The New York herald., 1869-05-21
TENNESSEE.

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The Memphis Commercial Conveution-A
Southern Pacific Railroad the Great Neet
of the HOur-Direct Trade With Europe.
| MEMPHIS, MAY 20, 1869.
Delegates to the Commercial Convention contnu,
| to arrive, and they now number about 1lOO. Under
the call OF the States the following resolutions were
read and referred, together with many not read:-
| That the standing committees hold over until tht
next session, the cnairmen of which shall have
| power to call them together at any time, ant
requires the railroads to furnish transportation
asking each State 10 hold conventions and appoin
| ten delegates TO the General Commercial Con
| vention; for the committee to ascertain al
| expeditions form OF permanent convention
| to meet from time TO time; asking aid for the
| Augusta and Brunswick Railway; for government
| aid for the Selma and Memphis Railroad, and for
committee Of five to memoriaze Congress on all the
subjects endorsed by the Convention.
resolution requesting the Southern railroads tc
hold conventions for the purpose OF establishing
emigration corporation and taking means TO syste
matize labor was ably supported by Colonel Cole, Of
Georgia. and passed under suspension OF the rules
Governor Patton offered a resolution, which was
passed under . suspension OF the rules, 10 memo
rlaze Congress Tor the repeal OF the direct land tax
OF 1852.
The morning hour having expired the Committee
on the Southern Pacific Railway made the following
report which was unanimously adopted amid great
applause
Resolved That in the opinion OF this Convention the in
eress the whole country and especially the southe
States could be served ya MAN trunk railway line from
Ga along the valley Of the CHA south Of tina. river to
h .ps
river the Stale of Texas from which main trunk
Yicksburg, New Orleans and other points ali of which
ha o sn E
and other points the Pacific should have similar
Resolved, That the Prssden, of the Convention be re-
Wee n o
House G saa # request them to present the
The Committee, which composed the representa-
tives from seventeen States, including three men,
bers OF Congress- gave the following reasons for the
report:-
Ft s the shortest line connecting the Gulf OF Mexico
and Valley Of the Mississippi MIS- So pr Nth With the r1cIc and
easy grades and cheapest constructed on permit
1d passes through less inhosgitaSls and barren
and fertile and hospabe lands than
uneccupedI d.. route ,;sp proposed % 'ss.. ,.
three points aordng greatest
and consequently hasenng and cheapening such
FVh-Tne line will open the world the mineral
the sssk districts Of Tess New %e,Co and Nos
srn Mexico. anu thu. enjoy unrvalled trAllc;
neghborne republic Of MEXICO, and thus only stimulate
sSst the %
conductas and s;mugglng vessels.
@ na The Ss Pf
Eghh-I Ia well known that roads which would be
roads referred the resolution
only projected but already In active
stricon, without waiting for government subsidy
couragement
Nin-The last though not leasThe construction of this
than all else besides, what feel
be the necessity OF the houromigation and dec.
trade with Europe
The committee on direct trade with Europe re-
ported In avor Of the formation Of steamship lines
aged by subscription. The said lines should be pa
tr0nized by the planters and merchants ofthe South
They approve OF the scheme tnaugurated between
rf.,iE and iyar af no oIg
Convention.
Mr.. Lindsay, OF Alabama, presented a minority
report setting forth the claims OF Charleston. New
orleans, Savannah and Mobile, which elicited loug
debate. Adjourned.