Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-07-12

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dicious policy, must as far as it can, give
ITS AID TO these great objects Of public utility.
Look at our, own North. With all the, adj
vantages derived from Tariffs, and Govern
ment protection, much still must be ac
corded to the energies Of her own People.
See her extensive system of Rail Roads,
canals, river communications, and seq
The flag Of tho enlerprizng,: adventurous
N"rtherncr unfurled in every sea. See the
heavy tax, tax more onerous than all the
Tariffs, which we pay upon our Incidence.
II Is true we have squandered thousands
and hundreds of thousands upon objects Of
Internal Improvement, but the fault is moi
in the thug itself bur IN the want of a wise
and Judicious system. Are we TO abandon
these enterprises altogether! Are we to
suffer these monuments Of civilization and
refinement 10 crumlle into dust, and leave
TO the future historian the task of writing
the mournful cPitaph Of a People, who fell
from their high and palny state Of prosperi:
~ into a condition of barbarian degeneracy
Look at our Sister States. See N. York;
with her Rivers all open. and navigahle;
her magnificent Canals, her gigantic sys-.
TEN of internal. Improvemen,-seo her
great City, one of the .,nost Commercial in
the world, and controlling four fifrhs Of the
commerce of the Union-sce the numerous
Towns and Villages which meet The travel
Ter AT every step as he journeys through her
Territory. Look AT pennsylvania. When
her works now in progress shall becomple
ted, she will have about 900 miles of Rail
Road, and with her Canals, about 1000
miles, running into every part Of her Terri
tory, and giving life and activity to her vast
population. Ohio is contending with her
elder sisters, and with her Rail Roads and
Canals establishing her connection with
New York and Pennsylvania. See Mary
land and Virginia striking for the Ohio
River. aud vieiug with the North for that
trade with the West which if secured will
bring such wealth TO her citizens. AT
the late Session. Virginia appropriated three
millions Of dollars TO Internal Improvement
We have commenced The noble work and
IT us permit no obstacle TO arrest the lofty
purpose. We must go on, or ours will be
the mournfnl destiny to he left behind in the
honorable struggle for wealth, for glory and
Tor power.
We have thus. hnrrictl!y and feehlv ad-
dressed "A few putrio,ic considerations to oar
reader. IL this were all how ever, i, mig
he said that VIC had failed in our purpose
There are many who upon such ecnera al
grounds, would never support any public
measure, and they require that we should
not stop rcrc. 1t is our decided conviction
that there has been much ,nproridcnl le-
gisvlinn upon the subject Of Internal Inn
provelnent and We have often expressed
this opinion III Other places. Wii6holdinc
this: important power from the General Go.
vcrnment. we commit its exercise to the
respective States. and VIC have yet to learn
that any one among us, would advise the
suicidal policy of abandoning Al uitog,Mer
In our next we will resume the subject.
and we pledge ourselves 10 prove that as
Tar as human foresight can perceive. the
State can lose nothing by the Act for Re-
building Charleston, hut that i, will I've Iaroe-
~ henrfitted; thar The true and monjcd in
'eres's Of The People Of Ed!eefeid were con-
suited by those of their Representatives
who voird for the measure, and that to their
, mind, these interests have not only heeu
protected against injury. but advanced and
promoted.