Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-18

and i'm crtance of the road. 1t Is
southern enterprise, and will great
enhance the value of the impove
ished railroad system andsthe des
lated fieldsaof theaSouth, yetsitsswi
no doubtfequally benefit Philade
phia, New York, Boston and othS
portions of the Union; and perhaE
it may greatly benefit that indiviC
ual who is held up as a bugbea
whenever the Texas and Pacifl
Railroad is mentioned. But, sil
whether it helps Tom Scott or Tor
Collins is a matter of no consequenc
to me. There is no contract thi
| Government can make, no bushes
it can undertake, that will not b
subject to the very same objection
and that will not confer some spe
cial benefit on some particular indi
vidual. The appointment by til,
Doorkeeper of the House of a lahore
to sweep the Halls of Congress, th'
lowest, perhaps, of the Government
appointments, is often sublet by the
appointee to another who does the
work for half the pay. 1t is idle
therefore, to urge such an objection
as this to a work of great national
To us of the South and West the
next great question of importance is
our own material development.
We want the Mississippi river
deepened until sea-going vessels can
load at St. Louis, Cairo and Cincin-
natl. We want to see the trade OF
China pouring from San Francisco
and San Diego, not only through St.
Louis and Chicago to Philadelphia,
Boston and New York, but at the
same time through Nicksburg,
Memphis and New Orleans, by the
shortest route across the continent
to the Atlantic at Savannah, Charles
ton and Norfolk. To accomplish
this the aid of the Government must
be extended to us, and, if the theory
of our anti-resunption friends is
correct, the millions of currency
which have been withdrawn from
should be reissued and
appropriated for this purpose. If
they are in earnest in their declara-
tions they make about giving relief
to the laboring classes, if they wish
to see the circulation increased and
at the same time give value to every
dollar that is issued, let them join
us in our efforts to build mp the
waste places of the South. Let all
the idle workingmen be gathered
together and put to work on the
levees and the Texas
and Pacific Railroad, and then every
dollar that is issued to pay them
will not be an imitation of currency
without value, but will represent
the value of a days labor that has
been added to the aggregate wealth
Of the nation. A debt contracted in
the destruction of values, as our
present debt was, is a burden and a
curse to a people; but a debt con-
tracted for valuable improvement
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, whether
contracted by an individual or a
State, brings with it blessings and
prosperity. Incur debt, then, if
you choose, for these valuable inn
and the blessings of
prosperity will be felt throughout
The land Build up the waste places
Of the South, give tone and vigor to
that portion of the body-politic
which has been emaciated and en-
'eebled by the ravaging disease of
war, and the currency which has
at the money centers,
With sitting effect upon trade, like
blood unnaturaly forced to the heart,
will again be gently diffused through
he paralyzed limbs, until the South
will once more stand erect and be-
,ome the joyful recipient and lavish
of the products and fab
les of the North and West. Your
lOrses, your mules, your corn, your
neat, your wagons, your plows,
yOur clothing, your furniture, your
vine from the vine-clad hills, yes,
md your whisky from the distille-
les, whether crooked or straight,
viii find a ready market among our
naked and thirsty popula-
ion.
But shall these things be done for
Is, and, if not, why? If it fails to
,e done our southern members will |
De largely responsible for the failure.
northern men, without re-
ard to party, will, as they always |
lave where northern improvements |
we're concerned, cling together, and |
he Northern Pacific will be carried |
Trough. Notwithstanding your |
-nti-subsidy resolution, passed by |
of this House, the subsi- |
lies to the Northern Pacific will be |
enewed and extended for ten years. |
The grant of lands in this case will |
ecure the building of the road. 1t |
uns through a magnificent agricul- |
ural country, and the demand for |
he lands will accomplish the pur-
,ose. The Government, as we
NOW, built the Union and Central |
nd filled Minnesota, Iowa and |
Kansas with branches, and southern /
nen will sit by and see the North
rn Pacific built in the same way, |
While perhaps the Texas Pacific |
nay be defeated. Hugging the
nutilated body of State rights to |
heir bosoms, agoniziug over the |
Dssil remains of the resolution of |
% and '99, exhausting their ener-
les over picayune reductions in the
appropriations and expenditures,
hey will see their section left i'm |
,overty and want while the tide of
wealth and empire rolls over the |
Northern States. Sir, mourn over
uch representative as Bulwer /
nourned over the bright classmate
f his college days whom he found
n after years a poor curate delving
nto the roots of the Greek Ian
uage, or, as he expressed it, "wast-
ng the energies of an immortal soul
yer the effete particles of a dead |
anguage." To those who fear
ec0nd Credit Mobilier, / say that
0 be forewarned is to be fOrearmed,
nd the same or similar fraud can
ever be practiced on the same peO-
lie twice. To those who have con-
scruples, l say look to
he established practice of the Gov
The precedents followed for years
f giving Government aid to inter
al improvements have been too
and too long continued to /
e questioned now. The learning |
( our State-rights fathers might be
nd is most excellent reading for
he student of history and the phil
sophy of government, and would
urnish valuable texts for those who
would preach or weep over what
he States might have been If pre-
erVed i'm their original rights. But
n this day of Capitalization, when !
nen are made citizens of the United