Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-06
MEMPHIS APPEAL
RIVER IMPROVEMENT DELAY.

The fsiiure Of Congress TO appropriate
money 10 continue, during the present year,
the improvements begun in the Mississippi
river, Is very grave matter, which should
receive earnest attention from every business
ci'y, and elsewhere, within the Mississippi
valley. 1t is useless crying over sPiit milk,
therefore the logs Of time and material con-
sequent upon the failure Of Congress 10 per-
form an important duty, we must bear With
what philosophy we can. While doing this,
We must be awake and active as to the fu-
ture Important influences in the Eastern
river improvement will be injurious to their
special Interest,", are always on the watch 10
interpose obstructions and delays, and those
Influences must be met with a firm determi-
nation that will show that the West ard
Southwest do not intend to be defeated in the
one great object upon which they are en-
barked, aad which is 30 essential to their in
terests. Every Exchange and Board Of Trade
should take its part in the great effort that
must be made-for the West and Southwest
must nOl 5uDulb " DC NO"h
shod by the Eastern seaport cities. The
Mississippi valley commands formidable
influence in Congress; the large body Of
members OF the House and Senate from the
valley, when setting together, are unsssaila-
bic. With such a cause as that Of the 30
long neglected Mississippi river, their united
sentiment and earnest action cannot be with
stood. To secure that union and that earnest
meas, the various Exchanges, Boards of Trade,
corporations and other influential bodies
must be prepared to appeal to their repre-
sentativss and senators in terms tina. will
admit of no denial and permit of no neglect.
In Memphis the public have profound in
terest in the improvement OF the Mississippi,
and desire that every advantage unob-
structed navigation will give may be ours.
Our city has had its troubles, and they were
no light ones, and now its people desire re-
lief from the consequences of misfortune. In
no way can that relief come more effectually
than from such an addition to the
commerce Of the Mississippi as will
follow its unobstructed navigation. Having
SO important a stake in the matter, Memphis
looks TO lis Cotton Exchange and Merchants
Exchange to watch carefully that the city,
interest loses nothing that vigilance and &C
-ai~.a,- Tho AERIAL has been ar
untiring and earnest supporter of Mississippi
river improvements careful expounder anG
advocate Of the lcientiic principles so lum
inously Get forth by Capt. Ead,, and &c
splendidly demonstrated 10 the construction
of the jetties-principles which are the
guide Of the river commissioners in the
works they are carrying on. 1t is with
some surprise, therefore, that we find
The New Orleans Times. Democrat, Of
Wednesday, accusing the APPEAL of sanc-
tioning or commencing views Of an
exactly opposite character 10 those Of
Capt. Eads, and glariugly inconsistent with
what the case of the Mississippi river re.
quires. While firm in its adhesion to what
it understands TO be the true plan of river
Improvement, the APPEAL INDUCES neither
in bigotry nor narrow e1clusiveness, and doei
not refuse to lay before the public views Of
correspondents that differ from its own. Il
ia 10 such a correspondent, not to the AP
PEAL, that the sarcasm of the New Orlean
Times applies.