The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-11-01

lparasiye portion Z II advances ~ either /
az them. Ihis IS IA mere gasconade I
Figures prayc i ~ De true.
And then. lei il be rec1lleeled, that
in making The census, 40 account Ma
taken II our naval sturrs. orr lumber
and ship timhrr. our slaves and shin
giles, and mines and fisheries. all ct
which constitute portion II Ihe pro-
duction. wealth and resources Of the
State. and which peculiarly belongs to
North Carolina. Add these. and the
industrial wealth az North Carolina FAR
exceeds that Of either Virginia Of South
Carolina. with all the tobacco and
! wheat, the crest staples Of the former.
and the cotton and rice. the great sta
pies Of the latter.
i But have not done vet. The same
census returns show, while The annual
! value of The home made manufactures
of North Carolina amount 10 S2,O66.
!. 522-thosr Of Virginia are 50. l56, 5i2.
and those Of Soafh Carolina s902.525
.I-showing thar Narih Carolina in pro-
portion 10 population, Is far ahead OF
either, the census tables exhibit an
: equally iiaiteriug picture IN regard to
: our provision for the intellectual and
!, moral culture 81 our people. Whilst
) in n. Carolina we have i.795 churches,
! with church accommodations for 57S.
3 924 people; in yirginia. with nearly
twice our population, they have but
: 2.S85 churches. with accommodations
: for but s56, ass; and in South Carolina.
& 4,1S2 churches, and accommodations
r for AGO. 45O. Then in regard TO edu-
: cation /; in North Carolina there are
e IOO. OOS children at school, in Virginia
: there are lO9.775, and in South Caro-
: lima 40.S7s. IL thus appears that in
: respect to the provision for both intel.
Il lectaal and religious instruction. Nortil
r Carolina is FAR ahead Of each Of these
u States.
e And yet Notwithstanding all this,
e look at the report from the Treasury
il Department, :. on Commerce and Ma
b yigation," for 1850, the very year the
$ census was taken, aud you find that ~
n the exports to foreign countries yirgi
d MIA is set down at
J. ss.os7 IA
/ North Carolina, 726,74'
Ie South Carolina, 15,5I6,57t
Is This is the only criterion by which
those unacquainted with the resources
II Judge Of the comparative wealth Of th,
lr three States. But let it be recolIect
y ed, that all the North Carolina tobacc,
!. exported seeks an outlet through RICH
o mond, Petersburg and Lynchburg, am
l. thus passes as Virginia produce. Thu
D. same is the case with a large portion
Al Of our flour, wheat and Indian corn
it Our rs 900 bales of Cotton, and at thi
DfI time it is more than double that a
n mount, seek a market through Peters
!. burg and Norfolk on the North, an,
II Cheraw, Camden and Columbia on I'll,
|. South, aud thus goes to swell the a
lie amount Of South Carolina exports. BE
,r sides. large psrtian.of the cotton ex
T. ported from South Carolina is raises
h. in Georgia. This report on Commerce
- and Navigation relates only to forcig'
err exports, and has no reference to GU
m coast. wise trade. This beggarly &C
rs count Of the foreign exports Of Mort
III Carolina is to be accounted for frou
IL the fact, that owing to our peculiar &c
5, ographical position, and the want q
e, good harhors on ourcoast, ourproduct
find an outlet through the ports of oIhe
US States, or are shipped coast-wise i
al small craft, that can pass over our shal
n. low bars. As proof of this. the sam
to document exhibits the comparative ton
v. mage Of the three States as follows:
a Virginia, 68.795 tons
al North Carolina. $3.50 :"
Sc South Carolina, s5,ls7
70 Showing that in proportion to popula
~ ton, North Carolina exceeds Virgini;
~ greatly, and is nearly equal to Sout
= Carolina.
- 1t is thus apparent, that these tw
~ States have grown rich and acquire
he character upon our bounty; we has
helped to build up their towns, and t
81 sustain their works of improvement j
SO draining US Of our resources; willis
Of they have derided us for our poverty
Of and reproached US for the docility wit
of which we have submitted to our wrong.
at But. thank Heaven. brighter day
lie dawning upon US. We have only t
ar know our strength. to make US stan'
%, up for our rights; to appreciate GU
10 worth, in order to devclop our rcsour
90 ces, aud to respect ourselves. All "
%, need is a more perfect bond of union
o. la more thorough concentration of gu
lot energies. A pertec ton of our system
. of improvements will tend to bind U
al to- % her by the ties Of interest an
In affection. By fostering or trade an,
IS. commerce, within our borders, we shal
4 l,,,l.t -. IL, foxyps