Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-03-12
THE WEEKLY HERALD,
TUESDAY. MARCH s, 1870


the attention OF the Legislature
this session. We do not advo-
cate an unnecessary expenditure
of money to accomplish this pur-
pose. We do not ask it simply be.
cause VIC desire to benefit Vicks-
burg, but we think the capital
should be moved thrOgh the purest
motives forthe interest ofthe State.
That fOssillated idea about the ge-
ographical certre Of the State has
exploded, since the railroad and
telegraph have superseded the
stage coach and donkey riding
mail boy. The centre Of the
State is its most accessible point.
That point to which people can
so with the least expense and
trouble. Where they can be sup
piled with the greatest conven-
iencies and freed from the great,
est number Of ills. Ii the geo
graphical centre OF the State
should be sought, we doubt not
that K~osciusko, In Alfalfa county,
would be selected, as the proper
location. But is KosCiusko really
the centre OF Mississippi Is It
the centre of attraction in
every way? Is it the centre of
trade? Is it the centre OF travel -!
Is it accessible We DO not dc.
sire to, nor are we now making
war upon Kosciusko, but We sim
ply intend TO show that those who
pirate 80 knowingly Of geOgraphi-
cal centres, are talking without
rhyme or reason. Kosciusko Is
situated upon no navigable
stream it is no railroad centre,
so far from it in tact that no rail-
road passes nearer than twelve OF
fifteen miles Of it. The central
portion of the State is now, in
this day of steam and telegraph
that to which people can go in the
least time andfor theleast cost thai
point where postal and telegraph,
&c facilities are greatest that point
where the people do most congre'
gate. There where they are drawn
by interest. There where bust
ness is done that Legislator
may perform both public and phi
vate business at the cost Of only
one trip. There where there Il
capital sufficient to supply hote
and other conveniences for thl
Legislators and others attending
The interior Of the State or rathe
that portion of the State tra
versed by railroads is not the onl
portion of the State to be cOnsid
cred in q question Of so muC
CAVITY as this. There is a larg
portion Of the State which has II
other than water outlets and the
all lead through Vicksburg. III
Mississippi and Yazoo rivel
send the members from a larG
and influential portion of Ii
State to the State Capital throug
Vicksburg. 1t is no much a que
ton Of cost as it is of access
bility. The members of the lie.
islature are all furnished or W.
at any time be furnished with fr,
transportation over the vario.
railroads in the State. And Wick
burg is just as accessible
rail as any other point in t
State and she bids fair in a she
time to be more so. There is
point in the State reached by RI
from which Vicksburg cannot
reached by the same mediu
And she has in addition to Il
her river communication up a
down the Mississippi and Iaz
rivers not commanded or cC
uolled by any other place. !
sides, in a few years Vic
burg will be connected W
Canton by q direct railr'
route continuing on thro'
Kosciusko, Aberdeen on to De
.ur, Alabama, bringing Vic
burg in close connection with
this vast district. An applicat
for q charter to the Legislat
will be made for a continuance
the rail road known as the !
Orleans, Baton Rouge
Vicksburg rail road, from
State line, through Liberty, X
ney, Port Gibson etc. opening
and bringing in direct comm
cation with Vicksburg this