Washington telegraph., 1852-02-04

| of Little Rock; of the copper in Jackson county,
Of the lead and iron every whereof the fine
granite thrust up within few miles of Little
Rock, on the Fourche. through the tertiary depos-
| te; granite that is equal to that of Quincy, and
would pay well Cor transportation to Memphis, or
| even New Orleans. Tin is known to exist IN the
hills of the Cossetot, aud zinc may be found in
abundance, everything the lead.
You need not build the railroad before you are
| compensated. The very moment the subscription
is full, and its building certainty, that momant
land increases in value 100 per cent from Mem
phis to Red river. And that moment, too, it be-
comes certain that, from the terminus at Little
Rock the road will westward to Fort Smith
or Van Buren,, and Southwest o FoIton. Lo, tho
laborers but commence on the road, and the APP
probation of property will make addition to
the wealth of Arkansas that will pay her four
fold for every dollar expended in building the
roads. Calculating the road to Memphis at l25
miles there will be in round numbers 1870 miles to
Fulton aud l60 to Fort Smith Van Buren,
That will be, in all, 4l5 miles at 8 900 mile
| or S4,l40,0 900, about million more than the
State borrowed to set on foot two miserable Banks
and the moment those roads are under contract
there will be added to the wealth Cf the State.
by the mere increase of value of property, not,
less than six seven millions of dollars
Now, my friends LET me beg you to lay cant and
humbug aside for little while. Above all things
get rid Of your foolish jealousy of Little Rock. =
The proposed roads will benefit Little Rock no
doubt. If they would not the citizens of that
town would hardly feel mnch interest in the mat
ter; for have lived long enough in the world to
know that very few persons, in town or country,
are governed by any other motive than self-inter-
est. 1t is no use appealing to patriotism and love
for mankind in general that Of the people of
any State OF country III particular.
/ appeal solely to your selfinterest. You can
not well be aoorse off than you are; and it is high
how other better your condition. Every man,
in every part of the State, will he benefited by
railroad from Memphis to Little Rock. Property
will rise in value every where; population will
come into the State, settle along the railroad,
build houses and open fields, and add to the reve-
of the State. Every thing must have be-
ginning. We cannot build all the railroads we
want, at once; we build any, unless we
run them from town to town, and so enlist men OF
capital in the enterprise.
Tie Gener4i Government will give US alternate
sections along the route. Ii the people order 1t,
the State will give the swamp land for five miles
each side of the road. Those donations ought to
be worth three hundred thousand dollars Mem
phis will subscribe three hundred thousand New
Orleans will subscribe literally, and the residue we
can certainly raise among ourselves DO you,
.srople in the West, and you Red river, help us
to build this read and then our own self-interest
will induce us to help extend the road each way
IL the cOuntIPS OF Hampstead ana Lid
fayette will subscribe just what they lost on their
cotton last year, for want of road 10 the Mssis-
sipp, they will do their share; aud the increased
value OF their lands will more than compensate
them at once
Railroads in the East are built in a great meas
ure, by uniting together the small sums OF money
Every body who can GET fifty or hundred dollars,
puts il into railroad stock. They have found out
their interest there The great difficulty here is,
that the people are afraid their money W. not be
safe in the hands of the managers of road. If
every body who can spare 500, and every body
who can 3 90, wonld subscribe it, we should have
ample means to build four hundred miles oil road,
will! the aid of such capital would be furnished
from abroad. The truth is, that 1t would be a
money making operation for every man in Arkan-
sas off of the great rivers, and Of great many
who are on them if hundred miles above their
mouths 10 subscribe just one half of all the proper
ty they have, be it much or little Inc other
half would be worth more in cash, when these
roads were under contract than the whole IS now
THE PL AIN TRUTH.