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The next and last question to be considered is as to what will be the social, financial and com- mercial results to be attained by the construction of a deep water harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico. There is one thing of which I do feel certain, that at whatever place shall be constructed a deep water harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico, there will spring up from the sand beach one of the grandest cities in the great Southwest. It. will become the great central city of the Western Hemisphere, and will soon become a grand commercial mart and market for the produce of the great new West, which is now on a boom from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. The city that will be built up there will soon stand out as one of the most flourishing cities that will adorn the American continent. Such is to my mind the character of the city that will be erected there, and there stand for the admira- tion and glory of succeeding generations as they pass down the stream of time, through the long vista of ages to come. And as the inhabitants of
the great Trans-Mississippi States will in future time stand on the wharves of this great coming city and look back along the pathway of bygone years, they will be ready to exclaim, as did the queen of Sheba when she visited Solomon, that " half had not been told by me to-night."
When we look back through the dim distance of former ages and take a view of the commercial marts of the ancients, those which by their com- mercial growth have left their footprints on the sands of time, which time can never wipe out or obliterate, and for whose supremacy and control empires have been gained and lost; when we look back through the ages to those ancient cities, see the resources that nourished and upheld them, we find that they were quite small compared to those that now cluster around, and will become tributary to a deep water harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico. See, for instance, who are to be her contributors from the land side, which ex- tends from the Gulf of Mexico north to the Lake of the Woods, including eighteen States and Ter- ritories, embracing nearly one-third of the whole United States, every inch of which will be benefi- ciaries to a deep water harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The inhabitants of this vast country has doubled every two years, and the population of this great country comprises one-fifth of the national population. But as great as has been the growth of this great country, the same is at this time in the infancy of its future greatness.
The productions of this country are almost beyond computation at this time, and to undertake to estimate what the future productions will be, no human foresight can discover the amount of traffic and tonnage that will in the future roll down from this great country on the great railways to the wharves of this great coming city. This great city will, in a few short years, grow up to 200,000 in- habitants, and those who live will be proud of it, and gratified in feeling that they have been con- cerned in the inauguration of this great commer- cial movement, and helped to lay the foundation for their future great central city of the Western Hemisphere.
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The interest and happiness of generations to come plead for its completion. Nature has pointed out the way the products of this grand and great country shall be carried to the markets of the world,
The great Creator has so arranged the mount- ains and the valleys between the Alleghenies and the Sierra Nevadas that the commerce of this great country, comprising the Trans-Mississippi States, shall pass down to a deep water harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico to reach the markets of the world without being required to make a long and expensive "rail haul" with the immense produce of the great valleys across the Alleghenies or the Sierra Nevadas to reach the seaboards of the Atlantic on the east and the Pa- citic on the west.
The truth is, there is no limit to the argument that can be made on behalf of a deep water harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico. It grasps like the seas and takes in all the shores (of the Western Hemisphere at least). A few more thoughts and I will hasten to the close of an unfin- ished argument upon the great commercial ques- tion now before this country.
I have now discussed this great question from the land side. It now becomes my duty to look out over and across the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea to the great countries that lie be- yond, all of which will become tributary to a deep water harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico, which will be Central and South America, West India Islands, Mexico and Cuba, which will soon belong to the United States by purchases from Spain. So will the commerce of China and Japan come through the harbor on the gulf coast as soon as the canal is constructed through the Isthmus of Panama. All these great countries will bring their commerce through a deep water harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Such a brilliant future is not offered to any other harbor now on the globe, and all that is required to bring these grand results is an ample appropriation by Congress to carry out this grand commercial enter- prise, which will contribute so much to the glory and happiness of generations unborn, and will con-
tribute largely to the growth and commerce of the great State of Arkansas.
As soon as the deep water harbor is established on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico and the bridge is built across the Mississippi River at Memphis there will be many great trunk lines of railways running from Memphis and St. Louis to the deep water harbor on the gulf coast, all of which will be forced to run through the State of Arkansas-no way to go around her. Then the southern portion of Arkansas and Northern Louis- iana and Southeastern Texas will finally loom up and make Little Rock a great railroad center and an extensive manufacturing city. I might say at this point that a deep water harbor on the gulf coast of Texas will forever be more favorable to our export and import trade than any harbor on the Pacific coast. For this reason the produce of the great country lying between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean will never be carried to the city of San Francisco to be shipped to the markets of Europe, for they will not ship their pro- duce from San Francisco across the Northern Pacific and beyond the equator into the Southern Pacific, and around Cape Horn over a perilous sea of 10,000 miles to reach the Atlantic Ocean to go to Europe, in order to avoid which they will bring their produce directly down to a deep water harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico to tide water, where they can have free ocean to the markets of the world. For that reason the city of San Francisco can never compete with a deep water harbor on the northwest coast of the Gulf of Mexico in point of trade and commerce, whether imports or exports. So all this contrib- utes to the future greatness of a deep water har- bor on the gulf coast of Texas, and then we shall have established a permanent trade and commercial relations with all the South American States, Cuba, the West India Islands, Central America and Mexico.
No ship that sails from either shore While to and fro it plies. But weaves the thread of friendship o'er The gulf that 'twixt us lies.
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ERRATA.
ERRATA.
The following corrections have been received since the publication of the various sketches to which they refer. The publishers regret the de- lay in return of biographies, thus necessitating this Errata:
Page 139. Sketch of Robert W. Canada. 3d line. Change "for a period of time" to since January 29, 1836. 5th line. Malissa for Melissa. 22d line. Dialpha C. for Alpha C.
Page 140. Same sketch.
24th linc. Four years instead of eight. Last line. "1830" for "1838." 2d line (second column). After Tennessee add: Coming to Arkansas.
7th line. January for June.
8th line. Clerk for instead of a merchant in busi- ness with. 17th line. Trustee of instead of steward in.
At end of sketch add: Mr. Canada was one of the judges of election in six townships of White County when Arkansas was reconstructed in 1868. Page 141. In sketch of William H. Carodine, name should be spelled Caradine throughout.
18tl line (second column). James for Jones.
Page 142. Same sketch. After Church add: South. Page 176. Sketch of John T. Hicks.
7th line. Lytle should be Lightle.
8th line. Twenty-eight instead of eighteen ..
9th line. Read after Arkansas: " Previous to which he read law."
10th line. Read: "After coming to Searcy he be- gan practicing," etc.
19th line. "1857" should be "1859."
Page 177. Same sketch.
11th line. " 1846" should be "1856."
13th line. "1858" should be "1859."
15th line. Lytle should read Lightle.
17th line. Before Tennessee insert: Fayette County. 19th line. After Tennessee add: In 1859.
21st line. After residing add: Having attained the age of eighty-seven years.
23d line. Read: After which he took a law course at the University of Virginia in 1881-82, etc.
2d line from bottom of sketch. Episcopal should read Protestant Episcopal.
Page 196. Sketch of Jefferson Pinkney Linder. 28th line (second column). Baptist for Presbyterian. 32d line. That county should read Lincoln County. 38th line. . August should read September.
Page 234. Sketch of John A. Roberson. 12th line. Mr. Roberson should read Mrs. Roberson. 26th line. "110" should be "180." 6th line from bottom. "1864" for "1863."
Page 257. Sketch of Walker & Ford.
32d line. For sentence commencing " He served as, etc.," substitute: J. R. Ford served in the Con- federate army as an officer in the Second Georgia Infantry. Being sent on a special mission which led him outside the Confederate lines, he was captured and tried by a court-martial as a spy; and though not found guilty he was sent to prison at Camp Chase, Ohio, and held until after the surrender. He was released on parole May 14, 1865.
6th line from bottom. Alabama & Chattanooga should read Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus.
5th line from bottom. Merchant instead of sales- man.
2d line from bottom. Benjamin for Robert. Page 258. Same sketch.
18th line. Married Miss Joanna Lane.
22d line. ' December 14 for December 4.
23d line. September 8 for September 14.
Page 387. Sketch of John N. White.
8th line (second column). After 1885 add: To the Hinton place.
Page 407, Sketch of Levi B. Boon.
11th line. For sentence commencing: The mother was afterward married, substitute: The latter was reared by a man named Boon, from whom L. B. took his name.
12th line (second column). Stack for Stock. Page 429. Sketch of D. C. Louder.
9th line (second column). Mr. should be Benoni.
27th line. Allicia should be Alice.
28th line. Four should be seven.
Since the sketch of Mr. Louder was printed he has been called away from carth, having died No- vember 30, 1889.
Page 475. Sketch of Col. V. B. Izard. 6th line. W. for N. 6th line from bottom. Actively for successfully.
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3d line from bottom. W. for N. 13th line (second column), Acting for assisting. Page 476. Same sketch. 3d line. Cummings for Cunning. 8th line. James S. Izard instead of James.
16th line from bottom (second column). Rejected for repealed. Page 479. Same sketch.
4th line. Change marriage to: January 19, 1859, 10 Miss Mollie T. Foudren. 19th line. Selecting for soliciting; and offices for affairs. Page 552. Sketch of Dr. W. D. Powell.
13th line. Gurpana should read Georgia Ann. 15th line. Jennie should read Jimmie.
4th line (second column). "1856" should read "1866." 5th line. "The same year " should read " in 1856."
6th line. Sophner should read Shaffner.
ith line. H. Leona for Georgiana.
9th line. After time add: In 1872 to Miss Lythia
A. Wardnell, a native of Illinois, and the fruits of this union were two children: Minnie, born April 15, 1873, and Lillie M., born May 13, 1875, died December 22, 1876.
9th line. After 1881 add: Mr. Powell was married the third time to Mrs.
10th line. For Maria A. Hill substitute "Mrs. Mahala Ann Maria Hill, daughter of William L. Eddins, of Shelby County, Tenn."
22d line. "1856" should read "1866."
Page 562. Sketch of William B. Wellborn. 9th line. Knoxville should read Noxubee.
Page 572. Sketch of P. H. Adams. 6th line from bottom. Glidley should read Go- lightley.
4th line from bottom. Belle E. should read Bettie E., and Francis should read Frank.
5th line (second column). "1844 " should be "1840." 6th line. Martha A. Smith should be Martha James.
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