Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-05
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vice OF the Appeal ab0u, the choice Of
an eastern terminus Of the Texas Pa
ei6e Railway. That journsl wildly
aud indiscreetly favors what Is known
ss the sapP Bill, bill that undertakes to
name the eastern terminus Of the road.
Such q bill as this can never become 9
law, for no bill that would cause dis
sension among the Southern friends oi
the measure can possibly pass. To Sc
cure any Southern transconliuental
road, all Southern men must act to.
gelher, and they Will not combine, il
this apple OF discOrd is thrown among
them. Suppose Memphis bad followed
the foolish advice Of the Appeal,
and other cities should follow Mem.
phis's example.-:hat is look to their own
selfish interests-how would 1t be pos
sible to secure any respect for our great
National enterprise? The teachings
Of the Appeal seemed 10 mean that
Memphis must be selected as the east'
eru terminus before charter was
granted for any route, and before the
Government should be a'ked TO en-.
dorse the bonds. We are glad TO OBJ
serve that the citizens Of Memphis
acted with better judgment. They
urge their Congressman to favor the
enterprise fret, and then to do all they
can to secure the terminus at Mem
phis. No one can complain with
them for this action. II 10 in
fact their duty to their city to
secure the terminus for 1t If they can
As Vicksburg 10 on the direct line Of a
true Southern route, she will not com.
plain II other cities not on that line
use some fair exertions TO influence
public sentiment in their favor, but we
will not STAND anything that Is unfair.
ANY such stuff as memphis shall be
the eastern terminus or no Pacific
road" means death to the whole enter.
prise. But If our Memphis friends are
willing to work heart and hand to Sc.
cure the road first, the decision OF the
point to be selected IS the eastern ter
minus by disinterested AMI competent
engineers, they shall have no fault to
fnd with Vicksburg, aud We believe
the proper aid can be obtained from
the Government. Col. J. I. Trez4vaut
has written q long and interesting LETT
ter to the Memphis Avalanche on this
subject. This letter is in the right
spirit and Is calculated to do great
good. On the point We allude to above
Colonel Trezevant has the following:
The Vicksburg HERALD of q late
date says:
II Memphis means that the Texas Pa.
cihc Road must and shall DO the Memphis
Texas Pacific, TO the exclusion OF the in.
terests OF all other cities, our Congress.
men must make up their minds TO sit
down on the whole scheme.
Such q declaration IS that might nat
urally be looked for as the only answer
to the unWise aud unfortunate sugges.
ton OF the Washington correspondent
Of the Memphis Appeal, who, in bis
letter of March 4 said: "MemphIs
must oppose this bill of Mr.. House, and
only countenAnce one that will definite.
ly name Memphis as the eastern ter.
minus Of q Pacific railroad TO the Mis-.
sisSlppi rlver." Such q declaration
from one Of the leading papers In this
Valley, could but invite the antagonism
Of other cities and towns south Of
Memphis; and when Vicksburg de.
clares that the Mississippi Congress-
men "must cit down on the whole
scheme" If Memphis alone is to be
named in the bill, she but does what
the correspondent OF the Appeal pro-
poses that Memphis shall do; and she
does only what every other town In
tereSted may AS justly do. Fortunate.
ly, our VlcksbuFg friends must have
seen, by this time, that Memphis has
not followed the unwise advice given
In the Appeal, but has simply urged
the Tennessee members Of Congress
ito exercise their whole influence and
craftsmanship TO secure Memphis as
the starting point in auy bill that may
receive the favorable consideration Of
Congress.
That is all Memphis has done, and
she has, at three separate meetings,
carefully aud wisely abstained from
saying that she will "oppose any road
that does not definitely name Memphis
90 the eastern terminus of the Pacific
railroad to the Mississippi river"
She puts herself squarely on record,
first for the road, and then for Mem.
phis as the eastern terminus; but che
does not adopt the wild idea Of "Mem.
phis or no Pacific raiRoad."
Our readers will be pleased to learn,
also, that the Avalanche fully endorses
what it's correspondent wrote. This
is the only way In which the Southern
people can hope to secure q Southern
road. They must make the choice of =
terminus q matter of secondary consid-
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