Democratic banner., 1851-01-13
~orabss consideration of the Legislature.

FeRencO OF those VINO nfVe hao charge OF
them, are in advance Of al othe. works o:
internal Improvement Let these be COM
Pleted, and twill produce such a state of
things as will unerringly point to other OBJ
jects' Of improvement, worthy Of the con-
sideration of the Legislature. These will
be the trunks, to which may be Joined rail-
roads and plank roads, branching into every
quarter of the State?
Ifchartsrs should be asked for roads, as
rtems Of these, they should even 10 be
granted, in order that arrangements may
be making for their future success.
confidently anticipate liberal appIopria-
tons of public land, along the route of the
Pacific, and the Hannibal and st. Joseph
railroads. Isuggestt othe Legislature, that
q memorial be Immediately forwarded to
Congress upon the subject, and that we
respectfully ask, on behalf Of these roads,
that the onerous condition shall not be at
tschsd to the grant, requiring the company
to transport men and freigtts of all discrip-
tion, ffeeof charge, for the general gov
ernlnsnt. The government should be will
ing to take its profits in the increased price
and sale of its lands, and the i increased ia
c~ilities afforded for transportion, at greatly
reduced prices, such only as the citizens
will have to pay.
Il gsOlOgical survey ofthe State, is a sub
jsct intinatsiy connected with that of in
terual Improvement, and has a most impor.
tant bearing upon oil other great interests Of
the State. Although it is highly important
that this survey should be made at the
earliest possible time, it is not less so, that it
should De done in a thorough manner, and
en- 9 liberal scale. The character of the
State, its vast area and mineral resources,
require that no hliberal or contracted poll
ey should be adopted. II will require a con-
siderable expenditure, and the means to
accomplish it, should, before the work is
c~omneced, be ascertained and indicated
Tbs people of Missouri cannot but feel a
deep interest in the prosecution ofthis work,
and would doubtless be willing to contribute
iberslly to its accomplishment yet I be-.
believe our claim upon the general govern
msnt is Of such character, thatit should rest
there, for it's accomplishment. Without
dwelling upon the Importance, in a nation
al point of view, developing our immense
mineral resources, that are now lying idle,
We have a right to insist upon and expect
aAco-operatiOn Of the general government,
AZ q Joint proprietor of the soil.
BY the Comnissioner's report, to which
IhaEe referred, IL will be seen that more
thantwo-thirds Of the lend in the State be-.
long to1the general government, while for
the other third there has been paid into the
national treasury more than thirteen millions
Of dollars. No survey, therefore, can be
conducted 10 which the general govern
ment would not be more largely interested
than the people of Missouri.
But the claim which Missouri has, does
not rest upon abstract equitable right
Congress has practically acknowledged the
propriety of contributing 10 such surveys,
by~'msking large appropriations for them in
other States We are not, therefore, to
presume that we shall be made an exception,
If the subject be brought to the considers
zion Of Congress. ="
therefore recommend that the memorial
Of tie last Legislature be again pressed up
on the attention of Congress, and that our
Senators and Representatives be requested
to urge our wishes before the National Leg.
islatufe, snd also that the Legislature take
such action IN the matter as will insure the
commencement Of the survey, whenever the
corporation Of Congress can be obtained.
I'll cannot close this communication with
cut some reference to the agitating scenes
through which the country has Just passed.
The hopes of our fathers, the stay and
support Of the present generation, and the
fond f~snticipations Of the future, are all
bound up and rest upon the psrpetuity Of
d blessed Union.T .w
y No subject 10 likely ever to arise, out Of
which are to follow such fatal consequent
css as that 7of the agitation of the slavery
question in Congress. 1t was hoped by the
loseTsof the Union, everywhere, that an
end was quito this agitation, BY the mea-
sures adopted by the last Congress. But
in this, il seems We are doomed to disap-I
'pointment. Northern abolitionists& South
ain nuEifers and secessionists seem to vie
with each other in their efforts to produce
disasters fatal to the Union. I'd
The conduct Of the abolitionists, sustain
ed asithey. are by polite l-demagoguss, in
'Feference:to,the Law for the recapture Of
.fupitive dawes. In auek az 10 excite inst an.