Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-13
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aru Fgvpt was little better than mud
bole-6v no means a paradise for travel
ers. or a sale abode for stranger whose
s,l,pearance indicated or business pre-
ziibposffI the possession of heavy purse.
I'M tbe davs when 'fNatchez under the
IjlIi, bore away the palm in the unlisted
fiei,i Of debauchery and crime, the dens
of Cairo gave shelter 70 thugs and DENT
ygDs.skille in their shameless trade 1no
dark with the stains OF Oft-repeated Vlo-
1.snce common 10 the river towns of
that day. But Cairo has out-gro"n ili TINS
Lad eminence, and now assumes CIVIC
rssueetability the more sensitive because
of he evil days she has seen, and the
meuditic moral yaPOr that erst arose
from her unpaved streets and Tat-
haunted hOvels--
. .t.-,aas OF Violence and vice,
Gi roug Us ana row dies, rats and mice.
qbourb upoueslionably redeemed from
the depths of aglUvial dependency, IN
which size was plunged in the dark and
terrible past, and like a reformed gam
bier, "a Glow feilow,P raised above I'M M
9lecur iosity, puts on airs ana @ talAs
patrouizingly of other towns ana cities
though al present we'll lighted, Well
payed. and tolerably Well-polieed,
and having some fifteen thousand
inhabitants, vet Cairo has not redeem
ed her promise Of future greatness.
which her location at the confluence OF
two great riveTs, the Mississippi and the
Ohio, Omginally gave the pioneers who
eettled on the point. The dawning OF
tbe day which ushered ia the iron-age
of railroads, prevented the fulhllment
slf that promise. Natural advantages
are well, when comolned WIN the aItl-
fcjal agencies, appliances and facilities
n. l.r.r
science. pr0motion OF art, and the build
fng No of mauufactOTies, which railroads
,ff6rd but without RAILROADS, no natural
gIysutaee Of location, however great,
or river or sea, is sufficient to build up q
sreat city--tO induce the brain, the
TouscIe and the money necessary 70. mu-
,,icipaI success, to come there. Cairo
Is found this out; st. Louis discovered
IL. and applied the remedy long ago, as
Is evidenced in her rapid increase
IN wealth and popi lAtlon, : ~
her manufacturing and CONNER
ciat power and influence, which
may eTd In making her the capital city
of lie United States 10 this,
too NTemrhis owes her success, and only
,syhen she las multiplied her railways
sud fortified the natural strength Of her
Dosition. bv stretching out iron-arms TO
Il Louis. Kansas City and through
pine Bluff into Texas, viii she realize
yhe full force of this necessary logic OF
fbs times. We have lid gOod-by u
~ BeUe RiUiere, whose clear waters
can,e deWn from the beautiful wales and
Lever fields Of Pennsylyanla and Ohio,
telling of happy homes beside the Ale
cheney and MOnOngahela rivers OF
Orchards Nrhite with apple-blossoms; O
wsferliliied pools, where the speckiee
trout darts saN'agely at the ninlc ny,
only to soon fins himself PrisoheI ~
the anglers bsske {; oi nelsy to<ts ',,l an. az
villages, whose peoINe Isrsly VAN 1919, S.ile,
than the paths OF rurss Aiis' anu neiSi'e /,
''fisunt in rags nor hu. 'et ~
but live life of comfort. 'oie ~
We have bid gOod-by to MS ~ gsestitt gssl.
stream. and are now betweele the states
of Missouri and Illinois, headiDe9 W she
sill usjestic father of waters
As we ascend, the shore on the Mls'
setlri side grows bolder and firmer, while
shale and limestone begin TO crop out
under the roots Of the trees that line the
banks In the distance we note with
o.eat pleasure the same Missouri shore,
n .ng gently from the dead-line of trees,
actually dimpling into hills. We are
clearly out OF the alluvial region, and
may look now for more variety in the
landscape: more Of BieFstadt's line OF
q-race and teauty in the cOnfiguratiOn OF
Country ri 5ncing at Us from two great
states We have passed the towns Of
Commerce and Thebes. Singular con-
Frast of names-C Commerce and Thebes
In looking at the latter one would new
er lie reminded of its ancient nam esake,
At any of whose hundred brazen gates
aomer may have sat and sung, ana naa