Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-10-19

Although Railroads materially ha. other States,
through which they traverse the ualfe. countries
Pense is only partial 10 Sate unless the;, .aey dis
20 a. commercial cry or place within its honanus
ana IL Is only when this is the case ,h.t 40 ocrders;
frulilon can be realised They coresnOS .ner full
bic rivers, that sweep in their coursa 70 navlga.
territories until they reach the ocean and distant
rise 10 commercial emporums that increasa mere give
proportion to the amount of trade recevad SIZE In
Ket: hence we perceive that, wherever tbsno mar
naVlgaole river, at point near its dehorcba a
ocean, will be town or city that will 49," 70 the
commerce and population in proportion to ito IN
lilies TOR business purposes, and the amount sspaol.
II recelves-as New Orleans, Charleston Na0, VWade
&c. Therefore, when Railroads are constIretlo tk
state 1t is better it there be commercial srDna
%.hin tne limits thereof that they lead to it"
this is the reservoir of its commerce and 49,, lor
It's PRIDE and tosered child 10 the exclusion ~ oe
gers; II IS the true policy to give encourayems~n
and Duld up our own cities, and patronise orn TO-
markets whenever it can be DONE and to do tbo hume
tn1taatsve should be to place them on an eon.i Ae
ing with competitors alongside of shem BY cons,.Uos
ing suitable works of internal Improvement
10 our own markets. thereby Offering The nao"g
facilities 10 attain laudable end in domestic n"Sy
and then leave the public to patronise which Pocy,
they shall choose. 1t is desirable that orr .t"
crease in wealth, the score of adding lsr~e1n IN
the whole amount of taxable property Of tho S 70
which will be felt by every individual, in edn"sa'
the State, This is not selfish, but CONSERVE ~
principle, that interests every taxpayer in N~..s
Carolina, whether he will recognise it not. Io"
at the Railroad map will show that the States NJ
and South, have built all their Railroads 10 le.S ~
some of the commercial places within their ~ !"
ders; except N. Carolina, that has done 50 onv in
part, and is great loser by it Then let the iivn
projected Roads, leading to Fayetteville and WiImino
ton, be speedily completed; in the doing Of which
the people of the whole State-those who live o.
these lines as we'll as those who reside on them ar
largely interested. This done, the public will ber
have offered them choice of markets. and be left frea
to patronse whichever, in their opinion, shall h.
most conducive to their peculiar interests and like
wafer, trade will seek its level and flow in which.
ever direction the greater inducements are 10 b.
found. We now come to consider the subject in ra
Their different point of view
The States Of this Union have an individual, az
well as a collective interest to foster and protect; in
their individual capacity they like merchants in
competition with each other, each striving to secure
as many advantages possible. and to promote this
end have entered largely into the building of various
works of internal improvement, not only to deveope
their own hidden resources, but, whenever it can be
done, withdraw trade from less enterprisng neigh.
Dor, and from remote sections of country and States
that have no market of their own the latter being
usually Indifferent as to the direction their trade
flows. case in point is the extension of the Bali.
more and Ohio Road, through North. western Vir.
GINA to Wheeling, and branch to Petersburg, in
section of country where Virginia never would
have built Railroad, on account of the prodigiou
obstacles TO be overcome in traversng the AlIegha
nes, and therefore it was to her interest that Baltimore
make road for her through that region. There arr
few other similar cases that might De named But
altogether different is the proposition of s. Carolina
TO extend her N. E. Road into N. Carolina Here
in this very section, through which she proposes t.
pass her Road, is already surveyed, and at an early
day will be under contract thei Wilmington
Rutherford Road, North Carolina enterprise and
the most important one in the State, that cannot fail
to offer any facilities to that section which could
possibly be conferred by the proposed Charleston a
fair. But it is said our neighbor will not only build
this Road but is willing to pay bonus for the priv
lege. All then if this boon is considered Of so great
value to S. Carolina. why not reserve and improve il
to cur own use? And let us profit by her good judg
ment and at once do it, by pushing the Wilmington
Road to completion. What say you, 81 fellow cit
zens' of Richmond, Arson and Union Surely, YOU
are not poor as TO desire to become the recipient
of charity at the hands Of naughty neighbor, VIII
would jeer you for it afterward-we know you ar
not. We further know that you have cash seekinG
investment, and ask of You whether you could "a!
of the stock in the Wilmington and Rutherford Road
Think seriously the subject and lend your aid
And if South Carolina ever should secure the RICH
of way to extend her Road into your State, then yO
will have two Roads instead of one-but be sure o
that one. DIB.E
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