The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-01-07

mills. 10 this, sir, because Lincoln has
greater natural advantages than the adloin.
ing counties Iron is d'fiused Throughout
all the neishboring counties. From Bun.
combe, where believe there does not exls,
a single forge or furnace, have seen speci.
mems, obtained in several different sections
Of the county, which are pronounced by
those best qualified to Judge, equal TO any
iron ores in the world. Then we have va.
ter power enough, in the mountain district,
to move all the machinery 10 the civilized
world. IL "a only because Lincoln has
more capital, that she Is in advance Of the
other counties. From the nature OF things,
agriculture must prosper in all counties be.
fore manufactures eaa flourish. The ne.
cessaries of life are obtained BY the cult.
walton of the soil. The FIRST settlers, there.
fore, direct their ALLEGATION, from necessity,
exclusively 10 that. 1t is only when the
products exceed the waa,s Of the communal.
ty, that the surplus can be devoted 10 manu-.
features. From the great cost Of getting
our productions 10 market, IN most Of the
western counties, we are advancing but
slowly. What would, under diferen, cir.
cims,ances, be clear profit, is thus wasted
away. Ii, for example, we could reach the
markets Of the world at only one half OF
what Il DOW costs, US, no county would I'M
prove faster than ours. In none would
manufacturing establishments spring up
more rapidly. Having adverted to Lincoln,
let me also, 10 illustrate this view, still fur.
Their call the alien,ion Of the Senate TO Van.
cy, one OF the youngest Of our countless
To stranger, the larger part Of i, would
seem only wilderness. llcoptaias apFsr.
emily lnexhaus,ible supplies Of ore, which
yields iron surprising, perhaps, IN hardness
aud ioughness, any known. As county,
# YOU except some of our reclaimed sN amp
lands, its soil is the most fertile IN the State,
The clouds so often rest on it, that the vege.
table matter decays slowly in mois. state,
and has given i, this most extraordinary do.
gree of fertility. lis mos, admirably fitted
for grasses. Let it be remembered TOO
sir, that lands about Lexington in Kentucky,
devoted entirely TO grazing, are sold some
times for 500 per acre. Bear in mind,
too, the further fact that stock, TO the valoe
of two millions of dollars, is annually driven
through Buncombe county TO the South
Why is ii, then, that @hblands naturally as
well fitted for this scr! Of culture, and with
only half the distance 10 90 to market the
citizens Of Yancy are so far behind Ken.
tuckyl IL is because they wnnt the capital
which she possesses. Tho FIRST settlers IN
that country carried only the axe and the
rifle. Mos, Of their time 10 Of course em.
ployed in acquiring subsistence and the
country is improved rather slowly. lf,heir
lands were prepared for grazing. some years
must slapse before there wonid be return
Of profit. The result is, ,Jat most Of them
are unable 10 take that course. Those
who have adopted ii howeyer, have succeed.
ed so well. that all will be encouraged 10
initiate them, when they get the means
The fact even Of throwing open the whole
Ses,ern country to The world, By means Of q
fine road, would tend directly to transfer
capital there. Many persons from the
East have assured me thai, if it were no,
for the difficulty of reaching it, they woold
like to possess stock, farms and villas,
as orr Southern neighbors now do in
some instances. Such an investment would,
10 the end, be preferable 10 one in the south
western States.
The whole Of our mountain region is one
Of the most inviting 10 tho world. Its sum.
mer climate is said, by travellers, TO sur.
pass that of Switzerland; IFS skies are lial.
ian; there are fountains Of icy GOODNESS, and
limpid streams and green valleys. The
lover Of natural scenery will find there too,
the preciplce and the cascade, or he may
ascend the blue mountains, and pass along
their tops, for miles, over plains SIX theus.
and feet above the ocean, with the clouds
beneath him. If our friends from the East,
could visit II, as am sure they would do, il
we had 3 Gne turnpike, they would obtain
there, perhaps, not less Of pleasure, and far
more of bodily and intellectual energy, than
they can find IN the cities of the NcIlh.
This bill, MIR. Speaker, proposes no ex.
pertinent. The improvement is Of that
species longest known. | need not refer
you back to the graded and paved Roman
ways, which resemble some Of our modern
Improvements; and portions Of ghich are
now found in Western Asa, apparently as
fresh and unsorn, as when they were FIRST
laid down. There we're thirty eight thous
and miles Of such road, in that empire, sufi
Client TO encIrcle the earth once and bali,
and afording the best evidence Of It's power
and wisdom. England nov has twenty Eve
thousand miles Of NcAdamzed roads. -
Many of our sister States, especially Penn
sylyanla, Kentucky and Tennessee, have
gone extensively into this species Of i'm
provement, and are still progressing rapidly.
Look TO wha, Virginia rs doing immediate.
ly on our Northern border. (Mr. e. then
exhibited map Of Virginia with ihe turn.
pixies, &c. finished or in progress marked
of on ~ The surface Of the State seems
eheckered all over. Not only is she engag.
ed in constructing great lhoroughfares, bu,
almost every county in her borders has It's
road. The legislature deals on. The public
money with a liberal hand in all directions.
The Valley turnpike, when completed, viii
pass through almost the whole length Of the
State, TO the borders Of Tennessee near
ROCKVILLE. If we do nothing, the travel
Norihward will soon be diverted in a great