Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-01-04
MOBILE AND OHIO RAIL ROAD.

This is decidedly ono Of the mos, magnificent pro-
Jects Of the day. and the heads that concerted and
the minds that projected it, will live hereafter in the
hearts of people enriched and made prosperous, by
the improvements as the Clintons of the age,
for we cannot doubt it's ultimate success, nay,
even it. speedy completion. See what the grand
NewYork canal has done for that State
Before this great artery between the Hudson and
the lakes was opened, western New.York was COM
parativeya wilderness. Settlements were but few
and far between; some scattering villages might be
seen here and there, at magnificent distances" from
each other, with few hundred inhabitants, each la
boring under every Neutrality-suspicious. on a
sicky, pro6tess trade, for they were almost entire.
ly cut of from any intercommunicaton with the
SesboaTd. The lands, though fertile, were priced
at scarcely asong Now, behold the magic of &c.
MUS and the power OF energy and enterprise The
grand canal was commenced under the auspices OF
Governor Clinton, we believe, in 1877, and complet-
ed in some seven or eight years. The timd and wa
verihg, the doubling and narrow minded viewed the
enterprise as visionary and Quixotic--one which
would certainly bring ruin and ridcnle upon its
projectors Bat in spite of all evil fOrebodlngs and
ominous yaticn atoms, the work was commenced
and completed within less than decade of years
and soon as the waters of Lake Erie we're poured
into the Hudson, mighty, All ASTONISHING change
took place. The State seemed to rouse up from its
ethargy and to enter upon new existence. vii.
lagos and towns and cities, some Of them now con.
tanning tens Of thousands of inhabitants sprung up
with rapidity that deled calculation and astonshcd
the world A vigorous and enterprsing population
poured into the country, and it was soon made to
blossom as the rose" T1e trade of all the coun
tries of western Ncw-YoTk and of those bordering
on the likes was poured into the lap of New York,
which soon rose to be the frs city in America and
is now, we believe now the second, in point OF COM
MERGE, in the world
Such were the astonishing effects produced by
the completion Of this grand canal. Equally aston
ishng have been the effects arising from the con
struclion OF rail roads, rs is evidenced in ever,
State where they have been carried into operation
and such will be the effect among us OF the compile
ton OF the Ohio and Mobile ran road The enter
prise has been demonstrated 70 be not only prsctica
blc but the route is said to be one of tho best lo
such road in all The Union Indeed, we tee sure
from all we that we have read and heard upon the
subect,h no enterprise has oeen 5tlrted in III,
South, in which it was safer to make an in, estnen
of capital.
But time and space both faIi us',o-lay. We wiItak
up the subject again AZ soon 81 we conveniently can
/ We have published several wci.written articles on
from two Intelligent respectable citizens of this count
practical men both. Keep up tie fire, gentlemen
and rouse tie people and the capitalists 10 sense
their true interest. We hope to hear from yo
again at your earliest leisure.