The true Democrat., 1857-02-24
Cairo and Fulton RailrOad.-Cheering from
 

Missouri.
 Nomeasure acted upon by the late session of the General Assembly, has been more cordially approved by our citizens than the act provi- ding for transfer to the Cairo and Fulton railroad company, of the lands granted by Con- gross to aid in the construction of the road and nore Tn our judgment will rebound more to its credit. On recent trip to the southern portion of the State this great enterprise seemed to be the prevailing topic, and all expressed their qualification and confidence in its success. The policy of the company thus far, its persever- ence, prudence and economy, have inspired the belief that no ordinary obstacles will be a- wed to check its progress. It is certainly no time for us to act upon the " do nothing" pol- cy, or to stand with our arms folded denouncing Arkansas as being too poor, or too experienced to accomplish any thing in the way of progress Rely upon it poor and inexperienced as we may be- unless we put our shoulders to the wheel the aoagon will continue in the mire, and Ar kansas will, as heretofore, occupy position in the lowest round of the ladder of wealth. pros.
 
 l ton. We rejoice to observe that not only at home but abroad good feeling is sprngng up and disposition generally manifested to allow the various improvements of the country to rest upon their respective merits. This is as it should be, as the accomplishment of any one of them will be a step forward in the path of progress Let by-gones be by-gones,' and instead of throwing impediments in the way. we should rather assist in their removal Rail- way Improvements are dictated bv necessity and are indispensable to meet the wants of q steadi- ly increasing production. They have succeed ed east of the Mississippi river under circum. stances less encouraging than those by which we are surrounded and now, as then. the laws of necessity will prevail and the wants of pro- duction be met. A recurrence to the past his- tory of improvements in tbe United States will satiiy any unprejudiced mind, that the ra- pld increase in wealth and population west of the Mississippi will bring with it the conviences Of the other sections of the Union, and Arkan. sas will soon cease to be "an outpost on the frontier of civilization"
 We have reliable information from south- east Missouri, that within the last two months eight hundred thousand dollars have been sub- scribed to the capital stock of the c. 6 F. Rail- road Company of that State, and that the work on the road Is being vigorously prosecuted un- der the most favorable auspices All thestoc authorized by its charter or nncessarv ,o its ,,o secution, has been taken and their books closed. This division of the road, at one period consi- dered Of questionable practicabity, will no doubt be finished to our northern boundary in less than two years On the Arkansas division stock Is beginning to be appreciated as it de- serves. As m investment we have never doubt. ed its safety or productiveness. With nearly million and quarter of acres of land to aid in building the road, a practicable and almost straight line connecting the finest producing portions of the United States, north and south. its stock cannot be otherwise than renumerative when completed. The right of way we learn is readily and cheerfully accorded when applied for by the agents of the company, and deeds of transfer have been obtained on all but small portion of the line This is evincive not only of good feeling toward the enterprise but of the intelligence and patriotism of our citizens. We shall hereafter present some of the reasons why this great work will be accomplished and why It's stock cannot be otherwise than both safe and productive as an investment.