Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-06
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.


The particular attention of the Mem.
phis and Arkansas delegates to the st.
Louis convention is invited to this very
adroitly constructed extract from an ed
itorlal of the Louisville Courier, Journal
of Thursday:
The agents of the Could Huntington clique
are selected, of course, with reference to their
local influence, and are generally people OF
standing and reputation Their plan OF cam
naiRn varies according TO circumstances. In
some instances, IL is their role to combat the
entire scheme, either on the ground that an
otheI railroad to the Pacific is unnecessary, or
that there are insuperable objections to the
governments Identifying itself with the poll
cy Of internal improvements, The usual
tactics, however, are to admit the Importance
of the Governments aiding TO build Pacific
railroad for the benefit of the southern half
of the United States, as IL has done for the
northern half; but they take care that such
admissions shall be in the abstract. The Texas
and Pacific is not the proper route fOrsooth;
the Texas and Pacific is not a southern rail-
with their disapprovsl, and 50 on. Ihese are
some of their maneuvers in the general plan
OF the battle-Others are TO create and foster
diverse local preferences. IN Memphis, for
instance, it is their tactics 10 demonstrate
that no other CITY can SO Justly c.slhl the
Orleans they are equally successful In prov
ing that any Pacific railroad on the parallel OF
thfrty-two degrees which fails to extend itself
to that port is prfHnd (dcte an enemy 10 new
Orleans and at bottom northern enterprise:
at Galveston maps and Diagrams are produced
to prove that Pacific raj road which passes
as low latitude as tina; of Fort Worth and
Sherman, and fails to make its ocean outlet
at Galveston, is an engineering pIunoeT, anu
Richmond ii is argued that, as the pres
ident of the Texas and PACING is also
president OF the Pennsylvania railroad,
he former will be operated in the interests of
philadelphia. The Gould Huntington people
are also freely employing the press TO promote
these discOrdant views and theor1es-certaln
papers in southern cities TO argue against all
proposed routes which 90 not make Jhelr re-
spective towns the objective point OF the
whole undertaking., while certain northern
newspapers are serving the monopoly by con-
tinually vociferating into the ears OF their
southern readers, If we can use the express
SION that the Texas Pacific is a northern en-
terprise, which they should, therefore, aYold:
Now, IL is evident that more crafty mode OF
warfare could not be adopted by Jay could,
and it remains to be seen " neither the leaders
of southern opinion will fall into the traps
prepared for them.
Jay Gould we know as railroad bond
aud stock dealer, railroad manipu-
lstor, and principal proprietor Of the
New York Tribune, but who is Hunting
ton? We had General Walker here a
few days since in the interest OF Tom
Scott, but we have yet to zee Hunting
ton; indeed, we never heard OF him IN
til we read the srticle OF the Courier
Journal. Is be a man of the Journals
invention, CT is he really hyphenated
attache of Fisk's great partner? We
want to know, because in our Efforts for
Memphis we have espoused cause
wholly inimicaI to Jay Gould, and be-
lieviDg we had only him to fight felt
some sense of security as to the result.
But il instead Of Jay Gould we are to
have the double-back-sction Could
Huntington we want to know,
that we may be on our guard and
prepared to redouble our efforts. VIII
the Courier Journal be kind enough to
tell us about Huntington, and name
the southern papers or communities
that are disposed to be controlled by
him and Gould And will it not
explain this from. the same editorial,
aud tell US if 1t is disinterested or dc
tated by considerations wholly in the
interest Of Tom Scott:
The true policy of the various cities is 10 in
struct their representatives TO cooperate, II
we may borrow Demosthenian emphasis:
First, for the in -erests OF The Texas and Pacinc
railroad movement as IL stands; second, for
the interests of the Texas and Pacific railroad
movement as il stands; and third, for the in
terests of the Texas and Pacific railroad move
ment as il stands-hrst, last and ali the time.
HWhatsOever is more than this cometh Of
evil"
Memphis is committed u another
programme than this, because it is to
her interest TO be, and she will insist
upon that programme, believing it is
not only for her good, but also
that of the south. She will in
sist upon her share IN the sd-
mittedIy needed great highway, which
wifi in time, through climatic causes,
monopolize the trans-continental trade.
If not the eastern terminus Of the trunk
line, Memphis must have a branch to
Shreveport. Tha's cur programme in
a nutshell, regardless Of Tom Scott or
Gould-Huutington.