Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-12-08
Written for the Fayetteville Observer.
Look to Your best Interest.
TuLLAHoMA, Goth Nov, 1859.

l promised that you should hear from
me again, on the subject Of our H.
ternal improvements, and | conclu.
ded to exclaim, "Look out," fearing
that some one may be hurt, which is /,
far from my Intention.
! will not directly say that the
man who withholds all his means, and
will give no aid in improving the con.
'dition of his country by assisting in
the building Of Rail Roads, or turn
pixies, ara destitute Of Patriotism or
love Of Country, but will dare to as
sert that the man who steps for
ward with his means, and bis labor,
to build up and improve the condi-
ton Of his country when called upon,
proves that he is patriot beyond
doubt, and that it is not absolutely
necessary that man should have
lived in the days Of our Revolution,
or in the days Of our late wars, or
prove that be had shot an Indian, or
bathed his sword or bayonet in the
blood Of forsign enemy, to prove
that he is a lover of bis country, and
truly a patriot -but tha. all who
have lived since the Declaration of
our Independence have had an op-
portunity Gin some Way to manifest
their attachment to their country
The Ole pioneers Of .be South and
West, entered the forest, cut the
cane, and felled the heavy timber,
built theif log cabins, planted their
fruit trees, and sowed the grass, and
built their small school houses, and
churches, and all done well FOR their
day, and were patriots, and many
went farther When the tocsin of
War was sounded, they were first
aud forem u.s. to meet aud re.
pulse an invading enemy. The old
man, who had seen the frost of the
Revolution, with his little son, side
by side, we're found in our ranks
Here Was PATRIOTS ism truly exhibited
And still since that day our Flag was
insulted, then the boys who had lis,
tened with great pleasure to the
deeds of their fathers stepped up to
the Overlooking of the call Even
the foreigner who had previously nc
opportunity to identify himself with
US pitched into our ranks, and Will
} our boys knew nothing else than tt
conquer our enemy, when and where
ever they met him. Still the goot
old spirit of '76 kept up.
Now, reader, | have only come t,
! the main point. our Railroad. -
Don't be alarmed when I tell vol
that help is row wanting, and bel;
We must have. Your nsighbor
want help. Your fathers must have
help, aad } on can give this help, i
: yeu viii; and II you withhold this heIy
in this time of need, what will b.
said ofyou? What ought to be said
| cant ill the blank.
Think for yourselves. You SEE
!, that great road has been chartered
by links, from the Lakes of the NORTH
to the Gulf of the South, and the
: Northern States have built thei,
! roads to Cincinnati, Kentucky has
: commenced, and by way of Licking
ton has come near Danville, looking
forward to Ten uessee, expecting to
meet US at the State line.
Now the question is, will we meet
them, and prosper thereby, or will
We fail, or refuse to do so, and lose
all that We have done, and let dis
Igrace follow? One or the other is in.
fevitable. We have little time to con.
suit We should not pause one me.
, ment, when the facts are SO plain be-
fore us. The State aid to the South
Western Road will be lost, unless the
work is speedily pushed forward
The failure on that part Of the Road
will be seriously felt by the McMinn.
willie and Manchester Road; and no
part of the chain suffer more than
the Winchester and Alabama Road,
the vitality Of which depends on the
success of the above, and the ex-
tension to the Memphis and Charles