The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22
A LETTER FOR THE TIMES.
RALEIGH, n. c., August, 1865.

RALEIGH, n. c., August, 1860.
/ My Dear Sir-The blow that has fallen upor
the people Of the South is stunning,
! The first perceptible effect is their apathy ant
listlessnoss. 1t is a natural and sad result o
the prodisous efforts and prodigious failure o
! the last four years But from this state ths
people must rouse themselves. Every man
must grid up his loins and stir up hiszpeig hbor
/ Nsrth Carolina must be put upon course ot
effort and career Of prosperity. Our sacrifices
and labors have been for the good and glory OF
the commonwealth. Ii these eaEnot be achieved
in one way let them be accomplished in anoth-
er. Here is State remarkably we'll situated
by Gods providence, for extraordinary develop
ment. What good thing hath God done for any
land and He hath not done it for this? What
shall We do?
We must not let the shrewd, sklful, perser-
veTlng adventurer from other lands crowd us
out Of the land our fathers bequeathed and in
whose soil we have planted dead, whose
graves give growth to all the sweet fruits Of love
and patriotism. We must hold and rule this
land. We must invite the help Of the strong,
who has brains and Drawn and money But he
must not take all and rule all This he will do
and should dc, if we utterly fail of our duty.
We are greatly impoverished. Be it so. But
we have our lands, few articles for market, our
strength, skill, and men, old men Of wisdom and
young men Of power. We must have money;
there is almost none in the country. And mo-
ney makes something else 20 besides the female
quadruped Of the proverb
How shall We get money? Buy at. Money
must be bought like anything else We must
send out of North Carolina everything We can
spare, everything other peoples need, and must
bring the money back and circulate it, and thus
produce the stimulus which will react for it's own
increase. Every man ought to>Be made to feel
that it is criminal and foolish to Keep oar to bac-
co, cation, and naval stores in North Carolina
The first Oh these articles is wanted, and the
others absolutely needed abroad They need
cotton; We need moneys - have cotton; they
have money 1t will 5dnezitsttp wholt country
to make an exchange. My humble opinion is
that you should ship all your cotton Immediately
"No," says spoculator, 81 will keep it, it
win be higher" Let us see. You have 10 coo
It's. cotton. Suppose it hshlsAyou $4,000 in
New York to-day You keepFtsfz5'nihe, twelve
months. Calculate the possible destruction, the
probable injury to the cotton. Calculate what
you might do in turning over that $4,000 in
trade, the profit you make upon one stock
purchased Tor that money. Will cotton rise to
figures which will equal that? Surely not Ir
six mouths OR nine, with skill and energy you
will have doubled your $1,000.
But, reflect upon another thing. There is
the huge national debt. Every thing NOW must
be taxed. But upon what Is the main reliance
to he placed! upon the taxaion of luxuries!
That operation can result only in two things
First, the use Of luxurles will rapidly decrease.
Second, the revenue will as rapidly diminish.
The waters OF the revenue must be. drawn from
fountains which do not fail, because the outflow
is constant. What is an unfailinS tount of rev
euuc? Tile nccesso,ieS Of IJr; OF these is cot
f0u Congress well knows that, aud Hte,c the
tax will fall. Suppose % cents per lb.-*ill it
be less? be placed on cotton before Christmas,
where is the stock you have Oh hand? Your
reply is: as the raw material ADVANCES SO must
The fabric, and | can add the tax to my present
prices. Can you? and make the additional In
tcrest, &c. But may you not be deceived? |
wear a cotton shirt At so cents may indulge
in new garment, but at lGO cents / will say
no. | must make this shirt last me longer. In
practice has not that been the case! Docs
1t not sometimes seem cheaper to live when ar
ticlcs are higher? And is not this paradox ex-
planned by the increased economy under high
prices? As my reputation prophet will not
be-seriously damaged by mistake in this de
partment, L venture to predict that every man
in North Carolina who keeps his cottoa tlH next
Spring will rue it,
And then consider how much good you can
do with this money. | know number OF young
men in this State who honest and skiful III
business, but without capital. do believe
that if had $4,000, without engaging directly
in trade myself | coulG make such arrange
ments as would double my money for me III
year, and start thirty young men IN business.
But What shall young men do who have no
capital? Well if your North Carolina neigh
bors who have cotton and tobacco Will not sell
and let you have money, or take you III with
Them I know that you can 90 to Baltimore or
New York and fnd shreWd men glad enough to
pay you for your brains and time rather than
that you should be loafing about the streets,
idliug in front OF hotels wasting your time, ac-
ouiripg bad habits, while .'the Yankees" you
iaye SO hated aud despised crowd into every
place of profit and work at every mine and cul-
tivate every field [ would haze you WOO the
Y ankee capital, "a maiden most uncoy,) and
marry it to North Carolina traders, and build
up your own State, by your own enersies
know that thus much of the profit must 90 to
the Northern capitalists prefer that it should
stay with North Carolina capitalists, But il
these will not have it So, you not to blame
You must not be idle Whenever man or wo-
man catches you standing apparently idle Tor
the space Of five minutes, feel yourselves bound
to explain and exculpate>
Let the whole State throw its energies lnto
the work of dercloping North Carolina by the
arts of peace, and God will bless Us. and our
lane shall come to blossom and to bloom like
the Garden OF the Lord.
mot slothful in business,
'Feryent III spirit,
Serving the Lord"
Can any man find a better motto for us IN
these times than those words of the holy Apos