Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-05
The RasssFa Teg2lnus of the
Texas Pasi6e.

Texn Pacific Railroad, would threaten
Tie Sneosss Of the enterprise ITSELF We
have ScrupulOuSly avoided such IN nm
timely discussion. We have contsnied
ourselves with doing ell 10 our power
to aid this much.needed Southern
york, without throwing obstacles 10
the way Of trusted Southern men who
ere slrAining their energies 10 secure
the essential Governmental aid. The
arrangement agreed to by them,
that the selection OF an east
ern terminus should be left to
9 commission OF honest, competent
engineers, is sAtisfActory 10 rs. We
feel that all interested points must
agree 10 leave this matter 10 some sort
Of arbitration, and we could conceive
Of no better plan than this one. But
while We we're resting quietly under
the impression that ell the real friends
OF the enterprise were satisfied 10 abide
this mode of selecting an eastern ter
minus, the Appeal, Of Memphis, opened
the question with terrible eArnestness
In favor Of that city Is the terminus
It's Washington correspondent zone Of
it's proprietary wrote long letters
from Washington, advocating Men,
phis, and boldly charging that
it was the intention OF Colonel Scott
to desert his Memphis friends and
stand BY Visksburg. No proof was
furnished Of this, but 1t had its effect,
and public meeting was held In Mem.
phis and the Tennessee Congressional
delegation were requested 10 do all
they could to secure Memphis as the
eastern terminus. In the meantime the
Appeal, with ell OF its Well.known
vigor aud ability, was advocating the
Sapp Bill, biH that names Memphis
as the eastern terminus OF course
Mississippi could not and would
not stand such unfair work, and
this journal said so plainly. We said
then, and We repeat It, II Memphis
means that the Texas Pacific must and
shall be the Memphis aud Texas Pa.
ci6c, or that she will not work for the
enterprise, then our CopgreGmen must
make up their minds to defeat such o
selfish purpose. The course the APP
peal was then pursuing, and the public
meeting held in Memphis, justified our
action. Memphis was then engaged in
unlimely and dangerous work. Since
then, the Appeal seems to have some
what eomprehended the situation. II
noW declares that 1t was not attempting
to unfairly influence action in its 70.
Vor. In itS issue Of Tuesday we find
the following:
We find another instance OF this
same oalumny, In another form, as to
the position Of Memphis, in the Vicks-
burg HERALD, Of Friday last, when II
says: "As ViCksburg 10 on the direct
line Of o true Southern route, she will
not complain If other cities, not on that
line, use fair exsrtions to influence
public sentiment in their favor, but we
will not stand anything that 10 unfair.
Any such stuff as Memphis shall be
the eastern terminus or no Pacific
road means death 10 the whole enter.
prise" or course it does, and Mem.
phis has been accordingly very careful
TO use no such indiscreet language,
The HERALD expresses the right feel.
ing when it says the road first, the ter.
minus aflerward: indeed, il echoes
and almost copies language the APP
peal has used over aud over again
The HERALD we extract from was pub
lished March Goth; ten days before
March Goth, the Appeal said: "Will
ing that all should exercise the right
she claims for herself Memphis claims
and Memphis will exercise her right u
express her opinion" March 29Ih tn
Appeal said "While Memphis assert
her own claims, she does II in no in
vidious spirit toward any other claim
ants, and cheeriully acknowledge
their right to assert and maintain an
vindica'e their claims, and make ther
successful If they can. In ou
peoples desire as citizens Of Memphi
for the accomplishment Of that objec
there 10 nothing in their power the
would leave undone, no mere persons
or local interest they would not sAcri
ice. Foremost, aud above all else, th
road TO the Pacifc-that is the gran
object to which all other interests !
connection with II are inferior and sut
! sidiary."
! The "cAlumny' alluded to above is i
: the Appeaps Imagination. 1t pretend
; TO have discovered that "cautioning"
! sgainst untimely agitation Of the tel
, minus question is q Shrewd conspirsC
b TO prevent its ever be ng selected as Il
] eastern terminus. II was "cautioneC
a by all real friends OF q Southern tran