The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-22

the pleasure to addre ss you on this occasion, l
can truly say that I have spoken to you with
all the feelings and sympathes OF former
citizen of Ohio, although now representing the
in peculiar degree appreciate the interests
Of both Ohio and South Carolina. This pro-
posed railroad connection will be the most efti-
cient means of not only adding to the mate
rial prosperity of both States, but for bringing
into contact and harmonIzing communities
which have heretofore been separated by noun
tain barriers and BY differences OF education,
association and experience.
Whatever may have been true uf the past, l
can confidently assert IN behalf OF the great
majority of bur citizens, that while they are
laborlng to restore prosperity and harmony
within our borders, they are equally desrous
of contributing, by every means within their
power, to the welfare and I'D iancsment OF the
whole country.
DR.. Parker followed in favor OF Chattanooga
and against Knoxville.
WHAT Is DUE TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Hop. E. D. Mansfield was the next
speaker. He said:
I listened with pleasure to the clear state
.ments OF the gentleman from South Carolina
When we first proposed to make the road from
I >heYa to the South, Charleston stood over the
great. mounlainR Of Central America before us
ss the nearest seaport, and Knoxville stood IN
the intermediate way. There was then no
have been discussed to-day had no existence
then. Perhaps come of these later interests
ought to be properly considered in your delib-
erations.
OF that convention General William Henry
Harrison, the pamesake OF the gentleman
from South Carolina who spoke to-day, was
President, and / Was Secretary. The pro-
IL 30 h,1tl1
railroad from the banks Of the Ohio River to
the Atlantic coast at Charleston. The propo-
s1t1on was met by the citizens OF South Caro-
Ina and Charleston with directness and
energy of effort have never seen equalled,
and we owe them something for that. south
Carolina is q small State, but che pledges
almost the entire wealth of Charleston to help
make the road. She expected Cincinnati and
Ohio and Kentucky to have given correspond
ing amounts. But they were disappointed;
the enterprise for that time failed, but from
that day to this, during thirty years oi peace
and Of war, Of controversy and conflict, Soutn
Carolina has always gone as far as she coold
forward in that work, until, as you heard TO-
day from the engineer OF the road, tney nave
saw. then, We owe something to these gen :
tlemep, but we owe more to great geographi-
cal facts. for as the gentleman from East
Tennessee says, geography never changes.
Time leaves the great elements OF llaturo the
same. The necessities OF Cincinnati are the
ga ne, and there Is left us the same great Work
to perform that we undertook in 1886. think
there is some obligation resting upon us; il
there is none on community, there is GER
taiply some on individuals. aud while can
raise NV voice and pen, I feel bound to do 30
for the interest OF South Carolina, in that great
work to which VIC pledged ourselves and for
tunes IN times past. There is q doctrine pre-
l.. -, mi
bind another, but this obligation binds me,
and nobody can absolve me from it.
now come to the routes. The law does not
prcscribe that You shall 60 on straight south
ern line. 1t says tbis-but it should not have
SAID it-that you are TO select the termlni
This was putting the cart before the horse; the
route should come first. and then the termlni;
but YOU must get along with the law the best
Won can. The termlni meant by the law allows OF
two or more of them, and this is the point l
make. There is not as much difficulty IN The
way as you have had represented to you. Inc
TLsIe a'-~--~ss. - -e-t" .h-enes RontuohJ
shall go through Kentucky is one OF engin-
ceriug. Iu order to mako sure of what you all
want, the Blue Ridge route on the one hand,
and the Chattanooga on the other, is that you
should do what every man in Cincinnati ex-
poets you to do-buiid trunk line OF road
directly South. and make all the world come to
it. [Applause.] There is 70 conflict OF inter,
est here. The law will admit OF Knoxville and
Chattanooga, both coming in; there is no legal
difficulty in the way. You are all talking as II
it were absolutely necessary to say A; but you
have the perfect right to say A, b, Z. l am
not in favor or compromises generally. There
are few opinions in this world that could be
compromised without fight; Eut this is one
case in which you can compromise routes.
As to South Carolina, you can no more ignore
rho, thon oNnl0 ClnynOn
and Buffalo. You woul1 not have Southern
railroad that didn't point toward South Caro-
Now. NJ Ike your trunk road, and put your
energies in it, and make the line just where al
these interests will meet it,.
This is about all 1 wanted to say. But there
are other things wo.ought To think about to
encourage us in this enterprise. inns Is an
age of revolutions; the country has just passed
through one revolution, and for aught see
will pass through more. Fortunately, as
look 1T these things, revolutions are generally
favorable for progress. What is going to
happen? Thirty years ago South Carolina
Grew tea, and it was demonstrated beyond the
possibility OF doubt that South Carolina could
grow tea as well rs Chna. IL ms not pssn
done, because it requires small and cheap
labor: but it will, sooner or later, be grown IN
the South in large quantities. They fired
broadside in Chicago, few days ayo, on the
regent N of the first tea received by the
Pacific Railroad. 1t will not by moro than o
generation before We will fire q broadside in
olorificatlon over the first car load OF tea
received over the Cincinnati Southern Railroad
from South Carolina.
I close as I began, by saving that think
Ibis community owes it to the State Of South
Carolina, which has remained steadfast to her
first love for thirty years while whole gene
ration has passed away, to so locate this road
as to afford them and us the freest facilities OF
intercourse. Aud I join with them in the
hope that our whole Southern country Will soon
again bloom with the 70 Je, and again be hlled
with the patriotism that belongs to our beloved
country.
THANKS TO VISITORS.
At the conclusion Of the discussion the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously adopted:
Resoiccd, That the thanks of the joint COM
mittees Of the City Council. the ChamDer OF
Commerce and the Board OF Trade OF CIncin-
nar are due land are hereby rendered to the dele
cations from the several Southern cities iof
the varied intelligence and information relative
to the products and resources OF The districts
and cities which they represent; and we assure
them that we, as citizens Of CinclnnaH, WILL
ever remember their visit with pleasant memo
ries. and trust that the intercourse in the
future between Cincinnati and their respective
homes will be equally pleasant and profitable
to al!
The committee then adjourned, subject to
tie call of the chairman.