The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-06-21
CHARLOTTE. n. &. JUNE Zlo lS4S.

J. 10 route could offer greater advantages fo
e such an Object than one filing up The ga
n between The Rail Roads now in progress
/. FROM this place to D4nvlle and from Char
s lotie to Columbia. The local business O
h this Inc would be probably larger than OF
&, any other route, whilst it would have th,
: advantage Of beng Tree Of any tranship
mtm OF passengers and ireights."
d.. J. Ii. CASTOR, a citizen OF South Car
DINA, being present, was invited 10 lake
scat as member of The Convention.
The Committee appointed TO report OF
business for the general action Of the Con
!. 'entiop, through their Chairman, Mr.. Tun
stall, made the following report:
The Committee to whom was tefer,el
the general subject OF tho Rail Road fron
. Charlotte 10 Diuviile, having gwen to !,
such considera,Ion as circumstances admit
led, would respectfully report.
/ The first aspect in which this enterprise
strikes our attention, IS derived from the
condition Of Western n. Carolina. The
direct route ffom Charlotte 10 Danvllle will
bisect beautiful aud fertile region Of one
hundred and forty miles, chitfiy devoted to
the pursuit OF Agriculture. The culture Of
the great staples Of Cotton, Grain and To.
bacco, are the leading Interests Of the com.
muui,ies residing in the Counties Of Meek.
lenburg, CsbarIus, Rowan, Davidson, Gull.
ford aud Rockingham wi,hou, entering
iD,o details or estimating statistical results
which are not commonly ssbe, it may
be fairly stated, that these great interests
are chargeable with ffeghis varying from
twenty five TO fifty per cent. on the value ;
and this ev.l, the Committee believe, will be
rcmed ed SO far as ii is susceptible Of rem.
edy, by the construction Of this Road. But
The VIDE region Of North Carolina lying
westward of It's proposed line, will derive
from II inestiinable advantages. Blessed
by nature With the advantages Of climate
and soil, and incalculable mineral aud man
uisclufing resources, What is necessary TO
,ls becoming great and prosperous, bu. ia
cilIiIes Of intercourse and The convenience
Of markets. The average distance OF This
region from the seaboa,d is 3ot less than
three hundred miles. This insurmoun,s
bic difficulty, palsles the spirit Of enter.
prlse--and places industry out Of the ad.
van,aees oil fair and equal competition.
The consequences are visible in the depres
SION Of prosperi,y-,he discomfort oil our
people and that blight Of emigration which
has peoped more favored regions with our
vlfluous. intelligent and enterp,isins CHI
Ems. These evils demG nd remedy: we
ueffcte o. 90 to su oos t.~aS., nd thai
nature and the conspfing circumstances
which surround US, point TO this work as its
great instrument. All portions Of Western
North Carolina by the rivers which flow
from our mountains by lateral roads edap.
ted to our productions, will have easy &C
cess 10 this road, and others placed in easy
and speedy communication with the best
markets oil the nation. But your Commit
Tee all not have done their duty TO circum
scribe their view 10 the great interest Of
North Carolina IN lie success. High, pat.
rlotic and national considerations intimate.
y connect themselves with the success of
the undertaking. WlGe as is the surface
Of our country, aud diversified as are its
luterests-all these interests are harmoni.
ously blended and mutually sustain each
other. Hence arises that immense stream
oil tayei which, with the regularity Of re.
turning autumn, flows from the North to
the Southern extremlties of the Union, and
Nth opening sptlpg turns It's rtf4x current
to lose itself IN the cities, and on The rivers
of the North and Est. This travel is al
= once the offspring ard the source Of OUT
natural ptusp--rp, |, demands from The
public the utmost facility { communicated
"A ,tansit. Nature points out 20 Us, :.
: nus nee IS lora,oJ, assuming that the Char
: 'oi'e aud South Carolina aud Richmond an,
DiuNlue foaes Viii be cousuu.>-l Tn
completion Of the Charlotte and DAnyIl,
. road accumplshes this communication an
affords lrom Portland to New Orleans III
shortest, speedIesl and cheapes, PRACTICABLE
conveyance. TIE roads from Columbia ,
|. Charlotte, from this point TO Dlnvile, OF
thence to Richmond, through an in,erio
, region of beauty, fertility, and health, vi
commend itself TO the public patronage
The profits of rail roads are IN ptoportlo
i, 10 Their chespuess and their extent Of bus
N ness. All OOseINeTs duIlik tUc eutiuld Ie
aiiorded for construction on the line OF III
i proposed road. Along us whole exler
/ there is not an obstacle o, magnitude, an
for the most part an entire ridge of ex,r,
ordinary equabIiily would appear to hav
,r been designed by nature 10 solicit our OF
4 ,srpr,se. The Committee cannot enter it
:, TO estimates OF the grea, interests whIc
will be subserved by this work. The loci
\, trade TO which they have referred, derive
4 from The Agriculture, the Merchandise an
4 the Manufactures of three hundred thousan
. people, aud travel derived from the pop,
latlon OF this grea, nation, are sufficient Z,
=, lerees for this object. Patriotic considers
lions, therefore, blend themselves with view
of individual interest and personal welial
( to CLAIM our regard and excite our labor.
an Your COMMITTEE, therefore, rscommer
an the following resolutions, viz;
no RssoIred, That thus Convention .esa