The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-12-23
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Jioh OF PORT ROYAL

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Address Ia the Citizens Of the Now Town.
Fei!ow Citieeas:
On the eve appointing thcfrst Town
Council o. Port Royal your attention is
Called 20 the importance Of the task
before us.
The geographical position OF Por,
| Royal is bound 20 InuHv that now almost
significant village the future Few York
pt' the South---il proper strps arc taken at
F! the start.
! rhc business and energy Of the first
guardilus Of New York iG;d the first
s;yrnrrr s,0I? w:,ith hUe RI Sd IL 20 what
| il now is. The bcaibs and energy ofthe
| first guar3i&na % Port Royal must like
Use lag the cornerstone which will
raise our actual village into the future
coaImcr,isl shipping metropolis of the
South. = railroad connects advantage
0usiy our lu;uce city with the interior Of
the South end the most important mark
cts Of the NeS.-meN railroads are pro-
! jected aud building which will Increase
inland COMMUNICATIONS in all direc:i ions
! Up to this day our raiiroad has been nan-
age d in tie interest oil Augusta merchants
and that city cn!y. wh, ever disposed t.
make tie shipping terminus OF tie road a
mere way starlon of the Augusta local
trade, aua therefore, tendiaS 10 prevent
due increase OF population, Of real estate
imprpy cments and due promotion of ua-
| mess ior the people OF Port Royal
| What Port Royal require, for the dc
! velopmrnt of It's ralurai dep. water
! resources, IS direct tru{s NTH tie tcoriG.
without being tributary to tie North by
| ita coasswisc trade The grain and prod
ucts vi the West, the cotton of the South
must be shipped direct To the consumers
and Manufacturers of Europe, and of thc
world. The products OF Europe, South
| America, III. West Indies aud the Pacific,
must co.ne To the wharves OF Port Royal
70 be distributed direct 10 the consumers
If the south aad west.
The commercial area of Port Rovai
extends geographical y far deeper into
the interior tuau New York, Boston Phil
adclphia, cr baltimore.
/ Al the country east OF Cincinnati is
the natural conmcrcial domain Of New
York nnd northern ports, but all the
country wess of Cincinnati is the natural
com mercial domain OF Port Royal! being
the nearest deepest ana cheapest ship
ping port or the North American cast
Soon the connection o. the Pacific with
the Atlantic will tie projected between
Sac Diago and Post Royal, and oil the
trade and travelling Of the Pacific. China,
japan and Australia will he cnrried 10
and from Europe, aud even the northern
imports with.4uicktr dispatch and econ
omy than through the many mountains
and feTrying routes between San Francis
CO AID New York.
ST. Luuia, the central commercial me
tropolis of the L. $. is actually 255 miles
nearer to Port Royal than to New York
land will bs soon over 400 miles nearer
The Great West requires another more
convenient shipping outlet for the distri-
bution.pt lts lncrea4ing, exporting and
importing trade nd tne nearest and most
economical Is Por3 Royal.
4 Port Royal must be the pTogressi We
shipping port OF the South, open to the
preseat requirements OF direct trade be
tween produccr and copsumer, and do
away with tne Old f,gy system OF buaI
ness carried on by the two ports Charles
ton and Savannah, the snallowness ot
whose waters will ever prevent them car.
rying on th= unde acc ordiEg to the
requirements Of the times.
It Is Therefore thu utmost interest and
duty of the pIoplc o: Port Royal to dc
awry with ali party politics and personal
preIudiccs or selfish ambition ald unit.
LogeIh her for mutual ad vantage.
Fellow Citizens, it ia LIT TO ourselves
: at this all important time II select among
the citizens Of the town We are to inaugu-
rate by our judicions votes, tn Csc We snal
believe to he the most able 70 act as on:
trustees in carrying out the above pro
gramme, for promoting the general inter.
csts OF Port itoSal
20 our colored fellow citizens, we shall
say, that it IS their duty and interest 20
select suGn meL for neahcrS. OF the new
Town Council, whO snai! b. free and III
dependent aud caanot bow before ii mas
ter to keep you under Lhc,r control as
working slaves AS Chc time htS fortnn.
atcly gone by when none but frccmen
Exist in this country, h"r,fn-r '.ta-.
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