Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-20

week, when hope to have the pleasure Of meet
To this Col. Trezevant made promptsnd
able response, acknowledging the compii-
ment and the kind consideration of his
views as they are presented in the follow
ing, the letter published in the Savannah
NeWs:
Col. J. Il. T~rezeVant's Letter.
MEMPHIS, TENN., November9 g, 1855.
Messrs. II. NJ. Conner, and John Screven, Savan-
nah, Ca:
GENTLBMEN-I cannot refrain from con-
graduating Savannah on inaugursting a measure
she Propose Proposes t to ERoId on nU the 18th Instant, in order
to INDUCE Congress to improve the harbors of
five years the South has besn the step-chi d Of the
nation; the North Atlantic and the lake cities,
the f%ayOrite daughters: But no one in the South
should complain Of this; for whatever benefits
any part of this Union, helps all other parts TO a
greater or less extent. The rains which bring big
crops to A. and B., will enable their neighbOrs G.
and D, to buy corn cheaper, though they may
have had no rains.
Therefore; let no one envy the North and
States appeal to the generosity and liberality of
that entire North to aid the South in winning
some of the national aid which has contributed
to the wealth and prosperity of that North At
lantic and Lake region.
The prime, most imperative and most import
ant want of the South is
POPULATION.
Not a population Of ignorant, uneducated,. care
lcss, unthIilty people, whose only interest IN the
soil is to gather and consume its annual crops;
who care not to plant an orchard or make any
improvements, because they are here to-day and
gone to-mor. ow. But the great want of the
South, from Richmond to the Florida Keys,
sweeping Westward TO the western confines. of
Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, is the healthful,
iuvigOrating presence of a population who are
| owners, not mere renters, of the soil, and whose
ties Of interest. education and intelligence bind
| your attention to a few facts that prove how
potent for good and grand results isa community
when moved by one common impulse to win these
results.
| WHEN OUR FIRST CENSUS WAS TAKEN
IN 1870,
the free States, as then called, had a population
Of about 2,W0. 900, the slave States OO,OUO, a diff
| ference Of 10000 souls. The line regarded as
dividing the free from the slave. States was
| Mason and Dixon's, the sane line which divided
| Maryland from pennsylvania. Everything vcSt
| of Virginia and Maryland was territory.
Ninety years later our last cenfus was taken.
| noInnuIation of the whole Union was then 80, 80
100; S,OOg,00O, all white, north of that same
line: 1888 900, oneIthird HesroGs, south of that
the increase of population in the North and the
South? 1t cannot be charged 10 native poGula-
ton; but it Is due to the steady influx of Euro
,eans during the Vast fifty years, nearly all set
| thing north of that line.
Prisr to lSiO-45 all vessels crossing the Atlantic
were moved by sails. Then came steamships,
which soon brought to our shores, in one year,
in five years; Speed, comfort. and safety more
than quadrupled the number of Immigrants; and
As these mostly came from the cold countries OF
Europe, they naturally sought like ATTITUDES
here. Landing at the North Atlantic seapOTts,
the capitalists of those cities, who had spent
railrosds leading out West, and many more
millions in buying NJ lands IN that West at low
6gures, naturally desired to direct those foreign.
crs to those lands over their roads, and the lead.
ing merchants of those North Atlantic cities
beiped this movement in order to reap tbs fruits
Of a trade which seemed so promising IN the neal
future.
Thus gradually sprapG up an empire west Of tbs
| States Of New York and Pennsylvania, and will
this rapid increase OF population ana wealth
" CONGRESSIONAL STRENGTH
that nearly doubled itself every decade. Thu.
New England. the Lake and the great Western
4 states have been working in harmony for fifty
years, each section promoting the interests of tbt
other, and all enjoying the favor of the Fedora
| Government to an almost limitIess extent in Con
gressionai appropriations Of all kinds. But let ~
now, for we need that help
POPULATION AGAIN.
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are oldcl
softer climate, more and larger rivers, as rich
soil, and can raise in vast abundance, if the,
will, all iood. fruits etc, sustaining man o
sugar, which are not raised at The North. Yet
With these advantages, these three Southern
States in 1881 in population, wealth and prosper
ity. Ia 1850 there were in this Mon 10000
6,OOO,UOO in the North Gnio has I,q0g squar,
miles of territjry. L0uisi1na has i5,C00 miles
Ohio hsd Scyenty-ciGht souls to the mile in lsso
bsvs nearly the same area W tn Mississippi an,
Alabama. but the former two States had ffty-fv,
TWO had but twonty-fouri The whole thing i
summcd up in this brief statement; found in tn
census report, to-wit: that, at the North there i
a foreigner foe every FIVE natives. In the South
there Is a foreigner for every forty-fve natives
and in the cotton States only one foreigner TO
THE SOUTH NEEDS MORE FOREIGNERS
In Kew York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minre
sofa, one-third o. the population is forelgn born
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois we're but a vast will
dsrness seventy-Gve years ago; but tie millions
l of people brought into their territory byrailrOad
during the past thirty years, and the descendant
of the first immigrants, have developed tina
region until the former Wilderness is made t.
blossom with all the comforts, luxuries, etc.
Cannot a like result be won in the South? Can
not our popalstion be greatly increased by lik'
North from Boston TO Colorado? Cannot tn
products of their farms and factories be tarne'
toward South Atlantic cities?
The Mississippi Valley States-ffteen-extend
ing from the gulf to the lakes, had, by the eensu
the Union; three fourths of sll the horses an,
mules, thre5 -sevenths of all the cattle, nearl,
one.half Of the, shees, and three-fourths of al
the census of 1890 will give absolute control o. al
Congressional legislation 70 the people of tina
valley 4 do not count the Territories west o
the Mississippi; bot .Reak only of States. HeV
warm allies of these Mississippi Valley powers
II " us NV VI AhN NO. y Va AA
South Atlantis cities damage the great LAX
States, or any of the great Northwestern States
Would il not be giving them other an
ecu peting markets for the sale of their products
Look az DE region west of the Mississippi
and south OF The Missouri line. ArSanSa
has an area Of 5S,0i9 sGuars miles, and 800 mile
more of steamboat navigation than any otbe
State in the Union. In mineral wealth che j
uneaualed, and in her forest We 18th is unsui
passed by any other State. Her capacity 70
I eGTp, wheat lin northern %pOrtion) and fruit
is unriya,ed. She raises more cotton per acri
than any other stGte, and she and Texas hav'
produced oue-third OF the Eho.s cotton crop dur
ing the past FIVE years! Ana yes, Arkansas haC
5ct fifteen people TO the square mile ia 1850
When thRt State and the adjacent ones. and thi
| Territories. shs'l have as many souls per squar'
mile ms Ohio had in 1850 seventy eighb, who car
estimate the amount and value OF the varied prod
gets which will cross the Mississippi Sl their wa!
to al Atlantic market?
THE CURRENTS OF COMMERCE CHANGED
Railroads have Hreatly changed the current!
| # in this valley. Fifty years az,
4 everything hoated down to New 0Ilesns as al
ocean outles. Now there arc two or three iroI
rivers for every river Of Eater. Last year at St
Louis seven tons of freight passed over the St
\ Louis bridge where one passed under tie bridge
Let Or Southern cities urge upon Congress tn
great importance of improving their hRrbors. !
is a measure as Just t. a growing as i
decreases in a thrifty and energetic population
which xiii develop its wonderful and varied re
sources, the necessity of such hsrbor improve
ments will annually become more and NOR
urgent. In conclusion, lei alc ask your seriou
| consideration OF table o.. g