The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-12-25
INTERNAL. IMPROVEMENTS.


: las,y vigor worthy tie accomplishment: Of
) purpose entirely attainabIe. And il is
pressed with hopeful freshness Of purpose,
and invested withsa sanguine colorine of
saceess, as II nothing more than words wsre
needed To level mountains. or to turn aside
the courses of rivers. Aud cunning just
npon the heels Of a session Of the Legisl,e
ture, il might lie inferred that all this en-
thusiasm was aroused in the presence Of
body free to enter in the spirit of new en-.
ierprises and with rcyennrs at its dlspo-
sal liberal eaorghio appease the most cray
ing appetite for magnificent scheme, Nv.
Ear be il from us to discourage such sri-
rt. Il is one that has auimated us IN the
past. AID burns within Us at tho present.
And yet We are constrained to foreg, the
temptation 10 enter INTO peasant emalatiOn
With our eoulemporariest see 10 how grelt
a pitch Of greatness ii is possible to elevate
North t'arolina, because under present con-
diiions it is All emulation iiat must clothe
itself only in words without the ability 10
/ Filiustrats itself in deeds. Fo- what mrrc
that is to be done can he done without mo J
ney? And where Is that inenry 10 come
from? The State can give no help. be-
cause the Constitution psremptoril, forbid>
the creation of any neg deLt il behalf Of
tue State. un.ess coupled with The pr"yiso
II special tax. a thing just now utterly
abhorreui TO the North Carolina mind q,
TO aid any corporation in the construction
of sny work If internal Improvement eS-
eep, upon the endorsement Of a msjorIty If
the voters !os the Stale. which msj"Tiiy
will never be obtained for auy such pur-
pose. ''..'''' ,.-f' .si'a NH. @a 7@
I, Can private resources supply the needed
sums: The pceu"iury weakntss olthe pe''-
PIE answers that question. Can loai's be
negotiated abroad! s.Once that question
could have been snswered exuItingly in the
affirmative; nov. when large public debt
eonlracted for similar purposes. re'nains
undiminished. and Its status scarcely the
concern of statesmen or legislators. prOPO-
sitiOns to that effect would be held as add
Ing insul. to injury. ...-.-
We must bc cvntent 70 use 70 The wisess
advantage what has. been accomplished, aud
10 finish what has been begun. IL does no
harm to revive the history Of the past, aud
il is q pleasant exercise of the imagination
to paint the future with its must glowing
eoloriug. But We cannot recsl the Pasr
and ne caHnot reach the futurs. Oar Gu-
siness is with the present.
Our North Carolina system, wise. rrae.
tieal anu :, ,lnnetrieal. MAS di,joiDied when
the control Of the railroads passed out vi
the hands of the State. IL - weak nov 10
PLAN Of effects the result Of ifre.isiih'.
frees. o. to iret because The new managers
control sheir acquisition in the directions Vi
their own interests. liut the frame ~ork oI
that sys'sm. even IN other hands, affords
Foundation for increased and crossing pros,
periiy Tor town and country, for scabVari
and Inierisr. II the State. through its legi
Inmate ciisnusl. exercises it, rights TO eol''
lirol the rates Of freiebis. and enforce bar.
m,.ny between rival, leOrpOrations. The
auiInesities OilriyaIship are more powerful
sgeuey for the injury n cur seapOr's thar
any purp,se 81 hostility ~ even q grSspine
self interest. Barriers that exist between
eopneeIng aud rival uaAs must b. thrown
Jowb 10 give lrpc iomit TO the public 10
ebore of roa'es Or markets. This isa pow.
4sr that the State can exercise without de-
trimeti 10 even vested rights. The VA
sh1a!d he asOpen ~ aud from osr own pursl
$50 tbo.e Of Virginia or South Carolina
This much At least ean Ne saved fun th'
Ererk of rss pose sims. snd saving this
the North Csrolina system vii not hsy,
. lPgseJ itsslf meaningless name
III stI=. 80 ! -~7ft.- z,g.ssssr ii. .sa
/ Tie Chsrlotte Democnt poin,sdly esll
atieniion To the fact that tie Young Men
( Progressive AsnciIiion which lately mad
: such = howl 10 their rrport of southern out
. ragss Is so@possd Of radicaI nsgpas. pa
4 forward By n'ran white men. This Is ,h
. ssy political esfiisI il made for Norb
J. srE nse.
al EE85 aA s.s.s...sss.s.s.S.s.s- .s
e TIE rhsfIotis Democrat ~ ans~srte ilI
g snear n tI.e N.a,b slaie that Vance h
: lo.t st least - sie,hodist snI Bsp'ist vote
J. 4 ii iie Legislature beeau.e be joined ~
81 Pts,ty'srian Churso. 'sy'. that 4 Go'
!. vance I. 1t last ,svsd 10 Heaven. neiihs
e l,aptls nor Methodist will care which De
nominations vas ins,ramenisliB aeconplisl
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