Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-02-25

bnduitG, The 0f engineers sls:'!r
who may be under the influence OF capital Could
guard agaihs, lit do not Know that could bal he
thing very wise In the Instincts uf interest; and per
sps alter different propositions shall have been brought De
tore this body each Of may elicit sonetcg o: max
satisfactory explanations TO bring tnc truth IL bear
Furthermore If consult dictates Of prudence
on this subject would have three separate intepenceh
corps ot engineers hV should 10 bound Il possible by al
"tth rot to confer with each other TO nave separate sur
Seys And ii they should concur there wond be some as
sHfaace :at III. route they recommended would DC pcc
cdoc anil such as wGut commend itself Tor adopton anc
a"y GlsTcd they might give their reasons for he
rencc and could Investigate ard decide for ourselves
"Iposs ms telsufe on Tie niosa s'aa ,hs a.
ave assumed and opp"sci; OF the s higher ground ina
II CHA sing Executive power beyond what hlk
'g''ant Le1lSIeure should allow. lt...s..
cofe no" 10 the Objection What Is tho agency ID
pe ePoyee 10 accomplish nis great entcrp'ise WHY wt
arc creating an Immense corporations; which we arc 10
Rtt ~ me hesnn!hg, forty fifty, or sixty mlioas o
i"as AUD what then If me enterprise be prosperous
IN enIny AL ilic p0H;a resrainlba oy " this conrie
rht!"n That Congress retains by ono of provisions
this hi, potential supervision to this extent, that Con
ertss ny a all tines regulate the tolls be cha sni upon
passengers and eights a. with en- economical
nen ol said ruai 10 reduce the profits OF said Compa
rs below eight per cent? According this provision Con
gess cannot reuca the tails bsyoud certain mflr3ua. 5i
may alp" hem ~ run up 70 nny amounts Ind who sup
poscs tor moment that Congress will in"r?2ye
dGca the profits Of This corpYaIipn2 Win profit of lh
"i sixty per cent, aud welding an influence perhaps .:
bunida o. millions, the cumpnny always i0Tty its.
against Congressional interference So far lrua Congress
ever Interfering either orfct this charter curts
fatdn maze the prediction il will refuse 10
rev The charter WHEN i! expires. The company will have
i'll The clements OF perpetuy lis will IN.
crease N. duration of its existence.
kr"" IL said that protect ourselves and pro-
Iucc forfeiture As have already stated, The
east ia that shall resort forfeiture. Tine corpora
3n VIII 20 on with our money rs long 40 II lasts. The
first fly miles will be finished from Memphis jmo%hc'e
IN that neishbUrhand The company will get The r:h tG
which lies there. The company entitled 10 take nd six
miles on cach side OF the road through the States and twelve
miles each side where Through the Territories,
7Iking strip Of twenty -four miles through the Tartocs
hs RusK They only get The alternate secIIohs tor IL
mics cHch eide
Mr. Butler. know that but rs soon as t;e company
gel the lir' section, they viii qacky take the other
alr. Rusg. Tnat is not the bill, though
Mr.. BUrLER. was not going 10 aude to that: but one
n HAT wish 10 alIldc 10 is the beautiful phraseoiogy Of
TIC hill is the accommodating prsscology thnt
ever saw used II n1ws The company select land In
alternate scrnns Tor certain distnces each side and II
ha land sionl be occupied should not De hto the pur-
l where do you suppose they ara 10 LAKE II Adjacent
ar!s NJ, sir, ad,acenr ands within fifteen or
twenty miles other companies have been restricted o
not N t state that State this Territory or that Terrific
=; ort Al any Ponr, nr NJ any distance too ta. may De
deemed hy le company The leaving TO cn 10 de-
eide the question of distance In this selection they have
de margin us choice They Eay 90 10 huadred
r"u hundred ir aught know, thousand miles, 10
tic their !n-; AMI very greatly lear their decr'nina
1 - this uHcr o c-iace will depend III Small degree
Gpcn The quality aGd value OF the liud
ir. tusK. They sce-; those lands at the nearest
port.
Mr. BUTLER. But five hundred miles may be the ST
point wec they ct good l,nd; and you may DC they
sell select best land Ihry nd and instead OF select.
ing nids that worth 81 25. they will take lands worth
SO az, il they cannot get land along hs road
'.rj may oil into Oregon California; an! viii an
tor H. when they 10 the nearest point 10 get IT,
.y VIII find the nearest point 10 be just where they can
find he fiyt. ;
ua $eo.io from Illinois the other day said til. cx:en-
live "i se ;retsptrscd and ens "nCd and rcircsh-
hy n,aay t.cs P.rnlps ~hcn This shGuld into
orcrun maY have something like another Pni'Hyn-'
ciy ne!chln- and factors distribute om hcsr "a cS
II: Iob'l ;.hict: have been carried OE different n1Hia
iu @'rsa We nave something of that kind, say It Is in
?fgct,',t2 Sri! may 5e nslakrn Ci'y hc r-octra-
h Bnf Is there nothin! in .rcat enterprise OF ths E;nd
which ,h"ni induce wr until ~ l"h5' We give pos
:ijy chance I" exercise uf the rights wcn we are
usurp? il is said that il 20 Ctl:on'c-
Hhy sir California c0c,inuas for ten
n rl!y sNc has done within hn last TWO instead oi
Cr:ng California, snail have call upon California 70
Erp Ii California gos multiplying in strength anc
Us hope she w she vi! carry on her commerce
81! has ""e hcfeotorc-by ships-by gong across me
Iz!inGs Panama. going through this contemplated
canal ac,'s~ reauanepec, Shrn il is Completed.
No sir The communications with California are In
crcasing IN ihe.. .acs These facilities will b- improved
every assurance by more Than one route across
Iaus Of CtEia America. The co1pcll'I'n Tor thcse
routes gn1rGni6c tlt ;iey vii o. opeuei ana iha
tor very sh"r period, making tie ilae OF c passag.
5.sccn New Yok and Francsco not s7catcs than i
~ twenty days And besides there - anotheT view
lis suijae These will be oren 10 the enjoy:eh
aad invite commerce, all the world, and thus add
of this Governments and will possess none
tie attributes OF monopoly which belong 10 conp1ny
an not merchant and therefore make III: assertion
; viii, caution. II underwater Tomorrow ana
this raai made now, by rooD, from me valley ol
tn Mississippi Ia the Pacific, would much sooner insure
.uuds II 60 oand b. than 10 cross upon inns ant
route unesei: should be built with cities an4 hese ric
nds epoken Of should be found tor the promising
that have excited the Imagination "i
seine of The gentlemen who have spoken upon the subject and
whose .gnaos have impaired an interest TO those andT
far bevond their real value All accounts OF the engineers
no have passed them, in one common state
mentta large proportion of the lands over which his
read pass is DESERT and unit Tor the hapaton o.
man Some portion is said TO be an arId, sterile,
mountainous range without water, and without grass re-
-eInbnr more the description of the Dead Sen, lhan iil
uiycr il by the eloquent Senator from lsnns an lhe
richness they have car is what they nave received rom
cusicns of rictorcthcr poverty s The gilt OF nature
This road itself il. thus far very indebted for the a.
yor il has received zen. aud coqucnce They have po-
ea on, upon it The first sean has received an" trust
the last until have received bcer tnalon az 10 inc
choice Of r;,cs and general praClicahty OF the whole
scheme IrS, ilr. President, VIII repeat, mat mus I
parliamentary eoq and cOnJectual estimates nave su
ersedei all other agencies heretofore fca0rted To- iot he
aying nn construction of railroads They have super
seeded the surveys aad maps OF engineers hey nave nane
corrrlurr better than icts for Ii has 0ea gra'ty snu II
wall ur survey, the road viii never be Dnilt ana 'hue
40 sTe rec uired ourselves by way o experiment.
IS , sucst way Of involving u in Ibis great cnitpsc-
not surh questions as these, Mr. President pcftineni-
there sui!cicncy Of water, Oh any oil ue rou'rs tas
f brought notice, supply the steam Tor the proTc'hs
pa,rr o this o1dl Some gentlemen hare sad lhht II wa
would not be- found HE surface would DC f"nnd by
A. IN. mo the earth. Another question HIVE we any
survey height Of the mountains 40. >f we nave ho
But The broad ground is al"n that wih money 'non2h a
tn Sc difficulties bo overcome Yes, s!r, the fcdffa
Teasi;y ia 10 eTpply waller level down mountains and pro-
m l the other agencies lha! be necessary lor mo con-
s.rGen of this great road. wish TO oe undera""d, mat
do not lake tho ground that road may not hA raci
cable for has .ad, you viii give an ehginef mo
ncy he will % Yw!ere; and, nnder The sh ol science
Uic;. pl,zing out from go many sources 90 h"'
know iia, any physical npossoics IN me way
OF the ecaus Of Developments are making mar WI"
yru slllefsvie steam motive aetHs lEe aci
iis Of communication, from parl c The car'h 10 TIE
oIber seem 10 keep pace witt: tic demands OF nlaa
Here as me- 10 say thing in reference 70 " at in.
from nv honorable friend from Mass Mr. Davls Yesterday
and he slii il with philosophical OF thought mat
admired al ke time. He said that il seems III lhe great
providence Of God that the facility OF communication rom
ore country anpor has kept Up with the progress OF ois
coyc:y The ancents thought the Pillar OF ecues 'Ae "
tnr tu o lie carth but was he compass o'
eyyerel ,an Columbus found America; md rc"fc-y nae
america discovered when the means o! establishing
communication between 1t and Europe were found 'carce
" had that been effected when The great power :" eh -
which the honorable Senator alluded came 'flh ao nl
Sc reserved another power 10 cary dc over cry acs
may be a the discovery a caIorc, es motive power =
one which viii enable US iuh that bc1nt'Dl pro !dchcc
Of Got that man shall be stranger 10 msn ne coh-
us the great PRINCIPLES OF scence nni tTa!' nay DC
tat thi, tise pow viii supply she place 0. s sn9
TIC: we cen 20 to the grea! PacEc ocean ~ T. " iue
srac oaly requiring wa;er srrpl: tao %l"is '.;-n
81. i, ;day tY So tut when when &c urge ::ese