Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-10-25


lands along the same from falling into The
hands Of speculslors. TO the future exclusion
| Of the superior rights Of the workmen on
road
RESOLVED, That the ssid rail road, when
finished be open 10 all the world. and that
It's revenues be kept down at the lowest rate
adequate TO the current expenses Of attend.
ance and repairs.
The Char then rose and stated, that
the committee Of one from each State
10 draft memorial to Congress had
been reported by the committee ap.
poioled for the purpose. He would
call out the list . t.. .
Amherst X. Williams, of New York;
Charles Naylor. Of Pennsylvania; Lieu
tenant Maury, of Virginia; John G..
Low, of Ohio; G.. w. Listop, of Ten.
nessee; o. II. Smith, of Indiana; C. G..
Lathrop, of Louisiana; w. $. Wait. of
Illinois; John Biddle. Of Michigan; VIM.
NJ. Bowden, of Wisconsin,; James
Clark, of Iowa; Thomas Allen of Mis-.
souri,; b. Duke Of Kentucky; and Ro.
bert Chambers, of New Jersey.
AT the suggestion of Hon. J. b.
Bowlin, the Chair added Lieut.. Maury
Of Virginia, and Hon. Robert Cham,
bers, of New Jersey, to the Committee
on Resolutions. A resolution was then
offered by delegate IRON Iowa, pro.
posing in substance that the Pacific
Rail Way be commenced without de-
lay, at some point ,OittoM the limits of
. ho al - io Lac 4
within len years.
A motion was made TO lay this res
olulion on the table and carried. Ii
was moved again that the resolution be
taken up, pending which motion, Hon.
Oliver H. Smith, Of Indiana, rose and
stated that, as certain passage of The
resolution in question involved the
adoption of an injudicious measure, he
claimed the privilege of saying few
words on the subject. He protested to
be practical man; he knew he lived in
a practical age; he looked of course to
the interests ofposterity; but he watch.
ed, with no less zeal, the interests Of the
present time; he could, then, have no
objection 10 the first clause Of the reso.
luton, which provided for the immedi-
ate commencement Of the Rail way; but
he would object, and with all his pow
err, too. against the clause which fixed
the commencement of the work at a
point outside the limits Of The State.
None of us want a road that shall ter
inmate in the wilderness. The work
about TO be undertaken will prove q
Herculean task. No single State, no
company Of spectators would breach
it with any rational hope of success.
) 1t must, then, be national work; and
in order 10 make it national, the later.
est of every State must be enlisted in
its favor. And further. how can we
collect toll. or.how can we properly as.
sumo control Of any kind whstever
over road terminating out of our
States? The doctrine that the General
Government has no right to make a
road through State, is incorrect. and
should not be allowed to interfere be-
tween US and our interests. The spea-
ker proposed to explain his views on
other brancheso of the subject. In rcla-
ton 10 the establishment of the line,
he begged TO say emphaticaly that it
ought 10 be established Immediately.
DO not" said he, "eave the Sc
lection of the route to the wisdom of
Congress" After all, our Congress is
composed of Congressman; and these
Congressman, alas had been mere or
binary men before they were elected.
That office did not always foster wis
dom, was fact established beyond
doubt. In relation to The Rail way
route, the speaker said that our govern.
menl would of course establish emily a
single line. Whether that would be
The Whitney line, the Central line or
the Memphis line, he did not pretend to
determine, but, to his mind, line central
route certainly appeared the most fea.
sible and the best suited. He begged
10 add that this was not his opinion on
ly. but the opinion of the citizens Of
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The i'm.
preston that either of the States was
in any degree opposed to the termina-
lion of the route at ST. Louis, was a
most erroneous one. They looked upon
itas the proper, the natural, the only
practicable terminus.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Smiths
speech, Hon. Stephen A. Douglass arose
and announced, that the time had come
for his retirement from the chair. For
the courtesy extended to him, in elect
ing him President Of the Convention,
he fel, profoundly grateful; he resigned
the office with the best of feelings TO.
wards every member of The Conven.
lion, but the duty he owed his State as
a delegate, as also certain comments
and structures which had been passed
through the city newspapers on his
speech of the preceding evening. rem.
dered the presen, step of imperative