The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-11-15

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adsoeale 81 ether road nsed mt fear that
his favorise will suffer for want Of pas
sengers. Bot lsl - see bow . %, ihai
Mentor would sPproprisle all The Passsn-
gers 10 he Wilmington raadg | fNd. up
On references 10 The paper. lhsl he eons'-
defs The whole travelling sorld a. BAUM
ded nv Charleston - The south. Here
!, L. great error. That The Wilmington
road Mil slssys continue IN rnIay large
nor,iou u Ihe travel Between Charleston
aus me NOrlL. ! do not doubt; bni. THE
same time. l cannot allow that the travel
from Augusta and The southwestern states
will prefer going hundred and City niles
out Of their way, Cor The mere purpose 81
travelling upon The Wilmington road.
Persons from The western part Of this
stale. and even Tennessee. will also sfrk
this road a. The most direct route 10 the
northern cities. Boz, upon this point.
there can be but liille room for conirosrT-
81; every person Of ordinary ssgsriIy
must perceive. that The Columbia road, IL
buill. combining. a. il will, the sdEania-
ges Of being . link in The great chain Of
internal communication between lhe prin-
eipal places Of the seah0aTd states. and
being upon The line af the great nor.heTn
and southern mail. will always command
a large portion Of the travel between the
twn sections Of country.
What may be The cost 81 The rail road
from Charleston 10 Columbia. OF their
profits from travel. or other sources, can
be of no interest 10 Us; but 81 lar ss We
are furnished with The means 81 judging.
the road from Raleigh Ia Columbia can
be bull. al but little greater expense per
mile, than the Wilmington road. and
Mentors speeulsiions sbnui cent per cent
can avail but liIIle here.
Ii may not be improper 10 introduce q
few facts here. for the purpose IL show
ing Menlor's intimate acquaintance with
his subject. lie states that the bnaks Of
subscription were opened. d" in the time
Of an unprecedented food IN The MONEY
markell" The company Was chartered
in the winter Of 1867. and the books
we're opened in 81. but short time pre-.
Sious 10 the suspension Of specie pay.
menls. Truly an unprecedented time!
lie also states that The whole subscription
amounts To but little over $40. 900; SOW.
If Mentor had been oyerserupulous about
the correctness nf his assertions. he might
have informed himself that The cilIzsns Of
| Raleigh alone have subscribed Two Hun
dred Thousand Dollars! This | am how
ever disposed 10 consider iypoeraphn al
error. as cannot suppose Mentor 10 have
been thus ignorant of facts.
Mentor next assumes that the Propos.
ed extension will prove detrimental To The
local interests Of Raleigh: and here again.
beg leave to differ with him. The trade
which Raleigh now derives, or NAV de-
rive. upon the finishing uf the CASTOR
road. from the adjoining counties, can. 10
no wise, be affected By lis extension:
while that Of the Southern and South
western counties, upon the construction
&c the Yadkin Road. must evidently be
carried TO Fayetteville. unless some por-
tim Of il be diverted to Raleigh upan the
Columbia Road. The interest which the
cisizens Of Raleigh have take in the woIk
is, however, perhaps the hes. comment
, upon Mentors fears.
Lastly. comes the real ard bons-Gje
objection. and The ground of all Mentors
hostility. but one which | did not expect
10 hear urged. until it was thrown in the
teeth Of our Legislature: That the State
dare not subscribe TO the Columbia Road,
because its construction will en]sncer
the revenue to be derived from ihrir
investment in the Wilmington Road! And
is this 10 be the end Of all our boastrd
Efforts a. improving The condition Of our
! people! That North Carolina 10 To be
arrested in her onward march. the enter.
prize of her people crushed, aud her vast
resources locked up. merely because fur,
ther ACTION may endanger the palry sun
Of Eighteen Thousand Dollars interest.
and that by no means yet insured!
trust mol trust tina, upon this point a,
least. Mentor may find himself un,upport-
ed By public opinion. No. il she has
made thus Invesimenllor the mere purpose
of becoming a common partner in the
profits 10 be derived by a chartered mon.
opuly, and finds that, as Mentor fears,
that investment may prove a bad one.
like the ruined Gambler she should risk
her last cent in some more feasible pro-.
JeeI. with the hope OF recovering wha,
she has thus fnol,shly venIured. But I
srus, the guardians Of her welfare have
been aciusted by higher and purer motives,
and that they will ever be fourd ready TO
act for the good OF the PEOPLE and the
whole people. satisfied that, Whatever
tends 10 enrich and make them happy as
individuals. tends also, in the same meas.
ure. to elevate and aggrandrze her own
character az a sovereign State.
Il" the Utsi. this matter presents itself