The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-03-17


ented to Congress. 1t gives general idea Of
his plan, without details; and it seems to as one
deserving attention from its simplicity and ap-
parent prscticability. The great increase of pa.
per currency it would throw into circulation
nay at fisst starte the Hard Money Democracy
5ut on examination it may he found TO pressn
Ie;hing really objectionable, i issued with the
proper care and restrictions. Both in its nature
and the manner of redeeming it, it would differ
widely from bank promises to pay,-the one
being merely promise which may have nothing
{, back it, while the other is an actual repTessn-
ative of value, standing for labor performed or
materials furnished, and having thegovernm Mt
pledged for its redemption, which in turn would
have the certainty of deriving means from the
profits OF the road itself
To the Senate and House Of Rep7esentative, Of The
United States in Congress assembled:
The memorial of your petitioner respectfully
prays Congress to authorize the construction OF
a continuous railway from the City of San Fran
cisco to such point on the Mississippi River or
the Atlantic Ocean as Congress shah designate
the labor expended, produce consumed, Bnd ma
| terials used in the construction thereof:tp To be
paid for in certificates of deposit suitable 10 be
used as currency, and made receivable in pay
ment of government dues. And from and after
the passage of the act prayed for, such eertf-
Gates to be lawful tender in payment of con-
tracts made subsequent to the passage of such
law, unless the contracting parties shall other
wise provide The nett earnings of said railway
to be set apart for the liquidation and gradual
withdrawal from circulation of such certificates,
until the said debt be iquidated. And from
and after the extinguishment of the debt crea-
ted in the construction of such railway, the same
be and forever remain free road, subject onl
to such charge toll as may be deemed ade-
euate to keep such road in good repair, SC. T
Your petitioner believes that the labor, capi-
tai and skill expended in mining and manufac-
turing the iron bars deposited in this national
workshop may be as effectualy represented and
put in circulation by means If certificates of
deposit, as is the labor expended in procuring
gold and silver deposited In the mint or treasu-
ry of the nation. Such bills of credit being ba-
sed on productive industry land not dead
wealthy only require the endorsement Of the
General Government in order 20 be used as the
measure of value.
In the opinion OF your memorialist, such a law
if speedily enacted would ensure the early COM
pleton of the road proposed. thereby affording
fields of enterprise and homes of comfort to mil
lions of the impoverished sons and daughters of
humanity ditfusing wealth and civilization thro-
out vast wilderness-giving employment to
labor, and market for the products and mau-
ufactures of our citizens. whilst the recognition
of the right TO employment and placing the pro-
ducts of labor on terms of fair equality in pro-
portion to their utility or commercial value, by
extending TO the products Of the iron mine as is
done to the products of the gold and silver mine
the endorsement of the General Government.
would tend to emaneipate labor from v.lssl-
lage to the money power, and stay the still
gumenting drain by which the producers ofthis
New World are daily becoming more and more
tributary to the bond holders of the Old, Such
a measure Of value would aid in removing frsm
productive industry grievous burden, under
the weight of which so many generations have
perished, miserably crushed; would economist
the labor and capital required in the construc-.
ton of this and similar works (perhaps. equal to
one half) by dispensing with SO much labor and
capital as is at present wasted in extractiHg gad
and silver from the mines or in producing aFtf-
cles Of equivalent commercial value to be et-
changed for gold and silver wherewith TO rep
resent the labor and materials used in the
struction of the proposed road. AT psesent t.e
labor and capital expended in procuring the
measure Of Ualue is eq valent to the labor expen
ded in making such public works. So vast an
amount of valuable toll and capital, saved from
useless waste, would if judiciousy applied, build
up in this New World Of ours the palace of an
Industrious, cemmodious and civilized social life,
and by augmeneing the measure of value (mon-
cyl in prOporeson to the demand, spread the
wealth. OF the nation as blood makes life to flow
through our veins. until there no longer remains
in these United States single stagnant product
or an unoccupied arm.
JOHN DOUGHERTY,
Mount Union, Pa.
NoLE.-0n so long a route, greater power
and more perfect security of person will be re-
quired than is attainable at present Instead of
pering the lives of travellers the strength of
single bar of iron OF rail. l propose laying
down double rails underneath each side of The
cars, to be placed say one foot apart. The car
wheels to be attached to short stout axles, the
fanges of the wheels revolving between the dou-
bic rails. The wheels underneath the car will
thus be increased to twice the number ut least.
and placed just far enough apart to admit the
oil box, springs Sc. The axles to be turned
smooth so as to answer the purpose of the pres
ent end journals. The friction on the journals
and of the wheels in passing curves, will be
much less than on the present cars. And, in
stead of those ..ea6ined, crib6ed, confined" cars
in which tr ,velers, when caught, are Gagged, sub
ject to be upset fall to the ground on the
breaking of rail, car wheel or Journal porta6ls
palaces may be provided, and higher speed,
greater comfort, and more perfect security at
tanned, in proportion TO the number of rails,
width Of guage, heigh: of driving wheels, &c:-
On such road the journey from San San Fran
cisco to New York, may be made with comfort
and safety in three days, at the rate o. one
thousand miles in twenty-four hours.
j. D. a
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BE- The residents of jackson, township will
apply for P. 0. in that township. They need
it very much, there is no Office within ! or