The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-09-14
POLITICAL.
sisYikWriuarSteGn and NRaiacEaester
Rail ES00d.
An tho House of Representatives, U
s;s S. August 2Gth, 1862.

Mr.. Pcnn. L am instructed DY
@Tg the Committee on'thc Post Office and
Nh Post Roads to report back, without
amendment, and with the rccommcn-
tlation that it 90 pass, Senate btll
q No. 447, entitled San act for the
s relief of the Wilmington and Man
chester Rail Road Company" The
bill simply gives to this company the
sb&indul gence to withhold the payment
g. Of duty upon their imported iron, for
four years, from the Governments, for
81 which time legal interest is to be
IA paid. / move the previous question
s3@sson the passage of the bill.
Mr.. Mcqueen. | trust my friend
allow me to make few rcmarks.
Ss Mr.. Penn. As M friend comes
from the district through which he
I'D is TO pass, withdraw tic vIii
tor the previous question, on the con
d dition that he will renew it.
Mr.. Cobb. / would ask the con-
IS sent of the gentleman to allow inc to
submit an amendment to the bill.
Consent was given.
Mr.. Mcqueen. Mr.. Speaker: l
3SSdo not propose, at this late period Of
ss the session, to de;ain the House with
q discussion at length upon the mer,
5$2ji,s of this bill. l shall, however, as
ssisthc greater portion of the road to
4 s which, the bill applies runs through
4 my district, explain its object; aud |
sSSprpGecd5 5tondo 50 with the confident
.shelicf tliat whcn itshall he well un.
deHstood,, there will not be ten mem
ltFssbers Iii this House in opposition to
s'57e.iiss4s4Gl!.fRc indulgence asked is for a
S. company who are constructing a link
flrail road as a continuation Of that
s ssSSIhitI.. l;Nw extends az iar.as Nil
! Ssstaii Is lE6n IN n sm'. CarnI@fa, s'sen.
ssSssSllieit.she gtcaNA ,,..a nail from
the North to New Orleans is now
carried, which link avoids one Of the
most difficult and dangerous lines Of
navigation upon this continent. Two
wears ago an act vas passed by
Congress, at the instigation Of my
3ss2Ss friend from the Wilmington district
Of fl North Carolina, [Mr. Ashc.
s4sssrantiag an indulgence Similar to The
one proposed by this bill for the road
extending as far rs Wimingtoa. BE.
tween that bill and the present there
lis the distinguishing difference that
that bill provided for the payment Of
$;8no interest by the company, who
were to give bonds for the taithri
payment of the duty, whilst this one
provides for the payment Of every
dollar of interest, to be, together
with the duty upon tho iron, secured
by bonds, which are to be approved
by the judges of the district courts of
North and Sqyth Carolina, and made
satisfactory IS the Secretary Of the
Treasury. There is also condition
in this act that the money arising
from the carriage of the great Mail
s$from the South to the East over this
road shall be retained in the Trcasu-
~, and as it accrucs, be Disconnected
with the Post Office Department for
the satisfaction Of the bonds. This
link runs through the level Pine for
ests III North and South Carolina
Il -and is bcinI9Aconst, c.c.l ~ the
plauters Of that coul wh~ have
mainly worked out their stock in the
grading Of the road. Gentlemen ask
why the company constructing this
road come here and ask this small
s matter? Every one acquainted with
sthe planting interests knows very
well the Importance Of this maul,
gence in the payment Of the duty
upon iron, so that planters whc can
realize upon their crops but once a
year, can measure their payments to
e: suit the season of the year at which
they can sell and realize the proceeds
of their crops. l assert, indeed.
3ss without fear or contradiction. that
25 there is no road in the United States
of more importance to every portion
of the Coniedcracy than this one.
The mail is now carried with great
facility from New Orleans to Maine
aaI upon steamboats, and rail roads, witt!
the exception Of this gap, and about
thirty miles in the State of Georgia
The navl CATION from Wilmington tc
Charleston is so difficult there is nc
part OF the route from this to New
3gleans where so many disappoint
as f1eeanltssnnavoidably occur as on this
l,articuiir portion. The company
= = lt'oNsgct $50 900 a year for tn,
5 iran Porttliion Of the mai! from Wei
.s3s3tsllon3tp Charleston. The act whcl
Ayas pass! for the benefit Of the VII
e fesa two years ago, maGe