The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-02-19
ausyia ana soutA Carolina

NnihinkinE man can aroid neensianai- {.
a nlreiing unoR the cnnpaFaiire pasi. :
non and prospects Of Ssuih E4ralins and
Geasgs- They enjoy nsasly he same
sal. The same climate. aud The sane nsiarzl
sdssn ages C~Euiinz pnaslus.s The masl
Rirs-senrgiz he mass Gotten. Carolina
has h.d perhaps he most es.h ezpiisl;
Georgia sse most industry snd enlefprise-
ia al the natural clemens al rta-Periiy
and greatness liry arr. az have href. aa !.
term. Of striking - sliiy; aud vel The
developments fessnils made hy The Gene
s1s takers. silox Lsal. while csfslsns re-
mains almost slalianzry. 6resgia g srzrcs-
ly behind any o,her Stale in The great race
OF prosperity sud prozfrsss The increase
OF papals ion in Carolina fsf The lssl tn
yeas has bera only about swa per cent.
while silai 81 Georgia 10 orer forsy per
cent.i
Nov. ssrrs mus. be snme rause far Ibis
slrikiag difference. We have seen ihsl
II Is MOI IN the rlimair. The geographical
po ,iiion. ar any MATERIAL dl.rrrpaney in
faeir natural advantages. " here illen is
the seerri! We brliese .llsi II rausists
In The delscn nf ihe poliliral sysieni q
dopted IN Caroline. and 10 The natural e.
salt of blind snbmlssian on the part nf
Fer people 1. The iaclies Of designing POI
liieisns. Carolina has been for twenty
FIVE yesrs in sisis Of quasi revolution.
Her Constitution j. anu. Democratic ia lls
very naiure. aud Is fhefeiafe Al war ailh
thr spirit If The age. Ii glrrs nome nlan
nron The seaholnl The political power and
inGaeDrs snjoyed hy one hundred men
in The middle and upper districts. |, dues
not recognise political equality. and even
denies 10 Tho people The tight 10 role d.
recIly Tar the frsi ofIicrr IN The nation.
7, hss ~ ], no principle Of elasticity. II
gives tile people M power Of adapting
their policy 10 lie circumstances hy which
tiey are surrounded. Such political
ssslem may fasicr and sustain = race IL
very genllrmanly ail-iorrais. hni il can
neser rondure 10 The general prosperity
aid thrift or any body-palilir.
The politicians 81 Carol,us, With great
airoilness, have managed 10 deceive The
rrrple into The belief that The evils which
they 50 set,sibly feel. are moi ailrihuiable
20 The Stale. bat 90 The National Govern.
incni. Calhoun aud McDnilie commenced
this game nearly thirty years ago. hy i'm
pressing upon the people The belief thai
the policy should be purely agricultural.
and that variety Of pursuits was incon SIS.
tent With their dignity and their interests.
This policy. conhinca with the reyolu-
uonary excitement gotten up by the null
iIilers in 1882, was The means of driving
thousands aud tens OF thousands away
from the Safe, and Of checking The imi-
grafton from Other quarters. There has
been want of prosperity a want ofener-
gy; want OF security and confidence a.
inong the penpie of Carolina, whirh was
IN itself sufficient 10 tlieek esefy thing
Ike psosfess. The minds Of her people
@sre bent On treason. slr,iagems, and
sirifes." Prosperity. under such circom-
stances, was physical aud neral impas.
sitiiuy. Herein. then. in our oppinion,
consists The score, Of The difference in the
present p 'si,ion end prospects Of The iwn
States. Georgia has been rsclfie; she
has relied Upon hsr own energy and her
own resources. While South Carol ma
has been clustering. Georgia has been Toll.
ing. The returns OF the census OF 1850
ALOUD Practical illustration of the rela-
tive benefits of HE iva systems. Gcor-
gia has won prosperity aud gnud name
among her sisier states; &liiIe Carolina
has lost both in vain struggle Ia uphold
an anti.Republ,can Government Al homo
and TO sustain horde Of aspiring poliii.
e,ans. Carolfna needs revolution: In,
she ought 10 begin al home. lf she would
take tile puxer from The politicians and
give u 10 the peoJic-<if she would r,lu.
Gle Tie 10000 people Within her borders.
who eauiioi read or write Ii she w.uld
teach her people contentneni. industry,
and Ii-irliance, she might look upward
and onward 10 A higher destiny. In ten
years she would give evidence &c renewed
prosperity and progress. which woulI he
alike gratifying 10 her people and benefi-
rIal 10 The country Al large.
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