The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-29
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WHAT ONE MAN CAN Do.-All schemes
which we propose to the consideration OF the
public, and whose purpose is of local or gen
eral benefit, depend for their success upon tne
personal efforts and energy of one, or a lew
active and enterprising men.
Where responsibility is OF an in.aneioie VI
general character where 1t is dlVldeo among
many--it becomes shorn OF 'tIat personal e'eT
r,ent which imparts to it its moral character,
in which alone its binding obilgation Is eA-
nerienced aud felt to reside. ,
crowd Of men would not hesitate, as q
mass. to take the law into their own hanos
and execute it against the culprit, VINO tney
sa;ahI conceive haD committed an outrage
AGAINST society-but if, upon the eve OF fusn-
inc upon their victim, they were caused 70
nanse. and one of their number were snsied
Ont to execute the penalty which they ina,
c;ned the culprit had incurred, there Mou'o
he shrinking Of individual and separate ae-
t;on simply because individual ana separate
responsibility would be more forcioiy fea'izea
81 where community is lnvoivea 10 the
csuccess or failure of scheme, inalvluuai re-
snonsibility is not felt in sunclene desree
~ induce individual action, upon wn'ch de7
pends ultimate success. , als1 -,
ia few active, energetic, and resp onsi ole
men. in whom the community have falth and
renose confidence, would unite in an effort to
muse vitality into the immigration scheme
;f thew would undertake to canvass the city
it is not unlikely that they could find fifty
mon of means who might be induced to be-
come contributing members to the extent re-
ouired to place the lately chartered lmmigra-
don Society in condition OF activity and
usefulness, such as its originators designed to
sccomplish, and for which it has been organ
ICED and chartered.
Unless individual action is taken-unless
some man, or men, feels there is moral obli-
CATION resting upon him on account OF the
prominent position he assumed before the
hubble, by which he identified himself with
The scheme and gave species Of pledge of
continuance of individual exertion and co-op-
GRAFTON. there cannot be entertained reas-
enable hope that the corporation will result
in any benefit whatever to this community
The course which has been pursued in re-!
lation to this immigration scheme is perfectly
narallel with that which has heretofore
obtained in relation to direct trade. The
truth is. in relation to the latter subject, there
never was entertained real desire for the &C
somplishment of that object. 1t heretofore
has simply formed theme for the expendi-
ture of no inconsiderable quantity Of verbiage
in laudation Of" our common harbor and its
uneoualled advantages. 1t was talk--Oor ct
gveterea niAiz--talk and nothing more. There
was no real desire, because there was no real,
practical, earnest work as a resultant.
But SO soon as one single, earnest man
among us turned his attention to the subject,
a man not of the "cold breath" of words mere
", but of that energy and determination
which together form SO prominent charac-
terstic of true manhood-then and not until
then have we realized what we had before
been imagining we desired, but which our in
action and supineness proved we did not de-
sire
After years of mere talk, we may say that
through the energy, the enterprise, and the
determination of one man, we have direct
trade To Colonel WILLIAM LAMB alone, so
far as the people of Norfolk are involved, we
are indebted for this commercial boon, which
we had been for years imagining we coveted,
but in which we were very much mistaken.
So of this immigration scheme. How the
idea of it has been clutched like the handle
Of the dagger in the play But, SO far, this
is all that has been really effected We have
only been clutching a shadow. And; we shall
continue to be satisfied with such shadow,
unless another man. like the pioneer of the
Ephesus, the energetic Inauguration of direct
trade, shall spring up in our midst and infuse
into it life, energy, activty-those vital and
essential elements, in all schemes which have
tor their lobject the benefit of communities of
men.
We may wait in vain for the accomplish
ment of the objects Of the immigration scheme,
Unless man can be found who will prove
the Spur to prick the sides Of our" "intent. .
NORTH CARoLINA.-It may not be saying
too much to express the opinion that the Old
North State is in large degree essential to