Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-01-05

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thatour treasury was not veryfull, and
thought It not best to take any Of the
peoples money for such an object-and be-
sides, we had "not time to complete a sys-
tenn suitable to the wants of the State upon
this subject.
Ques.-What did you do with that Home
stead bill, a measure SO Just in its enactments
and SO much needed for the protection of our
families from the Ruthless hands Of heartless
creditors- don't see any thing said about
its passage. Surely, politics and want Of
time didn't swallow up that, too
Ans.-Well really, that ought to have pas
sed, but | believe il was hurried over and un-
i4+entiopallv rejected I was In E.xnrnf+La4
Ques.-Then, if the moral and intellectual
interests Of the people were neglected Of
course the demands for the physical dyance-
ihehI OF the State engrossed the whole of your
attention. What great measures were CON
inmate to foster and advance the imnor-
tant interests of Agriculture and Mechanics
-Ohe TWO grand interests of the people of
NORTH C~arolina-and what was done in tho
way OF establishing great t~hrough-fares Of
traoe and OF building up commercial marts
IN our own. borders ?
Observation-Disclosures felt that +boso
great interests were the life-blood of our Com
monWealth, and we legislated for their cd
vahcement. In the first place, we passed an
act incorporating a State Agricultural So
mount Importance, of which our predecessors
had not the foresightto discoverthe utility or
Il discovered, the magnanimity to grant toour
enlightened citizens but we struck ont tho
OVERWHELMINGLY scarce YOU know
we nave also, besides, in addition, that is
an! here is a caption list of all the laws wo
nave adopted. Read them, at YOUR leisure
and you will see we were not idle during tho
long three months we were in Raleigh.
QUes.-Wel, just hold on 'Squire-this i
not a long list, I can soon glance it over
running his eye over the list)-I don't see
any thing here to aid the Planter in imnrov-
ing his farm, assisting the Mechanic n
building up a home trade, establishinoa oreo+
market IN our own borders, or giving us an
easy and quick transportation of our prodpco
to market, when established. We are hero
away OF IN the backwoods, hundreds of m;Ios
from a place Of sale, with roads impassahIo a.
the market season of the year, perfectly iso-
lated from our fellow-citizens, with no com
munlcatlon between us-no identity of intar-
est with them-have you done nothing 70 ro-
heye usfrom our helpless condition-nothino
70 enable us to reap the hard-earned rewards
of our labor ?
Ans--Wen, really, 1 had thought some
thlng was done on these all-important mat
ters-but had the misfortune to be nlacod
the for re-districting the State
and had my hands full with that-but had
| been On the Committee on Agriculture Or
Internal improvement, l am sure. I wopld
not have stopped short of CARRYING tbrouob
these important subjects. Ry the wav wa
did fix so as to have them Railroads aoS+ ond
west surveyed-but not wishing to increase
the taxes OF the people, and "not having
time" to fix the matter, westruck ont all tho
for building the roads. thinkino; -
quite sufficient to have the routes surveyed
just ask Squire B. he can tell Won
all about it. Good morning, ~neighbor IN
see you again-and he drives off, grumbl;no
about people being so hard to please. after
laboring as faithfully as he had, and done
the State such incalculable service.
Many members, doubtless, performed their
iutles faithfully, ably and zealously, and had
their enlightened counsels prevailed, much