Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-31
BELL
A Plea for Grand luBGti0s-Address to
the Ps0p!B OF the rev County.

FsIJOU-CitizsHs-Ws have now es5ab-
hshed the county Of Bell, in honor of the
late Hon. John Bell, now universally ac-
knOwiedgsd to have been nos only a
statesman, but q true patriot to the gov
eminent Of our fathers, and lastly no en-
envy of his own State and sectiln. We
have Perpetuated his name on the maps
Of the whole world, nor viii any future
legislation be likely to erase it from the
I a4ualsC of chronology. Peace to his ashes
-honOred be his name.
And now, EsL0W-CigIZsns you have it
in your power TO concentrate and build
up a central village a. Grand Junction of
which the whole county may well be
proud. Without q single vestige Of the
| original settlements her6-al wiped out
and b 'Old held' IS 10 was years ago,
with these railways, eve then you should
concentrate here for your mutual cOnvs-
nisncs and that of your children, yet IN
born. This is not q question of this hour
alone, or 10 that involves the interest Of
this day and time alone, but 10 reaches
d che future. It is here in the very
centre, or nearly so, of Bell coun-
ty, that the citizens Of the distant
parts Of the county can come together,
II Is here that tho people OF Middleton
and Moscow, Equi-distau5, can reach the
courts as easily by the district road a. they
could heretofore either Bolivar or SDmer-
vile, and by rail much mOr8 so. 1t is here
that our friends at Lagrange or Salisbury
can exhibit their persons ia thirty min
utes by horse and i've minutes by rail. Il
is from this point you can 90 home BY
rail almost any hour in the day. It IL
here that the trains stop longer Than any
other place in the county. T. is here thai
extra trains are often sut cut TO SsJ cars
left by the Mississippi rsiiroad on any
OF these you can often return home after
Ia Ha~HHNHH Hn.Hnu hnHn NHHH o. Is La-m
that You can ul8et and see friends and
strangers from all parts of the country
and known world. l. is here, when de-
tanned a. court, that you can spend an idle
hOu with tbs moving intelleCts of the
age. IL Is here you can meet upon a COM
mon platform; and we now invite you
most cordially 10 accept the many sdvan-
Jages our place presents for your accept
auc5. We are your trends and
will not cultivate any other tina
the kindsst feelings toward our rivals.
Nature and Art have combined TO make
this the proper place for the site OF our
new county. LIST US not ignore these facts,
for in so doing We shall compromise our
mutual interests. We care nothing for
the ordinations or objections Of La
grange aud salisbury they have their
whole origin in mere local attachments,
and must be shOrt-livsd. We rstort in no
sense of the word. We would not absorb
their p secs OF interests if we could. @They
will continue to do the same business
they have done, They have published
their many advautages-we, too, have
churches, two schools, q hrst-class hotel.
several private clearinghouse, a fine
steam Touring mill, q large earthernWare
mandatory IN operation, seven stores, /
and as many drinking saloons as you
please, Then, feiiOW-ciUjzsns, let US act
wisely, and lay aside all bias or prejudice, |
and act for the general interest Of all p0r-
tiOns Of the county. The universal senti-
ment is, among outsiders, that Grand
Junction ought to get the public buildings.
And, now that we have pledged ourselves
to put them up free Of cost 10 the county, /
vote for GRAND JUNCTION.