Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-02-25
REMARKS oEsNREAToN,

through and Danrik ~
Although the bill unds eration does .hs
AK for single dollar from public chest, OF 'us
u.s. in any form Of the State credit still REGARD
l, as an extremely important ones THIS O'il, az
thorizing a connection BY railroad between D"nsno
and Greensborough, is fraught with per1'ous oo.'e
quences to our system of internal imp,ossh nN r.
Such connection would injure seriously .ne of ,he
Railroad, and would endanger ,he oan Green's
100 miles of that road which lie between Uteeus
borough and Goldsborough. Establish the P1VP y
ed connection. which the Committee on !nteri'"' i
nrovements tell us will afford the most direct route
from New Orleans to Washington City, anu nos. ~
the messengers will take the Danvie line Of ureehs
borough. Most of the produce, too, from the Tes'
tern counties that comes east at ALL wouo theh 20
into Richmond, firstrate wheat and tobacco mar
ket and town with nearly four times the popuia.
ton and capital of any in North Carolina hlcn-
nond remarkably well located at the falls OF james
river, and has inexhaustable water power Tor mills
and factories. Although situated in the INTERIOR
she has ready access to the Atlantic by steam
boats and railroads run from this metropolis OF Vr-
ginia to almost every section of the State Mako
this connection and produce from the vest must go
there. 1t will be carried in that direction oy Jaw
of trade as imperative as that law OF nature "nIn
causes the waters OF James river to now irohi VIC
western mountains of Virginia to their ocean nome
Render Richmond more accessible to tue "es'er"
planter than our North Carolina markets-as you
most certainly will do by allowing the proposed con-
necton-and neither Wilmington or any otner 'o~"
in North Carolina can hope to compete with her or
the western trade. The passage of this bull Will DC
detrimental to the Atlantic Road and will blight the
hopes we had cherished of building up a CONNER
cial city at Beaufort 1t will be injurious, TO some
extent to the Raleigh and CASTOR Road and deeply 50
to the Wilmington and Manchester Road, and conseq.
uently to vii mngton herself Gentlemen fancy that
trade will be directed from Virginia into North Caro-
lima BY the proposed measure. They are more san
L I lskl. lx4n oofr ftnrna n
the products of Virginia within our borders. she
has excellent market towns of her own. have al
ready dwelt on the advantages of Richmond. Pc
tersburg is a superior MARKET with several of the
advantages enjoyed by Richmond, and high char.
acter for intelligence and enterprise. She has been
properly styled the "Cockade OF the Old DOMINION
Norfolk has very fine harbor, and is almost sur
rounded by navigable waters. 1t has been hand
somely and appropriately said of her, that she sits
like the sea-brd enid its wavegirdled nest" The
coast of Virginia affords the very best navigation,
certainly better than ours, which has been called
the "Terror of Mariners" The beautiful Chesa-
peake, as the steamboat ploughs its crested pillows,
seems to spread out it's BOSOM as if to invite the
commerce of the world. have made these remarks
in order to dispel any day dreams which may exist
in any quarter to the prospect OF getting Virginia
produce into North Carolina
The State of North. Carolina owns large amount
of stock in the various works that must be inJur'
that she has none in the Wilmington Railroad, and
in the Manchester Road but the Literary Board
has large investment in the stock Of these compa-
MES, which we ought to regard as sacred.
1t is said that the people of Caswell Rockingham,
and the adjacent counties have right to demand
the passage of this BILL justce really requires it,
then it ought to be passed. however injurious it may
be to our railroads or our towns. But. sir, have
been unable to perceive the existence Of any such
right as that contended for Generally, admit that
a charter ought to be granted to the people OF any
section who seek to obtain railroad facilities without
any charge upon the Treasury but the State is not
bound to charter any company, whose work is evi.
IDENTIFY and materially detrimental to the interests of
large majority of her citizens and still less is she
bound to allow to such a company the privilege OF
junction with her own main line of commun,ca-
ticn The interests of the few must yield to the in
terests of the many, upon every principle OF reason
justice, and sound policy. If North Carolina IS
bound to allow the proposd connection, then she
has devolved upon herself so far as internal i'm
provements is concerned, the duty of self-destruc
tion and is bound to furnish the dagger that is to
stab her to the heart The people along the line
of the proposed railway, it is true, are not in such
favorable condition as those of some other coun-
ties in reference to marketing facilities, but they
are not in a very low condition. Some of them are
convenient to the North Carolina Railroad, and 9TH
ers not remote from the Richmond and Danvie
road. At all events they labor under evils sufh
GENTLY great to warrant us in nt1icting deep and
vital wound upon the best interests of the State, in
order to relieve them. In the nature of things it is
not to be expected that the steam-whistle is to be
heard in every neighborhood within our borders
Railroads immensely beneficial, but they are also
very expensive, and they cannot exist too thiokly
together. They cannot bear such ruinous COMPETE
ton. To build them up at an expense of Millions
and then break them down again, is anything else
buta wise and prudent policy-any thing else but JUS
TO Ny,rpo hn thoYo tho ITO
capitalists who have subscribed for their stock.
1t has been said that the North Carolina Railroad,
by the proposed connection, will gain enough in the in.
creased number of passengers between Charlotte and
Greensboro to make up for her losses betweenGreens
boro' and Goldsboro. do not believe it. Besides if
such should be the many Of the adG,ionaIpasse.
gers between Charlotte and Greensboro would be
taken from the Wilmington Road, and the Manches.
ter road, and most of them would otherwise pass
their whole line, instead of the 81 miles from
Charlotte to Greensboro.
If Senators doubt the effect of this connection in
drawing off produce to Richmond, l ask them to OBJ
serve the fact that Richmond WILL if this link is com.
pleted, be nearer to Greensborough by Railroad
than Wilmington, or any other North Carolina
market. I am informed that there are discrimina-
ting tolls on the Danville Railroad in favor of Rich
mond, which will make it very difficult for u.s. by
means of that road, to take from her any of her
present trade, and will enable her to appropriate to
herself good deal Of ours
THNK BEFORE You SPEND.-Do you really need the
article 1t is probably pretty trife in dress. in
furniture; but what solid benefit will it be to YOU?
Or is some luxury for the table, that you can as
well do without Think therefore, before you spend
your money. Or you need new carpet, new sofa.
new chairs, new bedstead or new dress; you are
tempted to buy something little bandsomer than
you had intended; and while you hstate the dealer
will say to you, "Its only trne more, and SET how
far Pretter u.s." But before you purchase, stop to
less in old age for having squandered your money ~
ls it not wiser to ay by something for rainy day ?"
An these Injuries crafty you only for the moment;