The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-24
N EssAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF
NORTH CAROLINA.

| hh', ioau ocioTe the Legislature OF that State
on Tuesday, is received. The following ab.
| stract is interesting:
The actual debt OF the State, on October 1st
| was So, l295u5, besides debt of 81 600 900, for
| which her faith s pledged The receipts in TO the
| state treasury for the past two years are 81 =
| 3io,eol, and the estimated receipts for the mex
| TWO years are 81 ,726 i2j. Of the railroad from
| Beaufort to Cowana on the Tennessee line
| 1850 miles, 3lS miles have been ompleted and
| 30 miles let out Its cost when finished will
be Si2 $4,000. The Cape Fear and Deep River
Canal has been opened 81 miles, to the centre
| OF the Coal Fields, with an average depth OF
feet and width of Is feet. The Fayetteville
| and western Railroad Is completed 20 the Goal
Eieids, IN Chatham county; the Wilmington,
| Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad is finished
| IS miles from Wilmington and 25 miles from
| Charlotte. The first division of The Western
| North Carolina Railroad, extending from
Salisbury TO Morgan ten. a distance Of So miles,
| has been completed TO within eleven miles OF
| It's termination and the second division, from
| Morsanton TO the Western portal of the Blue
! Ridge Tunnel, distance or 40 miles, let TO
| contract, upon which the grading is now be-
| Ing executed.
1t appears that from 1915 to 1896, period Of
| twenty years, the value OF our real estate ac-
| tually decreased, while there was only al in
| crease Of 2,i00 900 from 1915 10 1850, persJd
| Of thirty-five years. From 1850 TO 1860, len
years, the Increase has been S7U,4O0,e0O. Now,
| 1t Will be recollec ed. that NEST of our works
4 of internal Improvement have been con-
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| had but $50 miles of railroad, aud that of a
| very imperfect character, while in the presen I
| year we have S3i miles of road in actual op-
| GRAFTON. The increased value of real es Ia te
since 1850, will alone yield q revenue, at the
present rate of taxation, of Sl40,400 The
number of schools aud colleges in North Caro-
| lima are s,735, and the number OF scholars at
tending them l77,40U. In Consequence of the
| low price fixed by the Legislature of North
Carolina for the service, the Governor has
been unable TO procure Il CoIn N ssioner TO run
the boundary line between Virginia and that
State.
La that part of the message referring to Fed
eral relations he says, the Northern States
have violated our rights to an extent that
would scarcely have been borne by any other
people on earth" The notification laws send
ing emisSarles among our slaves. the John
Brow raid, and the refusal OF the Governors
OF Iowa and Ohio to surrender the fugitives
connected with it, are recalled, aud the mes
sage adds
The forbearance with which the South has
borne these indignities and wrongs, has utter
~ failed 10 secure corresponding forbaarance
upon the part of our aggressors. The spirit
of fanaticism by which they are influenced,
growing bolder by its lawless riot and unob-'
structed indulgence, has at last so far united
the Northern masses as to enable them to
seize upon the General Government with all
its power of purse and sword Two persons
have been elected respectively to the offices of
President and Vice President, exclusively by
the people OF one section of the country, upon
principle hostile to the Institutions aud
domestic policy of the other, Neither of them
received an electoral vote in all the fifteen
Southern States, aRd neither could have ut
tered, in many of them, the political senti-
ments upon which they are elevated to power
without sublecting himself 10 the penalties OF
the local criminal laws. clearer case OF a
foreign domination as to US could not well be
presented; and that it Will be hostile dom
InauOn, past occurrences and the cirCum-
stances under which they have been elec ted
forbid us to doubt. That any people, having
due appreciation of the principles of liberty
could long ubmit TO such q domination, it is
Impossible to suppose.
They now tell us that this election has been
conducted according to the forms of the Con-
stitution, and that therefore the people of the
South should take no exception To the fact
They, who themselves have utterly refused 10
be bound by that Constitution, now hold it up
TO us as bond TO secure Us from defending our
property and lives against their oppresei lions.
IL Is true Abraham Lincoln is eec ted PreSi-
dent according to the firms of the Cons titu-
tIoni 1t is equally true, that George the Third
was the rlghtful occupant of the British
Throne yet our fathers submitted not TO his
authorlty. They rebelled not against the man,
because of any defect OF his title to the crown,
but against the more substantial f4ct,-lhe ty-
ranny OF his Ministers and Parliament. That
power behind The throne" and which in the
name OF the throne attempted to deprive them
OF their liberties, is the one with which they
q applied. So ii is with US. 1t is not the man,
Abraham Lincoln, that we regard, but the
power ei6NdteU nltu 10 once, ana WHICH
Will naturally maintain controlling inf1u-
ence In his SAdminiStratio ton. And can il reasOn-
ably be expected, that men who have totally
dlsregarded their constitutional obligations,
and proved so dangerous in the administration
OF their State Governments, will learn mode
ration by this new qualification of their lust Of
power and dominion
| When il is considered that the sentiment of
ostility to African slavery ia deeply fixed ia
the minds of the Northern people-that TOR
tWenty-h years ii has formed a part of.thei-
eduCauOn-been inculcated in the family cir
Gle, anu taught 10 them from the pulpit, as d
leading principle of their religion, toset ether
with the duty of It's practical enforcement
every where and on every OCCASION" it must
be confessed that there exists but little groU nd
upon which to rest hope that our rights will
De sec ured to us by the General Government
administered q their hands.
This condition OF public affairs, as was TO
nave been expected, threatens the most deplo-
rable consequences to the Coute .eracy. Al
ready, it is rendered more than prOba bic that
several of the Southern States in the exercise
of the mutual rights of nations, Will separate
from the Federal Union before the term ma
tion OF your present session. Such an occur
renee would present grave state of fac Is,
commanding your most serious and solemn
deliberations.
II cannot for a moment be supposed that we
ceuld submit to have the policy OF the A boli
tion party, upon W hich their candidate tor the
Presidency has been elected, carried out III his
Administration. as 1t would result III the de-
siruction OF our property and the placing the
lives OF our people in daily peril; and even
though this should not be Immediately at
tempted, yet an effort 10 employ the military
power OF The General Government against one
OF the Southern States, would present an emer-
gency demanding prompt and decided action
on our part. II can but be manifest that a
blow III us aimed at one of the S.u thern States
would involve the whole country in u civil
war, the destructive consequences of which,
to us, could only be controiIed by our ability
| tn rRSiSt hose engaged Az
The civilization OF the age, surely, ought TO
be a sufficient guaranty tor the prevention OF
SO great d calamity as intestine war, even
though auid political changes of the magni-
tude of those going on around us. But, should
the incoming administration be guilty. OF The
folly and the wickedness of drawing the sword
against any Son thern State, whose people may
choose 10 seek that protection out OF the Fed
eral UnIon which is denied TO them ia 1t, then
we OF North Carolina would owe it to our.
selves-to the II Iberties we have inherited from
our fathers-to the peace OF our homes and
families, dearer to us than all governments, 10
resist it to the last extremity.
Ours is q Government OF public opinion and
not of force; and The employment of military
force TO control the popular will would, If
successful, result in CALLING and inexorable
despotism.
Inc prevention, then, of civil war and the
preservation OF peace amongst us,are the great
objects which North Carolina should resolve
upon securing, W whatever changes the Govern
ment may undergo.
In view of the perilous condition of the
country, it is, in my opinion, becoming and
proper that we should have some consulta-
| tion with those States identified with us in
in terest and in the wrongs we have suffered /;
and especially those lying Immediately ada
| cent to us. As any action of ours would Of
necessity materially affect them, 1t would be
but consistent with the amicabls relations
| that have ever existed between Us, to invite
them to a consultation upon question that
| SO deeply affects us ALL From a calm and de-
| liberate consideration OF the best mode of
avoiding common danger, much good might
result and no evil could.
In thus proceeding we would show 20 the
world disposition TO exhaust every peacea-