Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-12-22

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"a The November No. of the farmers ;.
Journal is on our table. filed with excellent :,
North Carolina Agricultural matter. John
F. T~ompkins, Bath, N. C.-$1 a year. A
E New ERA, GoLdsboro'.-This very !.
excellent weekly is constantly filled with the ?
best practical information and suggestions |
for the advancement of the Old North State.
in improving her Educational, Agricultural
and Mechanical interests. We regard it as :
the model paper Of the State. Robinson &
Co.-weekly, 81 a year. We extract the
following truthful and timely article from the |
last No. of the New Era: :
Enterprise.
There is a standard by which the charac
ter of individuals and communities is tested. .
When his ~neighbors see a man bling all his
energies and talents to bear upon his bust
ness, they declare him at once a useful citi
zen, and he thenceforth becomes the theme
Of their discourse and the burden Of their
thoughts. He at first attracts their attention,
then excites their wonder, and at length Sc
cures their confidence and commands their
friendship. His praises are on every lip,
and his way to fame and to fortune are as
clear as MONDAY,
As with individuals, so it is with commu-
mites. For, as the less always contains the
greater, so the character of communities is
invariably made up of that of individuals.
Hence the intelligence of communities is
guaged by the same standard as that of indi-
viduals-their energy, enterprise, and indus
try. 1t is a lamentable fact, however, that
but few individuals have sufficient wisdom
to guide them to the proper use of their adj
vantages, either natural or acquired. And
we, may say just the same of communities
Many an individual has a good farm, but
knows not how to d~evelope its resources
So many a community has golden opportuni-
ties to advance in wealth, and knowledge,
and power, but know not how to improve
them. Now, the ignorance of both, in this
respect, we regard a sheer obstinacy. None
but the %wilfulIy and perversely ignorant can
long remain so, in this MONDAY glare of in
tellectual sunshine. Literature and Science
have opened their massive volumes, and are
Deckoning all to a perusal Of their pages
Experience woos them on, and tells her tim
id v~otaries, be not daunted.' Long has
North Carolina refused to read ; long, too
has her different communities refused t.
hear. The sound of the anvil and noise o
the loom, though pealing on the ear, in othe
States, with the noise of seyen-fold thunder
have not, as yet, pealed loud enoughto awak,
w them to their duty. North-C Carolina
drowned in apathy, while her sister, Georgi;
has won for herself the %envious appellatio
of tie Empire State of the South An
irit- we'll does Georgia deserve the name. Sh
nee has more miles Of Railroad, built by the Ell
irely terprise of her citizens, and more manufact
aiken ries, than any other Southern State. liver
was ty years ago, the site wherein the town
gov, Columbus now stands, is said to have bee
coci. a desert, and the sixth factory, we are toll
his is in process of erection. Such indeed,
sense the admitted state Of prosperity, everywhe
1.-THE existing in Georgia. that many North Car
%linians have, of late years, emigrated to h
Fife, soil. But a better day is coming. T
lotice people are rubbing their eyes, and soon "
IS have them open. Reused, as yet, they 8
g the not. But they are getting up. The voi
it for of the people is beginning to be heard.
Flies is driving the press-the press that, Fl
en- of years ago, ought TO have driven the Poop
whose From every corner of North Carolina, &c
whis- news is coming-some Improvement is
ors.- progress or under consideration. Every
long is asking, What can be done? Lar
!; but are getting better, COWS are advancing
ly in price, railroads are in progress, rivers
undergoing improvement, mines ere be
omers opened, and here and there, distant thor
ear they be, a factory is to be found. And,
serva- cap the climax of all good. benevolent EN-
G stu. prises, thesystem of education is undergo
once repairs.
hbor- Well if Georgia has won for herself the
Dpear- tie OF the Empire State Of the South
has done itby her enterprise. She has b
Dar- her factories and manufactured her G
in the cloth. She thus gives employment to
ugate, citizens, increases their comforts, and a
in to her own population and wealth. Can
They North Carolina attend to the voice Of ez
after %rience? Can she not follow the bright
tor ample of her own sister, Georgia? But
$, and people of North Carolina may learn a les
hin fir at home. There are already several ia
; faith ries in the State. Most, if not every on
hasty them, have done, and are doing we'll.
!, even they have not, or are not, we venture to
o him 1t is owing to some mismanagement of aft;
to the rather than to any cause for failure exist
h we're in the nature of the enterprise. This is
deed, the opinion Of every one who spe
,ir plan upon the subject, and must be true, f
the very nature of things. In an estir
: plank Of = small factory latoIy nnbl;shoa IN
Y dark 800 ;troe Ill - e..
w Ian P'P:l' q >" 0l9"l1J ohoWu 'n"! d lac
nd they coSHh6 n:.een thousand dollars IN Its
: Trou- uon, would clear over 20 per cent, allo'
We seen New York prices for cotton, and forty
Duncan a day to operatives. How many me
'liSed to this. or any other community are clearir
per cent, on their capital Not a MAJ
n % t%o And, besides, it is safe to calculate tn
heartily, d factory costing 9Io'OUO yleld 20 per
lm, and a factory costing 00,O0O would yield
Among 40 per cent. Here, then, is a safe in
,~sociates ment for capital, where # will do some
complete It will Weld the capitolist . handsome
me noaa it on his investment, and it will open a