" yer, any portion Of the western trade
u the lower part Of tina, state. II Won
cost more To make road from the va,
IN II