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GREAT WESTERN RAIL ROAD.
Knoxville Convention.
REPORT OK THE COMMITTEE OK FORTY-FIVE.
The committee to whom wns referred the re
port of the South Carolina Commissioners, and
the four resolutions, directing them to consider the
charters, and report hereon, and also to iuquire
nud report on the practicability, probable cost, and
commercial and other advantages of the proposed
Louisville, Cinci mail and Charleston Kail Hoad,
also, on the measures necessary to be adopted in
relation thereto, have had these important sub
jects under consideration, and find that charters
have been passed by the Legislatures of South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tenuessee and Ken
tucky, for the purpose of extending a Rail Road
from Louisville and Cincinnati to Charleston,
through the States above mentioned. Having
examined the provisions of these chnrters, the
committee arc of opiniou that they should be ac
cepted. and accordingly report a resoluliuu to
that effect
With respect to the sccoud branch of these in
quiries. they report that the charters funded by
me several States, require that the road shall pass
through the States of Keutucky, Tennessee,
North Carolina, and South Carolina: nnd the
commutes are directed to respoud to the inquiry,
whether there has been found a practicable route
through these States betwom Charleston, in S.
Carolina, aiul some poiut in Kentucky, between
the Cumberland mountains and the Kentucky ri
ver, from which point two roads may be made,
one leading to Louisville aud the o'herto Cincin
nati. by way ot Lexington, and thence by a
branch to Maysville. This cannot be answered
better than by referring to the report of Capt.
Willinms. of the U. S. Topographical Engineers,
and Chief Engiuoerof the South Carolina Com
missioners. which has beeu referred to this com
mittee, and which, after duo examination, is found
to liceutiiled to entire confidence, ns well on ac
count of the able manner in which it has beeu
drawn up, as the skill and accuracy of the Engi
neers tvho liavo assisted in making the surveys.
From this report, corroborated by the personal
observations of mauy members of ibis commit
tee, it would appear that within the chartered lim
its of the company, there is uo practicable pass
through the Allegany mountains, but the valley
of tbs French If road river; and most fortunately
for the undertaking, the general direction of this
ri' er, within tin- mountain regiou, coincides with
n straight line drnivu from Charleston to the bran
ching point in Kentucky ; and wbal recommends
it rnuro sirongly for adupiion, is the fact that its
head waters rise on a level plain, which begins
at ibe Minimi! of the Blue Ridge, aud stretches to
the north west in an open valley, wi'lraut any de
scent perceptible to tbe eye for 30 miles, to a
short distance below Ashvdle in North Caioliua;
and for the uext GO miles it has a very regular de
scent to the poiut where it issues from the moun
tains, which descent, in the whole distance aver
ages only 13 feet to the mile; and iu only one
mile is there a descent uf 45feet. Aud while the
river runs over this regular descending bed, its
curvatures are such, that with no very extraor
dinary labor, a road cuu be made iu it. to admit
locomotives with their trains to pass without diffi
culty. This committee have no hesitation, there
fore, in declaring that this must he ndopied as a
part of the line of our road, and that it is perfect
ly practicable.
The attention of the committee has uext been
called to the approaches to this great opening in
tho mountains, and particularly to those through
the Blue Ridge, which lead to the comparative
ly level country of North aud South Carolina.
The Blue Ridge prescuts two openings, which
have been examined and minutely surveyed.—
The first is down the Reedy Fateh Creek, called
the Reedy Fateh Gap, which leads directly iuto
If road River. The descent here is 777 feet in the
distauce of 5 miles aud 1371 feet; and in the
Broad River below, there is n descent of 567 feet
in 6 milesand 3155 feel, to a point where the dif
ficulties of this line terminate, aud the rountry
hccomesso level as to present no serious obstruc
tions to the use of locomotive power. By the
Ifutt Wountu in nnd Greeu river, the Blue Ridge
may be passed by an opening whicn leads into
the valley of Broad River. From the depression
of the Blue Bulge at this mountain, there is a de
scent of 19$ feet in 4 miles and 2003 feet, to the
bridge ou Green River, and from that bridge
down the valley of that stream there is a descent
of 1102 feet in 18 miles anil 3377 feet, to a poiut
w heie the level country begin*, and all serious ob
structions cease. A third route is found by pass
ing the Blue Ridge at the dep.esMon of tho Butt
Muiuitain, nnd crossing the Saluda Mountain into
Greenville District, down Gap Creek.* On this
line, which hns been accurately surveyed, the
iains, nud they recommend a careful considera
tion of this part of it by every fiiend of I his great
work, from which the accuracy of his estimates
may be duly appreciated. If any error has en
tered into them, it is the opiuiou * t .f this commit
tee that it will be found iu placing tho cost too
high, rulher than too low. It should here be ob-
«ei ved, that the estimates have been made ou the
supposition that the line of road is to he located
by passing by Columbia, (S. C.) then up Broad
river aud the ridee between it aud Tbicketty
creek, anefr by the lteody Fateh Gap to the table
lands of Buncombe couuly, (N. C.) and from the
mouth of the Nolachncky, by Knoxville aud
Wheeler’s Gap, to the branching poiut south of
Kentucky ri^er. This lias been adopted without
intending, in auv tnauner, to recommend it iu pre
Terence to auy other. Tho decision on this point
belongs exclusively to the company, who will bo
in possession of all the requisite information,
(which is uot the case with the committee) aud
this derisioij will be controlled bv ■ o influence
but the best interests of the stockholders, which
may bo always assumed as .coinciding with the
best inteerst of the coiunmuiiy. The route on
which the estimates afe made, is assumed as the
basis on which to predicate the cost of the work,
and should a shorter, better aud cheaper one be
obtained, this will be so much gained to the com
pany. The follow ing are the results of the esti
mates o f Capt. Williams:
From Charleston to Branchvillc. 62
. miles, where theie is now a single
track, the cost for a second will
be $4,500 per mile, $279,000
From Bra*‘cbville to Columbia at
$11.433 per mile, 62 miles. 711,646
Prom tberce to the jnnclimi of Tbic-
kettv with Broad river 65 miles,
a' $12,000 per mile, 780,000
Thence to the junction of Green
and Broad rivers, at $15,300 per
mile, 52 miles, • 743,600
Theure to Ashvillc,40 miles, for ffie
first ten miles through the Blue
Ridge $40,000 per mile, and the
next 30 miles at $12,000 per mile. 760,000
Thence down the Freuch Bioad to
the mouth of the Nolachucky. 60
miles, at $30,000 per mile, 1,800,000
Thence to the junction of'the Elk
with the clear fork of Cumber
land, crossing tbe streams in East
Tennessee, 90 mile3, at $30,000
per mile. 2,700,000
Thence to Cincinnati, 190 miles, at
$12 162 per mile. 2,310,780
The branch to Louisville, assuming
its cost to he equal to the Road
from Columbus to Charleston, 990,000
The branch to Maysville, 60 miles,
at $12,162 per mile, ; 729.720
The most western branch from this common point 3d. The superior facilities which such a route
will proceed to Columbus and meet there the
steam*, boat navigation of the Chattahoochee,
which is the most eastwardly navigable stream
which discharges into the Gulf of Mexico. AH
these roads have received the enlightened consid
would afford for supplying the whole Atlantic
coast—the West ludies, and foreign countries—
with the productions notv carried down tho Mis
sissippi river to New Orleans. When we look at
a map of the U. States, & trace the present course
As the South Carolina Canal :ftid
Rail Road compauy will, iu all
probability, seek a union with this
road ou terms of perfect recipro
city. nud "make a double track to
the poiut of junction, w herever
that may he, the estimated costs
of ibis part of tbe road may bo
deducted.
$990,000
Leaving this sum, $10,814,046
to be provided, to construct, (in
connection with the preseut S.
Carotin rail road.) the entire rail
roads between Charleston aud
Louisville. Cincinnati aud Mays
ville.
This estimate is based on the supposition that
there will be a double track tbe whole way
A view of tbe exteut aud population of the
States granting the charter, (through which it
must pas*.) aud also uf those States, which ly
ing contiguous on the east, the north & the wes\
may unite themselves with it, by lateral and oth
er connecting Rail Roads, Canals, and navigable
Rivers, may aid iu demonstrating tbe value and
extent of the commercial and social intercourse
it may be made to establish. But the limited
time allowed the committee, has prevented them
from descending to particulars, or exhibit ji g more
than a general survey of ibis exleusive region.—
It will he seen that tne most direct influence of
our road w ill embrace tbe eastern, but largest por
tion of Keutucky, the whole of East Tennessee,
the western section of North Carolina, and the
entire State of South Carolina. Iu this region,
taking the census of 1830 as tbe basis, aud ad
ding the supposed increase to this day, the pre
sent population will not vary much* from two
millions, or a little less than the entire population
of the United States at the Declaration of Inde-
eration of the people aud legislatuie of Georgia, of the trade between tho country bordering ou
aud are regarded as entirely within her means; the Ohio, and tho cities on the South Atlantic
and there seems no doubt of their early nccom- coast, involving, after a tedious voyage down the
plishraeut. It hns beon ascertained by a survey Mississippi, transshipment at that place, a dan-
made by Lieutenant Colcock that iu case Geor- gerous and difficult voyage down iho Gulf of
gia should run their main road through tho Ra- Mexico and around tho Capes of Florida, and
hun Gap, a road passiug into Pickens district in estimate the loss of time, of pro perty aud of life,
South Carolina, may branch from it over ground by which ii i. attended, the freight, insurance,
deemed by uo means impracticable. the shipwreks, &c., we cannot fail to perceive
ALABAMA. how vastly important it must be, to substitute a
Tbe western branch of tbe Georgia rail road, communication with the Atlantic by a rail road,
before mentioned, in its way to Columbus, will whereby all these inconveniences and losses
run so near to West Point, on the Chattahoochee would bo avoided, and the markets of the whole
River, that a short road may connect it with world thrown open to the western country. It
that place, from which there is now constructing is believed that the saving in freight aud insu-
a rail road to Montgomery, which there meets the i ranee alone, would pay the interest on the entire
steam boat navigation of the Alabama River that cost of such a work.
terminates at Mobile, the most commercial and 4th. The vast amount of domestic inanufac-
rapidly increasing town on the Gulf of Mexico, tures of every description which would spring up
and destined to have no superior ill the south- in the west, where labor and provisions are so
west, except New-Orleaus. The Legislature of cheap aud so abundant, „ud where water power
Alabama has incorporated a company, that is | is so boundless; manufactures, which need only
now organized, to carry a road from Wetumpkn good markets to become the source of unboun-
nt tbe head of steam boat navigation on the Ala- ded wealth aud prosperity to the people of that
bama River, about seventy miles, to th« upper region and which will be received by the south
part of the rapids of the Coosa River. This coin-I iu exchange for their cotton, or for the foreign
pany proposes to extend their work to meet the I goods of every description of which they will be
western branch, or main trunk of the Georgia the importers, for the supply of the west, as well
rail road, and thus to connect with ours. The as of the south.
connection of our road with North Alabama, and 5th. The vast amount of foreign merchandize
the southern part of West Tenuessee River from which, under such a system ofinatural exchange,
Knoxville, or the point where the Georgia trunk would be required for western consumption, the
will leave that river, to the Tuscumhia rail road, consequeuet increase of the shipping interest in
which passes round tbe Muscle Shoals, and is j our Atlautic ports, and the enlargement of our
now in full operation. And should our road I South Atlantic cities, by the extension of their
pass the Cumberland River below the falls, ii commercial connexions—tne consequent amelioi -
will cross the head of small steam boat naviga- ation of the condition of the whole population of
tion ou it. and thus be connected with Nashville tbe western and southern States—by adding to
and the northern part of Kentucky. Should it their comforts, as well as their iutellectural, raor
cross above the falls, it may have this connection al aud social improvement,
by a lateral rail road of no considerable exteut. 6th. The facilities which such a road and its
NORTH CAROLINA. branches would aflord for the certain aud speedy
The connection of our road with the works of this I transportation of the mail, and the circulation of
state will probably be made at Beatty’s ford, on 11 deary productions and information of every des-
the Catawba River. From that pointa rail road j criptiou—thereby establishing an intellectual iu
has been chartered to Fayetteville, and thence to tercourse, whereby the public mind will be en-
Wilmiugton ou the Atlantic. From Salisbury. I larged, improved and liberalized—knowledge,
ou the last mentioned road, to Clinton thence to I the parent of virtue, be promoted, and tbe arts
Raleigh, the capital of the state, a rail road is I aud sciences greatly exteuded.
contemplated, wtiirb is to be extended to Weldon I 7th. The facilities it would affoid to cinigra-
ou the Roauoke. to meet tbe rail roads to Peters- tiou and personal intercourse among the inhabit-
burgh. now iu full op-ration, and to Norfolk.— ants of different portions of our country, uow se-
This continuation will end on the Chosapeake parated from each other by almost impassable
Bay. barriers ; an intercourse which embracing the
VIRGINIA. millions of inhabitants extending from the upper
A company is charted to meet a branch of our lakes to the Atlantic, would soon become so ex
road which it is contemplated to pass down the tensive as of itself to ensure a large iucome to
valley from the western extremity of Teunes- j the company, and which would be in all other
respects, eminently conducive to the harmony,
improvement, and prosperity of our common
country. If, as wo aro informed, 30,000 persons
were, iu a short time after its completion, trans
States through which it may pass would be pre
pared to make up any deficiency in the subscrip
tion of their citizens, would have the effect of
giving public confidence to the work, and secure
the support of individuals aud corporations. The
late large aud unexpected addition to the resou~-
ces of the States, by tbe division among them of
the surplus revenue of the United States, affords
the easy and certain means of effecting this most
desirable object. Let this be pressed home upon
the States, aud let them be urged by every consi
deration of patriotism aud duty, not to neglect the
means which Providence seems at this time to
have thrown in their way, for the purpose of ef
fecting the greatest object which it may ever be
in their power to accomplish—that of forming
A LASTING UNION BETWEEN THE WEST AND THE
south—by binding them in the golden chain of
mutual sympathies aud common interests—by
breaking down all the barriers which now divide
them, and causing the stream of commerce to
spread its benign and fertilizing influence ihro’
regions which want only this to become the fair
est portion of the globe. Animated by these views,
which time does not permit them fully to deve-
loae, the Committee recommend to tho Conven
tion of the following resolutions, viz.:
pendente. And before the time limited for the
road will have a descent of 198 feet iu 4 miles J completion of our work by the charter, allowing
and 203 feet, to tho Green River bridge, and 1 our population to double iu 30 years, which this
then down Gup Creek, where the descent is-1096 I road will help lo accomplish, it will, no doubt ex-
feet (iu 6 miles anil 3989 feet, to a poiut ou
the head waters of the middle fork of Saluda,
where the obstructions to the uso of steam pow
er terminate.
One of iheso throe passes, it is supposed may
he adopted : but whicn of them it may he prema
ture to decide. This decifiou can be made by
the company alone, after full surveys and a care
ful consideration of all the attcudaut circumstan
ces.
This committee, however, have no hesitation
in declaring their opiuiou. that n Rail Rot d may
he made through either of tiiese passes with much
Jess difficulty than has been overcome oti lines of
rend possessing iu other respects, no superiority
to ours. Three, or at most, four inclined plants
may he hero required to he worked by steam or
water power, which latter element can be com
manded to any extent at all uf them. And w han
it is recollected that our road exceeds 100 miles
< ecd that number and nearly equal the entire pitp
illation of the Slates at the adoption of the Fed
eral Constitution.
But a more enlarged view of this matter must
lie taken. The connections with our road, as
exhibited heretofore, will show, that the whole
region to he intimately united with our work, will
embrace the entire Stale of Georgia and a part
of Florida, the eastern part of Alabama, the sou
thern part of North Carolina, extending eastward
to tho ocean ; a large portion of Ohio on the
south and west, almost the entire State of Indi
ana, and apart of eastern Illinois.—Adding these
exleusive regions, and it will he seen that at least
one third of the United States, which is uow set
tled, forms tho immense country froi. which this
road will draw its support, and to which i' will
dispense its blessings. And it cannot be doubted
that by the time it isromploted, the circle of its
influence will embrace more 'ban 5,000,000 of
in leugth in the highest mountain region in tho }people, inhabiting a country which stretches over
United States, it i* only a matter of surprise that
so few of these auxiliaries to locomotive power
are required. On the Alleghany nnd Fortage
Rail Road in Fennsylvauia, tho same ridge of
mountains is passed hy leu inclined planes.
Below the Blue Ridge, (which ever pass above
indicated may he adopted) the line of road will
find uo .surface which may not he graded with
great ease to locomotive power, as tested by pre
seut experience, in fact, this region to the sea-
liourd is remarkably favorable to the use of steam
power, as will at once appc&f when the estimates
of this part of the line aro presented.
Issuing from thn valley of the x’rcnch Broad
ou the north west of tho Alleghany, our Road
may pass round tho the south west of the Clinch
Mountain, and reach the Cumberland Mountai.'* 8
at Cumberland Gap, at \\ heeler’s Gap, or at the
Cross Mountain Gup; either of which may he
udopted, as may he nest recommended by iheii
own facilities aud the appioaches to and from
them. In the present state of our information,
it would be presuming too much to express a pre
ference for cither. Tho first has beeu accurate
ly surveyed toy tho Engiu'ers ordered by the
War Department on this service, and the second
has been exploit'd by Capt, Williams. It i* sup
posed that one iuchded plane may he required
hero. And from the summit of the Blue Ridge
to tho Ohio river, a distance of 370 riles, it is
probable that ibis will ho the only inclined plane
which may he required.
The committee have not had time to go into
at least 12 degress of latitude and <0 degrees of
longitude, and is blessed by every variety of soil,
production aud climate found iu any part of this
Union.
This view of the subject alone, would seem to
render almost unnecessary auy further develop
ment of the extensive usefulness and vast impor
tance of the undertaking; except merely to point
out the connections of our road with the Rail
Roads, Rivers and Canals, which have been com
pleted, are in progress or contemplated, and soon
may lie accomplished, should our happy Union
he preserved, aud its unexampled prosperity sus
tained aud continued. To show these various
connections it ha* been found necessary to go
somewhat iuto detail, hut with as much brevity
a* possible.
GEORGIA.
1 his State requires hut a single main trunk of
Rail i'oad to unite all her contemplated improve
ments wi.'h ours This trunk opeuiug on our
road in the valley of east Tennessee, may stretch
to tho Smith through the Al'eghany mountains
nnd Blue Ridge ot'Tennessee river and Rabun
Gap, where a prariicf)*' route has been ft nnd to
exist; or by a line further west, flanking these
mountains, on ground favoi.able 10 its construc
tion, and tuny reach some comi.ion poiut in this
State, from which the following brnctebes may di-
vergo;
The most eastern branch will lie extended to
Athens, where it will meet tho road now being
made to Augusta, the largest inland town in ti;e
details, aud most therefore refer to the report of! southern Atlautic States, where it will meet tbe
the commissioners of .South Carolina, the report! Rail Road to CharJestou, already in successful
of Messrs Gadsden. Brisbane and Ho,mce, and [operation, and at present the longest finished Kail
OHIO.
When our road shall reach Cincinnati, its con
tinuation will be effected by a rail road from that
ity to tjpriugfield and thence by the Mad River rail | ported on the Liverpool and Manchester Rail
road to Sandusky Bay and Lake Erie. This Road, adding so much to its income as to increase
continuation is uow in progress of completion.— tbe value of its stock one hundred and eighty per
At that city wo shall also meet the canal from cent., who can count the multitude which would
the Ohio river to Dayton. It is also contempla- pass along our road, or estimate the profits to
ted to construct a canal from Cincinnati to the be derived from this source ?
White Water canal, which will enter the Ohio 8th. The advautagisiutimesofwar, as afford
river at Lawrencebnrgh in Indiana. & will extend I ing tbe means of transmitting the products of the
above tbe’National Road iu that state. At Mays- south and east across tbe continent- tvheu they
ville, our road will reach the Ohio river 47 miles j could not be safely shipped, whereby some of the
below the entrance into that stream of the Ohio 1 worst conssqueuces of war would he averted to
and Erie canal, which uow extends entirely I the people of both regions, while the prosperity
through the state of Ohio to Cleaveland on Lake of the compauy would be greatly promoted. Nor
Erie. I is it of less importance that the means should be
INDIANA. j thus afforded for the speedy transportation of pro
The connection of our work with the White visions, arms, munitions of war, and troops, from
Water canal in this slate has already been men- the interior to the sea coast, to repel invasion and
tinned. Wheu we reach Lexington, we shall suppress insurrection; while the military power
meet the Lexington and Ohio rail road already I of the couutry would be thus greatly increased,
finished to Fraukfoit nud progressing to Louis- and a feeling of security (founded on a cominuui-
ille. On its way it passes withiu 20 miles of j ty of interest and sympathy of feeling) would
Madison iu this state, aud from thyt town a rail pervade the land ; there could be no jealousy or
road is already provided for and a part of it about I • pproheusiou of danger from this source, since
to be put under contract, passing through t'oluin- J a communication by Rail Roads can be easily in-
bus aud Indianapolis, the capital of the state, to j icrrupted, such communication being'available
‘.a Fayette on the Wabash, where it will strike only for the intercourse of friends, and capable of
the caunl to Lake Erie, already in part comple-) being iiisiautly closed against the approaches of
ted. This road will becontinued to Lake Michi-! an enemy
gan. thus opening a direct and almost straight And lastly. Its controlling and permanent in-
eommunication between that lake and the Atlan- J fluence on tbe peace and perpetuity of the Union
tic Ocean at Charleston. At Madison, another J practicably increasing the reciprocal dependence
rail road has been chartered to counect that city j ofthe uorth aud tbe south, from Michigan to Flo
with Rushville. At Louisville oor road will ead j rida—by establishing connexions in business,
opposite to a rail road which has been chartered j promoting friendships, abolishing prejudice, ere
to run from Jeffersonville to Columbus, to unite I nting greater uniformity iu political opinions, and
there with the Madison and La Fayette rail road, I blending tin feelings of distant portions of the
And at Louisville we shall end opposite to non- j country into a union of heart*
thcr road, which is intended to pass through Sal-1 Such are the leading advantages of the pro
em, Bedford, Bloomington, aud Crawfordville. posed road, which wo aro here permitted losttg-
aml end at La Fayette. But whether this road gest, but the importance ol which will be felt
is to be a McAdamiscd turnpike or a rail road, aud appreciated by all. To follow out these sug
depend* ou the result of further surveys ordered j gestioiis iu all their relations, is a duty which
to he made. The state is pledged to the coo- must be reserved fur auothcr occasion
"traction of one or the other. This toad, as well It uow becomes necessary to determine, what
as ihe one from Madison, will cross tbe central measures should he adopted to carry these views
canal of Indiana, which will begin north of In-I into effect? The charter provides that books
dianapolis, and traversing the entire valley of shall lie opened for a subscription to the capital
White river, enter the Ohio river at Evausville. stock of the company on. tbe 1st Oct. next, to
The state ha* made ptovision for caryiug the ca- continue open for six days. This capital is esti
nal from Lake Erie, through La Fayette, aud mated al $6,0"O,OOO, with liberty to the compa
down the valley of the Wabash to Evansville, uy to increase it, it found necessary. Should
passing in its whole length within a short distance this sum not be subscribed withiu the period meu-
oflllioois. To the completion of these works, tioued, the hooks are to eoutiuue open until the
with several others, this state stands committed j first January uext, in order to enable incorporat
ed companies and States, ns well as individuals,
to make up the amount; and if in the whole, the
subscription shall on that day amouut to the sum
of $4,000,000, the company is then to be consi
dered as foi med. The first important step, there
fore, is to secure the charter. For this purpose a
strong appeal should he made hy this Conven
tion to the people of all the States feeling an in
terest in the proposed road, to iuduce them to
heroine subscribers to the stock. The appeal
should set forth its practicability and immense
advantages iu a social, commercial aud political
poiut of view ; urging such facts aud arguments
as may be best calculated to rouse the people to
a great and general effort for the accomplishment
of the work. This appeal cannot be without its
iullueuce, with an enlighreued aud patriotic peo
ple, capable of estimating the almost boundless
resources of the States betweeu which this road
will form a connexion. Nor can a doubt he cu-
tertained by any one who will take an enlarged
view of the south mid the west, which this road
will establish, that it tnay be made as profitable
to the stockholders, as it must be important to the
country in all respects—but especially in promot
ing fi-iuudship and harmony, aud establishing a
bond uf union among tbe States.
It is, iudecd; in this latter view uf the question,
that it presents itself with irresistible force to the
mind of every citizen who loves bis country aud
cherishes her iustitutious. Without enlarging on
this topic ut this time, wo cousider it as making
uu appeal to the several States through which the
proposed road, or its branches may pass, of so
interesting a character, that it will become a high
—we should think—a sacred duty ou their part,
to interpose, in their sovereign capacity to pre-
Let tho cousi
From the Washington Globe, July 29
General Scott.
This gentleman, who passed through this city
a few days since, has, we liud, on his. arrival at
New York, given occasion to a great outbreak
against the President in the opposition newspa
pers of that city. As he “passed through this
meridian.” on his return we find the National In
telligencer awakened to join in the cry, & yester
day It embodied a portion of the General’s com
plaints in tho following paragraph:
“General Scott has returned from New York,
and again passed through 'this meridian, on his
way to Richmond, to join his family. The pre
dicament in which this officer has been placed is
certainly a very singular oue. Here is a Gener
al. to whom had been committed the arduous
and responsible trust of conducting an extended
Indian war, suddeuly recalled from his com
mand by the President, under censure, implied
at least; and when he nbeys the summons, and
reaches the seat of Government, no finds uo
one to whom he can make explanations, and is
galloping through the country, from pillar to post,
iu pursuit of some superior to whom he can re
port himself. Finding no one at the seat of Gov
ernment, or elsewhere, to whom he can report or
address himself, aud being debarred from return
ing to his command aud resuming tbe prosecution
of ihe war, ?ie has, we understand, gone, like a
good citizen, to report himself to his wife."
’•'he motive which prompts all this clamor hy
General Scott with regard to the absence of
the Secretary at War, at this moment, will be
appreciated, wheu it is understood that there is
a superior here, charged with the instructions of
the Secretary, and to whom he did report—that
he no sooner asked ofthe Adj. General informa
tion as to the grounds of his recall, lhau they were
furnished by that officer; aud that the instant he
demanded a court of inquiry, it was granted by
the proper officer, with au assurance that it would
he convened at as early a day as circumstances
would permit. As the matters to be inquired iu
to embrace Doth the Creek aud Seminole Cam
paigns, and implicate General Jesup and General
Gaines as well as General Scott, both oow en-
by the pledge of $10,000,000; a sura within a
trifle of the whole amount required from 4 statos
to complete our great work.
But your committee have yet to mention one of
the most important features of our great underta
king It will reach the Ohio river at three points
embracing a space on that stream of 269 miles.
By this connection we shall open on a steam boat
navigation, that without interruption extern!* to
ten states and tieo territories, nud has at this mo
ment as many steam boats floating on its waters
as exist in all Europe.
The committee would gladly have availed
themselves of this occasion, to present a full view
of the vast resources of the states peculiarly inter
ested in the propose'* road, and of its probable
effects upon their futuro prosperity. A dovclopo
meat of this subject in all its bearings, we are
confident, would present a most imposing view
of the surpassing importance of the work, which
ibis Convention is assembled to promote. The
necessity, however, of presenting a report fm the
immediate action of the Convention, forbids us to
attempt more at this time, than a tneie summary
of the advantages which most result from the con
struction of such a road, and wo are the more
reconciled to thi* course from a thorough convic
tion, that these need only to lie stated, to opcu
at once t<> every reflecting mind, a prospect so
extensive uud so striking, that their owu reflec
tions. will bring our readers, at once, to the con
clusions. at which we have oarselvos arrived.—
Wo would, therefore, merely call public attention
to the following poitits, viz :
1st- The impulse which this road must givo to
the industry of the vast nod forti ! e regions through
which it will pass—hy improving their agricul
ture—adding to the value of lands—developing! vent the failure of the great work.
the report of Captain Williams, which, on exam
ination; will !>c found fully to sustain this state
ment, and it is fur her corroborated by the person
al knowledge of the committee, to some of whom
every part of the liuo is known.
J lie cost of the work constitutes another
branch of this inquiry . \ud here the committee
£ ar * n S a * u IP rofer to the report of Capt, Wi!.-
Road in tbe world, and tho stoamhont navigation
to Savannah. From the same common point a
branch will rail to Forsyth ; from which place to
Macou a Rail Road is uow beiug constructed.—
Here it will meet tho Central Rail Road of Geor
gia, which hns been incorporated to ran to Savan
nah, and also the steam boat navigation of the
Ock»alfcecr wireli reaches tho oocau at Darien.
their mineral resources—introducing new man
nfacturcs—augmenting their population, increas
ing the demand for labor of every description,
nud building up villages iu all directions.
2d. The great facilities it will nfford for the
easy, cheap and certain transportation of the va
rious productions of the country through which it
may pass, or t« ith which it may bo iu auy way
connected—tho wide door it will open to reci
procal exchanges, aud the consequent extension
ef tho production a9 well as the consumption of
the people along the whole line, and ou its bor
dcVv.
derations which enjoin this duty on the soveral
States interested, bo set forth aud urged in the
name aud behalf of this Convention, in such a
mail tier as may loave no doubt of their obligations
ou this subject. Lot tho Delegates here assem
bled, pledge themselves to each other to exert all
their influence to effect this—aud iu Dehalf of
those they represent, let thorn have a mutual un
derstanding, that tho States from which they
come, will (so far as it may bo in their power to
speak for them) do their part of the proposed
work. A reasonable assurance that tho road
would in no event be suffered to-faU, but that tho
gaged in active service, with afithe officers who
must compose the court, together with many of
the witnesses who must testify before it, Geueral
Scott could uot have expected the investigation
to take place immediately on his arrival at Wash
ington. In a time of profound peace, when the
army has nothing to do but to settle controversies
between officers, it would require at least a mouth
to organize such a court aud to make prepara
tion for such au inquiry as Gen. Scott has de
manded ; and yet, with a knowledge that the
Fresident’s order for an inquiry into the unac
countable delays in prosecuting tho Creek war,
and failures of the campaign, in Florida, could
not be had for mouths to come, Gen. Scott is
seeu “g’a?foping’”<hrough.the couutry and raisiug
au outcry, as if some important right had been
denied liim hy the absence of the Secretary of
War, when all he could wish had been anticipa
ted by the Secretary, aud provided for before he
left the city!
B-side* this mode of exciting prejudice in favor
of Gen. Scott, an appeal is made to thearrav. as
if its fate were identified with his glory; and it is
prelendedd in Webb’s Courier and Enquirer,
which broke forth with the greatest fury on Gen.
Scott’s arrival at New York, that his recall is but
a part of the President’s plan to destroy the ar
my, or "bring it into disrepute." The subject is
thus introduced:
"The Army—All who are iu the habi* of look
ing at our little army as oue of which tbe coun
try has cause to be proud, and all who retain the
recollection of its glorious achievements in our
struggle with the first power in the world, can
not but feel a deep mortification at the systematic
efforts which have been made to bring it imodis
repute since Geueral Jackson came iuto office.—
No man owed it so much as Andrew Jackson
and when iu 1820, he retired from the service,
there wa» no mau in it so ready to defend its
reputation or resent the slightest imputation upon
its honor or efficiency, as he who since his eleva
tion to the Presidency has beeu its greatest enemy.
Bu’ thecauso is obvious, Suddcntly elevated to
a station for which in the simplicity of his heart
he declared he was no better fitted than his war
horse, like all other demagogues his first act was
to destroy the ladder by which he had acquired a
hold upon the affections ofthe people, aud in his
inaugural address he solemnly proclaimed his
hostility to all stauding armies.”
After a protracted rhapsody of this sort, to
rouse the esprit de corps of the army to resist the
attempt of the President to des'roy its character,
as identified with General ricott, the article pre
pared for Webb’s paper thus proceeds:
“But bad as ha beeu the conduct ofJackson
and Van Buren iu relation to the army, the
manner in which Geo. Scott’s recall was effec
ted l>v au intrigue of Gen. Jesup’s—himself an
officer of huh rauk and great reputation—is alike
disgraceful to that officer and the parties concer
ned iu it. It would appear that Jesup is in great
favor with Blair, tho Chief of the Kitchen, and
as soon as lie found that Sscott had been ordered
to conduct the war against tbe Creeks, determin
ed to use his scavenger friend lo procure the re
call of his superior officer. He accordingly ad
dressed a letter to Blair commencing with 'Xs
dear friend, and concluding with his kindest re
gards to Mrs. Blair and the children, iu which he
stated that Scott was playing the same game in
in the Creek country that he had in the Seminole,
and that it made his blood boil to witness the mur
ders he did, and be restrained by Scott from etc
ting! This letter, doubtless by desire of Jesup
was takeu to tha President, who endorsed upou
it, *Iet him he recalled forthwith, to answer for
bis failure in Florida, aud his tardy procedure iu
the Creek country.’ ’’
Tho letter of Gen. Jesup to the Editoi of the
Globe, is just sufficiently parodied in this para
graph to authorize Geu. Scott, who alone has a
copy of it, to say ho did not furnish it to thn Edi-
tcr. It satisfies us, however, that Geu. Scott is
busy in getting up false issues through the pub
lic press, and appealing to party interests, (the
saino party which derided his toudiic: oftlio Flor
ida campaign,) by way of forestalling the iuquiry
he has invited, aud obtaining a support, alien to
the merits of his case.
With regard to tho “intrigue of Gen. Jesup,”
it is proper that we should say a word iu the ab
sence of that officer. Tho representation made
to disparage him, through the opposition prints,
since Gen. Scott has obtained a copy of his let
ter from the Department! leaves r» doubt that trs?-rmfnv
the circumstance of ii s haviiiir
the Editor of the Globe, is gfeatlv“ a f. dre «€d
blast this controversy. Weiiavel r . e * le ^ on. ^
nication from Geu. Jesup since 0con >®!i.
a ud can therefore only offer our q,.* - rpCeiv edii
tion of his motives in writing to U3 ' D !uter Pt<t,.
Geu. Jesup was our nextdnor ue ;„L.
ho remaiued with his family j u »bju
the friendly relation which always g i y, and ftoI
ween us, he had reason to suppose ,,ed bet-
lie journalist, we would be williue T a Pub-
to him iu the difficulty which had SaLl***
himself aud Geu. Scott. II e knew ,u bet ^5
bcott had transmitted to tbe War I) l(J *0.
letters in which were lodged the hP^aent,'
ges against him—that he was char^T'^ r(ls '-
ing the Alabama troops into them^P^k-
Creek couutry, against orders—that h^ dst ° r the
ged with bringing them into a situati,!''*. 5 ' 1 ^-
had every reason to suppose that rh
starve—that he was charged with b n ■ w ° u!( i
Geu. Scott the danger of a mutiny thf?? 0 P°»
troops, who were iuipatint for action 7° r * ia
ready to break through the restraints’Jr " cre
Scott’s plau, to reach the enemy - a „r5 tr *l
that he was charged with failing to’ co “ d
aud of derauging the whole scheme J“ K U,lcai ‘
patgn. ‘‘Dbe out).
Gen. Jesup had seen that we had
from time to time, such of General « P , ‘htd
cial despatches as he desired to 8 °®'
Globe—he had seen that we had u- l<le
his violeut of ficial attack on Major R PJ, h®**
Florida troops—he had seen that we had lb *
Gen. Scott’s unfortunate Florida camDa*^ 561 *
had brought forward every palliating au< *
stance to relieve him from its cousequecnJ 1 "?'
indignation of the South, universal dissatiif ■
among the people and the chagrin of the JW
dent, whose confidence had preferred him i* 1 ’
command. Knowing these things, Gen J
ceitainly had some reason to take car« t i,„ P
should be apprised of his view ofthe tran*,*.^ 8
reported upon by Gen. Scott, :hat we mi.' J 85
impart intelligence to the public without^
knowledge of the whole case. a
I is apparent, from Gen. Jesup’g letter to
that be expected to be arrested, by Gen .sJ 81
ou his charges; aud if not, that he inieudcl?
retire from his command, and call for an inv °
igatiou of them himself. It seems lie wishedT
communicate ihe motives of his couduct to tJ
Preside lit and he felt that he could uot do ,J
through an official channel, without inculpatin'!
Gen. Scott in such a mantier. as would puihim
under the necessity of subjecting that office- Ic
court martial. Standing in the relation of second
in command, tve infer that Gen. Jesup did B0 ,
choose to take a course w hich could lie construed
into au attempt to supplaut his superior. Ifo
therefore stated his determination ’to apply to U
relieved," and if not arrested by Gen. Scott on
the charges pi-eferred against him. for his oiru
vindication, to call for an iuquiry into his own
part ant! have rhecampaign investigated. When
we delivered this letter to the President, the Sec
retary of War was at h[s house, and he apprised
ihe Presideut that Geu. Scott had written a let-
lerio Gen. Jesup, fuil of charges, and upou ex
plaining them the J'resident said he would recall
Geo. Scott. He disapproved of Gen. Scott’s
conduct of the campaign. He appraveu ofJcs.
up’s—anil q# he was obliged to put down adis-
seution which threateueo to mar the campaign,
he instantly wrote his order on Gen. Jesup’s let
ter. without consulting the Secretary or sny one
else. If there had heen'aay difficulty iu determin
ing, as to the Geueral, whom he would employ
in the further prosecution of tho war. Gets. Jes
up’s letter relieved him Irom the invidinasoffice i f
choosing between them, and offending one or the
other- Gen. Jesup’s letter was an informs! com
munication, intended to assure him that he would
ask to be relieved. This voluntary retirement
would at once have put an end to the divided
councils, which were likely to produce disasters
in the Creek campaign, nnd have left the field of
glory to Geu. Scott. In doing this, Geu. Jesup,
it seems, fell it due to himself, to i-uiicate the
ground on which ho meant to defend himself a-
gainst the charges which produced his resolution,
and that he might not he considered as preftring
official charges against his superior, which would
call upou him to require his arrest in the midst of ;t
campaign, he addressed his note to au unofficial
person—the E'iiior of the Globe.
Upou reading the coramitication, the President
thought fit to give a turn to the controversy which
wo did not anticipate on handing’ the letter. He
considered it due to the public interest to revere
the positions assumed by the two Generals. He
deemed it proper to hold Gen. Scott to account
ability, and make Geu. Jesup the accuser, 'nil
as his letter, althnugh unofficial, was not confiden
tial. he directed it to he filed, as a public docu
ment, with Gen. Scott’s letter, to apprize hint
of the whole foundation of the order upon which
he was recalled.
We are roundly abused hy those to whom Gen.
Scott has coufided his case, to give it a (wliticnl
complexion. Mingling the uame of the Editor
of the Globe with the transaction may serve this,
purpose—yet we had no more to do w ith it than
the penny-post.
Fort Mitchell. Alabama, )
June 20. (
Dear Sir: We have the Florida sceues enac
ted over again. This war ought to have been
ended a week ago. I commenced operations on
the Alabama side, and havo succeeded in trac-
quilizing the whole frontier. Our principal hos
tile chief. Enea Mic , came in with manyofbis
people to a camp which I had formed for the pur
pose of feediuff the starving Indians, preparatory
to their icmoval. Another, Eoeah Mathla, is a
prisoner in my camp, and f was in full inarch
with a force sufficient to have terminated the w-r
in five davs, when my progress was arrested l>y
au order from Geu. Scott; he has censured me is
the most unmeasured and unwarrantable m* 8 *
nar, and I shall he compelled to have the whom
subject of this campaign investigated- There
was force sufficient at Tuskegee. Columbus, or
this place, oue week after our arrival, to have
put au end to this war. if it had been property
used; but it wns thought necessary to adopt a
splendid plan of campaign upou paper, and
e^erv thing bend to ir- To have waited the de
velopments of that plan would have left nothing
to defend; bloodshed aud conflagration wou '
have pervaded entire counties of Alabama,
not arrested by Gen- Scott. I shall apply 10 *’ e , r8
lieved, for I disapprove entirely the course ne n
thought proper to pursue, and believe that his < .
lay has been destructive of the best interests 11
the country.
Let the President see this letter; he, 1 80 * 6 ‘
will approve the promptness with which I ha
acted, wheu he shall ho sensible lhat l b*j® 7
the movement 1 have made, trauquiliz® 1 *
whole Alabama frontier. ... - r
With my respectful compliments to Mrs-
and your family.~
Yours, nra9t truly, , n , rp
THOMAS S. JE^rt
Francis P. Blair. FLq.,
Washington City.
Endorsement on the back of the idler-
Referred to the Secretary of War, that he
with order Gen. Scott to this place, i» *j r e ’.
an inquiry lie had into the unaccountable «
in prosecuting the Creek war, and me
the campaign in Florida. Let Geu- >Ks j
sumo the command. A ’
Measures aro in progress (says the N- J^
to establish a liuo of Telegraphs from o0-
New-York, to extend ultimately to Wasn e
Wo have been spoiled by steam; the S P® L | 0 „.
cotnotives at 20or 30 miles the hours w -.mje*
— satisfy the impatient yuthtisiastu ot
