The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-02-08

Edwards in favor Of Alton; who, however, got
but halfsihrough, and has the floor for tomorrow
In the afternoon the house again took I'D in
committee, the Central Railroad bill, and Mr.
Thornton made long and sensible speech in IA.
vor Of the old route, and in favor of accepting
the proposition of Mr. Rantou and hi associatea
Mr. Linder next obtained the floor, and offered
an amendment to strike ont all points named in
the bill except Cairo, Lasalle, Chicago, Dixon
and Galena. and on this amendment lie asked.
that he might be heard to morrow, which was
assented to, and the section proposed to bc
amended was passed over After sundvy inef.
tectaal attempts to amend sections 20, 80. de-,
the committee found itself without quorum.
rose, reported the fact, and the house then ad.
joIrEej.
Saturday Feb |. 1851
The SENATE this morning votes down prupo4
sition to increase the pay of the supreme and
circuit judges by allowing them $500 fr r..
porting the defects in the Statutes which they
meet with.
No other business Of general nature
In the House. Immediately after the presenta.
tion Of petitions, Mr.. Hise moved to postpone tbe
prior orders, for the purpose of taking up TIE
Senate bill for the amendment Of the charter of
the LasaIle and Rock Island railroad company
Carried
Mr. Knapp moved to refer the bill to the com
mttee of the whole, and to make il the order of
the day for next Wednesday. Motion laid on
the table
Mr.. Davis moved to amend the bill by insert.
ing proviso, that this charter may be amt nde,
altered, or repealed, Whenever the interests of
the canal may IN the Judgment of the legislature,
feGuirs H.
Mr.. Edwards Of Sangamon, said the amend
ment was evidently intended to defeat the objects
CT the bill, and for that reason he should vote
against if. The bill under consideration had
given him more trouble than any other that had
come before the house and he had not made up
his mind to support it until he had given the sub.
ject thorough examination, He was satisfied,
so far from njurng the canal the event would be
the opposite as it had been in New York and
other Eastern states. Mr.. T. spoke at somo
length making an able and lucid argument in ia
vor Of the bill
Mr. Norton also opposed the amendment, ar.
guirg strongly in favor of the bill.
Mr.. Davis supported tie amendment contend.
ING that if it was true, as the friends OF the bill
claimed, that it would not injure the canal, they
could have no objection to the amendment
Mr., Pickering made some remarks in favor Of
the bill, which were not distinctly heard at tho
reporters desk; when
Mr.. Hise addressed the honsc He said he
had not designed to make speech but he wish
ed TO call the attention Of the members to tie
quarter from which the opposition to this bill
came, II all came from the Aurora Branch road,
which claimed the right under its present charter
to continue It's road to Ottawa ana Lasalle with
out paying any tolls TO the canal With this ez.
planation, the consistency of their opposition was
apparent He would say, however, while up in
reference TO the fears expressed Of the canal he.
inS injured that this was the first time tha, he
had heard that the canal bondholders, in compile
ting the canal, had thereby got mortgage on
the trade Of Iowa, and :he whole northwest
which vouII be brought across the country hy
the completion Of this road Much Of this trade,
he hid no doubt would be found to swell the
business Of the canal. although it had no claim
upon it. For his part he was opposed to paving
any toll TO the canal. 1t was unjust. when he
had raised ten bushels of wheat on his farm, tia.
he should be compelled TO carry one bushel Of it
to the canal office, for the gracious privilege of
sending the other nine by railroad to market
But as this provision in the bill seemed to hc
necessary to secure its passage, he had consented
70 it, not, however, without considerable reluc.
tInce.
Mr.. Randall sad he had no local fseiin. in ia.
vor of this bill it was known that he resided
but a few miles from the Aurora Branch Road,
and might ther eiore be supposed to be against
this measure. But in matter Of this magnitude
he felt bound to lay aside such narrow consdera-
tions-to look beyond his own particular locality.
to The great interests Of the state and the country
He would call the attention Of the house 20 one
fact which bore upon this subject. II would bc
! recoected that some time during last summer
I card was published in the Chicago papers signed
by all tho forwarding men and shippers of that
city, in which iLey excused themselves to the
I eastern shippers and merchants for not being
able 10 fulfil their contracts with them in fur.
wardng produce, merChandizc &c.. bv saving
! that the canal was entirely inadequate to do the
business thrown upon il. II should he fecollec.
ed when the banks Of the canal were washed
away by the foods or its bed dried up hy the
schoruhing rays Of the sun. we were not tie OF.
Iy ones interested. If WI looked far to the east,
we should see the merchants and business men
there affected, their bnsnes. delayed, and them.
selves compelled to seek other channels of trade
lie was satisfied that, SO far from injury, il woud
inmerSey benefit the state to leave of al tolls
to the canal This blocking up the channels Of
! commerce, by its erecting barriers against ,,s
crossing our state could have no other eif,c, than
to drive il around us aud into more congcnal out.
lets. He would remind the house that there
would soon be an unbroken roal Of iron ffom
Boston to Chicago, and was 1t not monstrous TO
contend that the immense commerce which would
seek that route westward must Law locked up IN
the warehouses at Chicago, until the sluepish mo.
,ion of the season should open the canal Tho
result would be that this commerce would seek
other channels and whereas, by holding out 10.
ducemtnts for 1t to come this way, much Of i
would find It's way through the canal, by n sys-
L.