The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-10-11

enunties snd the lakes 10 her ehiei I's'as' .
w.s Il \ Eaeal sectional uoIk!
When Pennsylvania has expended MI
I;on. a open an internal trade 10 Phlia- j
deIphis. are these expenditures seeiional'
Mhila Maryland 10 pursuing The same
policy in reference N eonnexion ol her
bach esansry with Baltimore. and South
Carolina Is slrsiniRg every nerve 10 bfing
her Irsde 10 Charleston. do any Of Us de-
nnunce their action a. sertionala AswIih
these states. 50 has il been with every
other, whose career 10 worthy 20 siimu-
late our ambition or warm out zeal.
Bot \ must descend 20 details: 10 this
. local woskl One Of TOO little imPoE-
lance 10 claim support fnr Il As STATE
Improvement l. il indeed 90! LEI me
ash, IL they Who urge The objection. re-
aIIy knaw the route of the Road they de-
nouneel Have they informed themselves
accurately on this point, so as TO state
where u runs! ! greatly doubt i: For
If they had DONE 80. no candid man
amongst them would PerseErrs IN The OBJ
ieeiian.
What will constitute any work STATE
Improvement. Il surely will moi be re.
quired thai q work Of This kind shall pass
through ALL the counties ii stale erioIe
il can be denominAisil . general or State
Improvement How many viii do! II
, il terminate al the chief Seaport and run
across the niole state. shall. Ihai pass fol
nothing! In unite al one point tie de-
scendlng trade Of all The chief MYERS o.
the state. and The ascending trade OF twe
or three. il that nnlhing!
But there are facts. heretofore too li11ls
noticed, which defy hostility, itself TO al
iach To this work the odium Of sel6sl
locality in It's benefits. Including in .my
estimate ihnse counties only which lii
Immediately on The line Of this Road.
find that their population is $4,000
This is equal TO one SIKH Of The whol'
state! These counties pay one fifth o
the stale taxes. They elect ten Sena
tors. or one fifth nf that bodym!
But all The counties East pf the VII
mingtnn and Raleigh Rail Road. an,
lhase an the west. adjacent IN il. are ii
reclly bsnefied BY u: and all thai por
lion Of the state is connected with Ih'
state as nearly as il is practicable thsj
shall ever be brOugh. to any. work Of lh'
kind; and most Of il is directly eonnecl
ed with the road. BY streams Of suiIicien
size 10 make il useful TO he.people; an,
where il is Otherwise. they are more O
less profled by il. Now il is fact. iha
! that part Of North Carolina which lie
east Of that road, together with adjaeen
counties on the west of il. contain = 20
pula,ion of 253, O0O--or one third :. III,
population Of the l1hOie STATE.
The area OF this section is lilIle. IL an,
thing. short of $4,000 square miles. o
one third Of all North Carolina.
/ Indeed. tina, portion or The state terrific
~ which comes within The immediate in
/ nuenre Of the road, alone exceeds one
G1h nf all lhe Commonwealth.
: | DO not trouble you with tedious state
men.s and calculations in demonsIraliol
Of these facts. | pledge myself Iha, III
/ estimates are free Of in.cnIIonsl error. an
/ they have been carefully made.
Dare any man, then. who has regar
Tor public sentiment, To affirm. with lhes
facts before him. that our last Assembl
applied the peoples mnney To a purpos
which 10 not in lis fullest sense a stat
purposs-a state work--whrn they pa
ronized the Wilmington and Raleigh IA
7 Road!
! trust none will be fund 80 reckless
lf any one there b-, hawever,:I leave hir
with these facts. la be dealt with as an in
tell,gent community shall determine.
Ii might as soon be proved ihs, ou
Capitol is not state work, because il i,
Of necessity, heated IN Raleigh. This
our Capitol at Washington City i. no.
national work, because IL is built in Nh
District Of Cnlumbia-or that our For
are M. national works. because they az
), erected on the sea board.
MENTOR.