Washington telegraph., 1853-12-14
/ from Tie OwacliHa Herald.
CAMDEN, Nov. 21st, 1858.


U'il UL - f,tnra welfare which does not CcCupy
S. norton of ny thoughts; and therefore hopt
~ ~ oyan few words from me. without Disguise
IpI :lI Loatfributed alone to deep soiicl5de fee
"no future advancement OF oar people.
oL W., inst returned from trip to the good old
nav If Hampstead, where had gone partly fol
counsJ of addressing her citizens on the sub.
the pf Pf'f5 t5a NJ. 0. and r. r. railroad. My ap-
i':..t1,ant there was on Monday. the first day ot
Trrnit Court. in conjunction VITA Col. Dock
Us II Dr.. HuaY, neither Of which gentlemen
..,,rer could attend, owing to the appointment
',:-f;np with the meeting ot the stockholders
c9als' fe7b inst. when and vhare their official
Oh -oa. "a rould not be dispensed with. And | was
sew M, IA rsach Washington until one day after
no a.-,;n+eI one, direct from Monticello, in Drew
IlS ~fF [.bare DR.. Huey and myself had been to
coIL, ona ot the most delightful and enthusiastic
a.5n5 a.IIna5 b,rbecues ] ever was or ever expect to
IaIor Ioso,t At Honor to the citizens of fresh and
'zg.ou5 ybop55 behind the time through the kindness
- Hon Shelton Watson, Judge Of the Circuit
T,n-t 5ad the pleasure and honor OF addressing
1gu.r gr, n,,aber Of the citizens Of Hampstead CO.
an T9esdav. the 18th inst. am proud to say |
9,ad The neople there willing and ready to hear
t6e great theme Of internal Improvements discuss
Cd even by one SO humble as myself.
T f.u1ff
.,,ftIa State divided between two enterprI ses
s'3b H. Ceirrs Landing and the Cairo and Fulton
-,iroals, This regarded as perfectly natural,
a5 + GiI not dishearteH me at all. / was much
4iF,9 n discover that 3.sr enterprise had gained
9StrenaEa since last summer. Railroads are like
rr,is is net necessary for one 70 rise that aEoth
=. sbanl1 he DESTROYED In this light I endcavor
=, Ioo; at the whole snbiect. As a citizen, am
interested in the prosperity and improvement of
tbe whole. while, as an individual, may be in
terasfe3 Immediately in the success Of a particu-
lar road. Unless man looked at the matter in
this light he is apt to mistake these different
GRADES of interest for opposition. am the stead
fast friend of every plan in the State, and am ready
and willing in any way in my power, to promote
their accomplishment In laboring to excite the
npople to this great work, | don't claim to be
more unselfsh than the rest OF my felow-citizens;
for | do candidly confess that my own happiness
land the happiness of those by nature and duty
dependent upon mel is the moving spring of my
actions. Every lick strike is actuatcd by the
same expectation that cheers 4 man onward in
la6oring in his own fields. If I own lands | am
doubling their value If I own personal property.
| am increasing its uses and raising lis value If
want employment, am opening new avenues to
industry: and therefore, in this view it is the i'm
mediate prirafe interest Of every citizen to engage
with such means as lie in his power, to advance
the cause ol internal improvements
So far as the building of railroads by the people
Of the State IS concerned. | take the ground that
they are as able to baild all the roads now prom
iuenty spoken OF, as they are to build any one of
them because il they are to be constructed at all
by our people, il is to be done by the people on
the line. or Immediately under the beneficial in
fluencc Of that particular road. This is undeniably
trae from the fact that in the present condition of
the country there is no surplus capital seeking i'll
yestment; but every man that does SO. must be in
duced to give his substantial aid to the construc-
ton of railroads, ior the same reason, and impel-
ed by the same necessity that would induce him
10 make any other improvement upon his estate
Dividends and profitable stock can but act at
tfls time as secondary reasons for the peoples
action in this matter. The difficulty under which
the people Of Arkansas are laboTing is that those
few among US who have some capital-free and
independent cash-dave too great an advantage
over the rest Of the Commnnity. Where money
IS scarce and in the hands Of a few. there can be
ont little general prosperity Money is power
and lew men are slow to exercise power when
ever clothed with it.
Before we can have a prosperous country. we
must devise some means Of relieving the produc-
or OF domestic, and the consumer of foreign arti-
CieS. u hcn the great body of society. the work
u f'iN''t'-Ai- NidScSS, YET puJ little melt fOr
WhaE they make, and pay heavy charges for all
they consume beyond their own production the
general tone of society will be unhealthy.
loe a5TicultGrist. tiist Of all must be relieved
INDUSTRY good soil climate. ana abundant crops.
can never enrich community who have to irirs
dcGy hall OF their labor to get it where tbev can
convert into money. This presents the great
necessity Whlch, ike an incu5uS. weighs down
Iac energies. discourages the enterprise and re-
axes all the nerves Of eXertioa throughout onr
Whoie community. If every man would look at
,ne question IN this light, and then study and act
puFe.F for hs 0lcn interest. without needing the
poetic prompting of patriotisms, tsave that if he
please for the 4th of JuiyD the great aggregate of
So9d would run together like the ris into rivers.
ana temporal resurrection mo.n would hrea X
upon the State. and her redemption would be at
hand u
linen what is our peculiar interest of South Ar
kansas We have no banks to make money and
no mnts TO coin it; and hence all the money we
ever nave the pleasure of handling is an imDortq-
g spn, And all we produce to give in exchange for
'hat money is cotton. Then that enterprise
when coners the most direct benefits upon the
growers OF that great staple does most to relieve
lae whole country. The cotton planter wants
.y VIC gt% market. What IS meant by the choice Of
markets, and the best markets. is not always ila-
GeFStood- The price current does not ALWAYS SET
ue 'ae question: for there are many other consid-
e'dIoES entering into it--such as the time. DIS
sa'ce. currency, exchange. what the settler wants
10 buy, &c. Now, the choice OF markets as be-
."een any OF the great cities Of the Union in this
~ ol telegraphs strikes me as something more
.aiooFt tant on paper than in practice In short
s,:aTe- reason, and the experience of the past
tE t9l"I o.'I New Orleans as the cotton market for
s2S elsIfe Mississippi Valley and all the diver
ss5" oi tnlS trade from that city which has taken
a,a prg OF may hereafter take place. may be safely
"ig,'ed 70 tae competition of norlhefn and east
Sl'-eS 1or that trade, by means of the Archi-
fst:ah lever OF the aze-rajlroads. without the
Instance ever touching the quick Of the pro-
c;,;s SiteTest These efforts on the rart ofthose
,aI ealue them to praise for their great energy
c, u eltefPrlse bat how to build up this or that
D AZ tae expense Of another is not or question.
s pu not to enlarge, it must be manifest that the
Sr ;'sI a. no'eet--one that towers above all others
La .ue construction of any railroad in south Ar
Is 70 construct such road, in such man.
a, ~ 70 eaeapen as far as possible the transport
Fr VI ti1t u our cotton, to New Orleans The line
t,l. sai' foad common intelligence would dictate
r,r .ls S'fagheSt and shortest route to perennial
rar.5ailon- r,o.5 What more do we want? What
more can we ask
ooLaI % any man living doubt, especially ifhe ever