Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-07-29

Mr. Speake, have listened with pain to the sectional
turn gentlemen have in the OF debate, attempt
ed to give these railroad propositions have heard
rapacity, "Wcstern land piracy" applied to them.
cannot consent to pass them by in silence would be
unworthy Of in this Hall if did These
marks gratrtous and out Of place; they come with
i'll grace from gentlemen whose States have shared
so largely in the bounty Of the Government for
structng harbors lighthouses breakwaters and other
important national improvements out oil moneys, too,
paid into the common Treasury by the Western and
Southwestern States a tribute for the privilege oil
settling subduing and bringing under cultivation the
Western wilds. In all these appropriations the West
has been governed by generous aud liberal policy
No charge that the public interest had been retarded by
the advancement of sectional interests has been
heard from her Representatives on this hoor 10 my know
ledge, will il ever be unless II be in sel-deense
Now sir let me tell gentlemen that if this system OF
debate is be persisted in if Western Improvements
and Western be opposed upon sectional
grounds the West will take Of herself. Ii is said
that power is always stealing from the many to the
few" This remark peculiarly applicabs to- the pres
case, for the time far distant when the voice OF
the West will be more potent in these Halls than is
now.
Sir, deplafe sectional issues Of every kind we are
common brotherhood seeking the high destiny.
No great measure Of public policy be adopted by
this Government affecting the interests Of one section,
either for veal for wo without at the same time to
extent, affecting the interests of the rest. Were
l. sir seek motto giving full expression to the
timents Of my own heart, it would be: "The North,
the South the East the West, and the Center one and
iuseparable now aud forever"
have doubtless manifested feeling and anxiety
for the passage Of this BILL but unconscious oil being
governed by local or selfish considerations.
desire in conclusion, sir TO address few words to
those gentlemen who supported the Hannibal and 81
Joseph railroad bill That work will be almost value
less without the connection which will be provided Tor
by the passage Of this BILL liz cannot exist without it.
Ii is the Eastern trade and the Eastern travel which Is
to sustain IT, Such the views taken by the honor
able gentleman from Missouri, Mr.. HALL in his able
speech delivered in this House during the present SEES
sion. Such sir views and such must inevitably
be the conclusion OF every gentleman who will calmly
and dispassonaIely investigate the subject.
Gentlemen at loss to understand why 1t is that
the States have within short period from mere
handful Of hardy pioneers scattered over vast, unbro
KEN and primitive wilderness become popuous, wealthy
and powerful and n seeking for solution oil the prob
em have doubt honestly arrived at the conclusion
that this wonderful spectacle is the result of iavors be-
slowed upon them by the Government The conclusion
is erroneous Were it possible for these gentlemen to
60 with me to the West, would give them practical
answer Sir, would point them the prairie and the
forest; to the rich and fertile soil to the exhaustless
mineral resources the boundess fields of grain;
the beautiful rivers; the millions of intelligent,
terprsing and industrious people, who have inherited
the ndomtabe energy and patient endurance Of their
fathers of New England the chvarous daring OF their
ancestry in the sunny South, with the honesty and in
tegrity of both. With such heritage SIR the result
be speculative it coud not be other than ha:
been.
trust the bill will pass. If it be in order, movt
the previous question.