The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-28
The chairman then introduced Mr.. Jno. II.
NG5y tha. ur.L.lt,

Once upon ,,,ns 40 s,.hsr,,,os ,o,d N. sn,,or
bers wap sar, ~ s e"a the sn s
~. 70 ~ cas ~. ns ss p @ r
w,thoH, tbe laast snccess M" io~rth time instesf
ssa Almost via With Sssnsr E Ss Vas "n
point of fhrowin~ II ,ct ,nto f wa,sr when ~
Climbins to the conds and strsfninr tsslf aomg IN
sea and sIora ny"ducaa vrest H,st whens H. ~
ntS edv ~ wh,c q ae vssse 5 y %
Thai ohsr,ning nrinosas to wh"Sa tala%t y"r mn
90 III ch ,ndsh,ea c"ninnan ta n.sr.ta ,at ~ 10,
the fisherman WAS diapossd to run. and that this In
ciination was decidedy strensthsned whsS tho re
there Of Summary sSstchnv ths herms sns" IN Y,
pnp:asn9s e.; q y'w So made year" sxc For
10 nsoy weary cen, ,,riss that fir ustural,v sabI
coe 70 ,ssa m.v view o, lfe ana wss ,ncs me-
to embrace his bsnefaotor in q common hatred Of
mankind
man bev9 si ths GEM, =. est favor bsfors hs p"as
ant des,sn was srred ipto to roll himsef mi
again and u aos himself within the ANAL vessel once
more, If such thing were pcssibe. There were Ger
tain scentiiic outts c6arished by ths fishsrman n
70 the CAPACITY Of the box to hold 30 large body and
tnsi experiment s N ' '''' "''''' ''""''" " 81"
Tho Esni good naturedly. like all big fellows. gave
straightwsy began the process Of rolling. and In
SON Il s psedisss to add that then It was ths
hshermans time to GROW, aud specify his purpose
And that the geD, perceiyinr tint be had ,ost the
game, was only TOO glad to make terms and to DO.
ward hts fortunes fore vsr after. '" '''
Many centuries after the time this story was told,
GEM % Snossr "s vssss ana k ts
nsherm sn after sseins him ghrol! and display bis
mighty proportons. e6tloed hum back to his enolo'
The name OF this geni was steam. The family 10 a
very large one. quite a. mnoh 40 rs II one II ils
to bsstow on every one Of hia relations It dweils in
every ses, lake. mountain, doll or river Yoo have
The humblesr dame seeking 'u @ c.h.oston uw in her
Bohsa can raise It, often to her consternation at its
slightly irascibie. '"-' '""' VI '"' S'"' u o''' 10
And 10 poor peasant In Newcastle. on Tyne threw
Wheels and bsde tho world look At the work he coud
perform.
And the world has looked, and wondered, and sd.
mired. spd benefited by this capture, and to-day
acknowledged, as one Of its greatest beneiactors,
GEORGE Stephenson, Of England.
How the monster has been working sincei
The mighty bows Of The % ocean k"Gw HIM ard
he goes The rapid rivers yied their currents to his
vigJr and throw thsmsel YES IN usspairing Aves on
their banks.
The paths DER which his steps are picked on land
once few and short now stretch their iron lines ai
over the globe,
Timid and f.itering, men first led him on the plains
and by the sides of coursing rivers but. 6ol ,er
grown with every year, they soon essayed the
mountain tops and the Alps now tren Ole bsnesth his
tread
May, not content with that through the very
mountains, through tho sverIasliny rock this path
A,si now the sea itself prepares to give up ,ts bed
and its monsters 10 shrink back In dismay from 0no
more powerful than they.
And what shall we say Of the result OF this work 2
Fancy the Uulf stream that now fsrtilizes the
snrles san sa o shg cg t
averted glance on The Ofth beafning with tropical
warmth It's frozen fields. Conceive the oeserts Of
Africa, musicai with running rivers or the rugged
1 and what would be- were these conctits reaitiss.
uAuUla lint fno1 trnft nf ru
between the past before these iron lines were run,
and the present, when they stretch their embracing
arms over the entire earth
As bensAth tho steps OF Ceres flowers spring
where'er this seni goes.
towns to Cities
Barriers Of mountains become bridges Of connec-
Lines Of kingdoms aud states are but mill posts in
his route
Of the sun by 4 magnifying gIsss.
National prejudces hse before him as wandering
Irnor .hnistrust. doubt and superstiton vanish
a. slfog before q strong wind
And vet we are call "A tog In al, seriousness to
consider whether we shall invoke this mighty powsr
and Accept the benet OF this transforming agency
that Is gone forever. "''''' - ~" "''
II would be az Insult TO hein'elligence ofany man.
an argument in favor of u railroad connection TO
Texas The absolute neccessIy Of speedily connect
os,ed on ali sides but mr. sed by every one AZ Tes
sOu wly aOpethipp sOuld lie d. 10 bring about sucb
n consum nation.
So that the only CONFEDERATION to be entertained bv
tho psops Of Now Ores Ia he rOuta nv which this
need 10 10 be supplied and the people who propose TO
Tse compauv which Invokes our MD i. not myth
ia not speulative ring created to tlch cor pOrstp
gss from the state to be to
Capitalists or Iobbyists for realizing ots in bonds
n h rea i've s;b tial corporaton w hich oivcs
the best assnrane, OF what IL viii do by pointing to
what il has done.
~ IL comma, cd of our own fe low eli zena man who
i've with ~ are part Of t,s and whosa fortmnns se
bound up In the pr ,sperity Of our City and state
They are men OF substsnce who We the stron 9ssf
proof Of their faith in the ultimate succes, Of the en-
terprise by embarking their own means in IT, What
dops .iTaadva r. has gradeG twenfv mes n road
from Aisxandrla. throush the heaviest swamp the
worst part Of the ronte proposed. II ha. already
tire line for grading ties the road
TO Naichitoches Independent Of any parocbal OF
municipal subscription.
It proposes to 20 from Alexandria, indeed ~ going
now straight to Texas.
Is there any objection 10 the route7
Of securing the TeIas rade the question 10 how can
be the soonest accomplished
that end
II Ia confessed that too much time has been lost
already.
THAT other places arc receiving the benefit of the
trafic which Rerstofore belonged and now properly
beion ngs, ito New Orleans. And that every day wild
and every day increases the difficulty OF bridging
this breach That IL we waste our time In debating
which way the evil 10 to DO remedied shall pre-
aenfy he ana red The trouble of further dsCussOD by
the conviction that all human efforts are futile 10
restore what has departed forever That being appa
rent il ia Uerfectly marvellous how but one cociu.
sion c" y, be reached. Suppose we state IT, az pro
position in msfh -matics:
Problem Given the Texas trade now going North,
to the state OF Lou .iana and the CITY OF New
How can IL be donel let us answer by another
1nos,lon snpposG "" ~ va" ,,; Hm W % p,a T ou, 10