The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-03

which would commend Itself to Con-
gresa ns one eminenuy national In liz
character,
And II was with the same view
that tho Memphis and New Orleans
branches were proposed az well for
the purpose Of maintaining q Just equl'
llbrium between the Heci Ions, aud af'
fordIng to all, M nearly ~ practicable,
equal commercial facilities The
branch 10 Memphis, II was conceived
would afford every advantage to all
the Middle States proper to reach the
line 10 the Pacific, whilst that to New
Orleans, with the line to Nlcksburg,
would place the whole tier of Southern
states East Of the Mississippi In close
juStapositlon with the great road lead
Ing out on the 32d parallel,
II viii thus be seen TINT the Conven'
ton, by It's action and It's recommen-
dAtlons, has c0yered the entire ground
IN the national aspect OF this great
lrnns-contincntal question. When the
programme thus laid down shall have
been completed, all the Southern ports,
sweeping around from Galveston 10
Norfolk aud Baltimore, will have
equal facilities for outlet to all the
ports on the Pacllic, extending from
5an Diego rs far North M the locomo-
tive now or may hereafter go lfwith
these facilities to Galveston, New
Orleans, Savannah, Charleston and
Norfolk, the transcontinental COM
merce shall still go TO the North II will
lo because the laws OF commerce viii
take IL there, The JacHtiics for the
South will, IN all respects be equal, If
not superior to those Of the NORTH, and
it will be for enterprise and capital to
induce it into whatever channel it may
so.
The Northern ports and cities will
| have 10y this truly national programme,
equal but not superior advantages to
ours. From the point Of junction OF
the "Vinta Dranchn on the Texas and
Pacific it will be nearer to Vicksburg
and Memphis, and more 80 to Calves
ton than to 81. Louisiana yet st,
Louis and the North have eX-
pressed their satisfaction with
this programme sud the great
influence OF all that section will be
brought to bear in Congress for the
success OF the whole enterprise. View
ing il in its national light, and in its
just hearing upon every section of the
country, the members of the conven-
ton ut ST. louis-comprislng many
very emin0nt statesmen gave the
scheme their cordial support and will
follow it up until the effort shall be
crowned with complete success.
The Union and Central Pacific cross
ing the plains from Chicago and Oma-
hN, provides for all the wants of all the
extreme Northern States. The extern
sion from Ninita to the Texas and Pa
ciiic will fill the requirements for all
the country south of that line to the
Ohio river and the State of Missouri
and the great region of country south of
Nebraska, including Kansas and the
Indian Territory, and the branches to
New Orleans, Nicksburg and Memphis
will place all the Southern States under
equal advantage for connection with
the lne-whilst the grand trunk
through Texas and the many short
roads leading from our coast to the
main line, will give to our State advan.
tages inferior to none, making our ter
ritory the great highway of the nation.
With the completion, therefore, of
the st. Louis programme in all its
Aparts, the demands of the whole na-
Ytion will be met from North to South,
with superior privileges to neither,
and the day will have arrived when no
national aid can be further justly
called for for the building of railroads,
in any direction or for any purpose.
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