Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-24

Chicago. Memphis and New
Orleans Railroad.

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Editors Memphis Appeal:
John w. Forney, through the Wash.
iDgtou Chronicle, advises the capitalists
OF the North to seek investments in
Southern railroads, both as q measure OIL
proht and prudence of profit, because
it will yield remuneration, and of pTu.
dence, because, IL the North decline the
opportunity. Europe win accept. He
says: SIT should be borne In mind that
q new era has dawned upon the SOUTH.
Her prosperity has just begun, and her
future must be q brilliant one-that rail-
roads, wherever needed, must and will
be constructed that the through route
FROM Chicago to New Orleans, already
surveyed, by the way OF Jackson and
Canton to Nashville, only needs the
construction OF the road.n Now, sir,
the old foundations and accepted ehssn-
nels upon which Memphis relied for
prosperity and future greatness in other
days, have ceased to yield their aecus-
toned patronage. The Mississippi river
and the negro, by the operations OF civil
conflicts, have become inadequate to
supply competing force and stimulating
aliment to exercise the commercial and
financial energies, inherent to Memphis
by virtue OF her local relationship to cities
In other localities. Aitsr given periods
to all probatiouers, whether individuals
or common ties, the exactions Of 90 in
flexible Providence are imperative; that
Mind must triumph v 6 and give an in
telligent direction to Matter, and activity
will be hoDored with the reward of its
own achievement, while siuggishness ia
made to endure the penalty Of perpetual
defeat. Memphis must abandon entirely
reliance upon her river; its functions
will be bOnored in remembrance OF coTl-
tribntions that have made her WhGt abe
IS. But shy further dependence eE-
peetiBg it to repeat past favors, and to
move Memphis up to the limits marked
ia the grand charter of her commercial
prerogsgive, will add additional evidence
Of premature decay, with ~reprovinE force
and to an slsFLaing extent. She must
not conclude that her Railroad
facilities are already equal to her wants,
and beyond her to sustain.
Not 50. She has it in her power to at.
tain to the distinction Of the Chicago OF
tbs South.
This attainment is more dependent
upon her management thsn upon Der
means. She therefore g7asss become
widely awake II she will honor the pro-
videntisl Partially Of her local position,
q vindioate her capacity for fellow
ship with the frst-class cities of the
country.
A recent visit to your city impressed
me, from what / saw and heard, that
only 3 portion OF your community were
the lookout for additional, reviying
and vitaliziDg agencies. The aye to the
center, for immediate profits ont Of the
chances alresd yexisting. controls the ae-
ten Of too many OF your Business and
professional men, while q few, clingiag
to the reel OF the old transit, are ready |
for passage on q better craft. | got she
attention Of such to q new line of rail-
way, when accomplished, will Eegene- !
Memphis in 3 day and that is the
M5troPOsts and Union City road, which,
connecting at Union City with the Mis-.
River road, and at Mstropolis
with the Metropolis and Northwest 1
srn," which is to connect with the Vim
cennes road, gives direct air line bear
on VIncennes, Chicago and st.
over continuous routes recently
from and to Metropolis, and
places Memphis N the ERe Of q grsnt
road from Chicago to New Or
from st. Louis to New Orleans,
fram V~incennes and the western terrli-
nus OF the great Pennsylvania Central to
Sew Orleans, and by many miles the
route from the Northwest and
East to the Southwest that ever will be
be surveyed. More to. morrow,
Respectfully Submitted,
UNION CITY, March IS, 1873.