Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-14
COMM U ITICATIoIIS
OUR RAILROAD HEErIN5 Or WEDNESDAY TIL
GT!I INST.

GII ih3t.
THIS meeting was large and highly respectable
one. Tie day was propouS The di;:ncr MAS g""'
III. speeches were able. And the effect was as fine
as could have been expected.
AT half past eleven O'clock a. NJ the Hon. T!Ios.
PERRIN, of Abbevilie. was conducted TO stand III
the grove of the Elgricld Male Academy III company
with Hon. 4. r. BUTLER and Chancellor W AEDLAw.
The meeting was then called 10 order by Col. AuTrR
SIMEIys, President Of the day, who Introduced the
speaker in brief and appropriate Terms 10 his audience
The following is aA imperfect outline Of the able
and interesting remarks OF .lr. PERRIN:
Every age is characterized by soine leading event
som. guiding sentiment. Ours is cmp!a'i"al'y an
age Of Rail Reads. These great channels of ia,crcom-
mruicaiinn are now regarded As the hand maids "f
trade a,: commerce of cyizalinn and Esle!nsnl and
gfIai Iiea 81 Tins age OF practical science Is TO
improve the channels Of Trade furnished i'y nlrrs.
and 10 invent others, HAT may rival and even 'raSS
those of nature herself In giving growth 10 !ii:rcnl
commodities in different countries, and thereby creating
q necessity fpr Trade and commerce, nature herself
prompts man 10 this exercise Of his inventive powers
Som. countries, and suae States Of this Union are
Observation-Disclosures by the vast Improvements icy
nicaiiua Lauk 10 New York. See he, beautiful
s,rcarnS--her magnificent Rivers her broad Lakes.
There the great HulSoa with lis waters, deep and
calm as a lake, capable of bearing upon her broad
bosom the finest models of steamship navigation.
There TOO upon her borders are the n"h!e Waters oi
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, smiled oihc best Inland
nav-a.ion Yet, moi content with these great natural
channels Of trade, the energetic people o that State,
lave carved out new and magnificent ones. They
Lave constructed Canal 800 miles in lem.th, from
Albany to Buffalo, which has been, and is now doing
an immense business The canal freiss last year
amounted to s3GC0, ,oO0 They have constructed also
Rail Road The banks Of this canal along lis Whole
length, from Albany Bui1o and this loo i>paying
handsomely. Ari strange as it may seem, they lave
built another Rail Road, Running from New lork City
across the whole Stat. to Dmukirk and Buffalo, Oh
Lake Eric actually rivallry these oirr great clan.
;.ls Of trade. In addition 10 this, New York has an
immense number q: Rail loads, running in and through
every part Of The State.
This ca;crpri>ing people have made these extensive
Rail Road improvements al a cost Of not less than
Sfj.00J,0J1 But has i: been done without profit!
One could scarcely becv. the statement, if he con!d
York They have made her clicf City, the emporium
Of these United States. Her vessels aud other crA
now bear her immense commerce 10 every Sea.rori
town on the globe. Her capitalists direct nearl? every
enterprise of magnificcncc this whole Continent.
New York has been rising and rising, livalIing even
Liyerpoo! and London in their Commerce, and will in
time, probably surpass them. And ie people Of lie
whole State have been rendered prosperous, concnled
and happy in the highcs, degree.
Let us, for 4 moment, turn 10 South Carolina, and
observe the contrast. Lock al Charleston her streets
aIlno,, deserted her Hotels almost abandoned: her
Merchants, looking to the North for their fields Of
operations The tale is briefly told. Charleston, CON.
pared with New York, has done little for the co>rnc-
ton of Rail Road. to her limits. Ons Road leads IN
10 her City and that is all.
Look abroad through the interior OF South Carolina.
Blessed with great variety of rich products ol the
earth, lin this respect far surprising New York, or
any other Northern Stae,) with genial and delight
fu climate, the lands of the Stale are yet become
impOverish ID and WORN. Gulii-s and washes upon
our hsides, like wrinkles upon the face, denote aye
and decay. Our people, in halElellarsic stale,
view this sad picture before their eyes, with scarcely
any ef1rls worthy OF their generous character, TO
retrieve the fortunes and prosperity Of the State. We
are duing nothing, literally nothing, 10 fcriize, beau
liy and enrich our native land while others hy their
energies and LIBERAL outlay Of capital gradually
carrying of our wealth.
These things are moi uttered hy way Of reproach
upon our glorious little State, Ia which no one Is
more deyoledly attached than myself, bul 10 awaken,
if possible, her hgh-minded people 10 just sense oil
their true interest: to induce item TO throw aside The
fatal ethargy which has impedcd their prosperity,
and TO show themselves in The manly energy winch
SO naturally belongs 10 them.
Let us be satisfied Of fact. In this progressive
country Of ours no State be great and prosperous
without Rail Roads These are now inScpaTable
from the full development Of the resources Of any
conn:ry. Rail Roads get up improvements of nearly
ever description They cherish the mechanical arts
They besct improvement IN The lands of country
They introduce manures of various kinds, and al!
methods of agriculture. 1t has been csIi'
mated from correct data gathered in countries. where
Rail Roads have bccn buii!, that along the ine u