The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-11-06
soRrH-cARoLIsa IMPROVEMENTS.


HoRTH-cARoLIsA IMPROVEMENTS.
Extract from Iesier from genilemsB in New
York 70 The Editor q The Salisbury Watch
man.
if person may he allowed fnjudge Of
The enierprize ~ Stale inim the number
and quality OF public Improvements which
ils inhabitants propose 10 make. should
think thai Nonh Carelins has now rnme
4, the confusion 70 shake OF her leihsFgy
and inenness. and had fully determined.
if MOI 10 ga ahead. 81 least 10 equal some
ofherneighhorng states in developing her
Agricultural. Manufacturing. Commercial
and other resources. which nature has so
abundgnlly provided for her; and which
have. hilhersn. been unknown beyond her
own boundaries.
Now Is The lime for The old North State
In aspire 10 high. . permanent and an i'm
porlani position among The other States of
The Union. and she eannol go about il in
more eiIrclual manner Than by carrying
oni The various projects Of Stale imprnse-
menl now contemplated. Never. as
conceive. has there been a period in the
history nlNorlh Carolina gilmore moment
and immediate importance 10 her rlilzens
Than The presen,. Yel il is said 81 many.
and is undoubtedly true &C some, that
they exhibit the uimosi indiGenee concern
ing her enterprises! have even been
told. by gentleman from Your Stale.
that there is some doubt as to the ultimate
success pfihe Great Central Rail Road
that an attempt will be made by yuur next
Legislature Ia einbarrass lis progress.
Solomon said there was nothing new un-
der The sun. II is well he did moi say
there is nothing strange happening under
the sun. What can those mean, who
would thus lock the wheels Of the old
North i! They are not true friends 10
her interest. They NAV he honest in
their aims and motives. hui il does moi al
ter The case il their policy is injurious III lis
operations. They are enemies-honesl
enthusiastically blind but no less
enemies because of their honesty and
blindness. Oh that they would travel !
But | sec By the Waichman. that some Of
them are travelling-,o the West That
has always been the way in North
Carolina, and The policy Of some of her
politicians kept at work, would give cart
builders there employment until there wa.
no one LEFT 10 move. But TO repeat, oh
that they would travel though those States
where Improvements have kept pace with
the spirit ofthe age. They wonld return
TO their homes with enlarged views. They
would soon become the strongest advocates
Of tail roads. plank roads, canals, &c., in
the world. They would go 10 work, and
build those things, and they would soon
come 10 feel, that they could leave no bet
ter inheritance 10 their children Than
substantial and well devised system OF
State improvement. This would tIevelope
her resources. u would bulI up Fac
tories and jusl al this particular lime,
while there is so much fiery indignation
between The North and The South, YOU
may depend upon il that the South can
not wage more efcciual and Bitter war
against the North than by manufacturing
her own goods. and am glad TO see that
she is awakening 10 The fact. The man.
ulacturing facilities of The South are nv
nature equally as great as those Of the
North, and all you lack nowsio make
them as great and extensive in every re.
spect is acliun and perseverance. | have
seen the Rock6sh Cos. Fayetteville. N.
O. sheeiings selling very readily in this
market al handsome profit, and no good
argument can be ad'luced why The South
should mol manufacture her cotton, wonl,
aud other productions into as good CLOTHS
and on as reasonable terms as any other
portion Of The Union.
Yours, A.P.