Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-22

ISOLATION of Manufacturers and Planters
of America, having been referred to this
Committee, they have had the same I'M
der consideration, and deeming the sub
jeet n of great national Government
which well deserves the due consideration
of the Convention, report the following
resolution, and ask its adoption by the
Convention.
ResotDed, That a special committee OF
five be appointed by the President of this
Convention, whose duty it shall be to pre-
pare a suitable memorial, addressed to
the Manchesta sCotton Supply Assoeia-
ton of Great Britain" and to the "Na-
tiOnal Association Of Manufactures and
Planters Of America" setting forth the
present state of the production of cotton
in the United States; what crops Of cot
/ ton we may expect in the future, under
the present system of labor engaged in
the production OF cotton in the United
States; and suggesting the means by
which the annual yield may not only be
prevented from diminishing. but increased
to supply the demand Of in
our own and other countries.
Adopted under the previous question.
Tn committee having no further report
to make, the Chair was about to call up
those committees which had not reported,
when the Chairman of the Immigration
Committee moved hat Col. Lee Crandal,
J of Louisiana, be made a member Of that
committee.
Adopted under a suspension of the rules.
Ii was then moved by q gentleman from
Tennessee, that inasmuch as Mr.. Robert
7. Sanders, the gentleman who had pre-
sented the resolution in relation to the
= cotton supply" was going to Europe in
@few~days, that he be chosen as a com
mittee Of one to present the memorial
provided for in the foregoing resolution
to the Manchester Cotton Society.
Adopted under a suspension Of the
rules, as was the following:
ResOtCed, That this Convention most
heartily approves of the mode lately
adopted in the shipment of corn in bulk
to New Orleans from St. Louis and other
ports on the Western waters, and by
means of the elevators transferring the
same at once to the spot intended to carry
the same to Liverpool or any port on the
Continent of Europe to which il is des-
tined, thereby saving a very considerable
expense in the transportation. as hereto
fore incurred. =
The Committee on Railroads announced
that they were ready to report.
COMMERCIAL Rooms.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May Il, 1869.
To the Hon. Chds. anderson, PresideAf
Commercial CORreRtiOn:
The Committee upon Railroads, general
ly, having under careful consideration the
railroad interests of the West and South,
and such other special matters of internal
Improvement, by railroads, as has been re-
ferred to it by the Convention, beg leave
to report as follows:
WHEREAS, the States of Kentucky,
Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
hama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Texas and Missouri, are rich, not only in
the vegetable products of their soil, but,
also, in iron, copper, lead, marble, coal,
lime and salt, and the minerals, under
ground, the extent and purity Of the iron
ore being especially worthy of remark.
1t is important that such vast wealth
should be developed, not only for the adj
vantage Of particular localities, but also
in view of their great national Importance.
BE il, therefore,
ResOired, That it is important that the
railroads now constructed, as well as
other Leading lines projected, be vigor-
Ously forwarded to completion at the ear
lest possible date.
Resolued, That the liberal policy of the
States of Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas,
in granting aid to Railroad enterprises in
those States, Is entitled to, and receiving
the hearty approval of this Convention,
and the example of energy and enlight-
ened liberality with which the people of
the States of Kentucky, North Carolina,
tHOtlth N1ADAAAds oECAEAAf -AANnNAA@ @HA
Mississippi have prosecuted h work Of
railroad construction, IS verify of imita-
ton.
Resolved. That this Convention recon-
mends to the State of Arkansas to com
plete the system of railroads, as a means
of developing her fertile soil and great
mineral wealth, and that it approves Of
the schems of so constructing leYees upon
the banks ofthe Mississippi river as to be
used for railroad beds, and such further
Legislative action as may be needed in the
promotion and attainment of this object IS
earnestly recommaRded.
Resolved, That the railroads now con-
structing and projected with the view OF
uniting the system of railroads in Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Virginia with the
system Of railroads in the surrounding
States is judicious, and should be vigor-
Ously prOseeutedtO compieti43A Especially
the lines through Cumberland and RAJ
bun Gaps, connecting as they Will the
Ohio and Middle Mississippi Valleys with
the seapOrts of Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
ReS0ired, That the construction of-the
Memphis and Selma Railroad. with its
proposed connections through Mississippi.
Alabama and Georgia, Will afford adirect
connection of the Mississippi Valley and
the port of Savannah, and also open up a
vast country, rich in agricultural and
mineral resources.
ReSoJVed, That the projected railroad
from Cincinnati through kentucky and
Tennessee, to connect with the railroad
systems of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Lou
isiana and Mississippi, is a trunk line of
great Importance, and should be early
constructed.
Resolued, That the Convention recon-
mend the early completion of the Port
Del DasIrna1 from naau Nafnr - q
to Augusta, Ga, opening TO commerce, as
it viii, one of the finest harbors OF the
Atlantic.
Res0EUed, That the construction of rail-
roads connecting the Mississippi river
with the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is of
great importance to the wealth and pros
perity of the valley Of the Mississippi.
and as there is now pending before ON
gress a bill authorizing the construction
Of a railroad from Norfolk, Va, by Lou
iSville. XIV, to st. Louis, Mo-, which line
is shorter than any other line projected
north Of the mouth of the Ohio river, be-
tween the Mississippi river and the At
lantic ocean, and as said bill asks no sub
sidy or grant of land, but only the right
of way FROM the Government, in eonsid-
Grafton of t Importance of the measure
referred to, this Convention respectfully
asks its passage by the Congress of the
: AAtN O.
CIV. chiffon, Chairman.
Gen. Featherston offered the following
as a supplemental paragraph:
ResoiUed, That the early completion Of
a railroad from Ship Island, on the south
ern coast of Mississippi, to Canton or
Jackson, connecting there with the Mis-
sissippi Central Railroad, is an object
greatly to be desired, and this Convention
recommends the same.
Mr.. Burch. of Nashville, obtained the
floor, and said that the city of Nashville
had several lines of railroads, built and
being built, yet the report (of Gen. Chill
ton's) had entirely ignored them. He at
tributed this, however, to the fact there
was no member of his part of the state on
the committee. He continued making !
some severe structures on h report for
its neglect, until Gen. Chiffon arose n
said that he could not, and would not al
low these aspersions TO be cast on the
committee, whom he knew to have acted
in a spirit of fairness and h~onorableness.
He explained why there was no member
from Tennessee on the committeeman
Quarles, who was appointed on it, had
been suddenly called away, and the Conn
had notified the Tennessee dele
gates of the fact. They had, however,
taken no-notiee of it, and they were con-
seauently not represented. He was pro-