The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-06-03

Lgbiened views oil her own interest.
We will next consider what lnieres
Nonh Carolina has in This enterprise. Ca
!, be expcdieni ia her 10 promote a schem
which will carry beyond her iioaIIer s.
hree an amount Of produce to swell th'
Exchanges Of sister State ! IL within he
borders, there was Il market 10 which thu
h,,iness would be carried by the force 0
,bose laws which govern trade, doubles,
!, would be better for her. Bu thl, ques
ion must be decided by reference 10 the
oesenl, ard what seems likely to be per
mlnent condition Of things. She literally
bas no market. Western North Carolina
win territory Of 10000 square miles
living in The happles, latitude, possessing ev.
aty element, moral and material, of wealth
and prosperity Is SO locked up, cut off and
shm out from The world from the mere
sant of internal transport, that II seems
,luost impossible TO account for what be.
comes OF her PRODUCE. Il disappears like
some large rivers which lose themselves
IN deserts and marshes and never fad their
way 10 the ocean. IL is mos, obvious, hat
Il you introduce into this country Rail
Road. which IN reality will be but the com.
,oeocement of new order Of things, which
must soon lead 10 o'her Roads, you will
have introduced new AID creative power
which will recast It's whole desIlnlCs.-
That commerce nos lost aud frItted away
IN A thousand obscure aud hidden tracks,
then collected into one bold stream Of great
volume and varied material, would roll IN
ne,u3usly to the ocean. The returning
tide MI btog 10 exchange those values
tina, e,mullle 'adu-lry, reward labor, *.
cite hope, enrich people. The impulse
rivcn, what pUwcr Gu arrest the march Of
,rnpfoyement Bhd s1y hus far shall i %
lad no farther. ia, bv Tie known laws
Of political economy Il mu- spread scn,.
Lg sud rapidly over The whole State. -
Tnis Is "a sectional atinr, 81 rmphlical
Is. a State enlerpuza. aud !, brhp,c, tie
commonwealth Of North Citollu1 to e..
g1td il al paramount importance. There
], oae feature 10 th, project, particularly
% be fcmitked. Ff0m rs char8c CIR aud
.ealion, there Gnu u 10 dci4sfun, 10 hum
las 10 The matter The Road Itself Is Il
small afrris. The longest route contcn
p'1'ed vii barely exceed bundled ana
'te shortest may contract i, 10 eishl}
nlr. LIS importance is derived entirely
nom he accidents 81 IT'S position Il All.
uend Rail Road already 10 .uecc-stat
r~a'inn iulo no hear Of country, thc
r,4gfecs OF which are upitereai'y known,
/ does no, require 10 be- to'stercd ap VITA /
sasine speculation upon us own pfocra. {
4 influence, nor learned deductions from
die. af statistics. GA the contrary, Il i /
! rnlee' tho of great Guilty, cumpara. i
sci, o! small compass. Ks bearing rpuse &
q acton and prospects arc embraced ma F.,
t.a.le view and cump.rbended ~ 'hu r,nsl +
E9cra,e understanding. Ia this. differ +
~ lfam those delfiaus pr,jrcl, such y {
be- Charleston ara Cincinnati Rall Road Z
tie tabbcs Of d,sempo seasau "husc S
rasni'ude and magni6rcuce oyctpanered &
M ,ataXcated The public mind The Time I
"a saica tbs pwirci has bcta conceived Is :
-scuIiarly favorable 10 ri4ht couclustausi 9
aete !, no excitement. IT'S nld spirit d .
.,ce,la,,.n ,bro.d. pcrhsps With prour Z
n, the .uLleel might h. permitted to rest /
IT, be.r,Ias en5a. las Kern -aid tosa. /
+, The oonary. Ru, as the friend. ID
he Road might bo grateful aud tie pahde
4, ,reetsl reomrc something more IT. au.
nIsliGe III business. ~, pro.
ted .keAactnaslii9a oi III, prospects.
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