| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| November 23, 1861 |
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| Communication With Texas -- A Timely
Suggestion |
| The New Orleans Bulletin,
in alluding to the suggestion of the President, in his late message,
that a link of railway between Danville, (Va.) and Greensboro', (N.
C.) be speedily constructed for military purposes, observes with great
force: |
| We had hoped that some
allusion would have been made to a similar necessity between the
termini of the railroads to connect this city with Texas, and for
similar reasons. We trust that the representatives of Louisiana and
Texas will bring this subject before Congress at an early day. |
| It seems to us that something
might and ought to be done as to filling up this hiatus which
would be highly beneficial to the cause, and be felt very generally
over the Confederacy. e do not say that the work should be undertaken
by the government, as the military necessity may not be so great as to
justify that, but we doubt not that some very important aid might be
rendered, and for military reasons, which would do much to secure the
object in view. Texas is now almost isolated from the rest of the
Confederacy. The filling up of the gap in the railroads between
Berwick's Bay and the Sabine river {the New
Orleans & Texas RR} would open up to the government sources
of supplies of almost every description, whose elements the unemployed
labor of the principal commercial city of the country could make
available. |
| The favorable reference to the
necessity of developing our vast resources and thus to make ourselves
independent will, we trust, attract the attention it deserves, and
have the effect to strengthen that great arm of our defences. |
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