Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-06-05
YafaI Mlatttrs.
shelby County D-eras1razIe Asssota-
Hen.

We are requested to give noios that on
Tuesday night next, At TIE appointed hour,
there win be- special meeting to consider Of
uattsrsof interest and imPortance 20 the party.
Generals and Punetusl attendance is requested
Cor PAxNE's RAiLsoAD ADBREss.-A very
respectable audience, comprising several ladies,
assembled at the Gaisiy nester last night
when Col Payne delivered an address, OF which
The following is an outline.
Col. Payne said he would osH The attention
OF ths audience 10 a few facts Of practical in
portance. Msmphis was a nsW ETY. and many
improvements remained vet T. H. madei those
Improvements must Be completed, Tor tbs : fn
age Of progress. By the power Of st'an' ee@-
nuniczdon was made easy and rapid, ana ois-
tant nations exchanged their esmmodhlea
Geographically. Tennessee Is an interior S11
tie early attempts to compensate 70 tAs as
advantage BY railways were failures 2
ISL a system nf internal Improvements
was adopted with The best success mere are
now 800 miles q railway in The State, and ne
work Is sin going on. The connection ina
has been formed with distant i~ocaliiies has en-
.srgizsd the people. and general prosperity h@s
been the result.
When comuaratively but = vHlege, Memphis
commenced building railways O ne ahree
roads that originated here only one, ne
Charleston road, is finished. The elects q
the completion Of that road alone have been
magical. real estate has decreased IN value =
splendid commerce. has grown up, and eenef-
al prosperity has been secured MenPlis nov
gets trade that once wentto Nashville, Charles
ton. down TIE Tennessee rivcs AID By other
wsvs. leaving Memphis uHbenehttea Nov
Northern Alabama, q portion OF Mississippi,
and a large section Of Tennessee pofr their
wealth into her hap. TIE people q AlHbans,
especially Mobile, and also New Orleans, are
building roads which viii place their cities in
connection with Cairo. he Mississippi
Central Is nearly ooRpieis, and win be
ready bv the time the next cotton crop
is ready for market. When that road il
finished. the travel from South 70 NDrth
viii pass up without touching al Mem
phis. Ths dsmHnis our sttsutiDn. Some
means must Be thought Oh e prsYeptt the trade
that has beea bang here beng rauird away.
from Is by his riysi road. The t~raveloh the
Mississippi BY boats stops here, pills onr hotels
snd helps to buid up ne eomnence Of the city;
this viii Be taken from us Whsn the Mississip-
pi Central Il completed. Memphis must SUI
fer from he change, unless 4 means be found
Of relieving her fr0a the th7atsBfd dsPriEa-
ton. ~ c ~ esq
When Memphis was . liuls place she Ssh
scfbed Hereby 70 tbs Charleston road. The
iHrsstnsntbas paid wsn. and nosody hes been
hunbyiL Memphis hoW ~WithdFsEs from The
battle and says See what I have done for
railroads. Has not what has been done paid
Wen, made fortunes for Memphis citizens, and
made he city prosperous shall We hen de-
part FROM a policy that has Faid 30 well, and
cease our Efforts The Memphis and Ohio
road is completed 50 miles, but it eahnot com
mand the whole trade to Cairo, it can only
take the trade from and to ihis city. This
road viii be completed to PARIS in The course
Of the year, and in two years an air line road
win, By this route, connect as With he city Of
Louisville. Tie effects Of his eoansetOn viii
be great, and viii control The travel that comes
down ne Ohio valley for New Orleans and the
South.
The s. Louis and Upper Mississippi route
must also Be commanded BY the Memphis sys-
ten. 1t IL bat 81 miles from this place, OF
Hopehe3 opposite, to the Missouri state line.
We must let the Iron MouItsiH road be com
bleted and - conneei ourselves with that eoun-
Try, 50 that the people above s.. Louis can End
ready secess TO perpetual navigation. The
Ohio road and the Toads over the river are
Whist we mgst look 70, 70 deliver rs from the
danger threatened BY the Mississippi road.
sons say " But the Iron Mountain connection
is an Arkansas concern" True, but he ~
tered 10 be subssrved is here IN Memphis, and
the read can be built if Memphis does its duty.
The Little Rock Road VIII open up the fines,
cotton country in the South, The region above
the RATS Of The Red River, only go or 240
uIles SON this point, a less distance than cot
ton is brought from At the present time. Above
the rsft the planter has to pay s. a bale to get
his cotton to New Orleans, and often he is
starving ssT want q Heressaries when his cot
ton bale lies in the gin bouse and canHot Be
got to market. Az this cotton can be gog to
Memphis BY the Little Rock Road.
But this road Wll connect with the great
Pacific road, a road that EiIlcertzinly Be built;
who y I cannot tell, but Il is As clear TO ne,
az was the future to Incorporates on THE mount
Of vision that Il viii be bUss This road viii
bind the extremes Of our beloved enuntry To-
gether, and with such a connection Memphis
EH have a g%ioriuus future before Der.
The Mississippi and Tennessee road has 50
or 60 niles completed sRd12 miles are c~otract-
ed for the iron, and the remainder Of the road
for the grading. This road has been wei
managed, and has brought an immense trade
here in proportion 10 its length. This road
when completed gives Us an air line to NsE
Orleans, as the Ohio road does 70 Louisville
This road wants aid 70 get iron to extend is
traek-is Memphis too poor to give this aidi
She gave assistance to roads shea she VA
much poorer than she IL now, and gained By
doing 90. TIE NEpOlsouic idea Was that moth
ing was done while anything remained to b
finished; Memphis must arouse herself snt
have this or he other roads finished, until shl
has railroads rsdisting from her centre Al
spokes do in . wheel There are men Of eheT.
" and capital III The city that can aid in TIN
work, aBd the city Fathsis must also DO thei
duty. o. an hat has been invested in on
railroads. not q cent has been lost. Let oul
city Authorities take an enligHtsnsdF view Of the
case, and Go az the State has done Yet Il ssl
20 the Iron Mountsin road, and 70 the Missis
sippi road, we viii lend you our bonds, 20 q
and complete your work, and We viii take
mortgage a. our security. The Mississippi
road Is nov paying some 5 OF 10per cent, un
finished az il is. has not such a road q goo,
claim for a loan Of bonds, and the Iron Noun
tain road also? Let these lines Of roads b
completed, and the wide connections We hsv
spoken Of Be- made, and how immense VIII b
the efect Won cur city ANY capitals wi
lend money on mortgage, when it win pa.
weT-caanot Memphis Do TIE same when 81
has such great interests al stalker mei
roads nust Be carried forward it win not d
10 stop and DO no more.
There is another subject-ouT strests vas
paving, there hss been q talk Of boldering. b,
without draining The city the boEidsrin
would I'D 10 use. IWogld not hsye bow.
dsrs il hey lay piled up on the banks OF Il
Mississppi-they Wll Jolt and jar every ',
hiele that drives over then, and max. a b,
wildering Eoise and racket a. bad IS a contii
uaI roar Of artillery. BoEldsung is a buu
bug. Jet o. have none Of # the Scriptures q
ahouse built on sand cannot stsnd-Bo NO
car boETldsr laid in sand Let Us hsFs raj
roads on the present s~trest-pzFing, not to
laid down BY the railroad companies, but I
independent system, roads % which car
ans can run b horse power, % Which bu
gies, draws and omnibuses can also uun, goi
upwards on one street and ~doWnwards On 3
other. These tracks can be laid down
$500 q mile, and the work should be done
The corporation and paid for By the Peep
with railroads, gravel VIII do as a paw
menf, We have some gravel roads that hs
lasted well let Us have iron tracks foT {
heavy loads 70 run on, and al our gravel
streets viii last, and weBeed have nothing e,
We must have free and ready transit throu
the city, or We shall drive trade away. N
system Of iron tracks is answering in Phi
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