Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-12-09

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dren. as they were true to themselves and r. ma,
to beyYsIthy 81 the great inheritance we hsS, ana
ce'ved at Their hands Let us Be North. Caroln;arse
time. From the old Albemarle region wh Jay and
foot OF the first Englshman was planted fro,s Inc
Cape Fear and Aiamance countries where ,ha 'ne
ties OF the Revolution were begun; from Ma. nat
burg, where our forefa.hers declared us f rsa
planned to make US 80 from Moore's CresI and
Guilford Courthouse and Kings Mountain, and f and
the mountains further west, which ponrod IRON
their unnamed heroes" to the shock Of wsr. uown
unnumbered places where they sleep, some of III, IRON
sleeping where they fell in battle for the Gho.. oem
this day enjoy, that voice comes up to us. "su we
small, but with potency which should resoh ' ana
stir. and influence every North Carolina heart ana
US hearken to that voice. Let us resolve j. Let
flrst place, that We will stay where We are h" ae
bones Of our fathers, under the protection - Tile
free institutions which their vaor won AND .n'se
wisdom establishcd and secondly that We MIN; %'e'r
Dor more than we have ever heretofore dono WI Ia
prove our condition. Let US cultivate mot on,. n'
soil, bnt the minds of our children, and sn me
State pride. Let us accustom ourselves to ra..t
nothing in reason impracticable or imnooas:saa
toAe" Is to be done for North Carolina w. n"
learn practically that there ia no east M ,.. must
northno south in our beloved State but that sb.
common State nnerest in action and in DESTINY s une
her western limits to the sea, and from Virc;n;.
South-Carona. Let US foster and encouraea Nv W
CoDmon Schools Let us continue to prosece,o 0ur
internal lmprovements-notr ashy not cxtravsa.". '
~, not anwisely, but in spirit Of Justice to al s"
tons, with reference to the laws Of trade and cos
merce, and to the means which we can co,,u.e Vn
from time to time and let not those of us Iaa
been favored in this respect refuse the same f.u'
to others. We should do az We would ho do." law"
and especially as We haue been done by. W. Ivy,
the simplest, and as yet the cheapest governmer.
earth. Those who leave this for other States 90 VI.
general rule where the burdens Of government as
much heavier than they are with US yet thew m.Le
more than they do here and these bmdsyns " ar'
therefore, comparatively light By means ~ s a'
roads, and lakes. and rivers, they find m.rkat.
which were denied them here; then do not rolls
the depressing fact, As many Of our farmers do ,h
It costs more to carry their crops to market thon -
does to make them. Means of conmunic,ton ,';.h
the markets of the world, and of CHEAP and r.n;d
transportation to market Of the first importapce
to the farmer. No farmer will make surnlps NV
duce when he knows he cannot sell if. and e ~
makes no surplus, but consumes all he produces be
must become poorer instead of richer for he is ev.
haustins his lands and getting but mere living in
return. Granville County sOws more wheat
than she reaped before the Raleigh and CASTOR Road
was constructed; and the Central Road has already
greatly stimulated production of all kinds in the
Counties through which it passes and those conip.
uOuS " u. EOISytu, LOT example, whose peOD.e
proach it by plankroad eighteen miles in length
is doubling her wheat crop under this stimulus,
And you, gentlemen. have felt the benefits to
large extent Of the Wilmington and Weldon Road
The same results will follow elsewhere This 7
know, is no favorable time for dwelling on this sub.
jecs. The country has overbankcd and overtraded
has not lived within its means, is embarrassed and
prices falling. Money-that is, gold and silver
IS becoming scarce. We are passing through
ich IN
years; but we will come out of this as out of for.
mer ones, with much useful experience, and better
prepared for our duties business men and as cii.
zens. No country which produces indian corn in
large quantities, as ours does be visited bv fam.
inc; and no country which breads itself, and at the
same time produces in perfection the staples of cot
ton, rice, sugar, and tobacco, can be long disturbed
by financial disasters money panics The panic
with US Of the South will soon pass by, to be sue.
ceeded trust, by increased and increasing prosper
ity. But truth is truth, panic or no panic and il
is idle to talk Of improving condition, and max
ing our State what she should be, without keeping
constantly in view the Importance of markets fol
surplus products, and if the means of reaching
those markets.
Let US labor, then, in every conceivable ani hon..
orable way, to increase our productions of all kinds
to turn our surplus products as much as possible
to our own seaport tOwns-to export them ourselves,
and import for ourselves as great an extent as we
can. foolish pride is disgusting both in ndivida.
ais and in States but there is kind of pride which
every individual and every State must have, who
would be respected. Aside from all considerations
of interest, North-Carolina should be too proud to
depend on others to do for her what she can do for
herself AS long she permits other States to ex.
port her surplus products and to import for her,
just so long will she be dwarfed in her prosperity
and hindered in her exertions to assume that posi-.
ton which she ought to occupy in the ssterhood Of
States. Her good name, fellow citizens, her bes:
terests, her substantial prosperity in agriculture in
the mechanic arts in education, and internal in.
provemea:s, are in the hands Of her own people {;
aud ii they do not manifest lively and constant
concern for her welfare, who will? If they Stun.
Der, every thing valuable will he lost If they fal.
ter, after having put their hands upon the helm, the
ship Of State must be driven on the breakers. If
they hesitate aud wait, others will not but will pass
on before us, and continue to drain us of our re-
sources, leaving at last regret unavailingy the
supineness which deprived us Of chat prosperity
and Of those advantages and blessings which a'e
now within OUT reach.
But, gentlemen, there is no real cause for despon.
dency, or for indulging gloomy apprehensons as 10
the future North Carolina. an integral portion
Of the federal Union is relieved Of the necessity ana
expense OF maintaining an army and navy ana Oh
| conducting intercourse with foreign nations. Thus
happily exempted from large expenditures WITHIN
and protected from without by the egs OF the IN
ion she has nothing to do but to be faithful to the
federal Constitution-to insist that others shall De
faithful to it also; and to improve her condition.
This will be, is now, the circle and the chart Oh
her du'es so long the Constitution and the Union
shall endure and every true patriot must hope tina!
both may be immortal. And what Confederacy
is!-stretching il straight line in States and Ter
rtories from north to south through twenty de
grees Of LATITUDE, and resting the pillars OF its au
thorty and power, in the east and in the west on
the shores of the two great oceans Of the w'ra
covering a whole continent embracing every varle'!
of climate and soil, and holding up and holding las'
to itself interests Of the most diversified character
and the affections Of the feest the proudes and lns
most selfreliant people the globe. The terr.oy
Of the Union now embraces an area OF 3,4lSVo wv
square miles, 1t is ten times as large as Great br