The Arkansas banner., 1849-11-06

The reported resolution inufcaung adt%ntaGes o i. .nneriot character on the route from San Diego s'.sp ,b. Gils. through the space between 32d ant aad degrees of latitude to some point on the lssis .,nr; between the mouths of Red river and Ohio Nas taken Up.
 Mr. KIkwood, of Arkansas, offered an amend. ,nent adOoting the 2d resolution offered by the gen. ,Isman from South Carolina at preceding day.
 m, I,.e. of Tennessee. moved 10 amend fnriheF bv re,oIying that the railroad should De made tc ,srmiuate below the icy obsiTuctioas ot the north .t .oue ooint below tse mouth of the Ohio.
 Mr Campbell. of Alabama, addressed the Con v,n,ioe in favor of. and Mr. Naylor, of Penasylsa- nia. in opposition to lhe amendment.
 Mir. NayIor thought the amendment too local. sectional; we were met in a national, not local Convention, and he appealed to the aatiOnat heazt araiast the resolution. We had iabored logether-- ,shy should we not reap the reward togetherl It misht be a misforuneA-was tt a sin 10 be born noThi He was a northern man by birth. but he had A southern, warm heart He knew that there was great Gila route--Mr. TIist had been insFuc. ted 10 secure that rouie-but he had flown back from his instructions, and aided and countenanced by misguided portion of our people, iR defiance Of nil authority pFoceeded 10 make treaty, really ig- nominious unworthy of confirmation by an United States Senate, by which we lost that magnificent route He had merely secured a stipulation tor a treaty for route one marine league back Of the t,ila, if it should be desired. He had no personal inererest in this matter-but he wanted us to achieve God, mission Of progress for which our fathers had been nIanted in this country. We had cur cemmer. ciaI appetite to grafy-baFbaIism to eivilise hea- thenisn to ehfstianse ignorance to enlighten, btu- tsi,y to enaobe, to litt up and place erect Gods images. capable agents ia the worlds great iahots This was before us and. after all, we had come to disagreement in this convention, on route outside of our country. The gentleman from Texas, whose amendment had created the trouble. wosld let him tell Texan anecdote, concerning Texan company which had come upon him for quarters. Gealle- men wished us to adopt the Texan cavalry move ment, and 10 prepare to snake" The convention induIged for several minutes in loud bursts of merriment
 Capt Naylor continued-making a feryent, ear- nest and most eloquent appeal in favor of harmony --he knew nothing of routes--we should wal, for surveys-surveys Of all routes, of every route We should act now m grander spirit than Of old-we should be national, world wide in our feelings and acon-not whig or democratic, CT federal or loco- loco.
 Mir. Kirkwooh. of ArESs., addressed the convention in favor of hts resolution.
 Mir. Larue, of Louisiana, addressed the conven- ton. He was, in raTf, the representative ol Loai- siana ani could oniy say that the second resolution exported from the committee went as far as thls con yentoa ought to go. Louisiana would, if 1t were practicable, prefer the Ga route but we were here nationally feeling citizens, American citizens We wished the road buiit--and on some good route If northwestera men were in A majority in this convention, and should resolve in favor Of north- western route ccuid they expect southern men to go home, to write, speak, agtate, in favor ol the route! Certainly not-theie was the lesson to be gathered. We should unite energies and have the road. That was what he wanted. We could not have the road without the harmonious concert, the concordant energies of the people, and ali the people, of the United States. We should wait Tor the suTveys--for the typographical wagon, to come rf>- nf fkrn in the clouds.
 MT. Woodward, of South Carolina, rose. He did not expect 10 make, he did not feel called upon 10 make an elaborate argument. The gentleman from L1nisana had not met single point in his argn- ment; if he had he (Mr. WI would be glad to hear 1t indicated he liked patriotism, but otkeying in- trigue, were to guide congressional action ia eci- ding upon route. He disked to say these ihing,, but they were so, and the member who talked to Congress of patriotism, &c., unless he !" spoke for BuncOmb," would be set down as fool. Congress would decide upon a route m advance of survey m ljorty never gave up to engineers and mathema- tical instruments the decision oqnestions which they might decide in favor of minority. The majority would the road upon it's route, even if they bluffy against the mountain barriers. Unless this route sent up 10 Congress by this convention it would never even be heard of in a congressional committed. Our silence woold be assumed to be admission Of great doubt in reference to the
 
 endorsed the St Louis proJect-why shou we not do the same for the Memphis rontel Other routes would come ap with recommendations to Congress -and, even 10 the disregard of the extensive pair- Otism of the gentleman from Louisiana, we would have to look out for interests, because mo- body else would. He rather doubted the probability of the MeS2his route having fair hearing in Con- g'ess-ihe Memphis route woald be groand 10 dust and nothingness between the upper and neither mill stones We wouid have to wait until the attempt to construct railroad another route had been made, and failed-that would be the only demon stration in favor of the Memphis route. His reso. lutions were more national than the resolutions ol the gentleman from Louisiana: his resolutions most singuiaby and unfortunately indicated a region ol country just embracing the slave States. That was bad and might originate scandal and unjust mputa- tations against the conventions.
 The amendment of Mir. Kirkwood was called up anl lost.
 An amendment to strike out the words " is pos sessed Of special advantages, was carried by com. mon consent. The vote was called by States ou the original resolution as amended:
 AYEs.-Aiabama, Georgia Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York. Texas, Tennessee, Virginia and South Carolina.
 NAYS s.-Arkansas, Missouri, Pennesyiyania and Illinois.
 And so, in the midst of oitremendous applause, wal declared to be carried The following Is the resol- ton:
 RssoiUed, That in the present state of our kHowi- edge, we feel warranted in recommending to the particular attention oi The General government tor exaininaon, as possessing special advantages, the toute commencing at San Diego on the Pacific ocean, crossing the Colorado o! the west running along me Giia rivef, or near it. direction the Passo Del Nofte, ard thence across the State 0! Texas to its northeastern boundary between 32 and SJ degrees ot north latitude, terminating at some Po'nt on the Mississippi between the mouth of the ohio rver ana the mouth of Red river.
 motion was made 10 adjourn siae d.s aller hear ing Mir Whitney
 .ae President arose and put the question to the vast assemblage, and the responsive ave {" of the convention announced the dissolution of as able "en'hed' intelligent and well ordered body as was ever gathered together in the valley of the Msss- sippI. The labors of the Convention were brought to close and Il dispersed with every ol sooi wi and determination 10 force upon Con- gres. 'he noble task Of constructing a railroad to "e r4c'hc--one of the most magnificent ot possible ae'l,les which great nation ever sought 10 inaa- eufaie and numPhtaatiy establish.