Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-04-20

the world it is necessary, not only in order that
may keep pace with cur neighborng States, but also
to promote the interest and welfare of our people.
Experience has shown that they are not only the
best and most expeditions of transportation,
but also the cheapest that is now known to the world
for territory like ours, where water communica-
ton with the great Agricultural districts of the State
is impracticable The farmer gets more for his pro-
duce because it costs less to get it to market, and
buys his articles for family consumption for less, be-
cause the transportation of them is less 1t is fact
also in connection with this subject that the entire
estate of the farmer greatly enhanced in value BY
Railroads. Energy and industry receive powerful
stimulant. The laborcr expects to be rewarded
The farmer has no fears of making more produce
than he can find market for but labors indUstr
ously and assduously in the confident belief that he
will be richly repaid. Let any one pass along the
lines of our Railroads. in North Carolina, and
witness the improved condition of the farms. Where
few years ago, Incidence carclessness and gene
raj want of energy characterized every thing,
now have presented to the view, scene that glad
dcns the heart of every traveller, and particularly
the heart of every North Carolnian. Who that loves
the good old State fail to feel his heart swell with
emotions of pride and pleasure, when he witnesses
the growing Importance of our State? 1t we are
only true to ourselves as fear should more than
do citizens justice if were to assert that we had
heretofore becn State will and mast be among
the most important of the Southern States. We
have climate adapted to the culture of as great
variety Of plants rs any other in the Union,-a soil
whose produc.veness may be rendered inexhausti-
bic, and proportion of mineral wealth scarcely sur
passed in value by the golden State on the Pacific
All need is development of intrinsic wealth
and our position, at once, becomes commanding
Build up your Railroads, North Carolina Railroads.
and energy is dfnsed, population invited, and gen.
eral development ensucS naturally as water seeks
its level What mean by North Carolina Rail-
roads, is such as will tend to build up your own mar
kets, encourage your citizens rather han those
who after they have been enriched out of your
means have the lNiencss to Snccr at what they are
pleased to call the 'Pncy Region of North Carroll
na" If the citizens of North Carolina had never
permitted the citizens of Virginia aud South Carroll
nh to exercise too great an influence over their In
tcrnal Improvement SYSTEM we should to-day have
heen have no doubt at least quarter of century
farther advanced in the scale Of responsibility and
greatness than we are. Our seaport towns would
have furnished fine accommodations and facilities
fdf markets rs our sister States and the fine harbor
of Beaufort would to-day have been recognized as
not only one of the finest on the Atlantic coast rs
it is generally believed to be, but would have been
overlooked by city, towering in strength and ac-
tyity bidding defiance to the competition of Virgin
ia and South Carolina for North Carolina produce
| am for North Carolina and North Carolina inter
e>ts Nothing but the petty sectional calousics and
sections Of State by outsiders, or those within
our borders who have not the true North Carolina
spirit, have kept our State in the of other States
Such has been the influence eXcr.ed both by Sys-
ten of Internal improvements and the influence of
individuals against commercial towns, that
town in the State has been able to sustain itself
under the heavy pressure except the town of Viii
ming ton, and she has done so by cxcring amount
of energy and industry unsurpassed by any commu-
IitO ElIt He'd IN
Wilmington for Ter indomitablc enc. gy.
have no disposition to do Virginia South Caro-
lima injustice honor them both the one as being
worthy to be called the birth place of Washington
4 Jefferson, Madison and Il host of other great
names; the other of Calhoun, the Haynes, the But
ler> McDuie, and others. whose mperishaLle fame
will live as monuments of greatness, while patriot
ism and gigantic powers of mind shall continue to
command the admiration of our race. But desire
North Calolinians to do their State her interests
and themselves, justice. Take away the commerce
of a State, and where is her wealth. her importance
and her influence? Deprive New York State of the
great commerce of New York City, and what would
be the parative insgnitcancc of the State. The
City is appropriately and significantly called Nep
Yorl.
Produce supports commerce, and commerce Gre
ates wealth, importance, influence, prosperity; and
North Carolina should build herself up, instead of
being tributary to Virginia and South Caro-
lima and furnish within her own borders facilities
that will enable her towns to supply the State
with markets for her own produce; and not give
Virginia and South Carolina towns the advantage of
own. 1t is gratifying to see that change is ia
king place The completion of the Atlantic Rail
road is inaugurating era in the history of the
old town of Newbern. Activity and prosperity now
characterize that town. with which stand connected
so many revolutionary scenes and "reminiscences,
where but short time ago decline" chronic de-
clinc"-sccmed stamped on every appearance. The
Coalield Road is no doubt destined to do much for
the prosperity Of Fayetteville and its surrounding
country The lands all along these roads great
ly enhanced in value, the farms constantly im-
proving. All we have to do is for the whole State
the people of every section, to work together. Let
us hut consider ourselves one community, SOW
crcign and independent State, and our destiny IS
fixed among the nohlest OF States. Although our
system of internal Improvement has heretofore ten
dcd to produce considerable emoarrassmcnts, we
have some reason to believe that the system has
cciycd such amendments of late as will enable us
vet to make our State great State, and not little
Strip of land between Virginia and South Carolina,
if such aid as our will justify is but expended
in the right direction. The Wilmington, Charlotte
and Rutherford Road was lick struck in the right
place and at the proper time. Its advantages to
the farmers mechanics, and every interest IN the
good old North State must remain untold Let but
the Fayetteville and Coalfelds Road be extended, so
that Sampson, Dupn, Onslow, and the counties be-
low. between this and Beaufort can drink deep into
the fountains of wealth and commercial advantages,
and another great link in the chain Of prosperity
| will be formed for North-Carolina. Nor can we
sion until our mountain friends shall have had their
mountain ranges bored through, and they permitted
! to ride the 'sIron Horse" down to the Atlantic
shores there to battle themselves in our beautiful
ocean surf North Carolina must look to her inter-
est and endeavor to place herself in such position
as will make her what we call her-an independent
State 1t is useless for our friends who have all the
improvements they desire, to say that we must stop
| now We have aided thea, and we are as much en-
titled to the benefits of improvements as they arc,
and besides the great interest of the State impcra
lively demand that VIC shall not stop where we now
arc. We know not what is in the future 1t may
be-God forbid it-that great revolution is just