Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-04-08
SIS For the Standard.
HARPER;S MAGAZINE. u.s.

HARPER;S MAGAZINE. = 4.
MEssRs. EDI. As It was but few days since
that kind friend put in my: hands copy of the
above periodical for the present month, containing
an article headed, "NoRrH. CARoLINA ILLUSTRATED"
As North Carolinian who would scorn to acknowl
edge the accuracy of narrative SO grossly often
sive in it's tone, and exceptionable and repuIsve
in many of its statements, and beyond all highly
derogatory in its wood-cut representations Of the
country, feel constrained by the highest and dear
est impulses Of the heart, which the word home ev-
er excites to offer reonder to the article in ques-
ton.
Too frequently the press allows itself to be the
medium Of vtupcration or the vehicle of mems
thoughts whose distorted and evil maginatons are
ever employed in invcnting remarkable adventures,
and in portraying the most unnviting scenery. Pc
cuiarly, has been the fate Of the South submit
to such dersion from the hands Of the North through
her newspapers and magazines. 1t is conmenda-
BILE Christian virtue to practice forbearance-to be
tolerant to the revngs of avowcd enemies, and to
mortily the pride by only silent rebq of the cha
fling and calling epithets bestowed upon us; but
honor, now and then goaded to madness by the in
justice of foes, would fain utter few words in be-
half of tight and truth Much latitude, we grant,
must be allowed to the press but it is subject Of
regret that the public taste is becoming vitiatcd and
depraved by the temper, tone, and tenor of North
ern periodicals. From the day when the master
mind Of GuttenGurg revealed to the world his WON
derful discovery the present moment in the cycle
OF time, vast and momentous rcfJrms h,v. been pro-
duccd by the influence of the press. George III
felt the whitening satire of Junius the language
of that unknown author gowcd out in beauty and
ID S, in ,h w. VI, 49, .. 80 -:
49, ;' w p..,I'T:. c w .u I saee a"o pun
theatre of usefulness which redounded so essen
TALLY to the happiness of h S county. When the
press confines itself to enrolling objccts-to dsscm
mating morality and advocating proper reforms in
Sr.: .'.' "cu. .u'"S NV '''e
righteousness VI 'ne ''hes' Is 'hen tue ho"est
oui"aIA u nat'oh security ana welfare. lnese
remarks are oniy appicaoe 10 sccuon OF tme on'oh
that perVe''s ,e art preset'atVe OF arts' or oase
purposes, anu ''ey are a'so 'htchoeu as fe'aa''oh
'o' It's ee"o"es ulo" '"e Eou."
D'sl''ss'''s 'u''her preliminary observations
VIII no" l'oceeo 10 pomt OUT t!'c o'Jec''ohapie !eat
u'es III u'e narrative Oh forte Crayoh. ~ "ood cut
representative" VI eoom! cypress swamp, WIN
ne'e ana mere 100 picJcel"s above inc mu"dy
Su'"e VI ''ie strea'' covered win countess terra
p'"S oash'hS III tne su''Si 'e aiord iar muck OF
,ne cha,actr Vi the narrative. us opening scene IS
ia,d IN t'rS'h'a ana consequently cannot DC claim
Gu ny ->on'h Ca GINA, a'no"sh II Is cohnecleow WIN
!ne 'raseer description oil the latter state. IL Is
NV ". 10 Nv 'o'',''.'e .''e' u1' pu'sueS
n ~ .".'"s', 'u.'S' anu s','ues' anu
Io,. ,i,, v ~ o s.'eas'' ,l'a' ,neal-
Tvs go P "a :. p 's> .',u ''euS' Ndooie
'o'''u S','.'.' "o''''y % ms muse, "s he
pe""eu us .,'l'l'o' verses On ':'e D'Sha' swamp
w.. e'e'' SEES !" al 'n'S hot"'hs
"a' eau Pe'sc n's iaso'ous fancy, OF iufh sh ausht
uu' S.p,e iol iS'iee''on upon 'He hohored name OF
t"' oo ->'i'' say; ine :" W. Her as ne proce.os
o' m J' NY W A1os.'''n' ANUS 'he river increasing
" "'"'''' my t,e'c - Io Pe'cePtio'e chahSe III
'"''' VI Na'.. ne HN9 - ua' Win ouIAaros,
anu ene'! ui' ''s 'e'a.teo Win muu-coor. q ter
"p''s ~ '"u " us.,so'' t"'s - ots'S"a'e" para
os>I. ifousnou' Tue "r''c'e Tue pun ana substance
;, ~. 10 WIN Tue ABOVE statements
WIN pr aPs '.'e VI '"o u"eAcSp''o'!ao,e remarks
ABOUT Inc hospitality OF our planters. Every Incl
oe'' 10 'ei'e>e"eu " gu 'cSpooet Will 'he ureay
aspect oi nature, IN The iowiands through which the
traveller passed. surely, he shaped his Journey to
OBTAIN Out poor knowledge OF North Carolina. But
let US mhoteiy sPec'iy the Sronnus Of our cOma NJ.
Ihrn, why DO obect to the narrative and ITS ex-
planato'y wood-cuts, when am compelled TO admit
there Is such scenery on The banks oil the Backwa-
Ter ana Chowan! lhe reason Is obvious. l per-
ehnptoriy oo)ect TO H. because such statements are
calculated 10 create incorrect and false npr. ssIons
III regard to my State, and do gross and pa'pable in
justice to the general character OF her scenery, and
the lace OF her country. The readers OF Harper
will naturally infer, indeed the conclusion is nevi
table, that North Carolina is scarcely less than
endless and unbrcken swamp, and that an uninter-
cs:ng dreariness is all that can be said OF her SOIL
To expose the faacy of such suggestions aud TO
vindicate her physical geography, is the purpose
winch seek to ATTAIN Like all countries, her soil
IS diversified with mountain, hill, vale and swamp.
Nature mas gwen no 'honotony 10 her works mere
The cast has its swampS, and rivers, and sounds
and roaring ocean; the interior It's planes and table
lands; and the west its bold and rugged mountains.
10 make North carolina a cham Ut sterile monn-
tains would be as prelostcrn"S as to CAL her vast
anu '''' i.hao'e 'lio'aSS r''her osSerp"oh %ou'o
oe esse",'ay erroneous an" unworthy "' ere"sace'
oo'a.e mas ose I'm, .as VI may sAcsp.
oc au'a:,ses, WIZ. ere's Si'nc". vi !. Sou',M anu
substantial Piosi'e''y '"'I No''n oaro''na mos