The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-13
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A mass meeting has been held o. ST. louis 70
mako preparatory arrangements for their Pacific
Railroad Convention on the 10Th of October. A
committee reportsd the steps taken to procure a
large attendance, and to prepare the public mind
fora favorable decision upon the claims of ST. Louis
as the terminus of the road. Two thousand copies
Of the address to the people Of the United States,
from the pen of Thomas Allen, have been printed
and circulated, through the Post-oifiee and
copied into the public press, Invitations to
attend the Convention, in the form of the clreu-
lar appended to the address, have been forwarded
to Members of Congress- Governors OF States,
Mayors Of cities, and other public and distinguished
men, throughout the nation. Hundreds Of pflVa's
letters have been written to those believed to Dc
friendly to its accomplishment in every Sta'te u
the Union. A subcommittee is actively ehsageu
in preparing maps, statistics, and general lniorma-
ton for the use Of the Convention. An elaborate
article is also in preparation for the western Jour
nal. reviewing and examining the various puohca-
lions which have gone before the public in favor of
different routes proposed for the road and decidedly
in favor of the great central track from ST. Louis
TO San Francisco, over all others. This is to be
circulated by means of extra copies, for which the
subcommittee have contracted,
On the other hand, the Memphis Committee are
beginning to bestir themselves actively in favor of
their own Convention, and have issued notice,
in which they speak of the general attendance
necessary for the interests of more Southern line,
to be held on the 29d. The Eagle, in publishing
the following card, makes some remarks, from
which we extract the following:
But those who, like us, favor q Southern route,
have a more difficult task than this to accomplish.
The claims Of rival routes have to be contested.
They are upheld against us by powerful and in
defatigable champions. Recently, Whitney, the
champion of an extreme Northern route, has taken
occasion to write and publish three or four letters
of great force and imposing argument. They have
made themselves felt. The New York CITY Cham
Der of Commerce has passed formal resolutions in
favor Of his plan the Chamber Of Commerce, in
this matter, represents, or controls the sentiment
of New York city, the great moneyed capital of onr
Union. Following the action of the New York
Chamber of Commerce, several influential Jour
nails, the New York Courier and Enquirer. the
Philadelphia North American, the Washington
Union and Pennsylvania Inquirer, have we think
indicated partial preference in behalf of Whit.
ney's project 1t has, in addition the endorsement
of seventeen sovereign States-an endorsement OBJ.
tanned, however, in the larger number of cases
previous to our recent acquisitions of territory
These are certain facts, which should rouse us t
gather our strength promptly for an inevitable
struggle, and one by no means to he despised.
Nor have the friends of the St. Louis route
been idle. Benton has canvassed the larger Dor
ton Of the State and at every point he has alluded
in wel-studied terms, and with a cOpious store o.
illustrative information, to his project of railroad
to the Pacific The political matter of his speeches
the curious erudition he displays and the singular
and massive character of the man, have made his
remarks current throughout the Union and his
advocacy of the st. Louis route has literally gone
10 the country The committees to prepare fol
the convention to be held at st. Louis on the 10th
of October have been busily at work They have
prepared addresses, circulars, ETC.; and have scat
tered them throughout the Union. Every humble
Of the St. Louis journals contains calls, resolutions
ETC., bearing abundant evidence to the tact, indus
| try and energy with which they labor
| II is time, now that the summer has lapsed int
[ the autumn, that we should renew our labors, an
prepare for vigorous contest. 1t is time to rein
| press upon the public the undeniable advantage
/ of the Memphis route - its directness of conneC
ton, its superior facility and economy of consruC
ton, ifs security against the HgOrs Of NOrther
winter, and its central position to the great net
railroads which meet upon the confines of Tennes
see, Georgia and Alabama, and radate to New
York, Charleston, etc. We have great struggle
to make against the Whitney and the Fr6monto
Benton plan. But our advantages are plain, anC
by due diligence can be made palmer. If they b
properly forth to the able and distinguished gen
tlemen who will meet in convention in this city Of
October 23d, they cannot fail to command conviC
| ton, and induce action favorable TO the Memphi
/ route"