The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-20
MEMPHIS APPEAL.
sA rURpAY. =. NOV. 90, 1885.
rHE TENNEssKE or TOnAY.

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ploiiDg the South With a view TO see
what changes have been made by the
results Of the war, will find in Tennes'
see evidences Of prosperity, and a. inn
provement over the past, that cannot
fail 10 arouse their attention. Were it
bat possible for them TO reaIizs what
the state OF things was al the conclu-
sion OF the war, they would not but
be annexed. Then the fortunes OF pri-
vate citizens were mainly destroyed;
States, cities and wide spaces OF the
country were diEorgsnized, laid waste,
stepped in poverty; the whole labor
system was upset, everything was
present that induces country's
degeneration, that represses energy,
and discourSges enterprise. But 1t is
the people Of country that make
country, and where there is will, and
impulse, and the determination to
conquer adverse circumstances, and
dominate misfortune by hard toll
and peIseveripg efforts, success
and victory will be ccm.
manded, not crouched to and
begged for That the Southern peo-
pie possess these master qualities is
proved by the results we see today.
The qualities that made them formid-
able on the battle field have been
manifested no less htrikiDgly in the
contest against the misfortune and
the disastrous results Of devastating
war. The South has not merely re-
covered herself; she has gone, short
as the time OF recuperation has heen'
far beyond the point at which the war
found her. Her very deprivations
have been made instrumental to sue
cess, and her misforlunes have been
as dams to a river, giving might to
forces far beyond their unobstructed
power. Look at Tennessee az the war
left it. shattered, downcast and APP
parently ruined. Look at it today,
bright, vigorous, prosperous, and with
prospects before 1t never dreamed Of
unlil misfortune came, let loose the
sonfinipg obstacle, and aroused the
dormant energies. Where is there
today people more cheerful, hopeful
and confident OF the iuture2 Her
towns are expanding to cities,
her villages are swelling into
prosperous towns, and many a mile
that wss left to the swamp and the
gloom Of the forest, is now gladdened
with newly spriDging mp villages sur
rounded with fertile fields and pros
porous farms. Memphis, that has had
TO endure the horrors Of epidemic in
addition 10 the havoc OF war, now
stands one OF the most promising, in
creasing and prosperous cities in the
whole Mississippi Valley. Her youth
are in her schools, preparing to carry
On what their hard toiling fathers have
so happily begun, and her men are
maniies.ing degree Of energy and a
atesdiness OF industry rarely equaled.
II the poets assurance that "sweet are
the uses OF adversely" were ever true,
they are true Of Memphis, that "out OF
the nettle danger has plucked the
flower safety" Before the war a New
Orleans paper ssid eve can contem-
plate no possible state Of things that
would, In any way, make Memphis a
rival Of New Orleans" The immense
increase, year by year, OF the cotton
trade of Memphis, IS compared with
the waning markets of New
Orleans shows the advance
that has been made Beside the phe.
nomentl advance of it's staple com
merce, 1t has also advanced in manu-
iActures, and mills and shops and
smoking factory chimneys show how
the industry aud commerce OF the city
has been extended. Its population
goes on increasing, acres upon acre.
that were suburbs covered with farml
and thick woods before the war, ar,
now covered with habitRtions, manu-
factories, churches and stores. Thu
best evidence Of what Memphis ha
accomplished is given by the manner
in which those astute observers, thu
projectors OF railroads, have chosen 1
as the center of vast present ant
future business. From the far East L
the transmontaue West, from the
breezy North to the torrid waters Of
tho Gull Of Mexico, railroad Connec
ton with Memphis is eagerly sough
and highly priced. Could more con
vincing proof be demanded OF wha
Memphis has accomplished since tn,
military trumpet call echoed in he
streets aud the boom OF the cannon re
Verberated around her neighborhoo,
and interrupted her commerce
upon the broad MississippiH No lea
vigorous and prosperous has been tn
career Of the capital OF the Stat,
Nashville. Formerly an inland town
known mainly because II was tn
capital, it is today amassing wealth
incre asing its popula ton and extend
iug widely its limits as q busy hive O
manufacturers, We lave no apac
for details, but the progress Of Nash
vile since the war is wonderful dis
play OF what the natural resources O
the land and the indomitable energ
of the people OF Tennessee can do
Olarksville, that was q neat little tow
on the right bank Of the Cumberland
has expanded since the war into
great center OF the tobacco trade, an,