Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-05
The CoansFys NOeas 2ums ths
Peoples Waats.

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VIoKsBURG, March ., 1878.
Editor Of the Herald:
Doubtless no people In the world are
as fond of "MAss meelingS" and pub.
lie assemblAges" as the Americans.
Every actiOn Of public sentiment
must be carried out by g few commit
leemeD, appointed" by the proper 40.
thority, Of course and this system fol-
lows from the paltriest deeds of chaEi-
Is TO the loftiest schemes Of Govern.
ment. All must obey the RESOLUTIONS"
of the "masses"-(save the mark y
From what see and learn 10 the press
Of today, the city Of Memphis is try
ing 10 locate the "eastern terminus" of
the Southern Pacific Railroad through
an Intervention of the masses" q few
speakers and committeeman"
do not speak In the interest OF any
one place, nor at the solicitations and
dictations Of railroad magnates for a
"free pass" even over the contemplated
route. Being Souiherner, and foreign
10 ViCksburg and the State of Missis-
sippi, | venture to put In my Sayings"
In behalf of what the country needs
and the people want. There Is a vast
country deeply interested in the project
of the Southern Pacific Railroad, out.
side of Memphis and Viek'burg.
state this proposition, TO begin /:
That neither Memphis, nor Vick.burg,
nor any town or city on the banks of
the Mississippi river, can be the least.
ern terminus" of lhe contemplated
Southern Pacific R,iroSd. In is ma.
ture II is trsns.continentAl, and hence
must pass from ocean to ocean; aud
when you leave the Pacific at San Di-
ego, or any other place on the western
slope, aud start eastward across the
"Sierra Nevadas" and the plains, how,
when, and where are you going 10 tap
the Atlantic shores5 Surely not at
Memphis, nor at VlcksbuFg; hence
conclude that the journey must be con-
tlnued TO gain the waves that lash the
shores OF the golden morn. II 10 poll
Icy for the people and the interest OF
the country TO go the shortest and
quickest route, aud the one aforiing
most facilities for reaching the com.
merce Of the world. Let us see the
routes respectively, via. Memphis and
Vlcksburk, from Marshall, Texas,
~ that is the point where the roads be.
gin to diverge, one going via Memphis
and Chattanooga, Tenn, thence by
Lyuchburg, aud on to Norfolk, Va,
the most Southern point on the Atlan-
tic COST that eau be reached BY this
contemplated trunk line for the South.
ern Pacific Railroad, and to 90 further
North for seaport town, you would
strike Baltimore and Philadelphia, two
terminal points already Of the Central
Pacific Rail DAD, tina, grand monopoly
which hiss so long sapped the country
vitsl+, and enriched Iegislators. |
wonder If Memphis ever looked where
the road would lead after crossing Ter
city limits eAstwardl Now, look al
the route via Vicksburg, from Mar.
shall, Texas, and only ninety miles of
surveyed road line 10 build, to have an
unbroken connection from the ATTAIN
tic coast 10 Fort Worth, Texss, the
now Western terminus OF the Texas
and Pacific Railroad. This line, too,
will open up a country just as vast and
far more fertile than the one west.
ward from Memphis, and no more ex-
pensive.
At Shreveport, the line will diverge
aud 60 TO New Orleans, and strike the
Gulf; cross the Mississippi river at
Vicksburg, and 90 on this direct East.
ern line Of latitude 32O to Montgomery,
Ala. There you strike another line to
the Gulf at Pensacola, Fla, aud the
more eastern points on the Gulf coast
On this same line, fully equipped and
fast running, we 60 TO Atlanta, Ca,
where we f0d three direct lines TO the
sea; one to Brunswick and Savannah,
Ga, one to Charleston aud Port Royal,
s. e., and the other, the main line, on to
Norfolk, Va, aud Wilmington, N. g.,
the most direct of any line that can be
made from the Pacific to the Atlantic
shores, and nearly three hundred miles
shorter than the route by way of Men,
phis. This line is equi-distant from ell
parts of the South, being on the proper
parallel.
Can thinking men and directors gain.
say and bubble down stubborn facts
OF broad historical record2 Surely
no. W. H. B.