The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-12-08

objection to extending to them the States
credit, upon the same terms as heretofore
Or even for longer period.
In surveying our territory, with an eye
TO the present interest and wants Of the
people. am moro than ever impressed With
our des,iiution Of facilities for cheap and
speedy transportation. 10 this reg ard, how
ever unpleasant may be the admission, am
forced to the conviction that We labor under
greater Disadvantages than any State in the
Uuion And that we never can be equal
competitors With their citizens 10 our Agri.
culture, the predominant purspit among US,
until these disadvantages are 10 grea, dc
gree overcome. The man who 10 obliged
to transport in wagons over no better roads
than ours. distance varying from sixty TO
tso hundred and fifty miles at the speed Of
twenty miles per day, cat no more contend
for prof. with him who has the advantage
Of Railroads or good navigation, than can
the Spinning Wheel with the Cotton Mill
Had We ever been 10 a more favorable stu.
alton in this respect, and had the impedi.
ments which nov Lesei Us been imposed by
human power, no sacrifice would be esteem.
ed too great to effect our deliversnce and
restore oor prosperity. IL is therefore a
theme for the proloundest consideration Of
those enjoying the confidence Of q con.
sti,uency thus situated, aud intending to
requi,e il by q faithful devotion to their in.
terests, what can be done, or ough, to be
undertaken, TO remove these grievances aud
place their industry and labor on an equal
footing with those Of their fellow citizens in
other States, Ii must be admitted, that
from Geographical causes, the question was
originally ooe rather difficult Of solution.
And our former enterprises 10 Internal I'm.
provemen,, having failed from causes no,
necessary TO be nov commented on, the
State has Of late years taken 90 action 10
constructing WORKS Of this kind, and many
good citizens appear TO have concluded, tina,
further efforts we're vain, as our doom TO
privation 10 this particular vas fixed fate.
Meanwhile other States have pushed for.
ward their improvements (some Of them
With rash and extravaganza hand. it is true
but 10 the main With the most beneficial
resuIis,) overcoming obstacles far greater
than any which impede US, and Obtaining
for themselves sIill greater advantages over
us 10 the competitions of the market. We
are therefore inpeled not only by all the
more obvious considerations which appealed
10 u in former times, bu, by reasonable
self defence, TO abandon further hesitation
snd adopt At once q system Of improve.
ment, commensurate with the wants and
interest of the State. Too much should
not be undertaken at once. bu, wha, may
be attempted, should bo thoroughly CON
pleted. As the commence meni Of such
system, and basis, on which other works
may be engraiied. 10 any desirable extent,
Is our means may from tine 10 time permit, /,
a Railroad from R,leigh 10 Charlotte. by
way o. Salisbury, sppears TO me Of the Fl 81
moment. This scheme has not been much I
considered heretofore, and derives much OF
It's importance from kindred work, nov 10
progress from Charlotte to Columbia, South
Carolina. Already from Raleigh North
ward cont nuous lines OF Rlilroad and
Steamboat transportation stretch through
the towns OF Virginia aud the gfea, cities
OF the North to Portland in Maine and
Buffalo on Lake Erie. Similar works
also exist, or are in progress, with a GER I
taIniy Of competition in the course Of
year or two, extending from Charlotte .
SJulhvsrd through Columbia TO Charles
ton and again fron the former Of these
through Augusta, and the interior OF Geor.
gia and Tennessee 10 Nashville, as we'll as
to The MISSES. ppi, at Memphis, and 10 New
OAleans, by way Of Mon, 20 merry and No.
bile. Through par, of North Carolina
alone link is waiting TO complete the
grand chain of communication, from one
extremity Of our Country TO the other, and
10 furnish TO the whole nation those faci.
ties OF intercourse which the inhabitants
North and South OF US enjoy 10 their sever.
al sections. The connexion proposed there.
fore, being as IT we're a bridge over a space
now impossible by steam cars, having a,
either end the great high ways Of the North
snd South, with their numerous branches
for a thousand miles 10 both directions,
promises a reasonable remuneration FOR the
outlay Of its construction, from, +" through"
transportation and 10 military and other
points Of view, would be Of great national
advantage. Had nature supplied US With
navigable rivers like The Mississippi, flow.
ing from Raleigh and Charlotte respective
!y IL New 7 otk and New Orleans, or even
TO Charleston, all would at once perceive
the benefit Of the motion Of the Two, through
the interior Of the Stale, as clearly az did
the genius of Clinton tina, arising from the
union Of the Hudson with the great Lakes.
The parallel may no. be yet perfect 10 the
present state Of Railroad convey ances, but
is destined 10 be so q, no dlsian, day.
Bot the foregoing are merely incidental
inducements TO undertake this work. It's
commended TO Us asa grea, North Carolina +
improvement, appealing to DOR Interest, eld
State pride, By arguments which i, we're al.
mos. criminal 10 overlook. Isl. IL would
opcd 10 the mlrkei Of the world 40 exten.
sive region Of the State. reaching from The
Capitol sinos, to The Blue Ridge, Of grea,