New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-25
HOUSE OF REpgrsEyr.rrvp,

Mr.. BRIGGs presented the memor;,I NJ
the Chamber OF Commerce OF New-Yorx ask,n, N,
the removal Of the Mat from Pnilatelphia 70 thss
city Referred to the Committee OF Ways ssd
Means.
The House resumed the consideration Of
the oilgraitirg the risht OF way and donation Of
public land 20 Missouri 10 aid IN the construction Of
Railroad from ST lose phs % Hannibal and from ST.
Louls 10 The western line Of that State
Mr.. Oar said he had examined the bill,
ana mad coue to the conclusion TO vote FOR It. He
argued That Congress has the constitutional power
70 make we Cen asked for, and quoted Calhoun,
S SSSs Mu otnets IA support o. his position. This
OIL Is not 10 be secuted first either on the plea of
unconsiiiufionality, secondly on the ple. that N
IS anitiepuolicaa, or anti-cemocranc lie did not
think either OF these preexts were sufc,en nj 10 drive
the bill nom the House. Many advantsres will re-
suit TO the Government from this policy 6rst N
bringing into market lands which have been sxp posed
for sale thirty years, and which will remain unsold
for fifty years 10 come. unless you open railroads or
other means Of conveyance for the products OF the
interior. He gave an illustration, namely: q rail-
road was constructed from Charleston to Hamburg,
IN South Carolina. and as a consequence lands be-
fore worth only ten cents an acre on the lines OF the
road, increased rom 50 50 20 s. an acre A bill
Will be introduced 20 give lands TO Florida for rad
ROAD purposes Her lands will be unentered for q
hundred years unless this be done Nothingis to
oe taken out ofthe Treasury by granting these lands
TOT such purposes On the contrary, money will be
brought INTO H. for the demand for lands. ss well a.
tue price, Will increase, just IN proportion you as
SYST m opening up the means OF transportation. He
showed The proprety OF granting lands as asked for
by the bill under consideration saving that the road
was IN the direction Of Utah. Oregon and California
and spoke OF the importance OF having speedy COM
municaton with our Indian frontiers. In conclu-
sion be expressed the hope that not only this but
other similar bills would be passed, and that Con-
gres would deal literally with the fair daughters Of
the West
MIR. WrLcH (Ohio) gave notice Of an
amendment, which he explained by saying that Il
proposes to take the road named in the bill which
commences NJ St. Louis and then goes to the west
ern line OF Missouri. and continue this road through
the States OF Illinois. Indiana aud part OF OHIO,
to Cincinnati and thence through Ohio to some
point on the line Of Washington County on the
Ohio River. at or near Marietta, or town In Vr-
glDia, on the opposite shore. ard then to Three
FORKS on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad In Viz
gina, thus connecting the two roads at the ex-
hemes. The Amendment, he said, proposed to car
~ out the principle of the bill, far as may be-
practicable Before he concluded, the morning hour
had expired, and the House went into Commute on
the biil explanatory Of the Bounty Land Warrants
OF lSas, and for other purposes. Amendments were
offered and debated in fye-mnute speeches, but no
conclusion was arrived at when the Committee rose
MIR. j. F. DAaBy, (Mo., who was strick-
en- with paralysis on the day before the meeting Of
Congress was this afternoon brought into the Hail.
for the first time IN chair. The Speaker let his
chair, went down to him, and there administered
the oath. good deal OF sympathy was expressed
for this Member
The House then adjourned.