Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-10
PROGRESS.
Ths Dlfioulilss we Encounter, and the wsv
0ut Of Debt.

| The effect Of the ChanceIor's de-
clsion in the NicOlsOn pavement
case may so derange many Schemes
and plans Of mOney-lenders. that fbev
/ Will be forced to confess that there Ia
no hope for the restored credit and
1 prosperity Of this city and county
save that inspired by railway buiId-
ers. GreenlaW and Tate west Of the
Mississippi, and Forrest. Hurt and
t1zer, and their associates. east of the
river, are doing the only work which
VIII restore Memphis credit and re-
heve Memphis taxpayers. Stand stiu
we cannot. III we do not move for
ward, and show the world that we
have faith in our own future. none
can be drawn hither with money. or
industry to gid the city with gold,
ana make Shelby county blossom and
Dear fruit as the garden of the Hes
perlde5. Swear at the tax-gatherer. /
curse our aWglvers, and Weep
over the multitude of peOple |
IN Federal offices whom tax
payers must support II all this
may be done, and all will be in vain. /
Ihe evil OF to-day will only be greater |
tO-mOrreW, and each day, unless we
perfect our railway system and secure
access to the only mines Of gold in the
South, found in coal or iron beds in
Alabama, our condition will be worse /
our burdens greater, our public cred.
us more and more valueless. and.
dnally, men will abandon the couptrv !
3s If Gods Weightiest curse rested |
upon II. 1t has recognized the pres
snce OF the bOdy-lice Of despOtism |
when nave craWled over it and made
y snudqer; lGhas borne local, State and
/ ederal masters, who never learned
ne hrst maxim of statesmanshiD-I
hat modern laW-giver5 are to be hon
)red for what they fail to do; we have
a multitude Of strangers who
anne for plunder, and when surfeited
vent away. Left at last 10 rebuild S
.ur broken fortunes, we must not 90
backward. When merchant of true {
0urage and worthy of the name sees 4
rs credit falling and numberless diff. e
ulues gathering about him, he does {
Ot surrender hope and position and all
OF advancement. Never like q
0Ward and fool, does he tameIy submit
sure aud steady decadence: but
7hlle there is a possible means Of nx- A
rlcauOn from difficulties, and while
e may escape COrmOrant crew of
redltOrs who would prey upon him
ne went down, till worms came To z.
heir help and devOUred a reekfnU (
1comned c9rpse-WhiIe there is a T
.ay OF sure eScape-sUre, If remote ii
o brave merchant ever succumbed- r
here Is not one who has been in | =
lslness ten years who has not found | r
lmself IN the very condition of this n
" and county. Have they turned | Il
3ckWardF Have they folded their n.
3nds and bowed their heads? Have -
icy shown towards hearts when / u
angers were great? Does not true n
Dursge rise with the pressure of ca r.,
mites? Are the people of Memphis I,
III OF Shelby county to abandon -
eir hlgh mission simply because Il
,Dt weighs them down. Whenever ~
e confess our inCapacity or unwil- A
lgness to pay 500, 900 per annun1 in =
sh 70 secure such a boon rs is prof n
red by the Selma road, our bank a
ptcy IS not only fatal 10 financial
edlt, but to our moral courage and ,
Orth. lie who gives an inch to an tVL
emy surTenders everything. A ~
y JhaI once asserts its own inability -
achieve a task without which its A.
IN is inevitable, is lost, irreclaima- ~
Y lost. Nula UgstiOiq rqfr0rslg7y "
I Us take no steps backward. The
st and fatal one would be the defeat
the subscription to the Selma road.