The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-02-12
Our Rail Road


Jects in our columns this morning.
This enterprise is so intimately connect
Cd with tho interests ofll,c eastern portion
OF The State its success is so necessary, to
the speedy and full development Of our
resources, that it should have enlisted in its
behalf, more earnestly and generally, the
talent and capital of our people. In this
advanced stage ofciviIizntion, the facilities of
rapid communications afforded by Rail Roads
are not merely conducive TO convenience
and enjoyment; like many other of wha,
we're once the ~luXuries Of life, they arc now
necessary to us They arc indispensable to
the proper conduct of business and minis
ter 10 many before unsa,istied wants Of the
people. Their beneficial effects, in n moral
and intellectual pom, of view, it would be
difficult to limit. Ignorance is Virtues most
determined foe; ana those sections of the
country, whose means of communication
with the various centre of c:viliZat' Oh arc
slow and difficult, mnst remain COM ara
lively dark corners. Rail Roads, in their
mutual dependence and connection with
each other, bringing togc'her CITY and coun.
try, and uniting distan. regions, are grand
~converging lenses Of civilization: no rays
Of light arc lost, or suffered to expnnd them
selves in some isolated spot. hut all nrc
together, and every part connected has an
equal bril- Illness shed upon it. No coun.
try should be contcn, to remain in BGo,ia:
let us keep pace with tho age, and, that we
may not remain rude and uncultivated in
comparison with onr %ncighbors, let us pro-
vide channels through which whatever Of
knowledge and refinement they possess,
may be communicated to US. But while
these are important considerations, there
.arsaQthsfrss9utf mN;e org n'
GbaNSfa,' rtttcriN'Nn are surprizod have not
exercised n more potent influence. The
history of r. Roads furnishes some remark
able facts with regard to their influence
upon the values OF property and the general
interests OF the country through which
they pass. Real estate, for miles on either
side, is increased in value, in almos. every
instance 10 double. and of,cn to ouadrnplc
what 1t was before. III thousands O,
ways profits accrue. and poverty and inert
ness arc turned into wealth and prospc-
o c,.tcrprizc. No planter thinks I'M
provcmcnts on his land are thrown away;
he often spends mnth in draining and bank
ing and building, which yields ne dividcn,is
or per ccntagc to him, but does he no, find
tina, 10 be a profitable investment which
adds Il greater value TO his land than the
amount OF what he has expended in i'm
proving it! Our country has immense sums
invested in the vehicles and animals ncccs-
aary IN the transportation Of our products
and supplies, and in The various modes of
trnvci. Rhil Roads take the places of
stages, and carriages, and wagons and
horses, and they accomplish in a day, the
work Of n week, and doubtless, in these
respects, save TO The country which is ben
ittcu 10y them much more than their all
nnal expenses. lie, this great scheme be
consuminatcd, and hundreds OF thousands
OF dollars, oi what arr nov necessary ex
pcnac-, would be saved, much of what is
now scIcS property would then be profit
able; what is nov worth one million Will
then be w rll two m~iilinns, a general sti.
mnIus would be given 10 business and en-.
,crpr!ze, and the prosperity of the whole
country be at once enInnccl. And all this
too at ia loss 10 those whose means and cx-
crt"ns shall citlct this wo drrful change.
Connecting The Northern and Western
lines OF Il Roads, and buili a, small! cosl,
Il mus, lc a lucrative Investment.
Way then does the enterprise ]langu;si,
fer wnat oiilc means necessary TO carry il
out! The people have hccn mlt,cntlyc To
their own interests, that thcv have not Du,
lis completion hcyon! n doubt. 4 genera!
ac,v.!y aud energy would, before this,
have pu, us in the enjoyment OF It's many
benefits and convenicncc*, hu, now. after
much money and labor have been cxncnd-
cd ON the work, It's resources have bcrun
to tail. These resources do not reac!
Si,OOp,O0U, when $l,55O,0OO are required
t" complete It. Is il no, possible 10 make
"p'his deficiency, by subscription, through
all tho rIch country lraYoraod by the road!
!" VIII he seen, by Al advertisement in
orr columns. that books are now open To
receive subscription. There arc many OF
our citizens! who Will be benefited by
this road, who are abunlantly able to aid
efficiently in its completion, and who, VIC
hope, will not, by ncg'cc,ing to do any
thing in their power, consign TO failure a
work so demanded by all the interests Of
The country. In this instance a regard for