New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-11-26
The Great South-W estern Convention nj
Memphis.
Special Correspoptepce of The Tribune.

Special Correspondence OF The Tribune.
No III On the MISSISSIPPI Nov. 18th, ls45.
DEAR SIR-My las, letter was written on the
Ohio this is penned on the broad waters Of the Mis-
sisspp After passing Cairo. we We're Joined by
the delegates from the States bordering on the Mis-
sissippi and from the remote Territories OF the ex
treme North. We have spoken several boats up
ward bound; they report great concourse of dele
gates from the South SOUTHEAST, and the far
West very interesting discussion IS Kept up on
board the boat among the passengers. and the gen
eral opinion expressed Is. thar the est Is deter
mined on enterprise worthy the ambition OF lis
people In these regions, men are not scrupuious
In denouncing the srifes of party in Congress, on
questions OF comparative ins gniticance. have no
doubt that the proceedings OF the Convention at
Memphis will bring TO the scratch the whole host
Of chameleon politicians who now value their per
soneI importance more than their Country welfare.
We have printed letter from Hon 4. ;. Douglass
OF Illinois, 10 Mr.. A Whitney, on his Oregon Rail
road. Ii is full of objections 10 Mr.. Whltneys
scheme and fuller If possibe) OF tallacies. | men
ZION the circumstance merely 10 show that the lead.
inc OF the West are active pro and con, and
that the subject is deemed OF sufficient importance
TO lay it before the people.
And now for local matters if the term local may
be applied TO the magnificent Mississippi have OIL
ten, from hearing tales of the marvellous about this
river Tor rather of the sea, inquired as TO It's
striking features permit me 10 say they are nde-
scribable 10 me its grand characteristic Is lis drea
my and suggestive character, Its long-reaches ex-
tend as zone from shore to shoreils peculiar and
not las say monotonous shores. together with
its untouched oress-its naked and lightning blast
ed trees, crouching beneath whose massive trunks
reposes the log-cabin of the settler, strike not the
eyes as much as the soul with the sentiment OF the
Infinite y sunrise on the Mississippi when both
the distance of its belted bluffs and The misty exha
atons arising from It's own and tributary waters,
lend their aid to awaken the fancy OF the ploddlng
merchant, or the Westward bound traveller appear
in conjunction, an expanse bordering dreariness
is presented TO view TO give the finishing touch, II
is only necessary ct the moment 10 glide with mod
crate conclusion over 4 snag, with your eye
fixed as mine was at the moment on the hali-sunk-
en- wreck OF noble steamer looming up In the mist
hanging over an adjacent sand-bar, around which
were bowling and nodd;n- TO each other, groupe
of sawycrs and snags," like crocodiles and levia
thans engaged in q country dance or rather Misss-
sippi cotillion | have no doubt. however. that 10
the unpoetic mind the prospect is one OF drearness,
but dreaming is one cause OF sensibillty. and those
who listen TO the narratives of Frontier and West
ern life need only teeltheir influence TO excite SYM
palhy for the great undertaking which will soon al
ter the relation of parties and direct the resources
of the country towards the completion of physio-
logical system T. w. w.
My next will give news from Memphis.