The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-19

there will be srugge amongst the towns and Villages
sses s:s az o Il The road al once put
wheels II will be hard TO tell where II will be located
This take II. is the FIRST danger. The next Is stu
management The lands will not make the road. This
may Be assumed as astarng point Capital must Dc OBJ
tanned for that purpose Bat when the road s made OF
iageousy II sold judicously the road Is made and
only in proportion 10 the demand, their value may very
safely be se. down q from len to fifteen millions OF dol
lars The lands. therefore, may be regarded fund
not much to make the road but base upon which
you can obtain capital to make t. The whole OF the
necessary capital cannot be obtained in this country y
must be procured abroad, and capitalists will embark
in this enterprise unless they have the control Of super
inendens, agents. &c.-in word, OF the construction
and management OF the road The State, however ought
TO retain check upon their proceedings to protect the
public from abuse With such company the State
endeavor make the best terms possible, TO make
the lands and road contribute 70 the exngushmsnt Of
road il you give them the land II you trust specnla
tors the lands will be wasted, and the roads will never
be made They will also tell you that we ought to give
the lands 10 own citizens 10 make the road and moi
10 foreign capitalists Our own citizens managed the
internal Improvement system, and the State has been I'm
Of hungry spectators both foreign and domestic, at this
moment watching like vuures to make fortunes out OF
these lands Some OF them. too, may come TO the next
Sa body and control M
This Central railroad has been Godsend 10 these peo-
pie They have lived upsn il for years, or rather they
have LIVED upon the 1Issay q ne State 81 oo.
only knew half the impositions that have been
practised upon them in this matter by man named
Aobrook and his associates in this State, they would
make the woods and praies too hot to hold them And
yet this very Hobrook has the unparalleled assurance
10 claim hese lands. if they had been granted specially
Tor the benefit Of himself and assocates and his impu
dence goes far say that he acted IN concert
with my colleague in procuring the passage OF these laws
last winter ! think can speak for my colleague as
well as for myself when assure this audience that we
had TO pledge personal honor, and that Of the State
to eschew all connection with Holbrook and his assO
ciaes before we could Obtain any grant whatever Char
ter after charter has been given by this State under differ
rnt names and preiexs 10 this phantom Cairo Company
Holbrook Company complied with any Of these
charters The only USE believe, he ever undertook 70
make OF them was to hypothecate them Tor money.
that he actually sold and hypothecaed the
Legislation OF illinois TO raise funds in London; and YET
this is the man who wants TO get control Of three mil
lions of of land and the management OF the Central
railroad 1t 10 insult 10 the intelligence of people
and the character OF our State to have set OF unprnc
Piled swinders procaimng to the world that this magnh
cent grant and this gigantic enterprise are intended fo
their especial use and benefit II Illinois permits such
men TO trie with her interest and her character any
longer am sorry to say she will prove herself unworthy
of her destiny.
assure you thai Hobrook will have friends in the
legislature and though his may be omitted, his in
teess will be attended to. In word, the next egsla
lure will either raise ruin this State The best advice
give Illinois is this Repeal, at once every act and
part OF act heretofore enacted in relation TO Cairo anc
You need have fear Of vested rights they
piled with any charter, and have rights of any kind
As you unable repeal their associates of the
State and the fugitive slave law will not reach them you
ever, is sound the alarm, and TO the State Of il
danger. This regard ~ sacred duty. The State tina
has sustained and honoSed me will never find me traito
to its interest.