The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-12-26
THE LEGISLATURE.

importance. We notice the introduction
Of bill in the Senate, b; Mr.. Gill"sp,P,
to provide for free ncigrnt children oil
color, and 'hn, the dis,rIclng blll had pass,
I'd a second reading in the Senate.
The bill to aulhorse and regulate c9un-
~ subscriptions 10 railroads, passed the
lower house by vote OF 4G TO u. What
its fate may be ia the Senate we are una
bic TO say, although ii is suggested that il
will meet with no serious opposition in that
body.
The hi' granting loan Of State Bonds
TO the an,oNn, Of three hundred thousand
dollars to the East Tennessee and Virginia
Railroad Company TO build their bridges.
has passed the House by vote Of So to
81, after an animated and proractel sIrug,
ole, The member from Sullivan, through
the territory of which county portion OF
the road is located, spoke at some length
in opposition to the bill. Tho East Ten.
nessre and Virginia Railroad will form a
prominent link in tie great chain Of rail-
way now IN course Of construction, con-
necrine the North and East with tie South
west, and why any upper East Iennes'
seean should enleavor to defeat a measure
calculated 10 facilitate the complexion OF
the work is what we can't understand -
We suspect the Representative from old
sullivan has no, been representing the
wishes OF his constituents generally IN this
matter. but renpclin. the views OF 'rac-
ton Of them, who are IN Il bad lumor be-
cause the line is not laid out Immediately
By their doors. When routes Tor railroads
are being located almost everybody get
mifed il they are not made TO come pretty
close to them. and yet when they do go
through their lands the last one of them
claims the hravies, kind Of damages. -
They are very mad i! lhey don't get the
road RICH, by their doors. and id mad
when accommodated IN that respect unless
the Companies agree TO pay them the lrIl
value Of their plantations N the shape Of
damages. There are some very funny peo-
pie in Eas, Tennessee on the subject Of
Railroads.
The Bridge bill now has TO take its
chance in the Senate. AS there are no Mr..
Davises in tina, body, il is thought it will
Cass. without much opposition.
After the Christmas holidays are over,
the General Iuterna! Improvement Bill, or
.the Omnibus" es some one has styled it,
will come up for action, and an animated
struggle is anticipated. From all the in
formation we can get on the subject from
Nashville, we believe II will pass in some
shape, although il ought to be, and proba-
bly, will be, shorn OF some Of It's present
undue and rather unwelde proportions,
iavolvng, as stated in some Of the papers.
an issuance of bonds, and consequent in
deb,ednpss on the part Of the State, TO the
amount of twelve millions. We believe
public sentiment is almost unanimous in
favor Of granting State aid to the main
trunks, bu, We doubt the policy and expe.
diency Of extending or increasing the
States liabilities at this time by appro-
pria,ing $1,000 per mile to aid IN the con-
s,ruc,lon of branch roads. or other than
as we understand, some Of this character,
aud which, IN our opinion, should be
stricken from it. II done at all, they should
be postponed until the main lines are COM
pleieG, and then, il the exigeucies OF the
counlry require, individual enterprise will
build them, and TO that they should be left.
well regulated system OF internal i'm
provementS is very much needed IN Ten
nessee, and should receive the fostering aid
of the State. But there is certainly limit
beyond which it is neither wise nor pru .
dent to venture. While we believe the
people will freely and fully approve any
reasonable aid the Legislature may grant
to main lines of railway now in course Of
or contemplated by the bill,
we a, the same tine are equally confident
they will disopprove and condemn the use
Of the States credit and consequent IN
crease of its liabilities to build up sectional
Or branch roads, where the wants OF the
country do not require them.
Senator Doye's resolution for The relief
of the poor people OF the United States has
PASSED the Senate. We know nothing
of the character of this resolution, but pre-
sumo i, is TO give the poor people fortunes
whenever they are able to get them.
Mr.. Stephens bill to authorize John
Proc'l of Monroe county TO open turn
pike road passed the houre on Sd read-
ing.
I'm the Senate on the Goth, Mr.. Ander>
son, from the committee on banks, reported
in detail upon the resolution instrucling
them TO inquire into the management OF
the Bank Of Tennessee. The report is
lengthy and represents that the bank has
never been better managed than within the
last two wears. Subsequently The Cover
nor's nominations Of Bank Directors were
taken M and confirmed by the Senate