The North-Carolinian., 1850-09-14

For the North Carolinian

, For the North Carolini.n.
Mr. Editor: have been an internal i'm
pr0vement man ever since arrived at 81
years, old although am poor and OBJ
scure planter; but watching over the move
| become disgusted and ashamed with the
policy heretofore pursued by the State in
chartering her Railroads. l approve of
one railroad running across our State for
the purpose Of transporting the mails and
passengers, but two or three will be nom
sensical and ruinous. l condemn and
disapprove the Central Railroad. because
the State is deeply interested in the lower
| road, and in a short time it will be reve-
nue. to the State; and if the central rail-
road is built. it will destroy this interest
and ruin her commerce. Why? Because
nearly all north Of Raleigh will be carried
out of the State to Petersburg and Rich
mond, Va, and all south Of Salisbury and
that rich region that Gov. -- spoke
so highly Of in Petersburg, will 60 to Char
lesion, S. c.; although he said there would
be enough to fill Richmond, Petersburg,
Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston, and
then they would not be half large enough
to hold the produce sent from this section.
Petersburg sent out strong delegation to
a convention held in Greensboro; she saw
very quick that Petersburg was plenty
large to hold all she would get, therefore
did not subscribe to the said central road.
The act Of the last Legislature, if carried
out, will ruin the State in a commercial
point of view, because all Of our products
north and south Of Raleigh, will be carried
to Virginia aud S. Carolina, and the mer-
chandise returned through the same chan
mel, stripping the State as clean as a
skinned squirrel, except little fur about
and east Of Raleigh, which will go to Will
mington.
l understand the charter of the central
railroad has not been properly secured; it
not, am opposed to, and now protest
against an amendment to secure it.
| am IN favor, and call upon our repre-
sentatlves east and west to arrest it, and
improve our State SO as TO benefit all of our
citizens. Therefore, beginning at Fay
etteville, running to Ashboro. thence di-
rect to Salem-thus, you will find the dis
tance is very little farther to Salem than
it is to SaIisbury--then branch off the
nearest point to Greensboro and Danville; !;
and from the nearest point to Salisbury
thence to StatesvilIe and Morganton, and
SO on as circumstances will admit. ] wish
to see railroad built from Rocky Mount
to Tarboro, thence to Williamson on the
Roanoke, and from Goldsboro to Raleigh; !;
and If a county or counties should wish to
have branch running from either Of the
above railroads, by subscribing twothirds
and the State one, charter shall be
granted.
So you will see the line laid down by
me from Fayetteville west to Salem, with
its different branches to Danville and the
other branch as far as Salisbury, can be
built as cheap or cheaper than the present
central road. These are facts which will
not dispute with any man, but am willing
to leave it to Maj. Crimes surveys and
estimates. One million Of dollars more
added to the cost of the central road will
completely connect the navigabie waters
Of Roanoke, Tar, Neuse, and Cape Fear
Rivers with the west, and will bring Fay
etteville much nearer to Danville than it
is from Petersburg to Danville, and will
extend our railroad west of Salisbury some
considerable distance.
+ Our merchants west of Raleigh can re-
ceive their goods cheaper via Wilmington
than they can via Petersburg or Charles
ton. especially our West India sugar,
coffee. moIasses, and salt. &c.-It is said
by the wise men Of our State that North
Carolina is ricn. very rich let US improve
our State SO as to fill up Wilmington,
Beaufort. Newbern, Washington, Ply
mouth, and Fayetteville, with the enormous
products Of our country; build up cities
in the pIace"of these towns-give US some
notoriety as commercial State. Then
the general government. will make large
appropriations to improve our harbours.
inlets and sounds otherwise she will not.
see no other State in heUnion that makes
any improvements at all, but what conn ects
her navigable waters with the interior
Let US do likewise, and behave ourselves
as statesmen.
WARREN.