Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-26


ton with the patriot who took so active
part in achieving our independence.
ooNPRTiroRs FOR TKNNKssEB TRADE,
Like Cincinnati and Baltimore, Phila-
delphia is reaching out and striving to
secure portion of the valuable trade of
Tennessee. The Philadelphia North
american OF yesterday gives expression
to the desires of the business men of this
city in an article from which extract as
follows: re,
''The arrival in this city of number
OF the leading editors of the State of
Tennessee will naturally draw out such
hospitalilIes as Philadelphia is distin-
guished for. But aside from any merits
that may lie in the composition of the
visitors, there are strong reasons why this
friendly intercourse of the communities
should be but the precursor of other and
greater. The spproximating points of the
two States are SO near that were direct
rail to stretch from Uniontown to the Cum.
berland Gap, less than seven hours ride
would bridge the whole journey from
here. Even without this, the completion
of current construction will place US in
much closer correspondence. A road il
surveyed from Rogersville by the Gap,
west of Bristol, to Ssltville, in Virginia,
thence west of the mountains to White
Sulphur. From here it is constructed
and operating to Stanton, where twenty
five miles of construction will connect
with the Manassas Gap road at Strasburg.
Twenty miles of work only is required
bridge the distance to Winchester, that
now has rail to Harper's Ferry and Wea-
verton, and SO on to Harrisburg. Thus 235
miles of construction will place northeast
ern Tennessee in connection with our own
Southern railways, now reached via
Washington and Lynchburg. And be-
yond this the Winchester road is surveyed
direct through Martlnsburg to Hagers-
town, and Gettysburg wishes road TO
the latter place. When this is built our
city business will have still quicker &C.
cess to Tennessee. Cincinnati is seeking
this same territory by the Kentucky Gen.
tIal, through Stanford to Chattanooga
and Louisville, by completing the Knox
vile branch, through Barboursville and
Williamsburg. And Charleston and VIII
mington have like aspirations. As q road
is laid out from Knoxville t, Nashville, il
is plain that our access to Rogersville
places us in connection with the whole
region between the Allegheny and Cum
berland Mountains and with the COM
merce of the Tennessee river"
After referring to the mineral wealth
and other resources of Tennessee and the
growth in population during the last de-
cade, the North american adds:
Situated as she is toward the rest of
the country with such natural endow-
ments, such o climate and population,
and with such record of persistent con-
duct, the future of Tennessee cannot be
questioned. She needs little that has not
been seen and wisely urged by her own
SONS, to hold as important station on the
Mississippi as Pennsylvania on the At
lantie, and, more than any other
Commonwealth, to second our efforts
in keyipg the Union. We trust,
in consideration of their own
future and ours, out of regard for our
growing business and that grtater init
macy, assured through many similarities
of interest, that our visitors will lake the
trouble to scqusint themselves thorough
with the city they visit under such friendly
conditions. They will find the importance
of their Commonwealth and all its re-
sources fully appreciated here. They
will find general desire to draw the
bonds that unite us more close, and as the
opportunities for such Intimacy will soon
be made greater, and its results more
advantageous to both, by the COM
pletioR of those railways to
which we have referred, and our
early foreign steam commerce, we feel
sauguine that their visit VIII be rewarded
by enduring advantages to them as to US.
The welcome they have, individually and
as representatives, will manifest itself
mole forci5ly in acts than can be done by
any words, and to this most indubitable
utterance we leave the Endorsement of
our very hearty welcome and congratuls-
tions.n
Tennessee occupies very important
position at present, and with wise aud
judicious management on the part of her
people, she may build up and control
great trade. Let her look well to her