The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-05-07

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cratic Presidents have favseed works on
ist~rnal Improvements Of national char.
sctsr BY appropriations Of money. Bot
this ia a very different matter from granting
se,s Of incorporation to companies. in
which the President 10 clothed with extra.
ordinary aud dangerous powers. aud ar
are to he perfected by which
the General Government will exercise ju
r;sdiction aud sovereignty IN the States,
All Of these things were contemplated
by Sen. Kusk's bill, A vast corporation
was 10 be created invoking millions oil
dollars, a. The head Of which the President
Of tho United States was TO be p'acee.
lie wa. TO determine where the road should
commence and where Il should end lac
was TO organize the association and con'
tract for the conjunction Is the road, and
all questions relating to it were TO be de
termiued by him.
Since the organization Of the Governs
mcnt down 10 the present time there has
never originated bill in either house OF
Congress more federal in its character. In
usurpa,.on and extent Of power, and IN
offering Inducements to corruption the
United States bauk charter bears no com
parison. Had 1t passed, aud me, the exec.
utivc sanction, Mr.. Pierce would no longer
havc been the President of the United
States. but the President Of a mammoth
railroad company. To have attended to
the duties enjoiocd by thnt'biII would have
occu pied all his time.
X Nm look "A, tho n.dious character Of
th. bill The place of beginning and end
ing Of the road IL not determined by ~
These have all to be fixed. st. Louis.
Memphis, Vicksburg, aud New Orleans
the various states that might indulge hopes
Of its passing though their terrtory-all
we're expected to support il. Here. in
Texas, Gen. Rusk's bill is supported as II
/ il determined a, once that the road should
pass through our state. What security
have we that such would be the case
None whatever On the contrary we have
every reason to believe tina, it would take
n different direction, no matter how great
the advantages of tse Nicksburg route
Rusk himself supported Mr. Owns bill
which il we recollect rightly, contemplated
passing through only a very small portion
Of our northern territory.
Again. II is contendcd that it is n ma.
iional measure. and as such the United
State. should build the road. Suppose that
under this construction II is built. The
road in this view. is intended for trans
porting troops aud munitions Of war, 10
protect our possessions on the Pacific II
this will authorize the construction Of the
road. canno, every state in the union urge
the very same reasons and pray congress
for a branch road connecting thSh with H..
10 ease of war, of course the expense and
difficulty TO be incurred in reaching the
main road would be very great if there
were no branches. Hence II this reason
ing IL carried ont, we would have on foot,
in few years, the most sturendous system
Of internal improvements the world ever
bcheld.
II such a bill as Gen 3usks were to
pass Congress. it would he il vain for the
democratic party to rally against the doc.
trne of internal improvements by the Gen
eral Government. Every aud any bill
could be passed through tina, body.
In the last message OF President Polk b,
warned his fellow citizens against the
policy Of internal improvements by the
General Government lie demonstrated
tina, il would necessarily produce a national
debit and that n national debt would revive
n protective tariff, national bank, and
ev.ryeiher measure Of wing policy. Ltd,
did he think that in five years the coantr,
would so rapidly approach consolidation
that this system he con demnsd would be
advocated by the very party with which he
was connected. Yet such is the case ii
Texas. One press has even gone so fa'
an TO enter into an elaborate defence OF tn.
policy, aud dcnounce all who do not sup
port il. |, has set up Gen. Kusk's railroad
bill ~ the standard Of democracy, and
taken the broad ground that it will support
no man for Congress who does no, sub
scribe to It. II takes the position that no
eight 10 more expressly delegated, no duty
more strictly enjoined than that providing
for the protection Of all the states against
INVASION" 1.-The means. says this editor,
THE editor of the Tyler Telegraph "is a
subject of tegislafirs disere,ion; the ques-
ton simply that Of expediency." In a
word. to avoid the dangers Of invasion,
Congress has the Constitutional right to
build railroads throughout the Union. And
again he Gays. 1.-The establishment Of an
agency with incorporate powers to carry
out any work for the General Government,
which under its delegated powers it has a
right 10 perform, must bsA question Of
mere legislative discretion" No wonder
that the wings assert that they have por.