Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-01-25

forebnded evil at the sight of a" live Yankes;ss
and our daughters, when brought in contact viii
him, shrank ,and quailed,. as if in momentaB
dread of losing by craft or violence, tle tastness
of their honor A. Shareholder too, in hs
land of steady habits" was avoided MS lleas
lincarnate, as cannibol reeking and swollea
with the blood of the victims he had first laceTa-
ted and then dcvourcd. His touch was polliss
ton and the very children, in The regions OF lfs,
and snow, lisped his name with frantic horra-.
What now have few years. with n few Steam
Cars accomplished. The Yankees and the SoutsS
erners are the very best friends in the worjt
They have become perfectly rcconcIled to ING
habits, the customs, and the institutions, ana
even to the tastes of each other; and nothing
has heroine more common than fur the fr0zep
lev men of the North 10 he 'thawcd and melteli
in the cordial embraces Of fair Southern womeHi
or for The rigid daughters of the Granite and iHs
Puritan States to brcome softcncd, subdurd ar,t
entirely led captive by the gallant addresses ana
the graceful attractions of the Southern Chir-
airy.
y But LET me limit my remarks to q narrnwer
boundary, and contiuc my discussion to our own
particular enterprise, and TO the cxpedience and
importance of constructing the Savannah Rlyer
Valley Rail Road.
In the first place then, it will participate
though in less observable degree, of lhoSP
general advantages, have been endeavoring ta
represent # will unite our people, bring ouI
ncuhbors and our markets nearer to our doors
and will promote the intelligence, the good
manners, and the wealth of this section H the
District and Stale ~
This proposition requires no labored or fars
! fetched argument TO demonstrate and establish
it. especially far regards the Increase SINE
! ply Of the 'renhh of this section. Advert ,oniE
for moment, to the wonderful and highly bene=
fetal effects of tic Greenrille and Columbia Ran
| Road already produced on the whole contiguous
country. That arduous enterprise, which, eors
sidrling the difficulties attending its lnliIatlons
/ lis progress, and its completion, reflects ths
! Highest honor upon ts friends and StuckhoderS!
and particularly upon its first great PresidcnE
! the Hon. JonN BELToN O'NEAL, who, nn'wlths
| standing the wllfulness ascrbed to his mind, y
man, am ready to lelieve, endowed with tt1et
highest and most generous qualities OF the heart
and understanding, is noble ornament to Soutls
| Carolina and her Judiciary, and an ornament fts
human nature itself | will not stop to.detait
| the obstacles he encountered in the acc0mplIsi4
ment of his exalted purpose, and the almost sus
pcrhuman eyerions he put forth (exerlIons wor-
lhv of the energy OF a Napoleon himsrlf) IL
constructing and finishing one Of the first Roadst
! in is. Importance to Commerce, now III ths;
South. Let its fruits recommend it, and let tiiS
! increased prices of the lands in its vicinity, al
along its truck from Grrenvillc, through AbsS
ssSsi++5 sss++ La,I.e,., EtDgrfed; SFworrry arrrftir
land, even to Columbia, and let the Villages,
nouri,h with trade and prosperity, which have
sprung up on its sides, and which mark It's course
a. l. u al nf 10
speak its panegyric, and stimulate and encourage
US in the worthy, and according to our strength,
produions achievement we are this Gay con-
tempaths and beginning. Why, the rise in the
value of the lrnis on that Road alone have al
most been sufficient to remunerate the Stock
holders. who live near it. for the money they
have expended in that, in some respects, unfor-
tunaie enterprise though its cost, from the vlsl-
talions of God, have been contesscd!y enor:-
nous and oppressive.
refer you to the Grecnville Road. because
you know the people who reside about ii, and
without effort, can form an estimate of The value
of Surh enterprises to land holders. You have
observed that the lands in that quarter, have
risen at least or near fifty per cent, since The
Road was first surveyed 1T is reasonable, there
fore, that we slond conclude, that the effect
here will be precisely similar. The same causes
under The same circumstances, by an unalterable
law of nature, are obliged to produce ike re-.
suits all over the world. The newspapers from
Maine to Texas are full of facts. which are not
only astoundng but winch would be absolute
" Incredible if their authenticity were not be-
yond question, and were established not by our
own pers onal observation, proving that R. Roads
double the price of land situated near them, in
all parts of the country in as old States as
Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts,
and aImos, triple and quadruple it in our more
Western and Southern States.
Nor, to my mind is there anything strange or
Inconsistent in this result 1t is well known to
every man of observation, that nothing so i'm
proves the value of property, and especially real
property, as facilities of trade and commerce.
Aad what greater facilities of the kind can there
he. than good Roads! In other words, the land
that produces the Cotton or other CROP that can
be sent to the market easiest, soonest, ard with
the least expence, must be the most sought
after, and must therefore command the best
prices 1t improves the Talue of even the pro-
durton itself, for us to be enabled to ship it tn
market with The most speed, and with the least
cost and trouble. Their are lands in the West
that are now only bringing Government rates
their produce would shame the world-renOwned
valley of The Nile; and the only cause Of this
wonderful fact is, that those lands are too fal
removed from any convenient highway, and theil
fruits cannot be conveyed to a respectable mar
krt.
allow, for augmentation, that the Stockhol.
dcrs of The Savannah Road may incur the risk
of receiving small dividends, and even of losing
ON the Stock itself But then, am bold to say
that if they lcsa in one hand, they will gain il
the other and that, if they should annually re
ceive less than seven per cent on their stock
they will be amply compensated for that loss
in the enhanced valne of their lands. consequent
" of their slaves, consequently of their Cattle
: and consequently of aIlltheir property of ever!
! description, and of all the productions Of tha
, property.
Let me make This point rs clearas light itself
When you shall have completed your Road t
this spol, you can hear from Charleston by break
fast in the morning, of the rise of Cotionil
London or Liverpool, which intelligence was
, brought by the Steamer, which just that morn
ing entered The Port, and before the mantle
f night shall have obsoured your paper ant
via p'd your writing materials in darkness
you will have taken advantage of the Marke,
and signed and scaled with Merchant in Char
r lesion, a contract for the nale Of your Cotor
and actn;l'y perfected the bargain, by the deIivc
: ry of your crop in the City Warehouse of tn
5 purchaser. As the matter now is, with tn
: greatest possible diligence, you cannot contriv
d your Cotton to the market short of five or 81
: days, and second Steamer most usually nip
r your --"''; nrnsucc.s in the bud, thwarta tn
r indie -'' :"
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