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serenade Speeches -n:ue Ridg, RAILROAD

Serenade Speeches Blue Ridge Railroad.
y respectable number Of our ct:z.ns, saws
fhc Anderson Cd<"I", assembled in front of the
Sr''s"n House ON Tuesday night of Court week,
jor the purpose OF conn i.'invniing .li>tinguishci
gentlemen the" in town. anl Stopping ut that
Hotel. with a acrenadc. Mai. B. L. Perry was
first called out. and made n very arprorria,.
speech in response to the compliment tender
cd by the scrcnaier. for his efforts in the Ir,--
isatnre in behalf ofi!e Bne Ridge Railroad
eftcr which Gems. McGvwan wa. called ont,
We give the following report Of his remarks.
copied from the GH:r;tc:
H.. said that hc felt very grateful for tho nm
expected honor which th.v had conf f.rrel nrnu
him : he happened to he ont of house. when
they had first called f,r HIM anil hal not heard
the remarks Of his distinguished frirn., who rr..
ce'lcd him {: hn, he uricrs,nnl that The conn
Til'nrnt hal reference I" th" Blu. Ri.ip,. Rail
road. III which they in common with u ,ur,.,
portion of the people of til" State. fell sn d..p
All interest. In reference to this .ni.r,riso
u" was s"'ry I" say that f"rthe rrrscn, the
prospects were not So Very hri ,l,t |, WA.
a"ntrwhn, under Il cloud, whrh h. ho, e.l w,ulJ
soon lnss away. The last lie tislatur. hy -
very close vote. and after a har! s,ru.,rl. b,I
refused l." extend such further ail ns wa. ma
cessnty I" complete this magnificent uni.rt l.,
h'HS' lie llitltI HAT such had h,.nu
III" action "fthc Legislature AIh.vi,I. h,,
awnvs been fnlni among the faithful ,.,,,.
This fn'!c"t Tie. tt:,.ri-r with others j., t,,.
Legislature. Thought that this Road was ,s
much or indeed more needed now ,h,, :, ,,
terh whcn it was approved aud rr,r..] forward
ov tile great leaders Of IN" S,:t.-C'ajho,,u
Hnvnc, Blnni,c. Ga,,>,lcr, nnl othSr- vl
had now unfortunately d"l.art-.l from ,m,,,,,.,
us. lie Thought that s'l.., a cuuur.,;,, wr,
the great valley Of the West was as wis.,. and ma.
cessarv for ia. The li,i'r Stat. of Snu,,, C,,I;ro
Ms tor "nv OF the adjoining states cu..h ,f wh.c
na" made AMI w"r" Siiil making Ilrrcu!rnu cf-
forts to accomplish for themselves such -, c,,-
ner'ioh. We need something to r-,...ucr,,,. II.
aud change III" face nf the country r,v, J.,
srnrredb by gaping vui!ics anl covered with ,l,
hrIus nhd br""m~r.l,,e ii-si,i.s he VA. mn
willing lint the state who's. ,,rra,,st ;,vl
was her rhnract"r should seem .,, s,u.t.fy her
Sell: IL" thought the Blue Ei.ic. I,arirnal
c"u;d never be built hv a.vi !jla: rxrrrinus.
II was SIMPLY absurd AMI I.r..Ir,s"~ H.. to- ..x-
Hect 1t such al. undertaking is IN it. nature. :,
S'h'e "h'eri r.s". IL cross the 'r,ulla,n. wa.
worthy "f the a'n'.rion az, spin, eta STAT.
IN this view, the stat" had c,,.llu.uc.l tn.
""fk-h;d !n' her hnn'i> tn ti,r ,,in,4li. mad
as one of her ciz ms he wn- urwi;. inc, I'm, .h,
e'"n'd now ht'a''i"n il. anl leave, il: i! ,,,..,,n
taits half bored tunnel for the l,,hi:u,i,n of
bnts and owls. nnl n> ~, eternal m,uu,n.. e. az
her vaciiaii"m anil folly. w. hov.. been l,.,.
fen-thc ii III has been lost, l.n, l,. hn,..l ,I,u-
all was not lost. Wcnust rally to thu Rescue
we must E"v"r give it up so. We ,nus, in
la'"f "i :" gr"ht y work. nul in such ia ri
o,ic canSe exhibit the umdying spirit Of that
hra"e statesman who. when owe: wh.l,u.,l hy
n-l"ht rn'Ii"'i his pmriv rs with n Clarion nnt.
.y cni''ng upon them 10 pick their hints n..,l
try it ngain."
He said that hc had seer. with pleasure. th,
interest Anderson Eel, in tr. matte: it wnuII
nav" be"n strange II it hn.i been oih.rwi-.-
LUIS is not "n'v rising I'atrn! iowm, hut ELL
Phnticaiiy railroad town. 1t is The. cross
r"a':-, not exactly "frrca'iriI, hat certainly oi
the State OF south Carn.in:.. Here v.,u huv.
the good old Grecuville aud Cnlunn Rail
ROAD stretching away towards the beautiful
caPltoi, and the grand old ro:n,n.rcial m. rn,.
Oils, the Queen C!tv OF the rSnmil,-c-r;ainlv the
oest abused. and he sometimes though, tn. best.
nsed railroad i'll The State. THIS EuaI WAS our
first love-
" Let others r"vilr hcr as they will
with al her f;tGlis, lny" he; still"
Then von have ~ lea.: IL ,ro .;".c:ivc IN. Sa
TannAh Valley Railroad. wh;ri. like the Uu.-
son River R"a'l descend, along III. bank Of it's
t"ii''sister stream md il To c"uncc, you sIth
augusta anI Savannah. Here is Il so to b.
tle S"u;h CarniIla terminus of The Air Lin,
hailrohd straight iro,a ih" romantic r..,jou of
the tails OF T"cc"a and Talnlah an! from tin.
spot where we snnd can b. seen the very rails
"f the magnificent Blue Ridge Ralrou.l, the
granh"st "t them all. which we hope ere luuv
Will scale the mount aims aud h;uj W. v;.L ;r,,,