Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-03-01
GLASGOW MISSOURI THURSDAY, MARCH 4, Is4e.


private road by individuals or companies,
are utterly condemned by the magnitude
of the undertaking. by the question of In.
dian title and possession, and by the mpol.
icy and illegality of sending individuals to
treat with indians. All these things re-
quire national authority; and no individuals
could be competent TO undertake it, even if
there was propriety in putting such
road into the hands Of individuals, TO be.
come their private property. l entirely,
sir, as from the beginning, repudate all
schemes of private projectors with respect
to this road. Nor have seen any scheme
presented which did not bear on its face the
evidence of total incompetence on the part
of the applicants to carry out the enter
prise, and design to make it great stock
jobbing bushes 10 be sold in the markets
of Europe and America.
Mr.. President 60 for National High
way from the Mississippi to the Pacific, and
l 60 against all schemes of individuals or
of companies, and especially those who
come here and ask of the Congress of the
United States, to themselves, and their as.
sign, the nae ans of making road and tax
ing the people for the use of il. Make a
great national work Of the kind a matter
of stock jobbing,a matter of sale upon the
exchanges of Europe and American shares,
the issuing in fact of circulating medium
in the shape of shares. Sir, l go against
it in toto. have done it from the begin
ming, and shall ever do it. Not only are
individuals utterly unable to undertake any
work of this kind, unable 10 carry it on,
unable TO protect it when il is done, but,
sir, | have no idea of letting any individu-
ais levy tax upon the American people,
to an amount which they beg from US for
the building of the road. look upon all
such applicants as jobbers, and repudate
them. We are ourselves to furnish the in.
vestment-the American people are them
selves to furnish the investment, and then
these individuals are 10 levy toll equal 10
the amount invested by the American peo-
pie who are TO furnish the capital. repu-
date the whole idea, sir, 60 for Nation.
al highway, no stock-jobbing. / am, Mr..
President, for central h-way--central,
because the road admits of branches 10 the
right and left, and the bill which propose
TO bring in, at once provides for one of
these branches to Oregon, and another may
be added for New Mexico.
l 60, then, for central national road
from the Pacific ocean TO the Mississippi
river; and, fortunately, we find all the To-
calities of the country precisely such as
national central road would require.
The bay of San Francisco, the finest in
the world, is in the centre of the western
coast of North America. 1t is central, and
without rival. 1t will accommodate the
commerce of that coast, both north and
south, up TO the frozen regions and down
to the torrid zone. 1t is central in that
respect The commerce of Asia will cen
ire there. Follow the same latitude across
the country, and it strikes the centre of
the valley of the Mississippi. L. strikes
the Mississippi near the confluence of all
the great waters which concentrate in the
valley of the Mississippi. 1t comes to the
centre of the valley. Follow the prolon.
CATION Of that central line and you find it
cutting the heart of the great States be-
tween the Mississippi river and the Allan
tic ocean. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, part
of Virginia, Kentucky. Pennsylvania
they are all traversed or touched by that
great central road as we'll as a national
road. A central road is the most national
in its character, because it accommodates
| the greatest number, and because it admits
of branches TO the right and left with the
greatest ease and convenience.
The bill which ask leave to bring in
Mr.. President fixes the termini of this
road--the beginning and the ending. At
ter what have said, it is hardly necessary
for me TO add that the starting point is the
bay of San Francisco, and the ending
point is the city of ST. Louis. The road
is to connect the ocean navigation at the
bay of San Francisco with the Mississip-
pi, near the confluence of the Missouri
From ST. Louis it is in communication
with all the States and cities of this Union.
| II there goes into communication with all
the transportation of the great valley of
the West, in cars or steamboats,, all of
which finds its great centre in ST. Louis.
When the road has arrived there, il is in
communication with every great point in
the great West and in communication with
every great point upon the Atlantic. 1t is
finished when it is there; for private enter
prise is doing, or will do the remainder.
When this great national highway shall be
opened by the United States from the bay
of San Francisco 10 81. Louis, il may be
said TO be finished TO the Atlantic ocean.
For routes enough are opened, or are in
the process Of being opened, to make not
only direct line across the continent to
the Atlantic ocean, but branches to the
right and left in every direction in which
roads shall be required. Here is a great
road then, crossing the entire continent
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