Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-10
VOL. 'XI. NO. 4.

1t bohoo7cS South Carolina to enter the
race and compete with her sisters for that
golden prize, Or she, will be distanccd in
prosperity, and loose her power and inHu-
cncc in the Federal Gniou? In all the
other States more has been done by their
legislatures for railroads than has been in
South Carolina. The Legislature of Geor-
gia appropriated live.Orsix millions, North
! Carolina as much more, Virginia ten OF ff-
tcen millions, and the Legislature of South
| l'Carolina a little over one million. All
tho. rest has been done in, South Carolina
! by private subscriptions and the division Of
the surplus revenue received from the Cen
! crai'Governnieiit!
/ Are We so'poor in tSotith Carolina that
] weeanneta;d rilrGsdsout of the public trca-
1 sury rs they have done III other States -
! Surely not. South Carolina has the repu-
| tation of possessing great wealth, her taxes
are moderate, aud her public debt not large
!, The Bank of tic State, which belongs to-
the State, and has Il. capital of five or six
millions. came forward last winter, and of
fered to",neot the. bonds required by the
I Bmc Ridge Railroad Company, if the Leg
islature would grant The aid required
This the Bank showed It's ability to duif
the bonds were made payable twenty years
hence. No taxes would ever be levied to
/ pay of these bonds in case they fell on the
State, The probability was that the in
come Of the road might itself be sufficient
10 r meet '?t and and pay off these bonds as they be
'cainc due - r.
' Buff tho Stute had to.iay Il tax twenty ot.
forty years hemccatn' pay this railroad debt.
it would be II tax ON Our rosterity, and one
which thnv p,t yvnll ,N' .I ~, Al
blessings and benefits conferred on them Ly
the road. 1t is right aud proper that poster
Iity. should be buWlcnea With thc taxes f0,.
great and important public. improvements
from which they .agQ t94lQriSe the beneIits.-
Instead of bcgrulSinS, the payment of those
taxes. they will bless us for them, when they
f'consder the result to the country and to
themselves. .>yl. '.r IS
Some Of the me6ib6rs of our Legislature
from the custcrnportin of the State were OPP
fpescdto the Boei Ridge. railroad because
they. did not expect ttomi it any benefit to
thcir; section or constituency. If any advap-
tages were to be secured from it. they would
lc, IN their opinion. exclusively confined to
NCharlcstUn an,tthc hcwtstern districts of ,Soutl,
Carolina. Thtsis;a great mistake. The pro-
| dQce OF the West, which will pass ever this
road when completed, will not 90 to CFu.r-
icStoh For expectation or consumption. 1t
nlust dittuFe tselfiah over The State, anil
INTO, .eYepN sectiVu OF the State wherO
there is ahy demand for it. Do the people
living On the Great Pee Dee require none of
this western produce and trade Have they
no market amongst them for bacon. lard,
-four, corn, beef pork cattle, hugs horses.
mules, cotton basgiitg. whiSkey, and vari-
f;ety 10thefarticles.' which arc grown or rails
'etlur moHuinoturcd in tho States of. Tenncs-
see. kentucky,. Ohio, Missouri. ILLINOIS, aud
| Indiana, and used or consumed on the PEG
| Dce?' Alarge portion Of that produce is alb
I solutelY necessary, for the cotton planters of
tMaribornush, Dirlington. NIarion, George
town, and Sumter. s, IN. Columbia it Will be
distributed for the, different railroads. The
advantage to our railroads alone will be no
inconsidefable matter. " '@ <".
Some "t the parishes in the lower country
wcrc opphsed to thc'road, because it would
chhaifcc The Importance of ChaYleston, and
uansc the.city 'ovcr!shndew them in power,
iniluence and wealth. Mas there ever an
idea conceived ip greater misapprehcnsion OF
| tho truth. and more foreign to the true inter
eSts Of people rhe larger and more pros
prrbas oar great metropolis and commercial
QHporinm lecumes,so vii be the growth and
prosperity of tho whole State, All parts
will be benefited and, none can bcinjurcd.
| Charleston viii he to the State Of South Car
oina What the heal il to the human body
Sho gathers Wealth from all the world to
distribute i over tho, State, as the heart
| sends its blood in alfthe cxtrcmitics Of tho
body to strengthen and nourish them These
parish gentleman may be assured that no
! one is likely TO Gc injured by the approach
of wcaithand prosperity in his Vicinity
Whm oven heard of aGrchC commercial city
injqring its nGighbWlf0od by it's increasing
wealth and prosperity The rcverSe is trug
IN most Wonderful degree. LOOK at New
Yntk! See how she Disseminated her wealth
all'mer that great Ghl magnificent State!
Go up the Hudson, and behold the bcautiful
and Picturesque country seats, adorned with
al that wealth, and are, and tasto. and in-
duStry can hestow.-. They have risen up bv
the ouIpuurinS OF. dat wealth which had
been accumulated In the city. Look at the
| wonderful internal 'i!nnro vcments of New
! York State. and ask what originated then.
aDdwhcnce easnesthe capital to constructs
them2 See the t'immensc amonnt of e,ory
conceivable thing grown, in MI the country
around going into the city of New York, and
the molieF IS tho city in roturn carried into
tIis eSuiiiFS' 80 ts,rich and bcauticy it, II
Chnriessn Mere to grow large enough to COY.
'cPF the whole State! no property holder In 1t
could be' Injured thereby
-@The nitnIhefsa of tic Legislature from
SpartMrbuAg. fUni0nl York and that scctiou
Of the States opposedtie Blue Ridge Rail-
road bcoansc they thought there was n bcttcr'
and cheaper ronte over the monnt,uns up the
valley OF The Bf0nd River. They profess to
le'Sery%m uelisiB fSivbf' of II railroad conicc,
tiabsbeewcenrS0uth Carolina and the great
WestS, they aiYit the Importance to tho