Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-12-03

pated in. by all classes. The necessity
for diversifying the investments ofcaPi
ial, as well as the employment of labor,
becomes every day more. urgent and}lhe
establishment of manufactures, may 10 4
some extent be made resources for coun- 4
teractins, defensively, the operations OF
protective agsressions.
Nothing is calculated TO give more
legitimate or wholesome stimulus TO Agri.
culture, Manufactures or Commerce, t',an
The improvement Of The Highways which
lead to and from the greater Market
ToEns. These improvements loo. have
the still higher recommendation, that they
serve equally lor all classes of persons, all
pursuits, Of travel, business, pleasure or
health, and are at the same time means
Of defence of infinite value, either IN case
Eof domestic trouble or foreign invasion.
OF these highways, the common public
Roads of The Country. are but indffercntiy
improved under the present system. They
are properly consigned 10 local police.
and supervision, and 10 moi know that
any essential changes in hem, eau be
suggested for their improvement.
The next and higher grades Of Turn.
pixies, Rail Road, and River Navigation.
are of far greater consequence as, They
now do, or shortly must Connect all The
important parts Of The Stale with each
other. We,e'the Rivers opened as they
might be al 'riains expense, and Turn
pixies or Rail Roads constructed, cunnec-
ting The upper productive Districts with
! The Marker Towns below; experience
elsew here proves, that The result would
be greatly increased production Of Agr
cultural and Manufactured staples on
their route. A larger price, attended with
less cost, would rev ard the producer.
who could also receive his supplies Of
Goods aud Groceries, with greater expe-
dilion and economy town aud country
would be brought together, The expenses
of living in each diminished, while their
comforts aud convenences would be
greatly increased.
TO effect these Improvements, iudiyid
ual resources are not always adequate,
nor in all gases would it Ue polite or
advisable Ior The State 10 give her aid.
The rivers, are highways given by The
Author OF all good, for Tie common use
oI MS children, aud Delung exclusively TO
the sovereign power; Turnpikes and Rail
hoads, may combine equal claims on lie
sovereignty aud on individuals. In the
hrst Case II is duty, in the lalIer, cxpcdl
ency, which is to decide the course .! The
Stale. In 1926 the Stale adopted delibe-
ly, the policy of giving aid 10 Turnpike
Roads ny Act OF tile Legislature, which
has ever since remained Tue Law oil The
Land, and by which she pledged herself
to subscribe TWO fifths ol The stock,
towards The completion Of turnpike Rnads
on certain conditions. No cali has ever
| yel been made for The fulfl of that pIedSr.
Night mol its principles be adopted in
regard 10 Rail Roads, under Limitations
aud with conditions which will ,proIecl lhe
public interes, With regard TO Rail
Roads, every day is developing new and
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loTexercise an influence upon The affairs
and conditions of men, as remarkable as
that which resulted from The invention Of
i The steam boat or the spinning Jenny.
| Already are they So preferred to all other
modes OF conveyance and travel, in this
country, they arc even constructed on the
banks oil navigable rivers in England
they are changing Canals into Rail Roads,
and ou the Comment Of Europe, they are
being built by Kings and Enperurs where
they will prove to be most effective, as
Instruments of Commerce or implements
of War. In Ireland aud India, they are
said 10 be IN contemplation as means of
their eternal subjugaIion. TO The South.
they will be u pow aid for every pur-
pose of peace, aud as means OF defence
and security, Of inestimabe value, for
consolidating her strength and uniting her
people. In war with a frei sn power
possessing large sleam Navy, we can
have no security like ha, o. Rail Roads,
by which with equal rapidity men aud
arms may be concentrated Al points
threatened with attack aud requiring de,
fence.
The State Of Snrth Carolina is in possess
ion Of fund. which belongs to her only as
trust, and which, might be most appropriately
devoted for ever TO improvements such as
these. This Fund arising fiom n surplus
revenue of the General Government amounts
of principal to $lO5l ,0UO. 1t was shortly az
ter its reception, pledged for the States sub.
scription TO the Louisville. Cincinnati and
Charleston Rail Road. Eight Hundred Thon.
sand Dollars have been paid by the State 10
that Road and the South Western Rail Road
Bank, The stocks Of Which are rapidly rising
10 par value. The Stale also advanced in
1889 to the same Rail Road Company an eS-
cess on what has been called in. on The sub
scription. and which now constitutes debt Of
near 100000 more. Let these Rail Road
and Bauk stocks, and enough of this advance
due by the Rail Road Company be created in.
to separate Rail Road Fund The stocks
and bonds may be sold when occasion arises
} for their use, provided, they are not disposed
of under par, and the amonnl either loaned
or Invested by the State in such other Rail
Roads as may be approved BY the Legislature.
the object Of which, shall be to extend this
mode Of communication in the State. And SO
| again, when these shall be completed. The