The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1849-10-12
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT MEET,

W 'ue cduSe VI lulefHGl Improvements, as
sembied at the Court, house IN Athens on
Saturday last. On motion, VIM. H, BAL
LEW, Esq, was called 10 the Chair, aud
l.. r. HURsT appointed Secretary,
On motion. A. d. Keyes, G w. Mayo,
and VIM. F. Keith were appointed Com
miltee TO draft preamble and resolutions
expressive of the semin i. of the meeting.
The COmmi''.he subJg retired for
short ''me' Te'grly day, presented the i0l-
lowing ,.ate govern
"Wilh. go n. NewR.,.ssss.gLee of pleasure
the citizens composing this meeting have
witnessed the recen evidences OF popular
sentiment throughout the country, more
particularly in most OF the Southern and
South Western States, in favor of the con-
slruclion of great end leading lines Of Rail
roads, designed to run through, connect and
link together, as with bands of iron, in So
cial oneness and commercial interest and
prospe rity. sections OF our common coun-
try, dissimiaT in population and in many
other respects, aud States of this Union,
now disaLi from each other and esranged
by senriments and feelings which would be
modified or entirely eradica'ed by the eX-
tensivc and dlGusive intercourse which
would be secured,bY the completion Of the
various roads or system of roads now con-
structIng or IN contemplation.
1t is with unfeigned delight we see the
movngs of the people in favor of works Of
Internal Improvement in our own State;
ard we desire nav to raise our voices in
unison with many of our fellow citizens
who have already spoken out on this sub.
jet.
The people Of Tennessee cannot, if they
were so disposed, longer remain sien, and
Indifferent spectators Of the rapidly i'm
proving condition Of some of our sister
States, and Of our whole country taken as
an aggregate. Tennessee must unite in the
common cause aud put forth her energies,
or consent to remain tributary 10 Others
Georgia is pushing her State ROAD no.
bic monument other wisdom-not only 10
our border, but within our territory, and
tapping the navigation Of our noblesi river.
al Chattanooga. Virginia, though she had
Ting sl6mbered over her best interests, IS
now aroused, and IS putting forth her ener-
oies TO reach our Northern border. VIVA,
has Tennessee done, and what is she do,
ine2 Much has been judcIously projected,
but little is yet executed. Our Middle Ten
nessee friends have taken up the Georgia
line at its Western terminus, and are run
ming West with il 10 the Cumberland, an
other of our nayieab rivers, at Nashville,
and we do not doubt OF their success at no
distant day. The East Tennessee and
Georgia Road, commencing on the State
Road OF Georgia. at Dalton, and terminal.
ing at Knoxville, is now in course of con
s,ruction; and the East Tennessee and Vir.
ginia Road, to commence al Knoxville and
connect with the Virginia Road az the
State line, is chartered, and part OF the
Stock subscribed. We hope and believe
our West Tennessee friends wl-,ask for
and obtain from the Legislature now in
session, a charter for Railroad from Nash.
vile to Memphis. These several roads will
form continuous line from one extreme of
the State to the other, and their connection
" 18th the roads Of other States will give US
ready az cess to the whole tlantic seaboard,.
and TO the extensive territory aud boundess
resources Of the great Valley 81 the Missls-
sippi.
1t is hoped by this meeting, that the de-
iberalions of the Convention to assemble al
Memphis on the 29d OF this month, will
result in some plan and so fix public senii-
ment throughout the Union, tina, our great
system Of Railroads will, at no distant pc
Rod of time, be perfected by the construc-
lion OF grea, iron.tcay from the Missis
sippi river, at Memphis, 10 the Bay of
San Francisco on the Pacific ocean.
For the speedy construction of our Ten
nessee section of this magnificent system
of Railroads, individual enterprise and cap
ital, as il can be enlisted in the chartered
companies. Is not sufficient without incur
ring delays and embauassmenrs: and we
confidently look to the wise connsels, pat
riotic devotion and liberal legislation OF our
present Leg isIature for such aid as each Of
the Companies may need TO secure the
successful and early completion and equipS
ment of their respective sections. This Is
not asking TOO much of abe Legislature Of
our State. The system is great, bene
icent one. Each and all the citizens OF
the State are directly and deeply interested
in its completion. Prompt and vigorous
legislation nom viii. in all probability, fix
at once and forever our Tennessee roads as
links in the great chain Of railway destined
TO cross our con,inenl from the Atlantic 10
the Pacific, and 10 be the greatest thorough,
fare known 10 the world. Delays, or stint
ed anG nissardly grants OF aid, may Prove