The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-12-14

a'e paramount necessity of associa,iDy viii
'"e ''a'e' interested and ludiclous citizens Il
'upe''nsend the details, and attend To tn,
execution OF the work. which "a car,a,,,,
Wi'h'n The means of The STATE, probabi,
""npu' me necessity of borrowing. Sho,le
''e Dunk To which have referred. he mn,
r" operation, and make to this road The sab,
se'p.ioh OF half million dollars, AVID should
'"e 'oat'n ins'alment of the surplus he re.
eeived IN January next, which il probahla
as Tue law directing the. distribution has
oo' peen repealed. amounting toS477.oiq
10 CENTS, with the proceeds n. lie sales q,
Inc Cherokee lands, saySs330, 900 beiua
appropriated TO this puaaose, Mt,h wha, n
di'iduai subscription may be ob:alned. the
funds would be provided. Il appears TO me
as matter Of right aud justice, to give
the proceeds Of the Cherokee land sales TO
/ opening communication to that section of
the State whence they have been derived.
ihere are other works Of no less lnoor
tence, 10 which had almost said the sal
Vation OF the State requires that she should
promptly and vigorously engage. Ga our
west an effort is making by South Carolina
TO cross our Stale by rail way. to secure
10 Charleston the produce of that fertile re.
glon, whilst the establishment of her South
western Bank-with Branch m our Inn
It's, not Only insures the success Of the first
chterprize, Bot by superced,ng the circula
ton OF our Banks, DESTROYS our curfencv.
and controls our credit system. The Ian.
guage OF the friends ol' this Twelve Million
bank, IS g that IT will be to The South w s.
tern States IN currency aud exchanges,
what the Bank of the United States was to
the Union." Should South Carolina sue
coed ia carrying out her views as to the
currency, and as 10 a South Western Con
iederacy Tor Ieague) our fears cannot be
bounded BY mere pecuniafy loss. We
should be driven TO trade with Charles
ion, Ind 10 cherish sectional feelings until
our attachments to the Union itself would
become impaired. we cannot serve two
masters with equal fidelity and attachment.
Should no counteracllng measures be adop.
ted on our part, / should fear that she
would succeed both IN directing our trade
tnd supefsedIag our currt ncy.
The Bank ! have proposed would ne.
move The later apprehension, and to RENE
dy the former, would respectfully pronose
ne construction Of a Raj Road from the
mead OF tide water on The Cape Fear Rlv
ar, commencing 10 Baden county, running
"es. and fank'ng South Carolina as neaf
~ Poss ble, p3.sslug through Robeson, Rich.
hond, anson, Mecklepburs, Liucoln, and
INTO Rutherford, and If experience iustifies
It, further still, into Tennessee, aud TO the
shores OF the Mississippi.
his road would intercept the produce
made on the north of lis Iiuc-draw no 10
quantity from the Contiguous
districts Of South Carolina, and deliver il TO
D market Of our own on the Cape Fear. |
The travel on this road have no donb,
would be couslderao Ie. Persons on tie
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston road,
bound north, would unQ slionaely take this
route, avoiding thereby two hundred miles
II travel, aud a sea voyage. The country,
from the Cape Fear 10 Rockingham ~
Richmond county, ON the Psedee some So
or 80 mules, presents the best facilities for
q rail road OF any in the State. lis sur
lace IS level, and abouuds IN timber of the
first quat.ty-there Is but one stream to
cross-Lumber river-and that Of no mag.
nitude, 10 the route.
The road would be of immense impor.
lance to Wilmington on the Cape Fear, al
ready one of the best markets IN the world
for lumber, and for furnishing cargoes of
naval stores, adapted 10 the West India
markets. The return cargoes of West Ia,
dia produce, redundant for the hitherto de-
mand, would furnish supplies TO the interior
on the best terms.
The Cape Fear River is navigabe for |
my sized crafts to the point indicated as the /
starting point of the Raj Road; and below
Wilmington, as far as the outlets TO the
ocean, has been and is now greatly improv
ING under the operations Of the U. States |
Its depth, breadth and straightness have all
been increased, and IL now affords full Is /
eet of water on lis worst shoal, which is /
deepening. The New Inlet
bar, II is confidently believed. from observa. !.
lions upon it, is capable OF being readily aud |
improved; and, as this comes
within the acknowledged province of the
Federal Government, ii is hoped she will |
AXE speedy and eileetual measures for the
accomplishment of so important work to
, State that has asked and received SO little |
II her hands.
Improvement in the eastern section ofthe
State also demands our consideration, in an
Equal, If no. superior degree. The whole
Albemar!e country, embracing some twenty I
counties, has dangerous aud inadequa.z