The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-01-27

the shortest and least dsgerous naylga,
lion. As s0Oa. therefore. as your VII
IningInn and Roanoke Rsil Road is com,
plrIe'l. aud tie Steam Boat line establish
ell 10 charlrstnn. you will attract Ia this
Tnule al these travellers. The lempla.
ilsn ycu wIll ofrr lhean is . voyage ol
single day beIsera sunrise and sunset.
ana the avoidance of night vayage
around cspr Lookout and Cape IIalleras.
Two Of The III lsg dangerous points upon
the coasi.
Thus then. You will perceive that
N"rIh CaTolins - vitality concerned in
tile ProJsci nov IN contemplation: aud
stand here commissioned BY Soulh Caro-
lima 10 "iier participation in is adganIa
ger. With our united strength. We can
accomplish the undertaking and arouse
our country from her PROSTATE condiron.
We can bring 10 the doors OF our propie
market for their products. aud thereby
procure for them al hume Ihosr sdysnia
yes. 10 seek which they are abandoning
us. We can infnse new spIrll into our
eounlrys1en. and direeI lheIrunIied ener
girs. We can create q mighty river.
which will carry through our land a
stream Of lrrlllizIng prosperity. This is
the object We propose TO accomplish. and
this the prize 10 be secured by making
this Road.
l. lhis prize worthy our united etforss.
and is the road 10 n practicable!.
! was about Ia take il as conceded.
that your grant Of The charter Ia the Rail
Road Company, last year. had decided
these questions in the affirmative. But
observe that the Senate il DESTROYS uI
further information. | will merely pause.
TO point OuI To ynu Ihr efforts making
elsewhere for even portion Of this trade.
in order 10 show you us surprising im-
porlance.
From Massachusetts 10 Georgia, al
most every State is now engaged, al im-
mense expense. in endeayuurs To share
il. New York. mol satisfied with heI
Canal from Albany To Buffalo, is con.
slrucung a Rail Road on The same rnule
and she hnds her account IN this double
communication, Massachusetts, not
wiIhstandlng the competition "f th'
! Hudson river, Is pressing. ward RAJ
Road across the mountains from BosluI
IT, Albany, in order TO secure mer,
frarliun ui the trade. Pennsylvania
with a spirit which dues honor Ia hr
sagseily. has, at the uncomfortable ex
pense OF 35 millions Of dollars. opene,
her communication with the " est. aud al
! ready finds the experiment successful, not
wIIhslanding the necessity she Is undo
: Ot crossing the mountains IN Ia IncllueI
! planes BalumUre is urging her RAJ
I Road with an energy beyond all praise
aud has already advanced WITHIN the bar
2 rieT oi the mountains. at an expense ant
l through country which would have de
. ! Rrred almost any other people Virgi
2 gInIa Is advancing IN the same contest
!, aud even the people of the District q
CoIumbis, With The Chesapeake an
Z Ohio Coaal, have pressed forward. an
5 are enjoying parton Of the harvest
/, Georgia tho has extended her arms ~
e the other side. and is urging forward I
h the Tennessee river, in order TO cut al
e the portion that is within our grasp
II Aud shall the two Carnlinss alone b
|, found absent from this glorious c0nlen
4 liun. Shall we alone, of all this gallsn
u baud. be found wanting; aud thereby &C
e knowledge our incapacity for manly eml
II lalion! Shall the statesmen ot the Soul
u prove TecTrants Id their people, an
. abandon The means which Heaven otfeI
10 lead prosperity back IL their rountr
i and il may so express myself. 10 ban
10 fortune IN her seryiCe-aye, sir, To max
!. lnrlune her slave; fur every thing cou
e bines To favor The prejec. Of carrying o
Ie this commerce through our States.
is Consider for moment The difhcultit
Dr. encountered in the various changes whic
lie goods must undergo between New Yor
/. aud Cincinnati. First Slnop must a:
b, cend the North liver to Albany-lhen
" Canal Boat must take its place to Buff;
.e lo-then another Sloop To cleveland
to then Canal Boat to Portsmouth, an
he then a Steam Boat TO Cincinnati
5: Throughout all these changes. separa
70 agents mus, be employed, and additions
a. risk and expense must be incurred, 1T
" same difficulties exist at Philadelphia
aud yet they carry on a trade with at
III vantage 10 both parties. But when II
in considered that even this communicate
er is obslruc.ed by ice f"r great par, Of II
IN year. the disadvantages are greatly il
ot creased. Upon computation made Ia
nd wear, il was ascer,ained that at one tir
he at least two millions OF dollars worth
e. goods bound tc the West. were frog
e! up IN these Canals. Nav tue Soulhe
in Route avoids all these difficulties, II
fit qulres no chaages of conveyance
RS multiplication OF agen,s-and is suhle