Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-01-23

The SUCl IL W ES ifaN NAlLooaD NoN' Et> i'oi>
Adjourned sine die the 9Th nst after most interest
ing session al New Orleans.
DR. Campbell Of Kentucky, offered resolution in favor
of road from Paducah the Tennessee State line and
from paducah TO Louisville Adopted.
Mr. Anderson OF Virginia, submitted resolution which
was unanimously adopted that it the Of the Con-
vention that railway and waller communication across the
s,hmus Of 1euantepec is Of national Importance and es-
pccially to the whole South Western States
Mr. Burwe of Virginia from the Committee Routes,
submitted the following resolutions with detailed report
The resolutions adopted with an amendment subsu-
ting the Georgia aud Tennessee Railroad for the Georgia and
Alabama Railroad in the links proposed for the Souh wesi-
ern National liOad:"
lowing system of internal improvements ne not onIf nds.
uens6le 10 Development % The agricultural cofnmecii,
and mineral wealth Of the States ana cites,
out also essential the equality and unity OF The States
of this coueteacy and they earnestly recommend The same
the patriotic consideration OF the Legislature and citizens
of the South Western States
lst national road to the Pacific Ocean, with one tcrm.
nus on The Mississippi river North and South OF the
mouth Of the Ohio divide the advantages OF each road as
equally as possible nmung the different States OF the Union
Ind The Western national rail road IRON Nashhg-
ton New O-hns, passing through the States u Virginia,
Tennessee Aanma Mississippi and Louisiana constituting
the practicable line Of mail and travel transit c"n
ssline OF the following continuous sections now under con-
sideraon iowii the Richmond and Lvnchhug railroad
Virginia and Tennessee irond the East Tennessee and
Virginia railroad; The Georgia and Alabama raroad me Ala.
bana and Tennessee raroad the Selma and Jackson
railroad The New Orleans and Jackson miroad
Bird. For keniucky The Memphis and Louisville railroad;
the Louisville Nashville railroad
4th For Tennessee The Memphis and Louisville railroads;
the Memphis and Cha; lesion railroads the Louisville and
Nashville railroad; the Nashville aud Southwestern roll
road. ,
The roads embraced national route above referred TO-
5,h For Atl6ama: The Mobile and Oaio raroac; and
the roads embraced in the national route referred To-
6th For Georgia ana Florida The Gulf railroad or
continuation Of the South Western raoad OF Georgia 10
- wi, nilrna
TIN For Mississippi: The MOBILE ana Oh' railroad; the
New O.Irans Jucks"n and Nashville raIoad; Ihe New
Orleans Holly Springs and OHIO railroad, the erKsoure
and Jackson railroad, extended by Bandon continued to
sth For Arkansas: The Arkansas and Mississippi river
railroad from For, Smy,h Van Buren, 10 Little Rock and
thence 10 White river there dvegng To Memphis and
Helena.
the Red river al or neat Fulton.
road from Fayetteville 10 Van Buren, md one from The
Central railroad, leaving The near The ST. Francis,
Ridge through Juckson and Independence counties 10 Sout
A road iron. Little Rock TO the Louisiana line, 10 inter
sec, with the New Orleans and Oaclonsas raiirond -
9th For Louisiana The New Orleans. AlsIers, Texas,
and FL Pasu u oa; The jacksonville and Jackson ra'ond
Vcksburg aud Shreveport railroads The New Oheans und
Nashville railroad
lO,h For Y.rus: The continuation or The New Orlcuns
Opsluusus, uud l.! PAsu railroad through Texas.
road from pnint N,rth Est part uf the Stais
connecting with The LIo Rock and Fulton road TO
the dividing ridge Of the Sulphur and Rcd river 10 tho ridge
between Bps DArc and Sulphur; thence 10 Dallas, and to
ll,h. For Missouri The .ouh from ST. Louis Westward;
the Hannibal and ST. Jpse:hs railroad.
MIR BuRwELL addressed the Convention for about hour
taking the of roads proposed in the above resolution
for his the Convention paid high compliment 10 The
speech in requesting copy for publication. Mr. BIS dis.
MALAY directed the advantage of rail roads and
the ability of the South make hem without The free
white labor wlc many supposed DO Indispensable By
adopting the plan OF building roads from domestic
and with say: ibEr We gave eng yment 10 orr ncS'ces,
ud The cu.1.a OF the rail rUlds sfenIAsn.d the ins,
tuition Of sa.! BY tvetsiyng the labor of Tie negro. Al
deemed necessary have ana engineers from the
North, and Irish and Germans do the work. These p,o
Pile when the work completed, took off all they had
esrned leaving aohing in the State and the result was
long period of disgust with internal Improvements in Virgil
MA But now another system adopted. Their own peo
Pile were engaged in the scientific labor and contractors
obligated themselves to employ slaves This worked
to the satisfaction of the people, and created interest
improvements Nor be supposed that contractors
would treat slaves hired 10 them Improperly. On the
tray was their interest to obtain The good will slave
who could complain his if mai,reated Within his
own knowledge accident occurred public work in
Virginia. whereby several negroes and Iismen buried
beneath embanknent. The contractor work al
take tho negroes whilst there suspension
Of the regular progress Of the work the Ish
whom the excavation Of yard of work would be lost
Mr. BuRwEiL said he was Anglo Saxon This people