Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-08-12
From the Southern R.nnl,lic :!

seldom paralleled In the history Of q CONNER
cial people. There are certain facts in the
progress of development around them, calcu-
lated to insure the soundness1and perpetuity of
their nap, if they do fall asleep. 1t needs not
even Poets mspiraion,tto foretell that the
merry jingle of the wagon-bell emo more shall
rouse them from their lonely bed," if they
arouse not nom, their PROSTATE energies
What is the value of those interests, to be af-
fected injuriously by the facts of which we
propose to speak '.Li.-
First. Real Estate in CO IN. .S44s, ,4S0
Mercnnnuse &C. ....................... SU9,OO0
S. G.. Camden Branch) R. Road Cam
den Bank Stocks. s...................... 100000
Mechanics Factorage and profession, inca
pabe Of exact estimate but supposed value ~.
IN money. Z5U.UOO
Real Estate in the vicinity of Camden and 4
dependant on the Town for value. ..... d1e GOO,
1otal... 81 b56s4SO
q. This is the money value of these interests.
But who can estimate in figures the value Of
those domestic and social interests involved in
these? EsF -.sg =,
Whence arises the danger which threaten
their destructioni Cast anseye upon the map
of South Carolina, and make . point upon the
east side of Wateree Swamp, in - hnegdu
west from Manchester, in Sumter District by
the way, conjure up the image of Manchester
as you would now see it, q spectre of q village
in ruins, and let it haunt your memory as .
type of the desolation which threatens gour time
honored Town. But to recur to be map,
draw line as straight as may be from fhe point
established, to Sumterville, thence through
Middle Salem, across Lynches crsek, Sparrow
Swamp and Lake Swamp, to a point wthinl0
miles south of Darlington village, thence near
Mars Bluff ont Peedee RiYsf crossing in the
way Jehrey's Creek, thence dearly due eastby
Marion, Court Hoqse to Wilmington Nc.
This line represents the Manchester and Mi
mington Railroad. It's success Is snow'rendered
palpably certain, and one more season of
Sumter trade, alone isflef us. We shall have
two more with Darlington and then eshe tdeS
told. Superior energy viii hare tssas she
brightest jewel from your grasp-similar energy
must replace it from other quarters. .,.s, ,sss
We Will turn again to the map. - From Che
raw in the direction of Wadesboro, draw "a
line to intersect the Boundary of the State.
This represents the Plank Road already ssr
suibsd for by the citizens Of gheraw, though
the project Is but of yesterday. Thisjhas been
met bNa response from Charlotte NJ G. prope-
sing thAconstruction of o similar road to meetit.
EThH bad begins; the worst remains be
hind" Draw line on the map from Colum-
bia passing near Rice Greek Springs, to point
fourteen miles from Winnsboro; ffye
miles from Columbia, and taeelrf. lailess JIoas
Liberty Hill, thence to Winnsboro, thence to
Chesterville, thence through the lower part OF
York District to Charlotte n ,C-ss sseritss
our doom if acc make no more to eonaterqai ithe
natural results of these enterprises. Camden,
YOU perceive, represents point within atircle,
whose iron disc, no trade can penetrate BY the
established avenues. We have no back country
which is not tapped and drained Of ~. trade
Already do our late customers Of Lancaster
perform the journey from Columbia, home, in
one day, by the Charlotte Railroad, now, With
in ten miles of Chesterville. Already, eauioar
friends of Liberty, Hill and Beaver Greek,
reach Columbia to tea, having baeaktast at
home, and return to dinner, having left the
Capitol the same day. Already a Stage travels
between Charlotte N. c. and the head OF the
Railroad and already has the travel BY tins
route diminished. How many bales OF cot,aa
will cross the Catawba for the Camden marEes
in future, toiling OVER the clay-hoes and sand
beds, which interyenei How many, after Ine
completion Of the Charlotte road, vii + come .1,
here from North Carolina to encounter 9s. M. .ne
same difficulties? How many from inc 49,
haws, whose fertile fields will be within ear snos
of the thund ring footballs of the iron horse,
which. swift az their wind awakes the echoes OF
tbn Indian Land, Yes he rolls resistless, over
the last resting place of once happy people,
The Catawbas the friends Of aa..ane the Tn,.s %aa w.h
picturesque beauty, and the hunters shout, and
the maidcns cheerful song, mingled together
with the merry laughter of sporting childhood.
Now they have passed away and LETT 70 lrss race
behind. They ssere a people incapable ct sy-
protection. The destiny which swept away
their villages may bring desolation here. 1@
zee are not people incapable Of solf proles'os.
Hence if ruin befall us, it is suicide because
he who does not present result, when ne ce",
is the author of that result. VIII no one point
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