Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1853-09-15
From the Palmyra Wing.
oad-Palmyra to quincy

IN hen receive H. i Will NeN AhS aN' = -.
,ark 10 publish il in his very respectable paper
n the information Of all concerned. ! have no {
ride Of opinion in the matter. care not
whether Col Benton should be right or wrong.
Indeed rather hope he may be right Many OF
our citizens are anxious 70 go into that country,
trust that they may be gratihed. But Col
Benton says that the opinion | expressed, dis
sentng from himwas calculated "to do great IN
iury Co the people Of the State" Now do not
see how my opinion can do the least Injury to the
people of the State. II the act upon il they Con
sustain no injury, whether II be wright or wrong.
But if they act upon Col. Benton's opinion and
he should be mistaken in the law, then they VIII
sustain great injury. For il is no small matter
for poor man TO leave his home in Missouri
AMI travel hundreds OF miles into the Indian
country and then BE- driven back. have wit
messed such scenes. and would be very unwll-
ling TO bear the eight Of all the curses OF men,
women, and children, which viii be heaped on
the head of the honorable gentleman II he should
be mistaken in his opinion. A, therefore, again,
at the risk of doing great injury to the people
of the State, advise them not TO act upon the
opinion of our old Senator until they hear FUR
! Their.
! If Col. Benton should be right in his opinion
Ihe will have white and red men mixed together.
lders Of the States of Missouri and Iowa, iillsd
4 with Indians; and west Of the Indians layer OF
whites, and then again layer of lndians.-W
4 know without conjecture what will be the state
a ofthe case. There will be difficulties without
end. The savage and civilized man can no
herd together.
But, fellow-citizens, l will now give yol
briefly nv opinion of the Railroad to connect tn
valley of the Mississippi river ard I'll
coast am in fapasoi'e construction OIL SUCH
r -, me General Government for that pur-
pose. i will voteto appropriate land and mo-
ney. believe it absolutely necessary for the
preservation of the integrity of this Union.
believe it necessary for the promotion OF COM
merce and indispensably necessary for the de-
fence of the Pacific coast in time of war. For
One first and last reasons am anxious for the
commencement aud contamination of this great
work As to where 1t shall commence or where
il shall end, that is matter TO be determined
when the surveys and ope~ dions now IN pro-
gress shall be completed. And the route it
must take between the termin is entirely de-
pendant upon those surveys.
We NAV buster about Northern, a South
ern and a central route, but it all amounts
to nothing. Nothing but the actual survey
can determine it. When the preliminary
work is done, then the best route and The one
conducive to the interests OF all HE states, VIII
be adopted. | have been represented by my
enemies as being opposed 10 The whole measure.
Then again, | have bed represented as Delng
in favor of a So~enern route commencing at
Galveston. Tey.s, running by El-PasoI another
time in fayef OF one commencing at Memphis,
and runr.ng through Arkansas, Texas, &c., or
of any route that would be most inconvenient and
nraaldical TO the interests of Missouri. Now
he man who originated these charges and those
mo published and repeated them know that
they Il will not say lie( have "sad the thing
that is not So" 1t false on ITS face. am,
and have been 4 citizen of this State more tha~
half ofmy years. All the interest L have on
earth is here. You know it; and you scorn the
men who conceived, uttered and published the
falsehood. You know well that | have not, and
will not desert the interests of the State, and the
people amongst whom | live. The people who
have from youth 20 manhood, conferred the high
est honors upon me, and confded their interests
TO my keeping. You know that have recev-
ed abuse from some, for claiming all your rights,
and perhaps for demanding more than yoA were
entitled TO.
But, fellow citizens, Col. Benton says that the
road to the Pacific, must commence at Kansas,
and run through pass in the Rocky Mountains
the pass of which Leroux and Fremont speak
and through which Beal is to travel Oh his way
TO California, and no where else, and Benton, and
Benton men put me down agaius, IT, because of
my dislike of Col. Benton" Now do not love
NBenleu; that is well kHown. Blu ( his route
SI1@-T----lca route "a all and no cheapest
and best route al0 li7s-Io-lhe ,pa-fe'i OF Mis-
sour | viii vote .or, and >nsAin HAT route
but elbow citizens, doub. very much whether
the Congress OF the United Safes can agree on
the exact point of beginning Or ending Of this
D Al. Il.
the termni. Let me ask you the people of
/ Platte Co., should they take the vate tomorrow,
could agree to the beginning, the end or the
course of road across the country from this
| Clay line TO the Missouri river. Suppose that
funds for its construction were given br that
| purpose. The northern pOrtlon of the county
would TO a man, say nothing OF the womeI and
children, declare that the interest of the county
r'Ti~ed the road to begin at Smithand and run
+ from lNe-> TO New Market and terminate at la
70 IAN on inc M'-ouri river. Another portion O
10 the people would say that it shouo ~--,rneuce a
Y Barry, run through FieN'o City and terminus
= Weston. Another portion og you would sa
e let it commence at Smithand or Barry, and tel
= tminate mere AT ParkvlIe ms beautiful and flou
!, ishing young town. Well, when the votes al
cast and counted, YOU have about one third OF Il
= number for each route. SO il will he with Il
/, thirty one States of this Union. We may blu
y ter in Congress and out of it. We may call
l. the central route, and bawl Leroux and FIR
r. monts pass until we are hoarse, and il will ell
e in nothing there. II may catch gldtS heI
p There is no doubt in my mind that large IN
ID joriiy of Congress and the people of the Unit
rs Sta es are in favor Of the construction of a ra
" road Col. Benton and his friends will have
N that Atcbison, Phelps, &C., are opposed TO I
IA great road to India. 1t was proposed at the Ia
,e session of Congress by amendment offered
/? OWNS bill, to commence the road at Galvest'
e, Vicksburg and Memphis. All such proPositiC
Ir were voted down by large majorltles. II
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