The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-03-03


structed, or the capital mast be supphed -
eventual construction. II viii not nse n yslaaS
mere fact OF the passage OF the bill The laho,"
tai OF the people OF that country must BE- 60
the road before there will be any augmenIsSaa
price OF these lands. But when there Is thas " =
ton, then they are 10 sell Tor " so per acre ~
honorable senator from Georgia says Thai hs,.sas
bill proposes 10 appropriate 500. 900 acres il
making present to the State OF Iowa OF IA Saa TS
MIR. President, suppose that gentleman IN Y ,eM
should happen TO make present OF pound 81 ~
travelling manufacturer. who should ailerwsIAN &
II up into some fabric that would produce 6f,v
drsd dollars, you would not claim that you had nj
present OF the money, or cotton OF equal vain
would set some estimate upon his labor and ~
allow him, ii II produced profit 10 you also. 1870
benefit OF The profits aceruingto himself Bul =
proposition was made to you in form notp 5s y,
responding with that contained Ia the bill n ~
present OF one pound OF cotton upon condition nay
price should be paid Tor like quantity--or ibs, "
double price Tor one pound should be secured Won
make present OF the other-you would MI ~
very unreasonable il you had The cotton for saIe Ivy
price 10 be received would pay for both pounds
might be said, with the same grace that senator. ,
against the bill, that inasmuch as the whole Of N \
Ton would be worked up so as 10 yield profit hs.
gain should be charged as present.
After all, what is there 80 very mysterious /.
proposition contained in the bill that senators ea
derstand Ill How would any landholder, how onA
landhoder TO act under similar circumstance. =.
provement was proposed 10 be made through and
was for sale at gwen price Might he not give )
one half OF il upon receiving double the price h
other half, and not consider himself as bestowiDg,
great favor! | know agentleman who made s,,
that proposition the other Cay, when he offered io
lot for $l2, GOA 10 committee on the part Of Ann
They told him that he ought to give them sonelbis
wards building the church TO which he replied M
would give them one. half OF the lot TO build The a.
upon, provided they would pay hun $4,000 lor lAs n
half.
Now, sir, who pays the double price for The R,.
lands Who ought TO pay III Eventually The N
whatever il may be, comes oil the people who eaa
immediate advantages OF the road. SO that il results,
the road is built by the contributions oil those who
its immediate benefits, is maintained at the exapS
those who construct il, and the United States ia,,
benefit of the work.
The honorable senator from Virginia says I'M
owner of land would not act in thai way He n,
take stock. Now, sir, ! have 10 remark in rspyl
Rhen he takes stock he takes it at risk and he N
not expect that the whole value OF The stock sbouI
paid back as this bill proposes. An individual n
not expect TO get back every dollar OF capital 10
all his property transported Tree TO share in all |
profits of the road, and incur none OF lis risks The
suggested by the honorable senator from Virginia
pany was organized in the city OF ST. Louis the %
ton was not enderstaod by many OF the ancient ina
tants. An old gentleman, who was the owner ola II
Der of buildings, was advised 10 insure his NoVs
He asked for an explanation, and they told him that
paid SO much Zone per cent, beleye) on The na
his houses, in case they should burn down wiihnsy
their value would be paid TO him. SWELL" SAID h.T
all seems very fair; but suppose The houses do nat
will they pay me back the premium !" Being as
in the negative, he declined 10 insure, .preerrlngh
the risk himself Very much like this Is, oast
would be the conduct of a landowner, IN the opna
the honorable senator from Virginia he wouA !
stock, and place the whole capital subscribed
rather than give half his land, receive for the olE
the full sum he was anxious to get Tor The whOA
The free use of the road forever, withou, ncuTrl@
The risks OF the enterprise.
The argument against the bill, as understand l.
il is analyzei, may be reduced to single ptopos
and that Is this That no legislation is just or n
however beneficial TO the country at large, il i q
benefits on any particular section or people, unbu
vision is made for securing equivalent advantages Id
| other section and people
That is the foundation OF the claim on the parf
4 old States. They cannot bear the idea that ga
/ lie work should be executed without cost to ID, II
States which confers local benefits on the Slaiess
| they are constructed, il they are not rewarded
| equivalents How would that principle work in pn
| il carried out in our legislation | would ask The !
orablc senator from Georgia, how II would apply V
roads which they have built in his State: Wee d
people of all portions of the State equally benehx
were equivalents provided Tor them When we an
ed 10 make an appropriation for the lmpToyemtHld .
( Savannah river, why DO not honorable genten,r 1
object 10 a measure because il coniers beneitoa
State rise in their places and demand that all Toe
shall have an equivalent!
| When you come TO apply the test 10 the essaa1|
Congsess in appropTiatng money Tor improvement
tide water, and compare IT with the sppToprialomr
Improvement of fresh. water rivers and harbors, wed
have night 10 complain, il the principle which p
men assert here is Just and proper,
The honorable senator from Illinois MI pN-l
mentioned several instances OF appropriations 70 u
anlc States TO illustrate the mpracticabiy oil h !
4 h,nh | uvtil n I
OF the Senate one more. Very large appropra@s !
annually made for the purpose OF supporting lines
\ steamships. The annual expenditure on that atoOsII
nearly or quite equal 10 the whole value Of the ~
posed 10 be granted by this bull TO the Stale o.
There are local benefits resulting from these expeni
but they are confined almost exclusively 10 lhsoaI
| New York, Charleston, and New Orleans iao1
OF trade has been directed TO these points by TIE en-
ment OF steamships sustained 10 a considerable exc
appropriations from the treasury The advantage
systemic New York has been immense BY means
steam ships patronized by the government, nearly II
gold brought from California is shipped 10 that ely
now we have an application TO establish mlnl ~
coin the gold. Another appropriation IS 70
which shall confer more local Benefits but no q
| Tents are thought OF for other cites.
| The principle on which this bill appears 70 ee n
! is unsound at least cannot recognise Il as eul
favor. When | am called upon to act on any vi
ton which is, in my Judgment constitutional e j
/ consideration which will operate on my MIND WV
reference 10 the interest OF the country, Withhold "
| ing or caring whether any particular locality VIII
| more or less benefit than another.
| have adverted 10 appropriations made ana CO.. }
ted, merely for the purpose OF showing that lns
pie which senators invoke here cannot be cafilsa IN
practice and, il il could, would produce no good
never been attempted by any OF the representative
valley States heretofore no combined oppo'
been made by them 10 appropriations for lmpfo'sIs
the seaboarj, although their own rivers ana y
were espcted thew did moi assert IN practice Wt u
ciple upon which this bill is opposed, by refusing
appropriations comforting local benefit unless >
Tents should be distributed in that portion Of ts =
represented by them. y
BIT honorable senators from the old States sn
full that there will not be distribution OF eqnyae
they suggest aud advocate halt dozen dieleu,
tons for The disposition Of the public lands. elheis.
ments agains, the bill, or for the purpose oil 100
vantages TO their constituents One fayoTs sVas
actual setleIs anaiher proposes to reduce tne w.