The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-30

supply OF those fabrics our OF IN" great SCUM
| prn staple. cotton, which have become IndlsPensa
| bile. Manufacturers are already, without doubt
material helps To agriculture. by diyersifying en-
| pInyme increasing The c"nsumpti"n al home
Of our crops and stocks. and plying on the spot
and without delay many articles peedful TO the
planter and farmer. in time they will brcoT1e a
more distinct, ductivc, and influential item IN oar
political economy; nut never, think. as the rival or
foe "f our agriculture, hut faithful friend and
| servant. ks yet, howrver, The cultivation of the
arih il the great aHd productive BUSINESS of North
Carolina II mas made Us hitherto thriving and
happy rural people. We are still so; and it will
make us still more so, II bPcnmcs improved and
morr productive. Why shonld Mt the ngricuItnr"
nf North Carolina be as improvablc aud improved.
and her sons, engaged in it, pr"<prr"us and
happy as thos" OF any other paris OF our country !
No reason of weight can be giv~R in the negative,
il we will bu' strive for improvement Every
thing is in favor, il We ill make The fort and
use the proper means; md Of thni every one may
be satisfied If he will observe and Reflect OH hat
is around him.
The profits and the comforts OF agriculture de-
pend mainly "n clIm,tr. snil, labor, and The fac
lies for GIsP"sing of SURPRISES Of Product"n. The
two ,irH c'imar, and soil, should be eongenIHl To
products requisite fer the suscnanc: OF the bus
banGG!a3 himself. and in demand for others " hn
North Carolina is highly blessed. In her position
the globe she occupies tina, temperate and
happy mean, which IS conducive 10 health and
the vigorous exernn Of the faculties and energies
Of body and mind. i'll employmrns tending more
Than all others tn the hospalIes and charities oil
lite and the other virtues of the heart and which
constitutes a climate. that, in Unison with her
fertile SOIL yields abuH4aAlY j. The dilig"n filler
nearly ell the nee; ari+s anq many OF the luxu-
/
rles required by MN. We do not work barely
10 maintain lie; but, beyond that, 10 realise gans
thnr may BE- employed in The addition Of other
things productive Of the eleynrion and refinement
of crviliz'd nan. Our winters. by their duration
and rig6r, do MOI cnn6ne Us long within doors, nor
cause tn consunl" ih- productions of our labor
during The other paris of the year but we are
able To prose cute our Geld operations and cOInt"r
tnbly pursue our productive empl"ym"nts through.
out the four seasons. Though NOT of such extent
Of latitude thereby 10 Create much variety OF
cliDare, and consequently Of production yet, The
dimensions oil North Carolina. cast and west sup.
ply that deficiency in remarkable degree The
proximity 10 The ocean Of her eastern coast, and
he difference in elevation between that and The
mountains of the west, with the gradailons III the
Intermediate regions, produces a diversity OF genial
climate which gives 10 North CaroIrna. in hersrlf
the advantages OF many countries conjDlnt'y. BY
nature, too her soil was AZ diversified and as rx-
ceIlent her climate. The rich alIuvia OF the
east, the extended and extremely fertile valleys Of
the many long streams-ihe Roanoke, The Tar,
the Nruse. the Cape Fear the Iankin and Pndee,
the Catawba, and other rivers. which appear upon
our map, besides lhuse Of small'r streams. almost
numb-rIrss nil, at moderate expense of care and
labor, return large Vi rlds of nearly every grain
and other production fit for food Rice, maize,
wheat, rye, barley, oats the pen, the potatoe OF
each kind besides endless var ~ Of other sorts,
vegetables. and FRUITS are found abundanly there
in; while higher up the country, in addition, The
grasses grow readily and Iuxurantly as TO Of
ford not little plots the moist bottoms OF brooks,
but extensive pastures and magnificent meadows
10 the mountain tops. Then, there the great |
tiCirS Tf apu tnQaCCO, so extensively used
and in such great ard increasing demand-to one
Or The oher OF which the greater part OF the Slate
IS Pmlnently suited. or fruits, melons Of every |
kind and OF the best qualities, apples, peaches,
pears, cherries, nectarlnes and apricpts, flourish
.lm"st everywhere, do also the smaller, but
most valuable kinds, the strawberry, the rasp |
berry, gooseberry, currunrs, and above all, our
native grapes the and pure Scuppernong
and tie rich Gaia which nature WELL besides
>ome Of foreign power. When TO these added
he fish, with which our eastern waters abound
through the year. but alive in the spring our
IN ral stores and lumber, our marls, our minerals,
,Od, silver. copper, and especially The extensive
Ind rich deposits OF iron ore, and the Goals, one
nay confdrn'ly ask, is there any other country
which contains or produces more d greater
diversity of things to sustain life TO bring money
\ nd rhen let me enquire OF you, North CnroIininns
y hat better country do yow want than your own
hold 1t Is good enough-too good | am tempted
o say, for sinful man. Ii requires only to be
ressed and titled to givo nearly all we want on
arh, and much for our fellow man less happily
Ituated. There may al some time be stint be-
ow our usual Abundance; but We need never
ear famine here while work. Indeed. that
aIamiiy can hardly brfaIl a country where maize
which we call Indian corn-grows to perlec.
ion. There s rccnid Of a dearth. approach.
ne famine. where the principal crop mnizn,
> 1t 10 here. Our climate aud So" con.
"nial to the other CEREALS, that failure Of that
r"p from an unprnpirious season 10 necessarily
crceived in Time To provide the others, or some
them, as a substitute.
Such is Nurrh Carolina Here She is, and lie,
ny man say. who can, whether she be no, in
very thing she has been held up 10 him.
hen, why should any leave her7 trust the
crIod OF her peoples deserving her and seeking
what they never foupd-a better place, is near
: end, and that they will ceave to her and ex-
u her by uniting in effort to render her, by
1creased fertility, yet more teeming IN her pro.
uciIonS and - embelSh her with durable and
asteful ha0IInlons, gardens and lawns. with sub.
tantiaI farm houses, with orchards and every
hing that can make her beautiful in our eyes and
lscn our affections on her. True he soil is
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