Hannibal journal and western union. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1851-1852, 1851-11-13
With the Enrllsh II llie production or rails.

with the EneIish IN the production or rails. AL
aispetrh tscfn Lcrdan, wxiften during the press
ent mqu'h. ipforins ne that they can now be puf-
otesed For less than E5 per Ton delivered on
board ship. We hope, however, after our FIRST
models Of Engines are brought out from the East,
that. we shall soon have q Locomotive manu-
factory established here Every thing else,
cars, chains, spikes, and probably wheels and
axles &c, we expect TO have manufactured in s..
Loniss for our own supply, and for the furniture
OF any other neighboring road that may require
them. And every body knows that one branch
81 industry, generates and Snsfains another. .
We shall then be fairly launched in internal
Improvement anc domestic manufactures. And
Who shall then say, with eli these resources, with
these evidences Of industry and enterprize, and
this wide field around us that, we cannot main
tain respectable footing in the race Of ciyiI17@
ticng Under such circumstances nothing bat
some great and radical wrong done or suffered
by as, can prevent our prosperity.
remember, with great pleasure, the agreeable
ncquointanccs found in the Legislature among
the friends Of the Hannibal and st. Joseph Rail-
road. On the Loan Bill, the friends Of that
reed and Of the Pacific road co-operated heart
ily together. Let the kind spirit. which pre-
vailed there continue. We have still great h,
bors before us. We want the right Of way
through Che pEatig ;aDss, az ssich grant Of Ire
lands themselves, as we are in Justice and equity
entitled 70. IL il is right and proper for Uncle
Sam to give lands 10 one State to make Rail-
roads, Il probably is to another And it would
be grossly partial and unfair for him to give one
of his boys large slice, and another one, equal
~ deserving; but perhaps not quite so smart,
none at all. This cannot be. And il win be
no good argument to say, because one of his boys
has not turned out smart in the use Of the
gift, az Uncle Sam expected, that therefore Mis-
souri, shan't have any. Missouri must have,
justice, Uncle Sam is a large landholder here,
pays no State taxes, and his lands are to be
largely benefited by those improvements. He
can afford, without any loss, but with positive
profit TO himself, to give us every other section
for six miles on each side Of our two roads, or
the equivalent Of that, on the usual conditions.
trust, we shall not only cooperate together in
procuring this grant, but that we shall have the
uiEsnimous support Of the State, and the co-ope-
ration Of all the friends Of internal improvement
IN the Union, and that our claims may be SO
fairly and vigorously presented at the next ses-
sion Of Congress, that, the grant will be made at
once.
fear I shall not be heard for my much
speaking, but the heart sometimes gets the bet
ter Of the head, when the unlucky possessor of
it nust crave Indulgence.
arm, very respectfully,
~ Your obedient servant,
THO. ALLEN.
To Messrs. w. M. Cooke, r. N. Anderson.
J. T.. Ainent, J. f. Hawkins, Z. M. Muffett,
Committee of citizens, and w. Jones Esur..
Secretary Of the Hannibal and st. Joseph Rail
Road Company.