The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-03-03


/ with this Kansas issue. Strange to say, no
man had spoken Of it; no one warned the
South. The constitution forced upon Kansas
embodied provision for immense land do
nations. Kansas, under cover OF the slavery
agitation, would obtain this land, and step
into the Union, gigantic empire, to aid by
free sol Senators and Representatives in the
war npon the South. Here was something
Notwithstanding in which the South
| had an interest. Yet this substance was
allowed quietly to slip from us, that we
might obtain the shadow OF a triumph in the
admission Of Kansas under the Lecompton
constitution.
Was it expedient for North Carolina that
partial distribution should give place to equl-
table distribution? Would it make North
Carolina suppliant, dependent upon the
Government Alabama was a recipient OF
lands. Was she dependents Al this moment
she was threatening the government with
disruption il her view of particular subject
was not adopted. Was Ohio dependent
Only last Summer the L. s. officers in pur-
suance Of law arrested some iugitiyes from a
Southern State. The Ohio officials took them
from the Government; he had not heard that
they had ever been punished. There was no
dependence, no supplcation. He demanded
the land as States-right man, and its bene-
fits he illustrated by comparison OF Ohio,
Illinois, Iowa, and North Carolina.
\ Look, he said, at the immense benefits
derived BY those States receiving these duna.
ltions; compare them with ours; and known
that the cause exists in application Of this,
nur common property, to their use and bene-
fit. Look at Illinois. Twas but the other
lay that the venerable statesman, the Secre.
tarv nf State, Gen. Cass, then h,mself po-
Incer, sat in canoe on the lake. near the
site ol the present City Of Chicago, when but
solitary hut marked the locallt, u thi, nov
the largest grain emporium IA The world.
Her population increased from 1880 10 $40
marty 200 per cent. She nearly doubles
North Carolina in her aggregate OF agricul-
tural wealth Her population has doubled
i since the commencement o. her Central Rail,
rna,i, a mi now doubles that Il Norlh Carroll,
lna. Her educational system IS complete
the number 81 her children whn cannot read
and write j. but hall that Of nur State. Rail
roads prrmeate her whole territory. bliit by
government donations. The Land fund Of
her great Pad i 50 valuable a. 10 pGy Be
,ciole cost VI the ruaii, and leave the steek.
holders IL possession Of III, magnificent pro-
lpcrty withuu, mnney and without pricr.
Iowa wa, but the ntlef day unb m, yes.
Iierds, an infant. to-day child vet stand.
ing up with strength and intellect IN :he
greet temple IL Empire. id rnninnnding by
lhrr growth and greatness the nall"ns oi the
Earth.
/ Mark tic position of 0lio IL j. scarce
d hall century since ,a,t. dense. aud glon
ms wilderness extended .Ser the entire space
III what nnw Constitutes Ohio, vain nnw and
rhrn a spot 81 civilized culture, where lie arm
~ the bold plonerr-man had lr,cllrtl the Tor
est and lri IN the sun; here aud here .lnall
patch Of grnund. "a errd b, Tie b,ughs rl the
trees that tad prrpetuatr themselves rum
century IL century. W.. al thai lad been
rendered ycrdan, by lhr hand II man.
Hundreds an hundreds 81 mite, no human
hanila:Ion, ~ cultivated farm, ~ gtu,r, 10
aarel,, az sm,lng green 4ttestsd tas pres
eucc II ctiiiL IiDu. Tie Wa.-M nrn AMI
uearird traveller. belaied ~ ihn,r aids,
could see rs /" salltarv taper lieut. tie vale
mitbhospuable raj ]" Tarwlld lnditn roar.
eel an,l chased the ~iltlcf game lhruach b..
hunter paih, dark. intf cate. .nI Leading III
traveller knew WI -. Mighty riarts, han
ing their -dntses rs nli.gnrr aud nnk Hnan re-.
gIuns flowed an 10 snitary grandeur. o.
the Nufil, an inland sea. capable 81 filps
the na,it, ul tie World. Wl,ie the wintr,
tempest huwlrd and rua,eiI a. iii md Ocraa.
al srrnnd. bare er.ainp, ruIr 40 NAKED,
fresh, un'pucheil. uahnud.d, unrk pl,fed.
masn tierni wilderness
Such j. IL pat tie picture Il Oli, fly
year, aso, y portrayed b. .n4.ttr !and
FIJaniti W rbsirr. " il drrapt: I. II
lanct, that, a. hs the h.nd II : nsgiean. III
Nilii panorama la passed ~ - ,t.t,, ,nd
Nc DOW behold m ialpm.ie.d sWr, ll,r
lhiri ~ III, ctnlyilstacy 10 lam. sd ealih.
having mt.IrtpFrd ltt-l ma ~ psiastlinp
Interpretations MlrFeas tlle oil Gun
manWralih responds but tirieea toe. II
tie call - ihr House ~ X, representatives..
aud Naiil Carolina las sabk tie cit, TWEEN
Is pne memhcrs itom Ohin an. " tl ticil
namrs. With tanals. inalrd viii ihe pro-
dHfr ~ a.titntutr and manufactures, like
mighty a.tsries tnmning ihr"ugb her eniirr
bott. sUd railroads, Ike great i'm veins
covering her whole surface. With 1 popula.
iiuH ni tNU nItiiDls, ton tiitriis ~ tie Whale
population IL IT, canletirratt,l coiutir, when
they fought against m.gltt puArr tie great
battles ~ or independence. Wrth bright
RAYS Il lighi an,l knnu ledge prueirsiing every
outage aud every cabin; with school Ii u.vs
costing s1,nOO, 900. and .thoul fund mrre
than - .000.0O0a scar . rerennr II - GOO.
400; With an aggregate agricultural wealth
ul $40 az gJD nal tiDns: with 10 flij1 manufae
iuries. and SEQ DOU. QUO - products; with d
debt u onls lG.OOD.OU0. scarce beyond the
debt aud liabilities Il ulrown State AID 20 i'm.
proved aGd independent that lie has inserted
4 clause ~ her organic law lprbiding the erea.
tim ~ D state debt CIV internal Improvement
This : truthful picture n Ohip ~ ~. day.
II j, progress all prOspcrits grand and stu
ptnduus.
i Contrast siih il tie position e North
Carolina. BetNern 1880 aud lsl 10 Ter popu
laiion increased bot 2 per cent; between 1870
aud 1850 bI pee cent. I.ook IL her tusns.