Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-21
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EIr. SoIrdin'S S Lefte ,
THE following letter from the Prest Of the Blue
Ridge Rail Road, in reply to an invbn to attend
the Rail Road meeting held at this e on tie 9th
INST, will be read wilh much interest ul villa feel
concerned about the advancement of State and
her interests:
CHARLEsroN,lg 81, 1851.
DEAN ri have heen prevrd answering
sooner your two letters of 18th and 2rst., inviting
me to Nail Road Dinner tobe givenhe citizens OF
Edg-ield, Oh the 6ih September Cmsiances will,
regret, prevent my acceptance Of polite INVITA-
tion extended to Tie in their behalfnt will lake
occasion 10 say that AZ Il citizen charleston, and
as the Presiden, Of The Blue Ridge Road Compa'
ny, feel deeply Interested in the corUn proposed
to be made by Rail Road from ppi,ear New Mar
ket On the Greenville & Columbia all Road, TO a
point near Aiken OH the South Cara Rail Road,
and have little doubt that when lhv.senl MONETARY
crisis shall give pace 10 easier lilneIa The Legisa-
lure shall remove The embarrassmt 10 the sale OF
City Eonds, which has been creaf by one OF her
own citizens, ske will chcerfuIIy an The enterprise
which your meeting Is designed 70 mote.
il is 10 be regretted That The Grcelle " Coinmbl;i
Rail Road, in The commencement, Is not made 10
take this course. In the Southern laies, owing 10
the sparseress Of the population, along the sea
board more especially, here the maie, and the
employment Of slave labor, tend coninne 1t s"'
Rail Roads raust b- srsanrd chiefly freight aud It
may fairly hc assumed almost whit an exception,
the, no Rail Road in th- South be profitable.
that has not large tran>Iorlalio nj produce ah'
and merchandise. And it fullumsns the tendency
and direction of all produce and nchandizc Is from
lie interior the srabord, and I'm the se; board l"
,lr inicrnr Rail Roads which CHS the country are
ss likely to he large carriers oave large irci:h
business, than lhose which furHi. the shortest and
cheapes! transportation to and foElhe great InarAe'
of exrnrt and import. The Greeille d Columbia
Rail Road VAS located nniorlnnnty without frGaf1
10 this important principle and no lhe crrnr Is Son:ht
/" he corrected by The prop,,.ed coccli"n from Ne"
Market 10 Aiken furnishing anuIer evidence - ihr
many ihui have proceeded il, of /; Importance, ami
may say The necessity, Of sclrcy The commence
msn, The shortest and most dirrcrones ana "hi"h
no afier-neces>y superreir. There Is II" reason
why the cnunrry around and hepd New .harkef or
Ninely-Six' shnnld be forced Idravcl Iur'y-hve 10
ffiy miles further than is Necessary in reaching elr
principal market, and their prodnc and merchandise
subjected TO the expense Of this ADDITIONAL iranSf"ra
lion. The City and the counlrylre aliked interested
in removing these extra and Unnecessary burdens 10
the irade and my opinion ianhc saving OF expense
TO lie produce Of the country AM on the lnerchandzc
consumed, will more Than warrant the outlay oi capl-
lal Necessary to construct this Rad whether ihe Blue
Ridge Rail Road be ever complied uT not.
To The GreenvilIe & Culumbi; Rail Road the pro-
posed Branch cannot be oiherwie than highly adT;n-
lag-ous. Passing as it will over fine ridge. an'I
crossed By large slrea it will cnsrc 10 the great
er portion Of il certain communication at all times
with the seaboard, and rescue from i'Se frequent
interruptions lis business wlich nothing can Tow
prevent, and which have been as detrimental and in
convenient 10 the Road, as 10 The country ihruns
which il passes.
Certainly ofcommunicalion, and clcarncss nririns
porlari0n are essential 10 The success OF every k'i
Road. neither nf which can ever be- attained b? ih'
Grcenville * Columbia Rail Road, until lic grca
rivers whrh il crosses and their adjacent s''anpS
are avoided. The proposed Branch will accomplish
llis and by shortening The distance to the srabmnr
must nol be understood hnwcver, as oITccTily-
all Rail Roads running East and West across iii
Stale. The line or direction of our seabcarrl rnahl'
many of them 10 furnish he shortest r"uIrS for III
lruugh travel; but through travel cannot sls lin hei
without large freight business rs well, and so far Il
The transportation Of produce is concerned, HE: ga
never be more than feeders to The lines Of RUad iroi
the mountains 10 The seahard; for although HEY MA
arrest The produce fur lime at some Interior narh,
town. that produce must nevertheless sUDuer o7 late
find H.. way over scme of the direct lines 10 Tie ucea
in seeking It's final destination III orricn Inarkels
The interest Of The Bnc Hridgc Rail Road in roI
II .ciirn from some puint on The GreenvlIe q CUlnn
lila Rail Road poin: Gn HE SonIh Carolina RG
kna, has never h.ca concealed by lis lriends-"n III
contrary much uf he early hostility and niif'renr
10 the Blue Ridge Rail Road iiun the fee cN
preston Of their opinions that such connection wa
absolutely necessary TO itS full development a:id *nc
cess Their opinions a;c unchanged. They Ih!n
now as they did then thai surrounded by rivals
great energy and wealth, with all the a'!yaaia.rs
their favor Of an earlier START success drpcndri great
Is nn the superior advantages Of luca"iI. hu'I as
o. aes and lie less distance from The important p"ini
or centres Of Trade in The distant West Ia our on
mcnt with the Importance and necessity ol sayIn
every mile that couId be saved in bringing oG-le
the distant points Of termination, and they rr.ar,'s
the connection mo@ proposed, tshnrenlns The dIs'anc
near fifty miles,) rs essential 10 that end They lei
assured a lie same time, that sooner nr larr, IN
gcosra phica necessities of Inc country Would connie
its construction. more especially when Tie binc hh.s
Rail Road being finished, The great ;ra'ie that mus
descend frcn the mountains, like rush o "a'"rs il
our great rivers wunld oYerIeap all barriers, an" hu'
lis nearest channel 10 The ocean.
You will fully understand from what have sail
the interest felt by the FRIENDS Of the srea; encrprS
which have The homo represent, III The earl!
completion Of Hail Ro1d from The Greenvlilc d
Columbia to the South Carolina Rail Road, near al
ken. Differences Of nion prevail however, as 10 'h
exact location as will always be the case and as III,
Blue Ridge Rail poad cannst contribute p"cuniar!
aid, and consequently can ;He voice in ;lie mai
ter canot go further than express The Ii"c, iha
us The propnscd Road will bromc part CT the gTca
trunk line from The sea boaro the distant hcSl, ii,
shortest and The hest route practicable will ne se!cc
ted. ! am Sir, very resfy your obi serr'I
H. GOuRDIN.
W. C. MnRANGE, Esq. Clnr'm Com Tee.
Hon. Preston S. BRQxs-We observe with
some surprise That severa'of the newspapers III
the Attn Congressional. ditrict, South Carolina
represented in The prcsentCongress by l'Ils gra'
tIeman, have taken him lotaSk for his sl"rri' on
the Pacific railroad bill His especial offence
seems 10 have been that h, preferred 20 cal INN
self !: constitutional" md not ''srcl"naf
REPRESENTATIVE We can readily conrrIYc how
the people of South Carolina regard the in>o-
lent and reckless conduct # such traitors IN the
free States as Greeley aac his gang: and how
the feeling which this cmduct inspires in that
State is calculated 10 exend over The south
Bnt while there are such lcn as Colonel Erooks