The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-08
The CIeay.rucss o, Galveston

From the y. .. Time.
Weir. much impressed with the as,ute.
ness ofGslveston. Nature has not been kind
to Galveston. The caprcious sea VIII not
abandon its rights 81 eminent dom Ain TO
The impetious insect. who have camped on
that sand.tsr there hoping to build up
wss.em Venice. First-class waves find an
easier entrance than first elias. ships. The
capacity OF having is not equal to the desire
of having ia Galveston. Therefore uusatis-
lied aspiration must exc what susteuance 1t
can out OF .uch.occssional windfalls as come
along What Galveston chiefly needs Is an
Amendment TO the constitution OF the
United state, prohibiting the shipment of
20 cd. from New Orleans to any port Of
Texas and prohibiting Texas products from
obeying the law Of commercial gravltation
whereby they seek the great port Uf
New Orleans. This being at present i'm
practicable, Calves on contriyes temper
airy substitute 10 the shape OF a quarantine
based on a few sporadic cases of Yellow ie-
yer in this city.
But again. absolute nou.iAtercourse
is found inconveuient at the wave.washed
port after few days. Capital is limited
and must he kept moving. Galveston hay-
ing bat a sixpence Is bound il shall he
nimb'e one. Quarantine must be 70 modi-
/ lied IA, 70 let out some cotton and let In
some cash. Accordingly il is modified SO
| a. to allow the Morgan steamers to go there
! and fetch away cotton. The board OF
III a slot Il hna IN
steamers To- 20 there for that purpose, but
| to allow them freely 10 transport passengers
aud freight makes Galveston sick. Doubt
| less this is soun position. Wherefore we
remark the as.uteness OF our .tep-slster
| city. However it l. quite futile. not TO
say imbecile. tar rs 10 complain OF these &C.
| ccntricities. Galveston, like any other ri.
! val port or city, may be depended upon 10
prompt her own trade NJ our expense by
unnecessary guarantees and by every
| other contriyance which the ingenuity OF
sharp traders can concoct 1t is pure child
ishness to raise hullabaloo about it. The
true way as to make the rivalry and eompe-
t,ion on our part wholly remorseless. In
situation like this there are no ameueties.
| VIZ thiIa u wv th'bo ~ o'NH''
hat In hand aud doicrentialiy request mer-
chants of other cities to be good enough Ia
take precedence will, in the vigorous slang
Of the day, "get left" Complaints OF the
forwardness Of other cities only provoke
laughter. Galveston will repeat the trtek
next year and the next and forever, the
opportunity being given. We should be
neither surprised. nor put poor mouth
about il. What We ought 10 do aud what
we will do, unless we are sunk in hopeless.
hlnscy, is 10 make ourselves independent OF
Galveston. We can do this only by get.
ting railroads TO Texas. Then we may
snap our fingers at guarantees and other
spiteful lodges. Unless we move in THU
matter and move TO some purpose too, we
viii be left TO hold the bag perpetnslly
For our part, we are not half so mucl
amazed at Gslveston's practices as we are
at the unparalleled supineness all dfogysH
here which render it possible Ia cut of on
trade and put an arbitrary veto on our bust
ness by such expeudients. Build Tail
road and GalyestOn's guarantees viii be
come AS futile AZ our complaints Of hel
want ofmagnsninity.