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from lie Copper regions Of Tennessee lying In
Polkkunty. Of which Duck Town is the cen
tire. OF share of the trade Of North Alabama
and lnnessee, which .yilI be broughtSto the
Blue Ei1ge Rail Road by lines already Charter
ed ad in progress. If shorter therefore, it
will so by three miles only; and that it will
be bI best, is clearly shown to be an error;
becate the route by the Tennessee River
passtl Through a section of country, equally
fertill and viii command for it a business from
a sedon that Cannot be reached by the French
BroaI route; while for the North Eastern por-
ton / Tennessee. and beyond, in the direction
of CIcinnati and Louisville, it possesses equal
Advantages. The comparison is therefore IN
favot otof the Little Tennessee.
Itsfil ba- iii55ote 81 also-tlat the Blue Ridge
RailTsts i will equally benefit Georgia; that
South hCarolina will be building up rail road
for tht State, and that it was thought in time
past, hat this road then contemplated branch
of thj Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston
Rail load, would be favorable route over
whichto carry the Tennessee and Kentucky
trade hto Georgia and Alabama; and it will be
,urged.that to such an enterprise the State
shoult not subscribe Now, branch road
from tlayton through Clarkesyille TO other por-
tionsSf Georgia, would bear the same rel alton
to thdBue Ridge Rail Road that the Blue
RidgiRail Road occupied towards the Louis
vile, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road
wherIthat great enterprise was projected
Nowwhat said the Knoxville Convention of
the 40 July, 1886? The report of its commit
tee Of forty-fve asSerts:-'A more enlarged
view If this matter must be taken; the connec-
tionswith our road will show that the whole re-
gion to be intimately united with it will en-
brac. the entire State of Georgia, a part Of
Flor Ha, the eastern part Of Alabama, dc y
and d preamble, declaring "that it was impor-
tant that a branch Of the road should be er-
tcpdsd from some point in Tennessee into the
Stab Of Georgia" ,ras unanimously adopted;
as likewise a resolution that application should
be made to amend the several charters that
had been granted" so as to admit The State Of
Georgia and her citizens to become participants
in the construction and benefits Of said road,
upoH terms Of perfect eqDolHy ,chb those that
are II be enjoyed By the States of Kentucky,
Tennessee, North Caroliad and South Car0liHd.'
Col BLANDING, in his address to the people Of
Charleston in the same year. said also; ''that a
branch road FROM Knoxville into Georgia may
be of such Importance to that State as to induce
its construction. 1t would confer an immense
hos Ell ON Kant,lnl lad yaesaa l,s nraArinp-
productive the northern portion of our road,and
be Of essential benefit to the company" And
General HAYSE, in his address In behalf of the
Convention, expresses the same opinion, that
"a branch into Georgia would greatly enhance
the yalue, and increase the profits of the road"
Fibm the above, it will he perceived that
neither the Convention, nor our own leading
men in it, thought that they were building up
a road for Georgia, when they invited her to
unite with them bv the construction of her own
branch, by the valley of the Tennessee and the
Rabun Gap, which they pointed out to her as
practicable route. Nor did the eightytwo DEL
egates from South Carolina believe that a branch
roadinto Georgia by the Rabun Gap and the
Little Tennessee would serve to bear away the
trade of Tennessee and Kentucky into Georgia
and Alabama 10 the injury Of South Carolina;
for they were part of the Convention, and the
vote was unanimous. On the contrary. they
declared that 'the trade Of the West was lin
iteG-enly by the facilities Of transportation"
an opinion more than confirmed by experience
since. The New York Central Rail Road ant
the Erie Rail Road, exhibit gross earnings ex-
ceeding $5,O00O O0O each per aunum; notwith.
standing which, the Erie Canal, previously con
5trcted, has an undiminished business. and it
sgaout to be enlarged at an expense Of some
25,000,0OO, so as to admit larger class of
bohs, and to increase its present capacity Of
| ,500,0O0 to 100000 of tons per annum.-
The Pennsylvania Rail Road and the Baltimore
and Ohio Rail Road exhibit also similar results,
he receipts Of the latter being about $4,00O,000
Der annum, and of the former about half the
sum in its yet unfinished state. 1t was there
ore. believed then, as we believe now, that the
'Vef Hll furnish abundant trade for Georgia
Is wall as South Carolina, and that if the for
ner can be induced TO draw her supplies over
,ur road, the safer and the more secure will be
he capital that Carolina and her citizens may
nvest IN it.
1t will be objected further, that the Blue
Ridge Rail road is deficient in individual sub
criptions. 1t may be remarked in reply, that
t viii pass Through a country thinly populated,
,ecauseit has heretofore been shut out from
III intercourse beyond its own limits. There
S not wealth along the line of road to construct
t, as is often the case, even in more popuIous
nd wealthy sections. And the work being one
f great magnitude is, altogether beyond the /
means of individuals: and individuals cannot T
e Induced to subscribe, unless reasonable as /
urance can be furnished that the work can
nd will be carried through. With such as.
uranee, individuals will subscribe. Without
, they will not subscription on the part
f ,A ate of 81 100000, and the endorsement
9 uGGp Of the company's bonds, with the