Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-08-14
Road to The Missouri Line.

sensible appeal to the citizens Of Arkansas and 10
the good people of Little Rock, upon the subject of
" Internal Improvements" in Arkansas. Could
but such appeals awaken this State from the le-
tharglc sumber which enchains it to the stern
post OF this Union. To talk about " Internal I'm ..
ProVements' is almost like resurreciing the ghosts
of the departed. or conjuring up the imaginary
appearance of fantastic fairy. The one not to
be touched by hands earthly. the other impossible
to apply to practical purposes.
10 propose an object of Internal improvement mt,
is 10 call up numberess real and imaginary obs,a-
clos, never dreamed of before. No on. has pub
lc spirit enough, or sufficient determination to
grapple the few real obstacles, or manfulIy refu,e
the imaginary ones.
1t IS admitted in every quarter. that Arkansas
is behind States that twenty wears after it became
an organised Territory, had not white settler
within their limits; yet no one possessing time,
talent or capital, will extend heI ping hand 10 e-
evate the Stale to that platform which her fertile
lands, navglbIe rivers, mineral resources and me
climate entite her.
Our friend I" Boston Mountain" will pardon US,
he has taken up the quill in true spirit, and our
prayers are, that he may infuse into the minds of
his countrymen, the same spirit of self-reance,
and energy that maj: his communications.
1t would crafty L. to see the great Charleston
Railroad extended through this State via Little
Rock, and the reasons given by the Gazette are
just. why we in the West, the North and the South
should hail with joy such good fortune. This
great artery through the heart of the State would
take off al immense amount of the products Of
our farmers.
Our greatest desire is to call attention to those
improvements in which we are more immediately
concerned, /. 9. the road from the Missouri line
to Van Bu"en. Boston Mountain" calculates
correctly In It's importance and its practicabiIty.
1t would DO an insult 10 the intelligence OF the
farmers, who have so often reflected uLon the sub
Jecs, TO dwell upon its importance. Upon the
PracIlcablity of the project. perhaps they have
not given so much refoctlon-they have not con-
sIdered how easy it is to accomplish this desired
end. They may not yet believe that they have
only to ,oiH it and IL can be DONE
We have made no estimate nor have we seen
one, of the cost of such road. |, matters not.
the Prlncipe upon which it can be constructed ex.
ISIS, and the means are in our hands. Suppose,
for instance, It would cost $4,000, (bu, no one
believes 1t willy will that estimate scare US off,
because we have no, $4,000 in cash, and canno,
borrow 1t for that purpose No, although we have
NOT ftao Oh
IN material, and that. too, for which this ca piu
would have have 10 be expended. Then what
difference is it to US whether we have the cash or
'he material for which the cash is wanted We
abundance. What matters it whether a man paws
800 in cash or 500 worth of material for
which, that amount would be expended. A II can
see clearly that the means are in our power,-|
The principle can be carried 10 any amount to
suit stock purchasers, from 800 10 81 or $1,000
We give this only as hint, for the enterprise. in.
dustry and reflection of our farmers to mature.
resting fully satisfied that when they once take
the matter IN hand, they will carry it out for they
have only to will it and il can be DONE"
" We were shown, on last Thursday, a spo-
men of Flour manufactured at the Mill of Can't
e. c. North, in Fayetteville, out of WASHINGTON
county Wheat. Not trusting to our own Judge.
ment, we called in several deaIers in the article.
all of whom concurred with as, that it would com
pare favorable with the "superior' 81. Louis
brands. 1t is a matter of congratuIation, 10 be.
mold mills sprngng up in various parts Of our
ferule country, and TO witness the increased pro-
duction of wheat. If our farmers and millers
will proceed in their united enterprises, it will no,
be many years before North West Arkansas will
be regarded as the region from whence other sec
lions OF our country must expect much of their
Substance. Already have we seen persons en-
enged, in this county and across the Indian bor-
der, buying up beef cattle for the Baltimore mar.
ket. Think Of it-cattle raised on our own prai
ries and in the cano brakes of A rka nsas, hunted
up, bought. taken to kentucky and Ohio, there
pintered and fattened, and thence taken and sold
in Baltimore. on the Atlantic slope.
Important 10 VoLunteers-The following letter
which will prove of interest to many of our read.
ers, is from the Louisville Courier. 1t was fir.
nlshed 10 that paper for publication by gentle
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