Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-01-13

nIe whose gt0sqted lights have called
forth SO much lamentation and love
OF the part of the friends Of the
J, Mountain route above the muscle
! SHOALS, repuaiatsd that route as dis
!, tfnctively and decidedly as ever a
/ people done any thing. The peo-
Il PIE of franklin county were. called
1 upon to give it their money, and
/ they indignantly refused it. The
: people of Lincoln county were called
upon to give It their money and de-
elf led against it by FIVE hundred ma
joFity at the ballot box. The peo-
ple of Coffee County were called up
on to give their money to the route
by Tullahoma and decided in favor Of
,IltIby an imm ense majority at the bal
lot box. oh for spoonful of their
Crocodile tears, shed over the peo-
f plf's molatea rights to make syrup to
, sWHeten the sorrows and soothe the
grief of their loving friends!
}, Here are the facts as they have
tr;ihspired In the face Of the public.
EOdt then upon, these clamorous spir-
Its who reveils the glorious nine Di-
redtors who located the road. Out
upon the co ntemptible railing and
lab4se cont nuaily heaped up n
the heads of these excellent ard
hob orable m en- for doing what Is so
clesrly right, and just, and proper.
Look at both 70 utes, compare them.
Take the map before you, Take
your tape line, and measure from
Nc inny willie to Mobile, to New Or
lea hs, an to Memphis, and you will
see that TuIlahoma is in the most d.
rect and profitable line for the South
ives tern rail road AID when exter Ided
through the centre Of the great e6un-
tiles of Lincoln and Giles, and II or-
Iencf, 5elow the Muscle shoals will
take off the rich products Of Elk riv-
Ter, passing through the great valley
LOT the tennessee river aud bearing
ito market ten times the amount Of
freight that could have been obtain
Jed ON the Mountain route that has
hee1 so violently and clamorously
cont ended for And where did it
prop pse to 60? Why to commence
i ut NJ cMinnyillo run up Hickory reek
Ito II lllsboro, and up TO the cove Of
lIRut edges farmland on the Decherd
Dep4t-thelce round the point of
! the Cum berland Mountain till it rea-
ohes Gunter' 5 Landing, having the
Cum erland Mountain close on one
side bven to the Tennessee river and
when that is crossed, the sand noun
tain, and little else than the sand
mountain until Selma is reached, and
in that course "a zigzag route And
when you reach Selma where are you?
At Al City on the sea coast? No sir
you are at little town on the Ala
bamaI river more than two hundred
miles from the gulf!
Now, gentlemen assailants, what
have you gained by your violent and
indecprous course in favor Of your
miselh ble mountain route, simply this /
and it is ALL you have m ade your
selves spectacles for derision and
Taught er-you have exposed your
nd ked ness and imbecility, established
a chap acter for heaping up epithets,
and y pu have succeeded in conyinc~ +
INF ey cry one that in the blindness of
ydu III rage, and the fury Of your
so rdidI passions, 70 u are reckless Of
what you say or do; and that you
ha We Jery bad, and ungoyernab!e tenn
pers! And Row have the noble hear
ted mir be Directors treatedyou? They
ha We d <hibited towards you spirit
Of fort earanee and charity. Con-
sclous of their own reetitu8e, and
that they have acted for the best in
terest pf their coq ntry, they disre-
gard ybur maligna1 t, and gall envei-
omed assaults, anu have not even
condesb pended to ndtice you.
There is the CONTRAST Look at !