The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-12-14
GOV. DUDLEY's MESSAGE

c pm '"afhet, osefFun win our application
Tor loans. ! would ask you TO compare Nh
amounts protilabiy employed by our slste
states, possessing natural advantages re-
curing Improvement, infinitely inferior 1
our own, with tho amounts empIo, ed b
US. New York, little shor, OF our terri
iorial extent in 1890. had less number a
inhabitants. She adopted the use of Banks
and we did not for number of wears. Il
le0u she surpassed US IN population. Sin
Increased her Banks commensurateIy 10 he
wants aud Improvement did oo,-aa,
she now numbers three times our popuIa
tioIi. Besides other and valuable Improve
ments, she has flushed, commelSed ant
chartered canals and rail- roads s, $50 miles
costing nearly ninety millions OF dollars
For a more particular exposition nf The I'D
san'ages derived by That State from her
appropriations for internal improvements,
submit 10 you the documents marked G..
ind d., reports of co umlttccs TO The Legs
laiure Of New York, communicated to me
IN my executive capacity.
fCr The benefit and protection which this
Bank will enjoy from the State, 1t should
make q subscription to tho Yadkm aud Fay.
ettevilIc Ran Road stock Of a half million
1T dollars.
Agriculture, as tho basis and support Of
oil other interests, is The most important,
aud merits Your most deliberate consider
alton. The landed property Of our State IS
held IN too hight an estimation, and our nj
tachmenis to the soil hang too loosely abour
Us. The places oi our births aud early ne
colccllous--thet theatres four manis sirur
sies aud mature as@oefa!ions-ihe very
grave yards ofcur fathers, INSPIRE no add.
lng atiachm' His, but are sold and transfer
red with less emotion lhan are the brute
That Craze upon then. Pfematurcls worn
out by loose and ru,aous system pf cui
iuTc, oar lands are parted from without RI
gree and seldom descend to the THIRD zen
Grafton.
Tbs Indiiereo.@ ASS no dnuM in part
tom the abundance of eur land, and the
compilation presented by richer soils, IN cll
mates more con-epiat 10 The tassfile pro
sluction ot the day Gotten but in a greater
degtec TO cur laas, at!.rdlug to th,s prina
~ and paramoun, interest no preferences
N advantages over others. II !. your du
y, as Legislators, TO inves'i. gate lo CAUSES
and ~ pJutide the remedies II IA ' our power.
Might no. tals end he attained 10 part II
sensil by securing to every family, ~ pro
PARTON 10 ghrlr numbers, CERTAIN portions
Il land immediately around aud lnclndlne
theif dwellings,, against all elaim@, subject
during the hIo IL the Gamer, widow, or ut.
married daughters, 10 ,hct control andsup
pofl aud a.iotAard, 10 descend IL the cid
est married child Who has offspring art
so on fareser--lnh!e, however, TO be s1a
at oil tunes by he proprietor. @lth the con.
seut ol his vtle. !iy thls mcaas "a as5 IAN
Would be afforded under every Contingency
for the family and wluaNs aud orphans snicl
ded iram the degradation and sufictuas Of
want. Oanrfs ol estates would mere ilud
Inducements Tor their sS stematlc and per
maneN foyemeni-emtgranis to pur.
chase and locate among u, lill,ng up our
loo sparss' population and enhancing tie
value II cur too deprecated soll
Much may doubtless be effected hy an
improved ;, stem of hushandry. under pro.
per sitaulanis and Inducements II We,
for a moment, turn to the improvements
snccesSiullS achieved IN Massae hust,is, with
decidedly inferior climate and soil, our
doubts will b. removed. She greatly out.
II, sps us IN cur peculiar interests; in proof
II which allow inc IL refer you TO an agri.
cultural survey recently made IN that State,
marked II, and so valuable IN my estima,
tion, as 20 induce me To recommend that
similar survey BE- authorized ~ our State.
But, gentlemen, II is only to a lbef "a! and
we'll devised system of internal improve.
nents that wee can look Tor the regenera.
',no and permanent prosperity Of our State.
Oar towns arc small, our markets dsiaui
aud difficult Of access our water courses,
Tor purposes al uavlgaii0t,, materially tadlt
fcfent and wanting Improvement whilst
cur infant manufactures are struggling TOR
existence against the ma;ured and mighty
workshops of Europe and New England.
We have 10 branch of enterprise sufficient.
" advanced and powerful to render assls
lance 10 another. II IS, IN truth, The race
of lmbecllny ard reeefly-the waste Of no.
bile energies N detached and single handed
en,etptizs. FURNISH but capital and means
Of Improvement, combine all our resources,
aud direct them Iudiclously TO the develop.
meat Of our advantages ard Won viii find
that we have the materials OF great and
wealthy State. Our winter courses are
Incompatible inr rroPrlhng machinery !;
the earth teens with lneNhaustible mines
If rich ores and minerals; aud our Popula.
ton characterized bv industry, prudence