The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-29
TIE COUNTY SUBSCRIPTION.

I'm Thursday next the vote of the citizens
ofMecklenburg will be taken as to a county
subscription to the Wilmington, Charlotte
and Rutherford Railroad. The following
communication on the subject was banded
% rs after we went to press last week orit
should have appeared earlier. 1t is & SEN
,ble and well written article, and we regret
that the writer did not discuss the subject
sooner:
WILL, CHAR. & RUTHERFD RAILROAD.
Ma EDIroR-The commencement, construction
I'D early completion OF this important enterprise
- object which should enlist the appreciation
I'd secure the aid OF every true North Caronan.
90 as a project of such measurable Importance 10
ba commercial interests OF the State large there
!; certainly from considerations OF LOCALITY alone,
- neouIe more interested IN the consummation OF
- great scheme than those OF the county oil
Mecklenburg. With their county Town situated
:" a healthy and productive region. already enjoy
M the possession OF trade and the advantages OF
market which no sister town can rival, there IS to
"a with the addition of another Road no reason
INV they should not attain to degree of wealth
md Importance enjoyed by the people of no other
eoInty within the State. This question, them upon
tbe decision OF which may hang the veal of not
only our own county but that OF the entire State, is
20 he submitted to the qualified voters Thursday
ne.r the LIST OF October. An opportunity will then
he 1,
20 nave a Road, from the completion of which is
20 date her commercial freedom, and which will be
an event that will strike from her the shackles OF
other States which she has SO long worn in shame,
IN dishonor and III poverty. Forced as she has
heen by the lethargy of her own people to render
frbute TO other States, duty Is imposed upon the
nresent generation 10 remove forever the causes
which have impeded her progress, and which have
shorn from her brow the laurels which il was her
NIB, 10 have worn in pride oil the frs; States
in the American contedeTacy. Ii is a debt which
posteTrIy will claim at our hands, and one which
generous ancestry should feel proud TO discharge.
The opening up of Road from the SeaboaTd to
the Mountains, through region of country pnsur.
passed for the fertility of its SOIL the variety OF its
products, and the beauty OF It's scenery. will give
an impetus to The energies of our people heretofore
undreamed of even by the most visionary. New
feds tor the employment of capital and la Dor will
be discovered when The resources of our State and
the treasures that now lie ridden among the noun
tains ofIhe West are once laid open TO the eyes OF
the world The flow OF wealth from our State will
be arrested; the capitalist will be invited our
shores and with him will come the attendant ee-
ments of an industrious, happy, and an indepen
dent people. Skirting almost the entire length OF
our southern boundary this Road will, the pro-
ducts oil middle and western Carolina, in search
OF the markets OF the world, must reach them thro'
the ports of our own State An advantage in this
must be apparent TO all, since the commissions,
feIghrs and other charges consequent upon the
Shipment of produce or goods are paid TO our own
PEOPLE, thereby keeping at home sources OF
YEA h and subjects OF taxation, that which hereto
fore has been entirely lost to our Stae.
There many objections, however, urged
against the ratification OF The County subscription,
though none of which, in opinion, is deserving
oil Serious consideration save that OF taxation. To
the construction of Railroads alone has been as
cubed by many the high taxes which our people
at present called upon to pay This is, how
over, Que only of the great errors Of thoughiess
impetuOsrty which reason for the time may not be
permitted TO explain. The construction of plank
and kP he no
erection at public buildings, and the necessary ex-
Penses Of Government, Ire some OF the many chan
nels through which the revenues OF our State flow,
and which must necessarily go TO swell the public
deb; OF InCr ease the taxes The construction OF
Railroads heretofore, as must be apparent TO all
from their location, has been made with a view to
secure the great prize OF PASSENGER rare between
the North and South, which from It's very charac-
ter must always be an uncertain source OF proht.
The completion Of Road from Wilmington TO
Rutherford will secure for its support an immense
local trade which will render it at all times indie.
pendent OF the uncertainty and fluctuations OF ira
vel Ii will open 10 the world region OF country
the resources OF which must and will prove to the
State mine of inexhaustible wealth. For every
dollar, then, expended upon the construction Of this
Road we may reasonably calculate upon the real
ZIuOn o. at least twC-how much more we are |
unable to say. As proposition, then, that needs
no demonstration, may be safely asse ted that by
increasing The wealth of the State you diminish our
taxes; for in proportion you swell the taxable |
effects f people, you lessen the burdens of taxa
ton. This is the principle, then, upon which we
hope thar the wse the true, and the good citizens
Of old Meckienburg will the ensuing election
And however much such action may come in con- |
fct with the commercial interests OF our sister |
States TO the north and south of Us, must recol
lect that acting for ourselves. the honor of
our State, and the happiness of our children. We
would not for a moment cast a single obstruction |
IN the way to impede their progress to wealth and
political greatness, yet the rights of posterity de-
mand that shall no longer compromise to the
arIsrocracv of the Old Dominion nor the chivairy
OF the gallant little Palmetto the commercial free
dom Of an independent people. FARM.