Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-11-27
2gehsa%e OF Ihe Governor nl North Caro-

; zEe>.age OF the Governor Of North Caro-
lima.
( The message Of Governor Ellis, Of North
Carolina, read before the Legislature h ti!at
State on Tuesday last, IS received In" ioiion:.
ing abstract is interesting:
The actual debt of the State, on October Isl,
was 50, 2?, ,j05, besides n debt OF 81 G9!. Gli;'
thr which her faith is pledged The receipts
into the State Treasury for the past two years
are 81 ,3l0,SS4, and the estimated receipts ior'
the next two years arc $l,72G,a95. Of Inc
railroad from Beaufort 10 Cowana, on the Tcn.
nrssec line, 800 miles, 3.iS miles have been
completed and 80 miles lei our. lts cost.
when finished, will be sl2 100000. The Cape
Fear and Deep River Canal has been opened
S miles, to the centre Of the Coal Fields with
an average depth Of S feet and width OF %
feet. Tho Fayetteville and Western Rairoad
is completed to the Coal Fields, IN Chatham
rcounly; the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruth
erCoord Railroad is finished - miles from vii
mington and 2j miles from Charlotte. Tie first
division Of the Western North Carolina Rail
road, extending from Salisbury to Mnrgan!own
distance Of so miles, has been completed To
within eleven miles Of its termination; and the
second division, from MOrgantown To the West
crn portal of the Blue Ridge Tunnel. dis.
tance Of 80 miles, let to contract, upon which
The grading is now being executed.
Ii appears that from 1915 To 1896, 4 period
Of twenty years. the value Of our real estate
actually decreased, while there WAS only an III
crease of s., l00,U from ISIS 10 1880, 4
period OF thrty-tivc years. From 1850 to 1850.
ten years, the increase has been SIC, 100000.
Now, it will be recullccted, that most ct on:
works Of internal improvement have been con-
slructed since the year 1850 In that year we
had but $50 miles oil railroad and that of
very imperfect character, while in the present
year We have S34 miles Of road in actual Ope-
ration. The increased value Of real estate since
1850, will alone yield . revenue, at the present
rute Of taxation, Of $40, 400. The number Of
schools and colleges in North Carolina is
S,T3S, and the number OF scholars attending
them III 100 In consequence OF the low price
fixed by the Legislature Of North Carolina for
the service, the Governor has been unable 10
procure Il Commissioner 10 run the boundary
line between Virginia and that State
In that part Of the message referring TO Fc'i-
eral relations, the Governor says the Northern
States have violated our rights to an extent that
would scarcely have been borne by any other
people on earth" The nulitica:ion laws. send.
ing emissaries among our slaves, the Jno. Brown
RAID, and the refusal OF the Governors of Iowa
and Ohio to surrender the fusilives connected
with it, arc recalled, and the message adds:
The forbearance with which the South has
borne these indignities and wrongs, has utterly
failed to secure Il corresponding lGrbcarance
upon the part Of our agsreSsorS The spirit
OF lanaticisln by which they are influenced
growing bollcr by It's lawlc$s riot ami unob-
structcd indulgence mas at last So far united
! the Northern masses as TO enable them 10 seize
upon the General Government with all It's
power Of purse and sword. Two persons have
been elected respectively to the offices of Pres.
idcnt and Vice President. exclusively by the
people of che section Of the country, upon i
principle hostile to the Institutions and dcmes-
tic policy of the other Neither Of them re-
ceived an electoral vote in all the fifteen South
ern States, and neither could have uttered, in
many OF them the political sentiments upon
which they are elevated to power without sub
jecting himself to the penalties vi the loca!
criminal laws. 4 clearer case of n iDreicn
domination us 10 US could not We'll be presented
and that it will be a hostile dOmnat0n past
occurrences and the circumstances under which
they have been elected, forbid us to doubt
That any people having due appreciation. g:
the principles of liberty, could long submit ~
such domination, it is impossible TO suppose.
They now tell us that this election has been
conducted according to the forms Of the Con-
stitut;on, and that therefore the people Of the
South should take no exceptions 70 the lac;.-
They, who themselves have utterly refused t.
be bound by tha. Constitution, noy hold it up
to lis rs L bond to secure us from defending
propcrt; and live against their expressions.
It is true Abraham Lincoln is elected prcS
dent according to the forius of the Constitn
tior; il is equally trIle, that George the Third
was the rightiul occupant Of the British
Throne, yet our fathers submitted npl To his
authority. They rebeled not against the man,
because of any defect Of his title to the crown,
but against the more substantial iact--thG ty
ranny Of his Ministers and Parliament. That
power behind the throne" and which in the
name of the throne attempted TO dcprvc'them
Of their liberties, ii the one with which they
grappletl. So it is with US. 1t is not the man,
Abraham Lincoln, that VIC regard, but the
power that elevated him to office, and which
will naturally maintain controlling influence
in his administration And can it reasonably
be expected. that men who have totally diSre,
gardcd their constitutional obligations, and
proved 50 dangerous in the administration OF
their State Governments, will learn moderation
by this new qualification Of their lust Of power
and dominion:
When it is considered that the sentiment o!
hostility 10 African slavery is deeply fixed in
the minds Of the Northern pepl i:-thaL for
twenty-five years il has formed part OF their
education-been inculcated in the family Cir
Gle, and taught to them from the pulpit, us
leading principle Of their religion, together
with the duty of its practical enforcement
'everywhcre and on every OCCASION it must
be confessed that there exists but little ground
upon which to rest hope that our rights will
be secured TO us BY the General government
administered at their hands.
This condition Of public N~:irs, as was 20
have been expected threaten ,lc most deplo.
rablc consequences TO the { :l!cdcracy. AL
ready, it is rendered more TIA probable that
several Of the Southern Statr.., in the exercise
of the mutual lghts Of naiir.., will separate
from the Federal Union bc!nic the termination
of your present session. $uch an occurrence
would present Il grave state # facts, communal
ing your most serious aud Su,cmu dcliheration.
1t cannot for Il moment b" supposed that We
could submit 10 have the I"licy Of the Ahoi-
ton party, upon which ti;":; candidate for the
Presidency has been elccI..I. carried on; in hi;
Administration, as it wuI,;'I result in the de-
struction Of our property and the placing the
lives of our people in daily peril; and even
though this should not b. Immediately at
tempted, yet an effort to employ the military
power Of the General Government against one
Of the Southern States, would present an cEcr,
gency demanding prompt and decided action
on our part 1t can hut be manifest that u
blow thus aimed at orc nf the Southern States
would involve the whoie couI:try in civil war.
the destructive consequences OF which, to u.s.
could only be controlled by our ability to resist
those engaged in wasing il.
The civilization of the age. surely, ought 10
be sufficient guaranty for the prevention OF
so great n calamity as intestine war, even
though amid political changes Of the mssn-
tude Of those going on around us. But should
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