Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-02-25

have the.acliye antidsie mined will. which,
in. every undertaking is half the hattie.
Laurens has5prepared her Epeeple .4for the
enterprise. Penn aupD NeWberry, poor
in soik (as | think, circumscribet and
Iaborins underthe .effectsoffa most; dlsas
trous drought, has gallantlyceme forward
and pledged her faiil for 500, 900, No
selfish consideration thai: he Road MAY
pass through their Iillage,safies up the
springs of her iberality SReSkaows il is
10 20 further, and believing 1hat il her
village cannot be made a toWl it.. can be
benefited, she desires 1o#promolr the
reputation Of the State icnn1en, with shose
blessings that may naurallyffall1o their
share from so great an undertaking, and
not child.lke, refusing a part of a sa'Si
thing because she cannol ols'gel the whelc
Her patriotism is nol reslricied 10 the lin
lis of her town, and shsr Intelligence
teaches her that that which redo! ndssto
tho honor and well:being Of the State,Sis
reflected upon The DISTRICTS which com
rnse i. Lexington, though wilhml 4
miles ofthc Columbia mafltct. pointsnow
nearer to her Village than any portion of
the contemplated Road sis still actively
aiding its advancement. Witlrus:nothlng
has been done, but The wiud work. No
meeting has beed .hsld ,on the subject. and
our Commissioners have not, even given
notice tha, their Books will ssbesopened.
thought il is now within one sss.eek Of the
appointed time. This seeming cglect
on the part Of onr District,and paiicnar-
ly of the Viilage to ,it5 ruc3lnterests,i am
unable 10 understand. unless it be that our
pcop,c have never duly consideredlhe I'M
mensc advantages which.wonid lie secured
tolhem, by inak;ug .ouriyiilage the TER
M1Sous ola Rail Road ,iand The inevitable
appreciation ofthe value four property
say rEnMINous, farzifthe- Road IS
brought here j, must necessan''s stop here
If the Road from Columbia ib Gr'eenvlIle
is completed there can lhenbt no int qce-
ment to cany one further than EdSeieIC.
as the mountain trade will have been. al
ready intercepted, aud welwould have no
where to run to. II the sGreenyille Road
be mol compleledi it wIlbe fromttlre same
cause, which will ever prevent the coniin-
ualiun OF Roadfrom EdgeGeldto Green
vile, since The distance bysthe Rail Road
from GreelvIlle-to ColunnbiaiisS little less
than TO EdgefieI1, aud The necessary gra-
ding of the Road from GteengiIIe TO Edge
field infinitely heavier than Of one leading
from Columbia. For my! oMn part, be-
lcve the GreenviIe Road neVe will be
accomplished IN eour. day e Itsis too gi-
ganIic an enterprise, requiring at leastga
million and a ha!fof dDllars,. which must
come from The pockets 9fldbe planting
community, am! This class sliot having yet
recovered from the re vulsiohbt 80 caused
bylhe inordinate .issMe ofsFaper mon y
by every 5ankin the Uni1pS and depfess
ed by the unrighteous&taf 4pt AZ and
the drought Of last year, lNlll be. utterly.
unable 10 advance that amount. .slligin
his opinion Isbe correct,N sbranciIjof
| the S. C.. R. Road is brought toaEdse
field, d,awhal will be- thei iiinmesiaie results? :,
EHamburgEwill besbropght Edsefeld,
forthwith 7 EbeS trade ySfroga Green yilIe,!
s parIhnBurg Ia1rens, a Abbevllie, Ander.:
son, Pickens :and silhe. seSlern half sol.
}.Newberry, will all he concentrated here.
The wagon trade rlon NORTH Carolina,
Eastern Tennessee and Virginia! which is
estimated al; over 1910 wagons peryear,
would he here arrested, andlheH back
loading obtained here;smuchcofS'he Trade
thai finds its wav now 10 Augusta through
olher passes lhau EdgefieId, would aso
he brought 10 us. Our village. would be
cone a summer relreal. for lie cNIzens OF
Charleston, many moro ct whom noull
coG,e to Edge6eid Than Aiken, bcca.sc
ihey would here find better society and
better accommodation, Edse6eld then be.
ing more anIe To suprorl good to'e, The
year round Iban Aiken. Hundreds anu
hundreds OF collars that arc, now Carried
from our SaIe 10 Northern Watering pla
ces andinlo Northern ,ci:irs,. would he
expended in our 0wn and rIe upper DIS
rricls Every hiHi in thepiciniIS II Edge
field village would suun he grdced nY
handsome summer cottages, Inhablud by
numbers of The fchOicest socleIy OF
Charleston. Every lretiUIder, farmer,
4 school teacher Law yersducloI,. sniercnanI,
printer, lumber cullcfs Shukceper, n'e
chanic, brick maker poblGryraser IN
and convenient 10 the villase, wouitiS.n
benefitled % per, cepI.. on every drsciIp
lion Of capital IoEtiIe spIahIers sabuve
the village. the advanIasesol a trading
town al EdgefeId would b, t,incalcGIalie,
and those below cannot be injured, as t,,c
Augusta market will still be open 10 them.
As 10 lhe ridiculous argument have
heard used against making our vilIageilhe
head ol trade, that" our society will he
injured" ~ would onlysremark, thatEif
hose who, use II would pay directly, as
much towards building the Roud as they
pay indirectly for, their. "seect society"
they would become infinitely more valua
bic members Of societytin general that
the casts in society are: already, musl aud
should be preserved, Sand that .lle Iine- of
distinction I, have ever been found 1nirc
marked and acceptable in large lowns
thann small villages. In truth yur sn-
ciety would be improved, aud ansmcrease
OF its circle would renderit more .sOciable.
We will SUP pDOse. hoWeyer. that the