The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-28
OUR DELEGATION TO CINCrNNATI.

2la4o. Gold I69.
OUR DELEGATION TO CINCINNATI.
The Louisville Courier Of the 2sd gives very
interesting account OF the reception of our dele
gates by the Mayor and City Council Of Louis
vile; also the proceedings Of the Board Of Trade
The Courier. says:
In accordance with invitation extended by the
Mayor and General Council Of city the gen tiemen
s. G.. and Knoxville Tenn who are now in the West
looking for suitable terminus for railroad line CON
seabOssd 1t charleston uia knoIvie reaohed our city
Yesterday morning. from Cincinnati the steamboat
Of b. shs
and delegations from the Board Of Aldermen and Com
The Charleston delegation consisted Of Members of
the Board Of Trade.Hon g. A. Trenholm, g: ". Clarke,
Manor Ws TSe e.
latter named gentleman also represents the General
Of the City Of Thar member
represented by the Hon. J. Reed Capt. j. A. Haydn
s Ss city
Esq President Of the Board Of Aldermen; D. spIdins.
Jr President Of the Board Of Common Oounol Joshua
Brown, Esq. from the Board Of Aldermen, and B. H.
D1lhRsy as e saq aon dsam the aeS GG%mSn Council
our prominent citizens formal visit was paid to the
After the introduction and Interchange OF compli-
msntE, Mr. Trenholm of Charleston, made o very able
and lucid speech, setting forth the object
They them spent couple of hours in discussing plans
for mutual action Of the three roads in carrying
route from this city to Charleston. After this very
pleasant Intercourse the delegation, accompanied by
the gentlemen Of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
proceeded to the rooms of the Board OF Trade.
After the reception in due form, Gen. TRow.
BRIDGE was introduced, and spoke. He was fol-
lowed by MIR. MoGHEE, President OF the Knox
vile and Kentucky Railroad.
Hon. G. A. TRENHOLM was then announced, and
addressed the meeting:
MR. TRENHoLM's SPEECH
MR. PREsIDENT AND GERrLE.EN:-In reaching your
city have made great circuit Look the map and
the shortest route to the to Charleston g. c.
The shortest line from the MssIssppi River is our own
frat named point this river to the east and the
Atlantic coast south of Hatteras Light recedes In
servation shows you that the shortest lines Of commu
ncation are necessary to commercial supremacy; and
indispensable the old wagon roads of former days
covering the country every hand
South Carolina with the aaa OF tbs Gs
grand scheme. showed US how. by the construction of
n that i the s which
side from those which empty themselves into Gulf
cities then mrethan three Thousand miles apart nSt.
withsianding tha barriers which nature had
In the bonds Of political union Of social affection and
to these vews-which neither time nor crcum stance
can change though they have delayed their accomplish
ment but not eventually to defeat the fulment there
of-that1 present myself before you Yes sir It is in
obedience to the views entertained nearly half century
ago thht those OF us who have presumed approach
You to-day upon this question to offer to You the
views which they believe concerns your welfare as
deeply as they affect ours.
After setting forth in detail the nature of the
enterprise he was here to advocate, he said:
Now. gentlemen, you will ask me what interest Louis
Vne mas In this work 1t was we'll said by distin.
g9shed sayant In considering the
Mississippi River In running eparaes Of lat
tude instead of running parallel with them, had con-
which such stream could do; that the river Amazon
In sonth America which its equnl every Other
upon its borders only the interchange Of oom@odues
cry antedAted and its population exceeded the missile
sppi, 1t never had. and never would produce q com.
which made tho sghtest approach to that Of the
Now. gentlemen. as merchants and practical men,
exchanging the Of the great West with Sose
Of South Carolina and Georgia. you know the advanta
with those Of the tSops THIS Is pisosy % e
commerce that is afforded by the Mississpp. and
road connection with the South Carolina coast Now
ours l9 road which 10 to the parallels OF
ted bring you three hundred miles nearer to the South
atlantic ports than by any connections you now pos
hope. viii address you in q fsw moments, and whose
residence Is only A60 miles from Louisville, packages
bupPueb, Win your on tnem, t1ht had made
circuit Of two thousand miles to reach him.
Now consider what an advantage you would possess
In reaching country only 460 miles away, to which
now by your nearest approach, access can be gained
only by l70O or 1900 miles Of travel The interior Of
South Carolina-the interior Of Georgia-teeming with
population alive with enterprise. rich In the produc.
elons that adminiser to prosperity and to
aggrandizement Is yet 1700 1890 meS distant from
you By the shortest road you can avail yourselves Of
Your nearest approach to that by the Baltimore and
have two hundred miles Of bay navigation then you
nave nYe hundred miles OF ocean nEvgatIon and when
you have reached the habor Of Charleston Savannah
you have three hundred to 1--WE hundred miles OF
portation before you reach the region speak Of will
not say you are within i've hundred miles, but within
one hundred and stxtyfour miles, because practically
and substantially all that separates you from this peo
pie 10 the elton OF which spoke and that is one hun
think otherwise, than your interests win carry you al
an early day to Knoxville.
Now, gentlemen what substantially propose 10
this Wa willing 10 make liberal concession auy
capitalists who will como forward and finish this great
work.
Oonsider whether. II We give you up 900 OF
what have expended upon this road 1t s not worth