Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-12-23
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rag TgNPHn FRANCE OF TIE OVERLAND

More than three months have now elapsed
since the Overland Mail has been In opera
tion. and the Memphis branch is yet a ssgPif-
All to the contractors to do then justice. The
attention Of B~UrrEErIELD & Co has been d.
rsetsd to the failure to carry cut that portion
Of bis contract with the Government. They
promise to correct the delinquency and carry
out their contract Yet they are very tsrdy-
thew Ioitsr / n-repatring a manifest and crying
iuiusticAthey take their leisure. Il is true
that the contract itself ia absolute. In the
very nature Of a contract, il they cannot CON-
ply, abd that speedily, they ought to throw it
up ind If they do not throw it up, they ought
to be compelled to do 30.
Wherefore this prOtrscted injustice to a
route which has been established BY the Post
ORcs Department. Wherefore this unequal
preference to St. Louis, when the rights Of
Memphis are as well guarded BY the contract
as the s.. Louis route? Is it calculated to
worry out our patience, and In the end over
slaugh our rights Where is the excuse ? It
cannot be said that it is not ss easy to comply
with tais contract as with that part Of it which
apTsrtains to the St. Louis branch. It is en-
tirsly and absolutely practical. The Memphis
branch has the advantage in the distance.
The way travel, vis Little Rock, will alone
pay the cost, and the through travel would be
fully a. great TO Memphis ss to St. Louis.
Why, then, this insxplicsble dslsy2 There
nusy be some deep injustice at he bottom Of
it The suspicion inevitably follows the reei-
tai Of the facts, that the contractors are in tie
St. Louis interest, and hsrbor 4 design to sac
rihce the Menphis branch. Nothing can clear
them Of this suspicion but speedy and prompt
action in the premises. It was charged and
believed more than year sgos that they en-
dssvorsd to procure the recession Of the Mem
pbis branch soon after the eOntrset was signed
Bot the Postmaster General held them TO its
terms. Upon the heels Of his comes The t.
tai neglect Of the Memphis branch, and our
citizens, therefore, have a right to suppose that
they are unfriendly to Us, or they would hasten
to a. their whole duty.
We learn that Mr.. BUTTERFIELD has gone
to Fort Smith for the purpose Of stocking this
branch Of the route. This, CT itself, looks a
little suspicious. It would seem 70 be a more
direct way to the work here. But
Of this we know nothing, and can only say il
the contractors are IN earnest, they are sx-
psetsd by a Just public sentiment to at once
put the Memphis branch in an efficient eOndi-
ton, and 90 connect at Fort Smith, that we
may not be thirty-six or forty hours behind
tina. We wish to be placed 10 an equal con
dition with the St. LOsis route, 10 every respect,
as is our right under the contract. We desire
that passengers may come through from San
in the same time as they go through from San
Francisco to st. Louis, in as good coaches,
and, IN every respect We wish TO be placed on
the same footing. None who understand the
routes, will doubt that his can be done it
ought to be done, and viii be done, or if we
mistake not, the Postmaster General will not
tolerate the delinquency.
We learn that CHIDEsrER & Co., viii com
mence running through coaches to Fort Smith
on the 1st Of January, from Madison, The pres
eat ter ninus Of the Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad ria Little Rock, the service to be daily
to Little Rock, and tri-weekly or ssmi-weskly
% Fort Smith But it depends upon BUTTER
FIELD & Co, whether every facility is extended
to them to make even and p%unetusl connections
with the San Francisco mail at Fort Smith.
They are sub-contractoTs Of B]UTTEKFIELD &
Co, and should be entitled to equal advantages
with the St. Louis connection. Shall they
have these faciities7