The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-02

m,rovement now in progress iron can be there made
and transported to Wales, and at cheap rate as
that for which the WEIGH manufacturers now AFFORD
the article
Extensive beds of valuable marls asccrtained
10 exist the entire eastern portion of the
State, and afford the means OF making fertile most
parts of that section. Recent examinations nave
brought to light to great an extent lime, copper
opes and other valuable minerals, to satisfy every
that North Carolina is eminently fortunate In her
geological formation.
The Agricultural productions of the State not
less varied than its surfaces and soils. know of no
article grown in New England or New York. that
cannot be obtained with less labor ana at lower
rates in the mountain region Of North Carolina
Whatever the middle and western States OF the
Union yield can DC produced in abundance, not only
in the central parts, but in fact all our State
While tobacco may be proftably grown in almost
every portion of it, some of the northern counties
produce varieties, equal and probably superior 10
what old Virginia herself, or any other part OF the
world grows. Cotton of fine qualities is produced
in the lower counties, in as great quantity to the
acre. and with high profits, as in the south west
crn States. The progress this culture has of late
made with us, when consider the large area
suitable it, renders it profitable that ut no distant
day North Carolina will take rank among the hrst
cotton States of the Union. The rice OF the cape
esteemed equal to the best in the world and
its culture may be largely extended in that region
The lOwland counties of the east and northeast as
producers of brcadstufs, destined to DC to the
adjacent region what Egypt WAS in the time of the
PharaOhs.
The grape is indigenous in every part of the State
from CurritGck Cherokee, and among the hum
dreds of native varieties that from time to time
brought light after the neglect and waste of CEN
turtles there are doubtless many which will equal
possibly surpass the delicious ScuPpernong of the
Albermarle region, and the famous Catawba of Bun
combe. With such indications, and our favorable
soil, and climate why may we not in time, approx
innate to vintage of France and Germany?
Mr. Webster remarked to me in CONVERSE
ton that he did believe that should ever he
able to obtain good wine from the Atlantic slope OF
the American continent The reason given by him
this: the prevailing winds of the temperate re-
gions being from the west, and in the United
States they from the land, much higher de-
gree of heat felt in the summer than in Europe,
where they blow from the Atlantic ocean. Hence
he thought the extreme heat of the summer here
would bring about too soon acet"us fcrmenta-
ton, unfavOrabe to the production of good wines.
If this view should present insurmountable dlfh-
Guilty. with respect TO wines made from foreign
grapes. that rpen in the heat of our summers, it
nercrthee would exist in the of the natives
which do not usually come to maturity until the
greatest heats of the summer past namely, in the
months of September and October. In fact in district
of few miles in extent the Tryon mountain, where
neither dew frost ever known, and which is
remarkable for the variety and excellence of its native
grapes, they often found in fine condition in the
open air, as late as December.
In the wine districts of France, there embraced
in all about eli h thousand square miles, considerable
portion of which consists of rocky sleeps and
untitled for the production of cereals and vet the yield
ia wine is of the value of than fifty millions ofdo
annually. while the product of brandy is from ten
twelve millions.
1t thus appears that the whole Weld from these eight
thousand miles of territory is equal tn about half
of the average value of the crop of the United
States for the last five years. There is doubtless in
North Carolina, much greater amount of land than
this, suitable to the growing of grapes and may not
hope, of these days, to become great wine produc
ing community?
know of agricultural product of the Union which
is suited to State. do not merely mean to
say that they may be produced but that they all find
in limits their appropriate soil and climate and
be successfully cultivated to extent greatly sur
passing the of people. All the domestic
animals existing in the United States thrive within
borders. Though the sheep may be advantageouSly
reared in almost every part of the State he finds his
best climate and most attractive food in the mountain
region, while the blood horse be most success
fully raised in the sandy districts of the lower country
The climate of North Carolina : a whole is emf
ncnty favorable know that different opinions pre-
vail in many quarters, and much Is said in these
days of northern energy and southern incidence that you
will doubtless pardon few remarks tending to dispe
singular popular deluSion. ] maintain then that
during nineenths of the existence Of the globe
as historically known, the destlnIes OF the world have
been controlled by nations occupying territories having
warm climates According to the settled
opinion of the learned, when first created, he
placed by Providence in such climate, and it
would be singular, indeed if when he commanded
multiply and replcnish the earth, he should have
been placed by his Creator in unfavorable location
Egypt where seems first to have attained q high
of civilization, and India had tropical climates
The four great empires of antiquity in their
tres subjected to of temperature high ours
the southern point of Norh-Carolina, while Nine
below its northern limit and the hearts of the
Assyrian and Persian empires were subjected TO a
warmer climate than ours. And Greece and Rome,
too lands of the olive, the vine and the fig
and possessed temperatures high our own. What
people exhibited spirit energy and enterprise
than the Greeks in their Persian and Asatic in
va.ions? Where has the world such example
of long sustained strength and energy, manfes
ted by the Romans when they held for many
rieS the best portions Of the known world from Scot
land down to the great African desert? After the
decay and fall of their empire, there began under the
tropic of Cancer. a movement headed by Mahomet
which swept the earth with the rapidy of flame
fire. sGbjecting tho principal parts of control
high OF civilization, kept up for centuries
ia glad AHd cUrdovn the capitals of the principal
branches of the Sarecenc dominnnS. After their de-
cline and the overthrow of the Greek empire of Con-
EtantnOple the period of Spanish ascendency began
1t thus appears that t IA only during the last
three centuries that the Socaed northern nations have
had control of the world. The extraordinary popular
which generally prevails the subject is due
doubtless mainly to the fact that the minds of the
majority of men, the present is everything. and the
past however long have been goes for nothing
It. in part too hP accounted for by the we'll known
circumstances that the old Roman empire in the period
Of its decay by bands of barbarians from
the north But at that time the strength of the Romans
was gone having been DESTROYED by their vices. and
the deSpotisms which they had been sbjected. In
fact they had long ceased be military people,
TO bear arms and had been accustomed to hire these
barbaranS to defend them. That they should have
fallen prey to them is wonderful than that
decrcpid giant after century of vice and destination