The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-09

Is Indianapolis 10 20 ahead or recedeY That
IL q question that our citizens have rot 10
answer. The war is over. The extraordinary pa
trnnage the city has received from II is ceaslng.
The city must now look TO something else, 10
come other impetus 10 keep il moving ahead.
OF this, we have not the slightest doubt.
Neighboring cities, similarly circumstanced,
understand this, and are acting accordingly.
Cincinnati, Chicago. II. Louis, and other cities.
ale awake 10 new railroads, manufactures,
etc, n means Of holding the wealth and popu-
lation they have and drawing new acccssions.
One OF the railroads Cincinnati Is prosecuting
IL from shelbyville 10 Martinsville and an
effort is being made TO secure the right Of way
and the partially constructed track from there
sOuthwesterly to vincennes, in order to pre-
vent this city securing a southwestern road;
whereby, necessarily, all business south, must
be directed TO Cincinnati. What now is our
situation? The is over. The south is
desolate; but she has fine climate, fertile
soil and produces articles OF prime necessity,
and constituting most profitable crops. She
will soon be able 10 buy manufactured articles.
These articles the States right north Of her.
near 10 her, and on better terms with her
than bigoted, Prosecuting New England. ought
90 furnish those articles. Indiana Is one Of
those States and ought to furnish her share.
THIS as now the great opening for nadaufGc-
lures. Shall indianapolis enter it, She will
do 20, il she Is not struck with business blind
ness. The South will have, with which To
pay Us for our manufactures, cotton, sugar.
tobacco. rice, etc. All these articles must
have; and the South stretches out the broadly
extended Briarean arms Of her great Father Of
= Waters 10 Us in invitation &C friendly and
probably commercial intercourse. Nature,
through her mighty rivers in this Mississippi
Valley, says to the South and us mingle in
your intercourse, a mingle the waters of these
streams and enrich each other. The territory
Of the south is immense, is but sparsely settled
compared with the North, but if peace eontin-
ues and good feeling Is restored. must rapidly
MI up with Northern and European emigrants.
We are prepared. and must enter upon the
manufacture Of cotton. tobacco etc. We must
do IT, We mast do or die Our intercourse
hereafter, must be more with the south and
less with the East Let it be thus: and the
West grows to manhood. to Independence; she
becomes an adult. let her continue 10 hang
upon the skirts Of New England, and she re-
mains newer Of wood and drawer Of water,
q slave 10 Eastern capitalists
Said one &C our wholesale dealers the other
day, we can undersell Cincinnati We can
place goods for distribution in our state in this
city just a cheap a they can be placed in Gin
cinnxti. where, said we, DO you get your
goods; In New York. the reply. But.
said we, viii you not ere long obtain your gro
ceries in New Orleans, We shall. was the re-
sponse. Then, said we. how will you stand
relatively 10 Cincinnati, lie answered: She
will have some advsf'- l-es Of Us unless We gct
railroad southwest 70 Evansville and e. Cat
TO Then We can maintain ourselves all The
time. on equal footing. \ road 10 Nincennes,
we ought 10 remark. connecting there with the
Evansville road. makes direct route 70 Ev-
ansyille, and soSn viii t. Cairo. Not only d.
the interests of this city demand this southern
channel Of communication. they demand. also.
channel Of communication for the ! -csl hu-
siness intercourse that we must have with the
region between here and Nincennes. Wcmust
have the ooal. the iEoa.ths stone of that region.
aud Tie timber; In short, we must have the
trade q that region. We have reflected on
THIS subject; and we say without the beast
twin-'e u doubt hesitation that a railroad
rom this city u Ninccunes l. the most impor-
tant want Of this city; further. hat il i. az
: oosotnte seeesstty % as prosperity. shah II
be constructedf
The Bellefontalne. the Peru and the Central
Railroads arr deeply interested in this matter
80 are The cities q Cleveland and Buaala. ana
Fort Wayne, and Toledo. Aid from all these
sources ought 10 Be obtained. Thu city ought
% raise one hundred thousand dollars far IN,
road in a day.