Weekly North Carolina standard., 1857-12-02
FRENCH BROAD ROAD.

8 The WILMINGTON Herald copies our remarks about
the above Road, and adds:
"Something ought to be done by the Legislature
for the extreme Western part of the State for here
tofore its claims upon the fostering of the State
have been neglected. Rich in all the elements of
wealth and natural beauty blessed with those re.
sources" which are always going to be, but never
are developed" ii has remained for years coun-
try as 1t were. cut off from the busy marts OF trade
and comparatively inaccessible. Latterly, however
the attention Of the people in other sections has been
turned to this beautiful REGION and efforts are being
and Will be made to effect communication with the
seaooard W e think that the most feasible plan for
our friends OF the West to reach the sea by rail is
through the medium of the Wilmington, Charlotte,
and Rutherford road and its proposed extensions
1t will be many long year before the North Carroll
ma road is carried west of Morganton, If indeed 1t
ever is carri d beyond that point. There is pro.
liability tina: the road hence West will be completed
to Rutherfordton and when it reaches that point no
one doubts an ultimate connection with the network
of railroads in Tennessee The prospects of this
great State work are encouraging. That it will be
built is generally conceded. 1t would be better,
then, for our mountain friends to look towards this
point in their seach for market facilities rather than
irdulge the deusive hope of connection at Morgan
ton,-a hope which We do not believe will ever be
realized"
Most sincerely do we thank our friend of the Her.
aid for his kind words in behalf of the West. We
have been neglected friend Burr-most shametuly
neglected. Our people heavily taxed to aid 9TH
portions of the State, while never cent do we ob-
tain. There is point where forbearance ceases to
be virtue, and it is wonder if our people are
growing restive and discontentcd under system
which increasingly demands, but never gives-whIch
seems to know limit but the bottom OF their
purses. Our mountain people are patriotic, and de-
voted to North Carolina and her interests. But they
ask that it shall be remembered that the Vest is
part of North Carolina If this reasonable claim is
not recognized in the disbursement of the State
money for works Of improvement they will demand
tina: it be ignored in the collection of taxes and IN
the bearing of burdens generally
When Dockery's treachery defeated our just ex-
pectatons last winter thrill of indignation ran
through the great heart of the West. Our people
felt wrong had been perpetrated-a gross outrage
on their rights committed and that feeling still
lives, and will live demanding what is just and sat
sfisd with nothing less.
We do expect the next Legislature to do some-
thing for us. As the Herald remarks. Lately the
attention of the people in other sections has been
turned to this beautiful region" Our highly favor
ed country was visited during the past season by
many gentlemen of enlarged and liberal views, from
the Eastern and Middle portions of the State, who
have invariabe expressed themselves as delighted
with our region. The icy barriers of prejudice are,
to some extent, giving way, and confidently look
to the next Legislature for such action will satisfy
our people that they still regarded by their
brethren of ether sections forming integral
part of North Carolna-as heirs in common to the
blessings and benefits Of a wise and liberal system
for the advancement oi State Interests
We are not prepared, however, to fall into the
Heratds opinions to be the best remedy for our
present isolated condition. 1t says "the most feasi-
BILE plan for friends of the West to reach the
by rail is through the medium Of the Wilmington,
Charlotte and Rutherford road, and its proposed ex-
tensions" We cannot, with the lights before us, give
in to this opinion. The Western North Carolina
Road is under contract to Murganton, We believe,
and that is only sixty miles from Asheyille 1t is
most assuredy wiser for to reach after a
ton requiring only GO miles to secure than attempt
to secure one twice that distance. But we do not
d, sign entering into arguments the subject to-
day We will refer to the matter again.-AsheciLle
NtaoS.