| From the Athens (Tenn.) Post |
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| September 13, 1861 |
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| East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad |
| [From the Knoxville Register] |
| Editor Register: The following
well conceived and well deserved resolutions, with the preamble
thereto, were submitted to the last meeting of the Stockholders of the
East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad, held at Knoxville, by Dr. J. G.
M. Ramsey, and unanimously adopted by the meeting: |
| Since the last meeting of the
Stockholders of the East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad Company, the
condition of our public affairs has undergone a most essential and
important change. Till within the last six months our business had
been confined to the transportation and exchange of the agricultural
and other industrial products of the country and to the carriage of
the mails and passengers. A new era has arisen in the history of
Railroads – demonstrating most fully that, important and essential
as are their purposes in advancing the interests of the country in
times of peace, their capacity for usefulness is still more obvious
and potential for defence and security in war. Just now, when the
great net-work of Railroad communication was being completed, from the
Potomac and the Chesapeake to the South Atlantic sea coast and the
Gulf of Mexico, an occasion has presented itself to test the
efficiency of Railroads as one of the most powerful instrumentalities,
both in inflicting injury upon the enemy and protecting and rescuing
our friends. |
| We are proud to believe that
our own road has been pre-eminently prompt, useful and efficient as
such an auxiliary to the Confederate States in the existing war, and
as Tennessee valor and Tennessee patriotism in all the past have been
conspicuous and effective, so now this public ?????ry defences of the
South: |
| We do therefore – |
| Resolve,
That the Stockholders deem the occasion of their annul meeting as a
suitable time to express their entire sanction and approbation of the
early, prompt and patriotic assistance rendered by President Wallace,
and Superintendent Jackson, to the Confederate authorities, in the
unusual facilities they have so generously extended in the
transportation of many munitions of war and military supplies. |
| Resolved,
That while we thus sanction and approve this policy as eminently
conducive to the service and defence of the country and promotive of
the best interests of the South, we do not hesitate to endorse in
advance a continuation in the future of the same liberal and
enlightened course – determined, as we are, to do everything, during
the present unnatural conflict, to support the Confederate States in
the vindication of our rights, our honor and our independence. |
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Resolved, That the
thanks of the Stockholders of the East Tennessee & Georgia
Railroad Company are hereby presented to the officers for their
vigilance, fidelity, efficiency and zeal in the management of the
affairs, during this extraordinary and critical period of its
business. History will regard it as a conspicuous event, a martial
achievement not unworthy of the proud escutcheon of Tennessee and her
ancient fame for patriotism and public spirit. |
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