The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-22


Whereas The attention OF The people and government Of
the United States Is now being directed 70 the importance
iaet q North America. as means Of making the Uni.
ed States the great highway between Europe and the pop
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California and the Pacific Union, and Of develop
ing our sIeai agricultural and
pshed by the aid Of the general ought 20 DC
20 10 confer he nesiims benefits as equal
as possible he people Of the United STATES ana 70
consolidate the union OF these States well as thar Of The
States with the western Territories by maklns me
North and South rendering the interest Of each
upon ana 'fpas 20 as a.d q Be nstons and
proper object Of national aid and encouragement u
Received By he gsnsra assembly Of hs STATE q Ttnnss
Thai Congress ought lend is aid and sanction 70 20
vast Interests and be productive Of the supendou
results until proper information shall have been obtained
10 the several which have been proposed and
their comparative advantages and claims more distinctly
or appropriate money land the construction OF such
road centrally ought 10 be AN Important consideration In
Rssoued That The resolutions Of the general assembly
this State, passed December Isl is be, and they are
Resolved That mis- excelency the governor be- and he
hereby requested 10 transmits copy of these resolutions
Resolved, That is the Of this general assembly,
that senators and in should be
left free TO act upon their best Judgment and lnormaon
consistently with sentiments expressed the preamble
TO these resolutions
speaker ~ JOHN Ohm r. HENRY ffRsfsi4
ADOPTED February Q. 1850. -
true copy from the original resolutions N my office.
Secretary OF State
But Mr.. CONGER Directing, leave not granted.
Mr.. BURT called for the regular order OF the day.
The SPEAKER announced the trsi business IN order
to be the consideration OF the resolution from the Com
mee Printing, to authorize the printing OF 5000 cx
copies Of the report Of the Committee on Roads and
Canals upon the subject OF Whneys railroad projects
Mr.. ROBINSON, being entitled to the floor. went on
to address the House, saying that 1t was extraordinary
Be dcussea IS il had BEEN b. MI BoWI On yesterday
before the bill came up regularly He tMr RI had re-
ported the bill. and il his duty TO explain the ques
ton before the House. The resolution was for the printing
Of i've thousand extra copies OF the report which was upon
subject OF great interest TO the whole country The
House had often ordered such extra printing matters
of far less national import Two national conventions,
convened consider the subject had recently been
held
He did not ask the members to pledge themselves to
vote for the BILL in voting to send information concerning
the measure throughout the country Had this pro.
ject afforded margin Tor presidential capital or did
il propose to have its eastern terminus al ST. LOUIS,
measure dangerous. His Mr. B.'s] course only had
parallel in the conducto his colleague Coonel BENTON
in the other wing of the Capitol two years ago. on the
Mr. b. (said Mr.. RI was the last man in the
world he should 60 to TO learn orthodox democracy which
he MIR had set out yesterday 10 teach HIS course on
the internal improvement question had been looser inan
that of any other democratic member of the House.
Mr.. X had carefully examined all the projects IN
reference to Pacific railroad There were really but
plansone TO have II made by the government, and
the other by making the road create its own means he
preferred the last because there is Presidennaking
about that well as on account OF lis superior public
economy, which he proceeded to show.
As TO the drawing up OF the bill-upon winch point
Mr. BowLIN had commented so freelyhe could say that
was the bill reported time and again BY committees OF
NJ tina xvhr, had uor hoon n la xypr
drew up the original draught Mr. X here named the
members who had as committeeman scrutnzed The bill
prove that did not embrace the chances for frauds
under IT, alleged by Mr. BowIIs To bar that objection
however Mr. Whitney was willing 10 have an addition.
al section added 10 IL saying that its powers should not
be construed as Mr. BOWLS commended the courts would
consirue them He also willing TO have the other
sections 10 which Mr. BowIS objected modihed as to
those objections, all of which Mr. r. proceeded to
specify There was no provision m the bull TO prevent
the government from taxing the land alter it goes out OF
It's hands. The provision to which Nr. bowLIN would
give such construction (sad Dir. had not been m
trodueed IN the bill to benefit Whitney, but TO prevent
the States through which the road might not from
charging taxes Its business. Yesterday Mr. bowLS
had ned thai the bill forever exoneraied these lands from
taxation THIS charge was nnsusialnaoe, as s;,I Mr.
ded that after years the lands the road remaining
unsold should be sold lowest bidder; which would
OF course render Aem taxable BY the States IN which
The plan admitted OF no stock jobbing in connexion
with II On the contrary that OF Colonel Benton and OF
MT de Grand, oil Boston, were Dut STOCK opoing specu-
laiions, as Mr. r. went to show Instead OF taking
money from the treasury Mr. Whitney proposed TO put
money in il, as Mr. explained length, showing the
operation by which Whnes scheme self creating
and sell sustaining system. His plan was based wholly
the possibility OF carrying population pdri passu
with the construction OF the road Mr. X. next demon
strated that for fifteen hundred miles, the lands on both
sides of the road would be valueless, and that Mr. Whit
ney would not handle the proceeds OF an acre OF the land
worth anything not, until after having complied with his
contract with the government. The ST. Louis memorial
proved that the lands for the fifteen hundred miles refer
red 10 above valueless Here Mr. K quoted from
that paper show that the ST Louis Convention estma
ted the lands be appropriated UNDER this bill al less than
half the value assumed by Mr.. BowLN. The 81. Louis
Convention had resolved unanimously that II was the duty
OF the government construct such improvement
planned OF by Mr. BowLIs. Il the government were 10
sell lands to Mr.. Whitney, they would be obliged 10 ex-
ingush the Indian title, he admitted; but u adopting the
ST. Louis plan the Indian title that route must also be
extinguished Mr. Whitney would have obvIaied
any and all OF the objections Of Mr. Bowls. founded
facts. He seeks no perpetual incorporation II Con-
gress will give him starr OF two Millions with the right
to sell the lands be offers TO make the road leaving the
government 10 make the sales OF the lanis and control
their proceeds One great feature in the project the
absence OF sectionalty or OF political bearing IN IT. HIS
object was but TO make the road Should Congress al
tempt its construction, their first step would get them
into sectional or political difficulty. He (ML was for
the northern route; and in giving bis reasons why, be
described the main features OF The various routes and the
objections against the others In conclusion MIR. X
called for the previous question.
Mr. yENABLE requested him to withdraw il
Mr. JONES moved that the resolution 10 print the ex.
ira number OF copies OF the report be laid the table
Mr.. ROBINSON declined withdrawing the call for the
prpyiou. uuestio when the question on laying the