The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-05-26

-aitq IiiqpshhttS ih9te AiAd'H IiebHi Nhy-Eo R0ur
hundred ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will proba-
bly, settle in America during ithe present
year, The immigrants are frona, the labor
ing glasses q Of f Enr9pe, and make good and
useful cit fisp VI The Northwestern and
Western States receive the greatest portion IF
the new corners, and to them they are
largely Indebted l for their present prosperity.
The rapid increase. Of the Western States in
population and wealth has been remarkable.
Yet, when the reason is examined, it isnot
rat all strange All of, this prosperity is
ewing to two things railroads and ippamigra
ton, Every Involvement, has been l., offered
to immigrants. Railroads have been built,
and, lands lying upon them offered to immi-
grants at low prices and long credits The
result 4 Of this, policy is before US ID States
tn that twenty years ago had NJ not one half the
population of North Carolina have now
double as, many inhabitants. While we
have remained inactive and runprogressing,
other States, pursuing a, more, enlightened
policy, ,haye passed and lett us far behind
Slavery, the primary cause Of our want of
enterprise, has passed away. aud we are now
free to compete with our sister StatesIaf the
North and West. Shall we do it2 Or
shall we remain forever without advancing
the good Of our States We believe that our
people will not permit the Old North State
to be behind We, believe that our people
have awakened to the necessity of action,
and will do all in their power to build up
North Carolina, and to ensure it's prosperity.
The business business men of the State, who il have
long seen the necessity, of action, are now
determined to act. Indeed they are al
ready acting but not in the united and Wig
orous manner SO requisite to ensure success.
A little pull here, and little push there,
will n6er put our car of progress in motion.
1t will take long pull, q strong pull, and
a, pull altogether TO gain the end desired.
Every business man, and every man Of in,
telligence in the State, recognize our need Of
immigration They ,ap know. it 10 will
build up ,aur cities into, important
commercial centers; convert towns in
TO cities, and villages into towns;
and cause villages to rise where now
there, is but the 10 primeyal, forest.
The country will be. dotted with
farms from which the various staples
will pour into our cities to give business to
our merchants and to add to, the general
prosperity. There is not o class of our peo-
pie but would Ie greatly benefited by this
change. With a proper amount Of immi7
grafton and proper railroad facilities. manu-
factories Of every kind would spring up
throughout the, State with an incredible
rapidity. Both of these, desiderstams can
be easily secured by adopting liberal pol
icy regarding immigration, To do this, all
petty jealonsies and party hatreds must, be
discarded, and all must work harmonlously
for the benefit Of, the State. We do not
mean that there must be no party feeling,
but only that politics should not he carried
into the business and daily Transactions of
life. It is this spirit of political hatred that
now keeps our State from being prosperous,
and it should be done away with. 1t does
not need grand effort to accomplish this,
but simply the individual, action of every
man and woman who love their State better
than their party. We are aware that such
movement would be opposed by unprinci7
pied demagogues who value their chances
to obtain political plumber more than they
do the good of the people, but vast major
ity of our citizens will adopt this course.
There is not business man in the State
who does not know and feel the truth ofthese
remarks, and ninety-nine in u hundred are
I not only willing but DESTROYS of adopting
the course suggested here. Let them at
once do al. in their power to accomplish
what our State so much needs, Let them
treat with deserved contempt the reyilings
of those miserable politicians who, for per
sonal gain, are willing to sacrifice the good
of the people, Let the business men do all
in their power to induce immigration to
/ North Garoiina and the STANDARD wilt do
all in its power to stl them While we are
unswervingly devoted to the triumph of Re-
publican principles we shall never allow our
party zeal to conflict with the interests oi
the State or lead us into partisan hatreds
Let us ALL work for the advancement OF
I North, Carolina and the good of, her people
HI b. 81
! A New Fact about the Assassina tic
! .lili Of no. Hof Lincoln. 4a,l. -.,t .,.il "A.
Some time ago, says a correspondent of the
Cincinnati Times, a friend introduced me
to Frederick Stone, Of Port Tobacco Indian
Potopaca), on the'lower Potomac, who was
counsel to Dr., Mudd, the surgeon Of john
Wilkes Booth. Stone. is now member. o
Congress from the Fifth District of Mary.
land, and is a modest, semi-literary lawyer