The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-03-01
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y gboilsics IL the atsple subject q
eexspaser discussiJ,, there nay beau III
cliustiJn 10 eoosides departure from Y rs
onorthoaox, and the reterenee TO natterso f
more direct practical use as soinetb'as
hum. drum and common place. Politics
however j. but the guiding principle OF good
government 10 secure that which Is the
product Of intelligent and well directed la
Dor aud enterprise. To adhere solely g
politics aud exclude material interests is to
separate what arc naturally csajoinad. The
one becomes barren pursuit, and the 9TH
er is neglected 10 tue serious detrlment q
the whole county.
aud this il exactly the position OF affairs.
We have pursued the phantom OF politics.
d will-of,ihe wisp which has led rs into
auar .uires of objectionable troubles we
have been ilaamed by the zeal of the dema-
gogue to rush after imaginary objects of'm>
/ portancc. only 70 6nd that We have been
made slaves u the personal ambition q .
| place banter, to tiad ourselves az the ends.ofi
\ contest exhausted with tie .barren'asLes Of
Disappointment ii our hands. and the only
fruit that was gathered. secured By the WI
] II player upon car credality.
i It is iino that politics should be Placed
4 il il. true relatioa 10 labor. TO industry
and public Interest. not bemade the gorera-
iue principle. the absorbing influence, but
| under proper restraints, 10 be the instru-
! meut for the protection Of that which alone
makes politics worth pursuing. 1.-THE indus-
tries Of the country and their develop
!, ments. N a
i Now to do this our people must learn to
I rive attention to matters 81 fact. The first
Of these Is 10 what We are slaG to see, I
growing interest is awakening; improved
agriculture. "A people no longer able to
u shift from, old ssld 20 new ground. can nc
/ longer flourish under system which did
we'll enough in country perfectly new.
They cannot prosper on lands wora BY long
|, years Of careless culture. because they can
no longer rely upon tie ~ Or . bushels q
wheat or their 80 or 40 bushelssof corn
which tue once virgin soil assured them
They have come literally to the hard pau.
They must improve i Or they must leave,
starye. or perish. Batthe soil is no wher'
, past Redemption. And since the lands o
the west are mostly occupied. and tae Onc'
, illimitabIs land Of promise Is closed. Their
is nothing else to do but make the best o
, what is left Us. and bring intelligence q
:, the restoration Of lands. impoverished. bu
!, not destroyed; lands too lying in the nids
. of heavy population ands convenient Z
markets as 10 make them more profitable
if properly attended than even the exube
rant soil Of the west.
Aud next after Agrieultufe comes the 10
terest and the influence Of Manufactures
: These are the qnickeniDg spirits which giv
life to the Isbd, stirring up every prineiPl
!, Of activity. giving profitable employment
unemployed capital. increasing The value I
other Investments already made. giving en-
l.
pIoyment 70 the poor or the idle. an
markets to the surplus produce Of the f.
ner, putting money in circulation at lon
which otherwise is ssu. abroad TO buy VII;
home factories would produce. utilizir
material that Is nov going 70 waste " nal
: ing it more valuable ~ the saving
: freight 70 send il abroad - Le nlanuiastu
cd.
The people Of North Carolina must ma
ufac,ure. Or they must remain poor and d
4 pendent.
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