The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-01-01
senator Rrown M Marvland.

Our distinguished Senator, Hon. Al
BERT G.. BRowS. was recently invited to a
railroad meeting at Clrtersyillc. Anne
Arundel county, Maryland, The object Of
which was 90 forward the interests OF that
importan, enicrprisc-ihc Baltimore end
Potomac Railroad. The suhioincd brief
report Of his remarks is given in the
MAJ borough Gazette, and we reproduce
them as proof Of the exalted patriotism
and the sound craftsmanship which dis
tinruish all Gov BRowN's speeches. His
remarks manifest a disposition to knit tho
North and South together by close ties Of
intercourse and interest. if happily sec
tional feeling may thereby be allayed and
the Union preserved. But if separation
must come. the multiplication of railroads
and tho increased facilities for inter-com-
munieation between the Southern States
will furnish ono Of tho best means for
promoting harmonious action and united
defence. We copy from the Gazette:
After a few remarks by the chairman.
setting forth the object and importance Of
the meeting. the Hon. A. q. Brown, Of
Mississippi. was introduced and said 1t
NAV appear 10 YOU strange that a citizen
Of another State should undertake 10 en-
Tighten you upon the subject of your local
affairs. but the interest he felt in the pros
perity Of the whole Union, would induce
him at all times, to contribute his mite, to
/ 1 a g,.rv,,FrFnNsnw IL L.,rt
vet yearned TO Massachusetts,, which he
once so fondly loved. but in the proper
ton "A he felt himself estranged from her
! Just in the same proportion was he bound
| closer and yet closer to the South.
Twas but a few years ago when Mary
landers. tired Of the worn out soil. went
to Mississippi in quest. of lands. They,
with citizens to the manor born. built rail
roods which have quadrupled the value OF
that section. You, too, remaining here
with laudablc enterprise have timed your
attention to the improvementsNof your
soils, but you have still much more.'o do
in building Railroads to send your Il lduc
tons to market 20 bring back Fertilizer.
| Of different kinds. Then why hesitate!
Sloth says it can be done; but to accom-
| plish anything. energy and enterprise
must say it shall be done. Daniel Boone
with what was denominated frantic ter
| merity. crossed the Alleghanies, pitched
his tent amid the savages. whipped two OF
| three tribes single handed, and invited
others to help him whip the rest. Column
bus persevered in his search for another
! continent in the face Of formidable op
| position. and 10! America was born
Later-Fulton conceived and applied
| Steam to navigation, and later still. Fieldi
with n Spartan few connected the Eastern
and Western Hemisphere. Then VIII,
doubt the construction of this road? II
] you take the average value of the lane
| for six miles on either side of the roat
through the length. then add twenty pc
| cent 70 its value when the road is compile
| ted. it will amount To from FIVE to cigh
hundred thousand dollars. Thus the i'm
crease in value nearly eqJnlling the COS
of the road. IL must be profitable road
! Time, which is money to business men
will be saved both in travelling and ship
ping Of merchandise and in less than fiy
years you will see cotton bales passing owe
this road from the same sections thar nov
send il twelve hundred miles on the Mi.
sissippi and Ohio Rivers and then to Bal
timore. Baltimore City will encourage /
when understood, because il will be he
interest. Merchants from the South vii
| purchase their goods in Baltimore. or
even in New York or Philadelphia, and il
four or five days have them upon thei
counters for sale, while it now takes then
as many weeks. The Speaker then refer
red to roads in his own State. oonnectin
Mobile. New Orleans and other places
which had been finished. and which har
perfected those parts Of the State by thei
civilizing and moralizing infuences-otl
ers wertin progress, and in a few years h
looked forward with pride to sec her s,
cond to none in the Union. He sat dow
amid deafening applause. having receive
a vote Of thanks.