The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-09-27

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| Es.tero Texas with New Osleasa
The groands we took III that ssticle were
these .hs. from the nstss~ Of the countr,
thruRh which railroad must pass to
New O,;enna ~ way Of Opr'oasss, shF
project wss scarcely = Feasible one u u
represented to Us ~ being, Tor over one
hundred miles. misershl, poor, aud very
spared, settled. twenty aud th'ty miles,
! ~ mnnv places. between houses Mich
( or most ol this barren region in all i'robn.
h;iuy never viii be settled
This route is isvor,tc hobby with ,ur
7 friend ol the Red Land Herald. and our
dvuomiuat,ng It n bun,bug Is attributed to
the fact ,hA,t . its t.rn,,,,u. WAS not design.
ed to be At Marshall lie says That wc
mis,cpres.nt the coaptry over winch the
road would iun, and iuf,,er assert, that
over the vcrs poi ten, OF it Ia which we have
Applied iae tenn impfactIcatie, " the foa
Ia. al r,dv been projected Oar state
munt m T.. ,iirn 10 The countr, between
here aud O.rl usas was made from The
representation of reliable inend "a"
had Travelled over it. Dor ncighbor OF the
Herald SAYS that the railroad between View
Orleans aud Op,lousas has already been
projected. Does he mean to say that It
has been built or that only the wind
wok and paper. Irait ot II hHs been
u,rssry The editor e. .,rel, aiseonce'ses
our views aud n,isintetnrT's our motives.
II he w,us.. reflect y moment, he woud
20. ths, Marshall from its locality is not
Etcly 10 he he t~-m'nn5 y nre Railroad
which MAJ. be started in Texas. Hence
We are prcpstcd to look di,pas-iouaIely at
every PROJECT presented. We would Ger
taint, like To src n railroad connecting
Eastern 1eNas with New Deleans, hut
tIat il no reason why we should advocate
"A PROJECT ,hat We 10 ls.ye eau never be car.
ri.i out. TO build railraad to New o.
leans wouli require several millions oi dol
lars. II the country i, such rs Il l. rep.
resented to us. is il likely tn be "b,nined
" ben men have large sums 10 invcst IN
projects o3 this character they usually
take survey OF the country, aud deter.
mine after such investigation whether or
not they are likely to get good per cent
for their money When private enterprIie
is LETT to itself il is always successful. 1t
* ojy where II is unduly s'inulitej and
ni.led b, lp.il ii"n. that il goes ast'iilt.
.f % I'd aai To- Ncw Olnns. l., Wa, op.
= ..,. .lL paw. We ae roDti I il will
ln plil. iut IA Wv -. tr uA Hr!
uuicl ltos.n 'hems,lycs Ia "if"siiIon t"
tn. c,ie,priz,., we thnugli il bot 10 array
rhen ia tlmir lull lnecr. So that pnb!'c at
,en,,nn might be directed to more feast
bic projects.
The contemplated RAILROAD 10 Shreveport,
To terminate at that poiut wc looked upon
rs elu III. visionary. The same objections
alic, ave urged against the sabine and
the trinity. apply VII. neatly equal l"rce
to Red River. Fifteen years ago. It's nav
iga,ion WAS scarcely as good as these
streams Taking the most favorable view
If the ease; surprising the back country
to he thickly settled. aud the rond ia ope-
fntion. the Il Il saasnn Of hiw water wnuli
ruia the s;orhholders. \ rad ol this
character cannot b. supported unless the
navigation handicapped Wem'g.t adoo-
cate the route, 10 common with the entire
press Of Eastern Texas, without cnlisiine
tn n.ssia see ~. single capitalist
The Truth Is. n coolest VIII mise be.
tween New Ohcans aud the Northern cities
Tor the trad. NJ this favored region, aud
we ave ior ing the most Of this contest.
10 secure 1t To New Orleans. we must
have u red oij drrcl to tha, city, or l."
the Mississippi river. Whether New Or
leans will do my thing or not, Is Il nntfer
al question But, in the mean time. we
wished 10 awaken public attention to the
-pnit ol enierpr'ze which is now pervad'ng
the State; to call attention 10 the various
project. now in contemplation aud To ob.
tain, il Iarsible, an Expression oi public
opinion with regard to them. We should
send delegates to every Convention, hut
particularly to the one proposed to be held
in New OIL IAN, IN January next.