The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-19

Mr BRADBURY The honorable senator should have
coaflet himself 10 what said when be undertook 10
repy III he chose 10 answer my positions, why dad he
not state them fairly! IL is bat the refuge Of weakness
10 build Up man OF straw. and then TO brush itdown
and bur the refuge oi weakness 10 assume of an op
poneht positions which he proposed 10 occupy, and
linen undertake to demolish those assumed possuons 10
there no, enough in the bill that the senator must sep
out of H. ani discuss The subject before the Senate
snot this bill capable OF being sustained upon It's mets
venture 10 say that The honorable senator from Csior
ma VIII hnd something 10 say upon them heard not u
remark Ia the able speech which he addressed to the
Senate three days ago that departed from the legitimate
course OF discussion 1t s only this attempt to ovsrAwe.
mus weak attempt 10 assal motives, for II comes 10
! The PRESIDENT. The senator from Maine Is out
OF order Any remark OF personal character is out of
Mr. BRADBURY. was no further personal than
The honorable senator 10 whom 1 am replying. /
am replying TO personal remarks thrown out must saw.
from unexpected quarter; and have endeavored TO
conne myself TO The legitimate course OF reply neces-
TO repe the attack which the senator IRON Iowa
dertook to make
He assails me for the votes which have given on
former occasions upon bills making grants OF land for
railroads in certain Of The States This he deans an act
OF hostility, deadly hostility. 10 the West Now, sir.
am ready TO defend my votes upon these, as am upon
all questions upon which am called upon TO act lvo
ted against these bills because did not approve OF them
thought they did not come within the principle upon
which they were advocated. | thought the public DO
main belonged to all the States and that II was my duty
TO see that all had their just share OF II.
could not justify myself in aiding in a course that
portion Of the States the exclusion Of the rest The
principle upon which these grants were urged was that
the United States, as prudent proprietor, could wisely
make grants Of alternate sections each side OF rail
road inasmuch il would receive full equivalent IN
the increased price of the sections reserved have ever
been ready to vote for any bill that fairly, in my
Judgment, within this principle But the bills alluded to
violated this principle, as felt constrained to believe
Grants proessed 10 be made OF alternate sections
could vote Blu, in fact this not the proposition con-
tanned 10 these bills The land along the proposed road
frequently been sod 50 that the grant went beyond
the six miles 10 make up the deficiency, or in some cases
would cover the reserved sections OF former grants 30
that the government rad not sufficient remaining land TO
receive the benefit which prudent proprietor should Sc
cure 10 himself in making such donations Nor was |
alone my convictions my course on these questions
could not te with rights OF my constituents 10 please
any one.
will say 10 The senator from Iowa. in regard to one of
the proposed roads through his State that when the
bill under consideration personally appealed
Dy citizens of that State resist the grant They rep
that they had invested their property on the bank
Of the MissssPp-hat they mad made large
and built plank roads into the interior to secure just
share of its that now was proposed that the
government shouli step in and construct thoroughfare
extent parallel with that river thus cutting them
of from the country, and sweeping the trade by them
which would Otherwise come to them u DID appear 10
be unnecessary act OF inter, ,osion OF the gov
eminent, but from high PERSONAL regard to the honorable
from that State who ss on The other side OF
the chamber, Mr. JoNEs ioreboe to ntepose IN inns
matter.
So mach in reply 10 the strange course Of remark in
which the senator from Iowa has seen nj TO indulge.
hope may not lose sight OF the great enterPnse
contemplated by the bill OF the senator from California 10
this personal and irrelevant discussion which has been
MIR HALE | am satisfied. from the debate which
has already occurred in this body that there is no pro-
gTess being made towards the construction oi nis road
but that, on the contrary further from II man
when we commenced. Three four different projects
suggested and instead OF pushing uniformly for one
seems have incidental hight az TO which is
the best OF the three four proposed, Now, want to
suggest the friends of this measure whether lhsy can
conirive general proposition that shall test the
of the Senate upon or The other oil these plans,
or put them in such way that the sense OF the Senate
may be tested upon the merits OF the man question: and
have whole lime wasted IN cola'era discussi0n
as to which is the best mode. s e+4t m
| svow myself friendly 10 the measure, and TO almost
any kind OF measure-hat IL 10 say, want the best:
and If cannot get tue best, want the second best and
cannot get that, willing TO take the third best, and
30 not know bnt that would go still further than that
and 90 lower down am in favor oi almost anything
that is practicable, TO get the road. There ia anoher
which the senator from Iowa alluded N con-
nexon with this bill and that is the homestead BILL
have despalred of that. ta #3..t f'a. #ta
Mr. BoRLAND, I'm his seat) You need not. ltt
Mr. HALE The honorable senator from Maine says
that this bill out wherever there are voles. ap
preend that il entirely accidental, and that runs
land and ha, men live the land and they vote, and
the fact that il where there are votes IS one ot The
mees accidents that could not BY any possibility be pre-
vented |, is one OF these adjuncts and concomilan
thai happen is OF the contingencies ot progress
that is all But do hope that those who have this meas
peculiarly at heart, because they reside IN The
their heads together and some general question 10
u.s. and not have this guerilla fight about three or four
different propositions which contendng Tor the mas
terry. #s Ha #.t !a#H
This is great scheme. 1t involves the expenditure of
hundreds OF millions of dollars and il would be exceed
ingly strange il hundred millions of dollars, in land or
money! were TO be disbursed in this country, and there
were be private interests connected with H. nave
no doubt that there private interests connected
with this that Immense private fortunes are 10
be made OF it, do not know in what direction they
will fall and am entirely indifferent as TO that, Tor DO
not see any immediate prospect of any of them coming as
far east New Hampshire do not think that the clouds
betoken shower that direction, but that there Will be
immense private interests connected with IT Is one OF
those contingencies that cannot be winked out o sight,
and we cannot help But would suggest TO the sena-
Tor from California who has this bill in hand that we DIS
pense for the present with this sort of guerilla warfare
and that there be proposition made-le, u nor oe
filled with detas-upon which may test 'he sense OF
the Senate whether they will proceed with one polec. or
another think when that is done, and he senate sna
have once indicated the general measure they WIN adopt
there will be no great difficulty with the details merely
throw this out as a suggestion. 'A
fro BE ooETIsUED1 ftE