The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-06-02
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borstoour people, il will have done
more than politicians and projects
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Mr.. g. 1T. Walter, of South Car
olina, submitted the following,
which was referred to the Com
mittee on Railroads: 60. 80
aWhereas, the Blue Ridge Rail
road, to connect Knoxville, Iennes-
see, with a point on the Green.
vile and Columbia Railroad, in
the State of South Carolina, by
Acts recently ratified, has provid.
ed for the endorsement ofthe bonds
of the said company to the extent
OF $4,0o0,000; and whereas, by
the completion of this road and the
connection of Knoxville with Gin.
cinnati by rail, continuous line
OF railway from the great West to
Southern port on the Atlantic,
will thus be opened by the short.
est, most desirable and practicable
route,
Resozyed. That in the opinion OF
this convention it is eminently to
the interest of Southern and South.
western States that the Biue Ridge
Railroad should he at once com
pleted, and we cordially commend
this enterprise to the people of. the
Southwest.
Mr.. Millett, of South Carolina,
submitted the following: 'F4.s
Whereas, this convention has as.
sembled to devise means for de
yeloping the resources of the South
in building the Southern Pacific
Railroad, in leveeing the Missis.
sippi River, and making available
the mineral treasures of the Mis-
sissippi valley and whereas, to
accomplish these ends it is essen
tial to increase our labor ;and to in
crease our labor, immigration from
Europe must be had by means of
steamers of heavy draught and
large capacity, plying directly be-
tween Southern ports and Europe; !;
be it, therefore, 90 s'i'
| ResolOe9, That In the opinion of
this convention the great larbor of
Fort Royal, on the thirty-second
parallel of latitude, is one of the
greatest ports of the South Allan
tic coast, aud that the railroad from
that point to Augusta, Georgia,
should be completed as speedily as
possible.
Mr.. Millet, in offering his reso.
luton, said that in the Southern
States they must have immigra-
tion,. and must put forth all their
efforts to procure it. In regard to
direct trade, it had been said that
they had no Southern port to com.
pete with New York where immi.
grants could land. aast
Within the past fifteen years a
great change had taken place in
regard to the vessels carrying pas
sengers across the Atlantic. Fif-
teen years ago they had wooden
ships, then they got side-wheel
steamers, but now there were iron
1 propellers. And out of nine.five
vessels engaged in the ocean trade
to and from New York; only two
were side-wheels. The average
tonnage of the Propeliers was,
| $500, and few were below that.
and all or nearly all drew nineteen
feet of water, and South of Cape
Hatteras they had no port tia: had
over sixteen feet at the barr In the
State which he represented they
| had port where the water was
twenty feet deep. He had only
to remark that in South Caroline
they had harbor equal to New
York, and that harbor was Por,
Royal.
Tho resolution was referred tt
the Committee on immigration.
1 Mr.. William S. Hastie, of Soutl
Carolina, introduced the following
which was referred
Whereas, by Act of Congress
passed March %, 1854, certain
cities Of the West and Sonth.wes'
are allowed to import goods II
bond through the cities Of Boston
New York, Pbiladelpllia, Balti
more and New Orleans, etitirel,
ignoring Norfolk, Virginia, anG
Wilmington, North Carolina, anc
limiting Charleston and Savannal
to three points-Knoxyille; Nash
vile and Memphis |; aud whereas
. since the passage of that law tn,
Southern Atlantic cities have mad,