The Hillsborough recorder., 1858-11-03
EXTRACT FROM THE ADDRESS
OF THE
lion. THOMAS L. CLINGMAN.
Delivered 1t the Fair Grounds, on Thursday,
October 81, 1883.

II
Delivered i, the Fair Grounds, on Thursday
October u, 1888
North carolina has fifty thousand square
miles of territory-just about the area Of Eng
land. But while England, exclusive OF Scot.
land and Wales. has population OF seven
teen millions, North Carolina has barely one
million. II this difference is not to continue,
can we ever equal, or even approximate, me
populatnn Of Englandf When at Washing
ton, persons comparatively strangers 70 OUT
State, often have said to me, 80 you are
from the piney regions Of North Carolina.
They sometimes seemed surprised when
toIl them that the seetlnn from which came
vas more remote from that district covered
with mines than Washington City Itself, and
even less like ii ii its external features The
fact that the principal lines of travel through
our State have been along that comparatively
narrow belt of level pine forest, has made
most persons from abroad suppose that the
shole State is Of that character.
II was in the month of July. 1854. that the
6rst Ep,oneans who ever touched the shores
of srv one Of the old thirteen States, APP
nroacbed the coast of North Carolina, under
the command Of Amadas and Barlowe. In
the report 10 Sir Waiter Raleigh, drawn UP
BY the latter, il is said that TWO days oeioFe
they came in sight OF the land, we smeiiea
50 sweet and SO strong smell, as y We nau
been in the midst Of some delicate garuen,
abounding with all kinds of odorllerous now
ers." On reaching the land u was found . so
fal OF grapes, as the very beating anu surge
Of the sea oyerhowed them, Of which We
found such plenty, as we'll there A. 10 all
nlaces else. both On the sand and on the green
soil. an the hills as in the plains, as we'll on
every little shrub, as also climbing the tops
If hiph cedars, that | think in all the world
the lie abundance is not to be found; and
myself having seen those parts cf Europe that
most abound. find such difference as were
;ncredihle ia be written" Inside of the long
narrow tract Of Islands, along which they
eaasted for two hundred miles, they found
what q appeared another great sea, between
them and the main land. EyeryNhere they
were struck with surprise, a. they aeReid the
variety. the magnitude and beauty 81 the inr-
est trees. which not only surpassed thnse q
B6hemia Muscoyia or Hercynia," but !" bet.
tering Tie ccdars Of the Azores, Of the Indies
or Lybarus.'
Two wears later, after residence o. tWelse
months in The main land, with party q
coIonists, Ralph Lane declared Z the man
ia be ,he coodliest soil under the cope o.
bfayen.o ..ihe guodiest and most pleasing
Tertiary IN the world" and the climate .
whoiessne. that we had not one SICK slnct
we ,nurhed lie land here" He aflrIns ths
ifit"had but horses and kline III some reas
enable proportion, | dare assure myself, be-
irv inhabited with English, no realm N christ
enlnm we're comparable 10 it. For this al
ready. we find. that what commodities soeser
Spsin. France, Or Italy, or, The East parts Y,
Weld TO u, &e.,-these parts 90 aooanu VIII
tie growth of them all. and sundry othet fic'
commodities, that no pats Of rle world, p
they West or East ladies, have, aefe We hN'
the greatest abundance OIL
When we contemplate North Carolina q
tle present day, We recognize the features
here described. There j. on the coast tnl
same long line Of low sandy islands, probabl.
formed by lie deposits Of sediment, wher'
tbs Hayiai waters from the Interiorare check
ID in their course bY the opposing current o
,be Gulf stream. With the exception OF IN
6ne harbor Of Beaufort, there are the sam
difficult iniets which terrified these early yay
ayers, and on their maps were marked VIII
6snres ol sinking ships. Inside Of Tie range
t1srs are the same broad and shallow seas
,no.t abundantly supplied with fish. rnd thos
nther inhabitants ii The deep. Nhichare alik
raicatattd IL minister 10 tie necessities AM
Tg,urfs. IF mankind. On the " main ther
are LANDS moi inferior 10 fertility 70 he 70
mon. Delta, II tie Nile. Of the Mississippi
Tait,ssiion fnr one hundred successive Fears
n Is. mot eghaasting of the gram crops
IA. not diminished their prndlctiTeness
Though Il bss cost something turen5er thss
t.amp land. suitable for cultivation, yet q
agricultural investment ever maie y Amer
X. peFiap.. yield. 4 better return, and La
nc, aforis another illustration II the irutt
that pro, i,lrnre has hpcreed iAai the be-
things III life shall eust labor 90 atiain then
And vet, ID TO this time, but small propaf
ZION. many persons think mt one hiteth PSI
II lhe swamp Iauds IN the Eastern portion
lie state, have been put inlo cultivation
when sl,es he manner of Holland Ill ih
reVion shall have been reclaimed, the entir
present population Of the state might pe :.
moved to il, without being able 70 euliiTai
the hall ef ii. Almost every portion o. =, te'
il penetrated BY nasigsble streams. Passli
inward hundred miles Or nure from Y
coast, We reach lie bel. q pine land. wnif
was formerly regarded - only valuable y
il. timber. ard nassl stores generally, y
which latter experiments show. may, "itho'
difficulty, Be rendered hIghlf pfudgetivi
By the application q mari or lime, y q
been asterianeI that mast Of Tbs regian ca
be made ii weld abundant crops boih oi GO
Ton and cereals. Westward of thlst the
stretches for two Or three hundred miles,
moderately elevated, padulattng connir
presenting almost every variety q lanhseap
soil and production. A. tts extreme border
there rises up . mosutainoas feglun ~
bOldef scenery aud more gt.ting elina'
Pew of or own citizens feal1e TIE eIiel
II this district. m are aWafs q ne lact, N
q = tl.rnr hut..lrnn Il-e. IL Lnnglh. anil D