The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-13
DEEP WATER TO THE SEA
HON. PAT CALHOUN'S ADDRESS
BEFORE THE LEGISL AZURE.

the House inviting large number of Sar
vannah citizens and members Of tho Atlanta
Board Of Trade, of the chamber OF COM
merce and Atlanta city council to the priv-
ileges of of the floor to hear the speech Of
Hon. Pat Calhoun at II 80 O'Clock.
sAvANNAH's DELEGATION.
The following are the names OF the Savan-
nah citizens present:
Mayor John J. MoDonough, Aldermen
W. p. Bailey, w G.. Cam, George s.
Haines, James Mcclure, W. /. O'Brien,
Clerk of Council Frank f. Rebarer, City
Marshal Robert Wade.
Board Of Trade Representatives-Cap
D. g. Purse, president; /. B. Tiedeman,
John Turton, J. w. Moore, c. NJ. Gilbert,
John Elton, G. w. Howard, superintendent.
Cotton Exchange Representatives-Col.
j. L. Warren, president; P. d. DafIln, ]. K.
Garrett, John Flournay, w. l.. Tison, E. A.
Quits, D. j. MaoIntyre, c. b. Malone, w.
Curtis, J. S. Wood, j. B. Merryhew, super
intendent
Others in the delegations were s. P. Ham,
ilton. president of the Merchants National
Bank; J. L. Whatley, attorney; j. P.
Williams, president of the Middle Georgia
and Atlantic railroad Frank Weldon,
editor of the Savannah Times; G.
w. Parish, A. Fl. Mcdonald, city
court judge-elect; A. A. Solomons,
j. R. saussy, attorney w. Kehoe. David
Robinson, J. G. Richardson, M. A.
! O'Byrne, s. Smith, J. F. B. Beckwith,
Thomas Bailantyne, and d. r. Thomas
By the time the hour for the address had
arrived the House and galleries we're COM
pletely filed. Many ladies were present.
THE SPEAKERS APPEARANCE.
Promptly at $50 o'clock, Mr.. Calhoun,
accompanied by Mayor w, A. Hemphill
of Atlanta and, Hon. William Clifton,
Representative from Chatham, appeared.
The Senate had already filed in, and
President Mitchell was In the chair.
President Mitchell, in introducing Mr.. CAL
houn, said that not only Savannah and her
citizens, but he felt sure that every member
or the general assembly was deeply inter-
eated In deep water" for Savannah, for ID
would affect the whole state. Mr.. Calhoun
spoke Just forty minutes. His address was
an able effort and made a very favorable
impression.
Mr. CALHoUN's ADDRESS.
Mr.. Calhoun said:
Upon the development OF the South Atlantic
| ports depends the commercial equality OF the
|
main forever in commercial vassalage TO the
northeast. In full recognition of this impor-
tant TACT, Savannah, Georgia's most beautiful
daughter, greets you to-day She comes mot
as a self.willed maiden, asking Won 10 contrib
ute to her selfish pleasure. but as a we'll
matured matron, conscious Of the dignity of her
position and OF the important mission she has
70 perform, proud OF tho noble sons
she has given to illustrate the greatness of the
south; proud OF her growing commerce; proud
OF the advancement she has made in the arts
| Sciences still n tpfh hff,hc
OF civilization her children have obtained; proud
| OF the advancement and prosperity of her sis-
TER cities, rejoicing in their progress, ambitious
herself TO contribute her share to the greatness
ana prosperity OF the state-she comes not ask
| ing money at your hands, but your moral sup
port; She knows she has your good will, but
she desires your active support and co-opera-
ton, not for herself alone, but for the benefit OF
this whole state and section. She
hes asked me, therefore, TO present to
| you to-day some OF the reasons why the deep.
ening OF the channel of fho Savannah river
would be OF benefit to every section class and
calling Ia this state; but her ambitions and her
patriotism is broader even than the confines OF
this great commonwealth, and she has asked
me TO point out 60 you why the entire south
east, from Virginia to Mississippi, Tennessee
ana kentucky, and the great southwest. Louis
lana and Arkansas and that imperial state of
Texas, and the great northwest, stretching
across the grain fields even to the Rocky
mountains, and even the three great
middle states, Indiana, Illinois and
Ohio, are interested in seeing that
the government promptly makes fair appro
priation out Of the funds contributed by the
people, she and You, TO the general govern
| ment for giving her deep water to the sea- ID
is pleasing task, 1t is pleasant 10 stand in these
| nails and feel that all this vast audience Is in
| full sympathy with my theme However much
| we may diner as to details. however wide apart
we need be as TO methods, no man here who
| does not desire the growth and prosperity
| OF Savannah; no man here who does not de-
sire the greatness of Georgia; no man here
| who would not, if in his power to contribute to
a,Ea Il ,roRF 81.
| and no man here, who, when he had contri.
| buted ought to Savannah, Ga, aad the south,
who would not feel an additional pride in the
| thought that he had contributed something to
| this great American union. The sun is fast
setting upon the day oflocal jealousies and sec.
| tlonal pre1udices. May 1t rise upon another
| bright with the promise of a perfect union,
| when Savannah could as conhdentially look to
| the aid of Kansas and Wisconsin as she can to
| the aid OF Alabama and Tennessee; and there is
| no reason why they should not give Savannah
| what she asks Her requests are moderate, rea-
sonabe, Just"
| WHAT GOVERNMENT HAS DONE FOR SAVANNAH.
Here Mr. Calhoun entered into discussion Of
| what had been done by the government for
| Savannah, stating that she asking congress
to do nothing new; that the government had
| already stamped its approval upon the plans Of
that distinguished engineer Capt. Carter, for the
deepening Of the Savannah river, and congress-
| had already committed itself to the requisite
appropriation. He explained that the only diff
tculty IN the matter was, that the governments
| only Appropriated few hundred thousand dol
| lars year, and that this method was not eco-A
nomical, but wasteful in the extreme. and that
| all Savannah now wants Is that the government
| would do for Savannah what it had done for
Galveston, and give all OF her appropriation at
once, so that the work could be efficiently,
speedily and economically done, in order that
the commerce OF this section might quickly
reap the full advantages therefrom, in its effort
TO attract portion of the commerce. OF the
continent
Mr. Calhoun then took Savannahs geograph-
ical position, and showed her advantages
over the north east. He showed that Memphis
| was only 672 miles from Savannah, while it was
| 1,l59 miles from New York; that Little Rock
was only s07 miles from Savannah, while it was
1894 from New York; that Waco, Tex, was
| only 1.066 miles from Savannah while it was
| 1,507 miles from New York. Turning toward
| the north west, he showed that Kansas City was
| 1852 miles from New York, and only 1lS7 from
Savannah; that St. Louis was l.04S miles from
New York, and only $50 miles from Savannah:
that as far west as Omaha was, it was only l,3O3
miles from Savannah, while il was ,3S3 from
| New York; now even II we come as far
| east as Cincinnati. the present center of
| the population of the United States,
| and take that radiating
| point, il is about the same distance to Savan-
| nah as it is TO New York, and shorter TO Savan-
| nah than it is to Boston. Mr.. Calhoun then
| called attention to Savannah relations to Cuba,
/ the West India islands and the eastern pert Of
| South America. He stated that it was abous
| the same distance from Savannah to Havana
| that II was from Pensacola to Savannah, and