Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-06-20
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Results optstripping. Antioipations.

o. MIR. Calhoum inathe Memphis, Conyen.
ton of ls45, said: "You are now talking
about connecting the Mississippi with the
Atlantic by Railroad.S III, twenty years
you will, be talking about connecting the
Mississippi with the Pacific" Aud we, well
recollect with what a. stare of ipcredulity
.hupdreds of the. intelligent men then pre-
sent statesmen, judges, editors, &C., looked
up 10 the great Carolinian and expressed in
their countepances, almost rs plainly as if
they had embodied the sentiment in so
many words. "that is another Of Mr.. Cal
houu's ,vagaries.n The idea, ,,of the union
of .,ths Mississippi. with the Atlantic by
means. Of iron bands was considered by
many grave and enlightened members of
that body as httle better tban.a .Utopiau
dream to bereaHzed perhaps by a future
generation, or perhaps never. Butte talk
about, building a Railroad TO the Pacific,
theY'considered as, one of those ridiculous
AIR, no.hings suitahle.to be indnlged in by
poets and the inmates ofimad housessini a
state, of partial conyalescence,
y Well, what, of the results thus far? This
convention was held in tho fall of 1915, a
period ofa little more than ten years only
has, therefore, elapsed, aud the grand cpl
thalamipm that, celebrates the completion
of the first part ofthe. work mentioned has
been chanted. The cars now run regular.
Jy. from the shores of the. Atlantic to the
bluffs of the Mississ,ppi. Their waters are
united. The vague and Ipiaty. future has
become the tangible and sold realities of
the present, and gldes, though we cannot
say noiselessly, into the past Aud the still
tuture-7whato ofita The rites of uymen.
celebrating the union. Of the great River
with the fair young giaptess of the Pacific;
shall their epilhalamium be cbRnted, and
when There be,propheis of.eyil, and they
cry out, q dream, a dream We tell them.
nayforsifit be a dream, tits one that will
be,reafizeG. as the other iias DeSu, when Ne
awake. Eventsqcrowdioh. Mr. Calhoun
said that in twenty years they would be
talking about building raiIroad to the
Pacific, and they thought him ale1ost era.
acfithatperiod hastelapsed, and the road has
not only been talked about, but the rails.
beve actually been laid down uponit at
several points, and al tho important steps
taken 10 coas:ructiit to the Rio Grande,far
on towards the Tactic. H4 s. i'.s,gt' :
Results odsstiip aGticipations, eveuof
the most sagaciods; Of those wso penetrate.
safthest into the fatdre. = What il took Ten.
years 20 perform when Louisiana was adj;
,rlitted into the Union, is now accomplish
ed ore. Yhs journey that consumed a..
mohth twenty years ago is now made 10 a.
week. And sill the ratio of. compafatiye
rapidity IL onward, still onward. 81,
J II took ten Yearsto eomplete the railroad
from Charlestob,t to Memphis, But a frae-
,sivt,s,ss s ;ss:s s;::ssss cessasy to p,ep
outlay down the track, and equipa Q road
Of greater length II took half Of this time
to talk aaoutthe enterprise, There was
no, faith, and there must, be faith before
they can be living works, for works do. but
.follow, faith. Besides, learning, one. Ian
.gua2a gives tho student increased facilities
for learning another So the experience
gained sn building one RAILROAD conies ip
.poWeyfally TO shorten The time necessary TO
The SeonetFdetion OF apotheE The tfiishaps
-of doing aud undertaking. Of n want ofoSl-
,dufation, Of necessary PRECEDENCE and 80.
aqnsuce OF messlife are ssil avoided l,y tho
light wi,ioh tue psssticaii M i ledge gained
by expefiehee, and il alone sheds upon the
notaaE ~ i
Thefe b6s those vino talk OF, iSe Fealizs-
ton Of OUT Southern Pacific fai,Yad by The