The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-04-12

sents the only opporluntyof affording these
facilities, -
But drive 7off this traJesby emitting these
helps, and how,does your Town stand! De-
prived ofone half its tradesl Every merchant,
every owner=ofrcal Estate, every mechanic in
Camden, can answer for HIMSELF whether the
destruction Of one half the trade Of the Town
will iniure his business or his property. We
should sinsult@their, ,understandingssby arguing
so plain a proposition. a.s~s sEe.,s ssss
'fheincidental advantages to Camden would
also beagreat. Many articles would come to
that market, which now cannot be brought, be.
cause of the distance and time necessary for
Transportation. = Can itabe doubted that a large
trade rinethe lesser products Of the soil 5and
poultry, eggs and so forth, would be advan.
tageous to the towns would be profitable, both
to the;producer andthe market which exchan.z
ges for them (? aIhey day has gone by<to doubt,
that proposition - 10y. ~ = j. -.
It Itisaknown to the citizens Of Camden, that
fire wood is getting scarce near the Town
that even now pine is sresorted to- for want;of
other,wood. On the splanksroad, "a team, haul. :
ing double load in !shortertine than on the
ordinary road, would induce fire wood to be
brought to- market from "a muchs farther dis.
tance, than can now be done--no doubt that
it would be hauled from 10 to. IL miles dis
tance on thatrnad. Therednction in.the price
of wood would be felt and acknowledged by
every housekeeper ia Camden. -. ~ - -
But tits objected, from avery sensible source, =
that every facility put into the hands ofsan
up country merchant strengthens him as a
competitor and when goods can,be bought at
a mans own door, who lives, between Lancass
terand Charlotte, las cheap as. they can be
boughtin, Camden, will such a man buy in
Camden, the more especially as he heawouldabny
for cashin Camden, but on credt=of one year
at hone."" =, y - 49, > = Z.
This argument, wears the appearance of
strength and truth, and therefore .itsis worth
-whllestoSexamine it. z ?. -
ltis,pot,correcs, to say that the upcountry
merchants can: sell as fcheaply .as is done in
Camden-because that merchant mustpay adj
ditional expenses in getting his stock toslIis
store house, but evensif the fact was so, that
the goods scan;be bought as cheap up the coun-
try as in Camden, theinan who bringsAis cot.
ton to Camden wona purchase therein pre-.
| ference. upon the common feeling and princi-
| pie that any; thing bought a,cay from home is
better than that which can be hadsa home
also, because it would save him IA ride ofsome
.milesto go to the store-also, ,.because people (.
will think, in spite of facts, that the merchant
at lone charges too smuch1also, because Of
the, ,common5weakness of Human nature, to buy
things abroad which .one ewould not think:of
buying at home. = ....f 81. =, $ss.->
As to the part ofsthe objection ,relati6g to
the purchasing uroncredit orcash, itista mat.
ter of daily experience that any, one who can
get credit home in the up,eountry, canget
it in Camden. -. -, ~ tssyS.sg
The objection has, the show of reason, but
certainly not the substance.
| But We conclude, ,srespecting Camden, with
the proposition that the citizens Of that Town
are alive to their own interest, and, as intelli.
gent men, will protect that interest. We
would ask them to consider one otheridea, TO.
wit: il only one half the cotton goes. down
your Railroad which now, goes down, lbsingga
withdrawn to the Charlotte Railroad and only
one half the goods and merchandize come up
the Road which now,do. (being forwarded by
the Road 10. Charlottet and mnchsof travel by
passengers being transferred to the Charlotte
Road, will that Branchs pay asprofia If not
will be to theinterest of tie Sonth. CAROLINA
Railroad Company to continue Branch in op.
Grafton which fails to pay a. profit upon the
money invested in il, andsthus becomes, "a bur.
den upon their incoHesfrom the other parts of
the Road! ~ - z..ssssz< !, 4, = -
Upon.the whole subject, the Committee are
Of thesopinion that this. .classof Roadsis exact.
y adapted to the; wants ard habits of our peo.
pie; and do, no violence to what;they have been
accustomed to- Ourgpeoplet are used to carry
their own erepsst market, and prefer to, do so
they prefer to sell their own produce ard
buy their own supplies, upons the common
sense opinion, that they can do this betterfor
themselves than&any one can do it for them;
and being freed from the uncertainties of time
and accident, these roads would be used more
extensively than the ordinary roads-many
would travelon them who would not travel the
ordinary: :roads-they will promote travel and
intercourse. ss,S s2sssz,ssse>es ..-'@ss So.
We understand, thatsthe Fayetteville and
Western road has even exceeded the expecta-
tions Its friends in North Carolina since the
Report of the President in; April last and gives
the promise of great usefulness to the country,
and fair profits, with universal satisfaction.
= JNO. M. DESAUSSURE,
G. j. SHANNON,
- - JAMES ]. WILLIAMS,
-, -, THOMAS w. HUEY,
- ~ Committee.
THE HEALTH oFTHE VICE PREs1pST-From
passengers per the Black Warrior. who left Ma.