Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-08

section IS tue VlthiiItuk Po"o' " 1920
We need less of politics, mere oil com
merce lie IS extravagance, more economy
more capital, more material strengtn
We have a noble section of country, anc
Il must be prosperous and gresi. III
native resourcts will make it so. We are
told. however, that we are poor. l deny
Il. We are rich. 1t is true, the storm o.
war has but lately swept away most o.
our visible wealth, but the inheren,
essentials Of opulence and power SUI
exist. They are endowed by divinuy
and indestructible by revolutions. ana
there il not land over which U'd
beautiful skies spread their ceru'ean
spIsndor, more generously gifted or more
nobly endowed with the innate elements
Of civil prosperity and material greetnest'
Some of shese elements consist IN tne
virtues, energies, intelligence ana enter
prise Of it's people, in the rich minerals
ofi,s splendid mountains, IN the sgri,,
cultural power Of it's prolific valleys, and
in the facilities of it's broad, Insnine
rivers. And, though financially ieeoie,
when com pared with those sections less
afflicted with civil calamities, agricul-
tural disasters and local burdens, we
cannot long remain so. ALREADY anoer
the recuperative energies and eiasuciues
of this people, they are dragging OUT
from the wrecks of their former weslth
and shattered splendor, and nsnifes'ing
a spirit of industry. progress and perse-
verance that is truly nobls and heroic
Rehabilitation is everywhere visible. and
are long their material wealth will reap
near in splendid and augmented proper
tons And, to be more Stfinhe, you oc-
cupy here a geographical posltion-the
center of O powerful agricultural region
that cannos be ignored in the commerce
of the country. You have command, II
the energies and enterprise OF this peo-
pie will only assume 1t. OF magnihcent
and opulent region. You have easy &C.
cess in almost every direction to the
beautiful and productive territory that
surrounds you. You already have an
important aud an increasing railway
concentration, and you have the mon
arch of rivers at your feet, with his broad
deep bosom spreading away to the sea,
affording direct communication to the
Eastern H emisphere, to the South Amer
lean contipent, and 10 every island OF
the ocean. With these advantages, this
must inevitably become a great city, Il
such advantages are duly appreciated
aud wisely appropriated by its people;
Already. your sister cities, both north and
south of you, are struggling with whizzlng
activity and unabatiEg zeal for the com.
mercial supremacy OF this richly endowed
section. You ought to erjoy the COM
merce of this large scope OF territory
that is SO naturally tributary to you
And. if we would not be left and lost,
we must participate in that grand and
universal march that is now moving to
higher and prouder civiliz alton. 10 DO
this, we must bring to light and life the
undeveloped greatness that slumoers
around and beneath us. We must move
forward. There ia no regress for this
great country-there is nothing moribund
or even lethargic in it. Rstarded 1t may
be for time, but the impIacable law OF
progress will not be defeated. Aud there
| is much at this col junction, in a politi-
cal. civil and commercial sense, that
gives token of happier peace, better
times, and a brighter destiny for this
country. Though tragic past hes Just
behind us, a momentous future is spread.
ing before us. Aud, if the energies and
enterprises of this people are wisely
directed, great prosperity must be the
result. Then, encourage home enter
prises of every description that tends to
augment your material strength, enlarge
| the empire of your commerce, or de.
| yelope the vast and slumbering resources
that spread go grandly around you. The
enterprise which was the occasion of this
meeting, will assist in its peculiar way 10
| do this, at the same time sftordiDg all the
advantages and benefactions that spper-
tain to the great science Of life insurance.
| therefore ask you TO give it your active
support and unqualified endorsement,
and to assist in making it what am con-
fideut you will ere long have the pride
and pleasure of seeing 1.-THE most
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Of the age.
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| dsnt Crews"
| The total annual income on all the
policies issued by the Association up to
the lst of December, 1869, was nearly
one million seven hundred thousand
dollars. 1t is already operating in
twenty-five States, and moving vigorously
on others. Our forces are rapidly in-
crsasing, and the field of our operations
daily expanding Indeed we are already
sweeping frem the Northern Lakes TO
| the Southern Gulf-from the shores Of
the Pacific to those of the Atlantic.
Thus, our risks are extended over this
vast and salubrious region, which, taken
all in all, is perhaps the most favored
land that marks the globe-s land, too
1--WE may predict), the splendor and
greatness Of whose future history can
| nnlu he ennalad hy Oriental tradition.