The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-05-18

We owe the occupancy of our Western Terri.
tory its redemption from the savage, and introdnc.
lion into the area Of productive and fruitful life, in
a great degree, TO the herosm of Southern mind.
The men of mark 10 its early history-Boone,
Finley Simon kenton, Logan, HubbelI, Ridley
were all men of Southern blood and training
They had the instructive iearlessness the cheerful
seltreIiance, the indomitable energy and the pas
sion for noble achievements, which have always
characterized the South. And hence, they dis.
played dauntlessness that knighthood never sur.
passed. courage sometimes rash enough to bat
lie With fate itself disregard o. and COM
iert; wild and exuberant Joy even in The endur.
auce of seVeresi hardships an Invenriveness OF
means that science could scarcely rival, a ready
intelligence that originated system OF mill
Iiry tactics well as novel modes of domestic
life.
Peculiar qualities are necessary to form the
pioneer, and without arrogance we may declare
thai those qualities are native in the Soulherner
Our Northern brother, devoted To trade, is a sup
pier OF wants. 1t the frontiers need cotton cloth
shoes hardware, he puts Linn, Lawrence. Lowell
into his wagon and lros TO the door of the forest
cottage. The difference between The two is, that
the NOrthefner follows the track of the Southern
e., but The Soulherner follows The trail Of he In.
dian.
Abnu, one fourth OF our citizens leave the States
Union. Virginia has sent out 335, 900; South
Carolina, 1853 600; North Carolina, &c 900. -
Among the Northern States, Connecticut and Yer
mont have contributed the largest share OF their
population TO inter Img grafton; their loss has been
about 25 per cent; South Carolina has lost So per
cent; North Carolina 81 per cent; Virginia &c
per cent. Virginia alone has S5,762 to Ohio
Also TO Indiana, and o 3S7 Alabama.
We see, then, how Southern mind has been &C.
rUDIpd he La 6Gv Io
proportion OF its best energy has been expended
IN oP'nlng highways IN the wilderness, in Ieveling
vast forests la furnishing inducements 10 The pro-
gresS OF rlVIilZ1iInu iii stimulating the busy work
shops OF the North in preaching the Gospel TO
the hunter and trHpper. What has been the result!
Our home forces distributed over so wide surface
and engaged IN the preparatory forms Of civiliza-
ton. have been employed in specific work. 1t
is not work /" be computed by arithmetic. Its
work for statistics II is not IA work that 81 rikes
the eye by lis >pIendor, or the imagination by lis
magniGcrmcr. 1t is not appreciated because it is
not understood. Bat in any (nr estimate of the
growth OF country, place in the foremost rank
of mighty agencies oug hi - be given to the piO-
ncrr spirit of the Southern States 1t Is this spir-
il that has repr oGuccd the history OF jamestown
and Plymouth Rock. 1t has multiplied EIIiors.
Braina:ds. Smiths 1t has Impaired ii new mean
ing 10 T. IPWfibuS Uumnt ana il the earlier va.
ipI VI llSIT htNbIutI1HhTS IitntTS gave the S'dTS
that pictured upon banners, lei it not be
torgorten, that /" Southern patriotism the
spreading armament in which they shine.
Nor must one thing be forgotten The North.
western fire" States, ranging from the great Lakes
and the upper Mississippi to the mouth of the
Ohio, were SETH d principally by foregners.-
They form about one third Of the population in
Wisconsin and in Minnesota. A fair estimate
would put persons Of foreign birth, who now re-
side in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio and
Minnesota at 600 600. But the South has no such
assistance. The five orig inal slave States-Ma.
rylnnd. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
and G"orgIa-have had to reclaim the Southwest
and convert ii INTO fruitful land As a natural
result these States have been constantly drained.
Money and muscle, families and ntighburhoods.
have been throwing m'gh'y tide of strength, IN
du>ry and capital INTO the cotton and sugar
regions. Has The North ythiug L" show supc-
nor To Ibis trans formation of the wilderness into
vast garden ?-&01HhCrn Times.