Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-15
THE SOUTH.
Her Resources and FIXTURE
Prospects.
Eetters from = Distinguished
Eng.ishman.

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Engsishman.
The following is the transcript Of
portion of a letter forwarded by JohI
Evsritt to one Of the largest railroad con
tractors in England, Ia answer to an in
ca ~ made by the house in question al
to what was the condition Of AReFics
as it regards public Improvements ant
power TO carry out her puolio works:
But now what about America? Whist
L. her condition IS il regsrds public works
and improvements, and her power
to continue her Development? l do
nOt think there is 8 better word IN ouT
E5glish Language to represent this coun-
Try tha the word grOWth. Sac Is daily
OToluiag in the number of her people
persons constantly coming from all coun-
triss TO seek IN this 3 new home, en-
lsrglng the acreage Of land under cuiti'
walton, and giving TO outlying districts
OF country which had heretofore been
looked upon as desert s~oiitudes, the as
pect and character OF nome life, making
in the language Of q OF old, the very
desert to rejoics snd blossom Nth, or as
the rOse,n QTC1Oiaq in the knowledge
daily OF her own resources, Of which
b1th her governmsDtand her people had
but the most limited knowledge before
and nothlog hes so isrgely contributed to
this IS the extension and creztIon Oi
her railroads, which have been and
are s.ill being pushed with a vigoI
which seems to know no exhaustion,
and with q resolution which brooks 40
defeat. The railroad 10 the Pacific must
be regarded as the lion OF this tribe, pour.
ing into the sOlitudes of the Western
prairies and mountains, held hitherto by
the noble Indian TaCa-tha s0veS6igus OF
the forest and toe Hood, the still uObier
agencies Of civil cation laying bare To the
eve OF man the treasures If these distant
s~anctnsries OF primsvsi wealth, repre-
ssnted by gold sDd silver, lead, lion, coal,
cheGiczi appliances, and tns whole
range Of that ~stCrehouse Of nature, which
Ia all ages ana all times ave stirred the
heart Of man TO secure, aud the activity
ard industry Of man 20 possess. And
beside this, opening up q highway by
raj! across this enormous continent from
the ancient cities Of the old y istsra and
Western world; whose m~er5hSCGise Scd
people will be stimulated by the IL
creased facilities OF transit thus afforded
for better acquaintance vita, ana closer
commercial and social relations to esch
other. Already the Rocky Mountains
and Western prairies IEe ringing with
b8RG29gpss n88t JJjG.eenioe, and he bud
neiEhings OF tbs steam horse is heard
echoiDg from mountain 60 mountain,
and valley 70 valley, answering back
again the Startling un80Oted sound, aud
Ia a fsw years thai WHICH gesa place for
wild 1easts and the sbGd5 Of Wandering
ssmi-bsrbsrOus humanity, viii be dotted
all over and psFmested ali through with
the groupings OF communities OF men
with their attendant surroundings and
like beehives CT Industry, scatter through
these vast unknown. " until now Gully
ing territory, tire comforts sLd i0-
munitjes Of ciyiliE 81 christian life.
In addition TO this most ~Etupendous
work, there are others hs ing the
same object ia view ia stretching
from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific OF
equal importance, aDd making q juno
ton vita each other before tHey reach
the shores # the Pacific, are now on the
cards at Washington II you will turn
to a map OF the United States and trace
almost direct line from Lake Superior
10 San Francisco, that is one then hod
q city situated Oh the Miss!s'
slppi, the southwest aOrner OF tennessee,
on to Little Rock, straight
again to san Fr&nclseo, then
Vick- burg, 8 place or city sbOGt
half way between Memphis and New
Orleans, on the Mississippi river, going
IN TO Shreveport, and pointing 10 san
tisg0, on the Pacific also, IN con
With this the OpeiOgs2s line,
from New o leans, and running through
Texas; and j9iHiug before
reaching the end, is another branch, the
Vicksburg Pacific line having an outlet
IN the Atlantic both at Charleston and
SorfolE, the Memphis line having It's
outlet also on the Atlantic at SOriOlk,
he present llae, which viii be finished
oY the end of this year, SCG the Lake
line, both having outlets on tins
Atlantic ct New YORK, Boston and Port
and, will give y0u a geographical Out
inc OF the ~stupendcu5 pre- scts now On
DOT TO LAX these two mighty oceans
With or by this wonderful continent, and
complete the tFafilo facilities for the old
with each other, aud both with
he new and, having taken Ia this
vision, let imagination take its
widest flights. You need not fear out
.unDiUg the effect all this must have
the commerce and interests Of this
southern, southwestern AMI northwest.
m people.
In addition 10 these vast concerns new
always are being made, and others
projected, uniting the Gulf Of Mexico in
be South with tue northern lakes, CON-
tituting 8 vast network OF communiea.
threading this entire continent.
comparatively annihilstiag distance, and
Practically bringing under such infusn-
Is the climates aDd productions cf the
grid and frigid zones, aud the
and merchandise Of the South
nd the West together, Snd to scatter the
es0urcss Of our world among the homo
eneOus race now occupying, aud des-
to occupy this wonderful continent.
or the came end, operating to the same
small sections OF railways are
Ons0lidatiUg into jeiat Interests under
management, l%es5eping the cost Of
Management and working, and united
Ii 10 the further extension Of these va
lous systems until, by the advance and
OF It's wealth, this land, from
sst 10 west and from north to south,
hsh SHOW q network OF railways.
tTetcblng Ike the spidef's webb into ali
he r2mlh3atlons and requirements both
( government and people, such as the
gorld has never before seen, and openiug
Ip spheres of action and theaters of ais,
Jay for the gtandsst OF sil problems, to
solution, viz: the s~ubjugation of
ignorance and ~barbarism to the gentle
nd more munihcent sway OF Christian
iviliz alton. But, methin6s I hear you
sk the important question Can Ameri.
a do this unaided2 / answer no. Pa,
!. needs not the aid OF foreign capitaI
ant here by absentee capitalists alone
fuch of the surplus resources of other +,
cuntries must come here for many Of
Injuries which have become as nee
sssry as the food they eat to the ed
anced condition Of luxury which wealth
taught them 10 desire and to use,
which this country, by nature and by
cultivation, can most plentifully supply
which productions other nations, ia
Oms respects more favored, cannot pro- 4
Gee, or, from their WI soil, supply.
'obaccO, rice, sugar, cotton, oil grapes 1
all kinds ana sorts, timber, zeal, lead 1
I'D 8 variety Of other products ara to be /