Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-09
MEMPHIS.
Fer Past and F-utuFe-RaiITOad
Progress, etc.

ST. / have heartily Joined IN tnls
toast, ia the use Of a Uery fine article.
Now, bad you announced, instead OF
" The City of Memphis," the continent,
or South America, or Europe, or Asia, or
Africa, and called on nae TO respond, the
task were not so great, because then
there were more room to spread or TO
scatter or, had you said the United
| States Only, then, slnes the wal and yet,
the United States sre % disHRFted by the
| politicians that the theme would be mere
y numerically large, Bot here, s city,
never divided neF dividing, we have been
lately enlarged thrse-folO, so that nov,
within our boundary-srnns might live
a0d nov and trade md thrive the tesrn-
log thousands OF that great commercial
w0rld, New York, and a million spindles
and whizziug wheels, and ten thousand
snVils and resOunding hammers, and
numbering drsys might commingle their
noises TO make the grand hum of q vast
city, And you see that my subject IL
certainly hightsn d and not less adorned
when we consider the Mayor we have-a
gentleman, 8 Christian gentleman, 8 let
tered man, 2 man of dignity and grace
and conely mieD, whose mind and heart
and tongue and pen and spotless life
sdorn the station that be holds, IS the
REPRESENTATIVES, VI AL HAAkAC5 ACAO VI
night do heartily conceds. Whist city
claims 8 Mayor of more intelligence or
purer character, or comforting Greater
honor? OF 0ur people and theiPehOiee,
knogn To them and knowing Geem, he
lives IA their hearts and they Ia bis
and people together illustrating
he beautiful form OF government eur
FATHERS left Us. And our "City FAthers"
are they not fathers OF dignity and
wisdom and eloquenee, ss well "a rotun-
dry? Do they not seduiOusly study and
devote their time, very eagerly and
rhsnkIessiy, TO the interests OF the city +?
And have they not elevated her name
aad her credit?
Sir, you touch me keenly and awake
my pride when you name the name Of
Memphis, my home on the Bluffs for
over twenty years. About go long Rgo,
tbs census then taken showed Us bat q
respectable town OF five or six thousand
Inhabitants; b business was ali trans
acted on Front Row, and chiefly Ia very
common houses scarcely an insignia
cant factory was operated not 3 loco
motive thuDdered near on its iron track;
father Csyce essGyed 70 run an omnibus
the streets, but the idea vas too huge, |
and it failed. On the two miles Of Main
LICE WD2 AgI = 6A1AAG 1lA-AlL A1L-l |
and ~(excspting two or three hazardous
adventurers) only 9 few shoemaksrs'
shops and stabiss-mine lordly host OF
the Peabody being the hero Of q of
them, q riekeiy old frame-and several
drinksTies, occupied that thoroughfsre.
To-day, behold the city Of Memphis
Sixty thousand inhabitants dwell here;
Der business is done on many streets and
cross streets, thst are walled up heaven
ward with bgzaars Of trade and palsIial
mansions that would shame no city in
The world nine miles o. streets are
beautifully II not substantially paved on
the Nicholson pisni ana on six and two
third miles Of streets, cars 60 30 and fro
with human freight; long trains
ln railroads arrive and depart from and
10 sil points Of our great country; man
lfaetGres, the sTtg, science and Industry
sre in every direction the finest and
packets are multiplied on all our
snd al around Us are the marks
1f a city, and the signs OF increasing
power and wealth and greatness.
But, sir, we must remember that this
lay is q day of progress, and wa must
lot-oan n0t-stsnd where we are. Rev.
has shaken from Flu1ber al the
energies OF the country. the people are
n motion, heart, head and hand. We,
must Oe in motion-must go onward
n &c crushed &c the march Of events,
,ud under the Unrelenting wheel OF pro-
A part Of 0 T work is to remedy
lTrors. Athrst, and years ago, we justly
armed 8 proud name-seeond only, IN
the Union, considering population, to
hat o. Savaunsh for railroad enterprise ; :
rot in oar rapid and splendid march We
made g few important 5lqndeFs that
ave since married our great achieve
nsnts, snd which We have now to cor
eot, and without further delay. Had .
ranch Of the Charleston road been built Z
Q Holly Springs, OF the 6o%raeSville I
sztsadss 70 Jackson, Tenn, I
the Mobile and Ohio o the :
Mississippi Central would have been
Instructed TO pass as by on the east, {
yita their wealth Of trade and travel s
I'D low, failing to take wise action anu
the vas trade Of Arkansas and Z
'exas may be tur0ed to the Cairo and {
'uIton road, aad so es1se Us to be passed :
gain on the wet, iesFtdG to IS bat 6 1
srrow belt bstTsen s1d the lone majesty
{ the river, whose facilities ais exceeded {
y the railroad as its sp5ed is By the iron r
orse.
How are Ne to defeat these dangers, =
I'd maintain the growth, power and su-
OF the Mississippi? ConsOli- >
ate our roads, and eheckmats those 4
nat, coming from the South, carry trade n
nd travel past US, by opening lines from
south, through the city, DoTthward
the Selma road, 81 soon as prsc- {
cable, into the broad and feecy fields
nat now yield as nothing. Ga the west,
onstruct the Memphis and st. Louis
Dad, which, connecting here with the
pads from the south, will extend an
Their air line r0rthward through Mem
bis, and bring down the iron from those :
mountains cf ore TO u boundaries, Z
be pine from those vast forests, and the .
readsiufs from those abundant plains,
nd whose rosdoed, forming also q levee :
ed barrier to the Mississippi, extending j,
, Helena, will be the only sure protec- Z
on TO the Memphis ard Little Rock /
pad, and reclaim, tcs the benefit Of Mem =
his and mankind, like the dikes OF Hol- :
md, the millions Of acres, as rich az hu- =
eyes ever saw, lying east OF the ST. 4,
'rsneis river and west of the Missis- =
.ppi; and lastly, but OF chief inpOr- =
snee, finish the Memphis aud Little Z
Jock road. Ii will prevent the aiYeTg- :
nee to Cairo, and will bring to ard =
trough Memphis northWard, the trade :
nd travel OF Arkansas o Texas. !
this road Is of chief importance. 1t :
TO be our Pacific road, and q thorough Y
re for the commerce OF the world across
be continent it is to open to Us the vast :
'ade of the West. And, It is well for :
, to consider that, Though preferring :
the people West and South !
prefer, before any given point, come :
pint OF connection East or North. Fin- y
b, then, the Little Rock road. It will +,
i've them their choice and Memphis the :
sneft, and be q connection for them by :
le roads con-ergiDg here, including the !
{, Louis road, with all points East, .
-orth and South 1t will be to all these y
ads q Pseiae Eoad-an extension for
,e,, Esss and Southwest, snd super :,
d. the necessity "a taem aud to the =
,ople OF the Cairo and Fais0i. 0
l might slluie, also, TO the necessity TO 4
X city Of enlarging our manufacturing \
~terests, and other interests, If time al 3
wed. ii
Sir, we have only to behold and press n
fEsrd to our destiny, forgetting all the II
stexnsse and healing all the wounds OF i
q net sad present, ~cGltivsting peace :
n univ, eleYsfiDg, mentally, morally, 81
4 Tsligi0Vsly-eVery class, color and 4
ne among us rendering Implicit obe- a
to law, an6 inviting to our un- Il
acres and growtug mart, all, from s
-- - oTr own or foreign lands, =,