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~ straight line of railroads, completed. or. in
\ progress OF completion, by individual and State
tude. 20 - 1ot 80 - 1'1tS
The Legislature of Texas, as If anticipating,
connection betweenithc two oceans by rail-, ; ;
roads, and also their locations, have passed n
y law granting twenty sections OF land nor m;Io .
Tor the construction of a road throurb thot
State from point on her eastern To bcSr vet
ern boundary, in the direction of FL Paso Tic
iesgtii of the road through Texas is estimnteJ
to eiseven hundred and fifty miles-tho lands,
\ granted upwards of ten, millions ofacrcs which
Will be worth, at n reasonable valuation, when
tho road is finished, five dollars per acrc-giy'
4 ing the handsome slim of fifty millions of dol
lars. Now, if wo estimate tho entire eest ,of
(Which is high estimate )sbut thirty millions
of dollars of It's resources Will have been cx-i.
Lousted in its construction This will lcayaa
twentyfni!iions OF dollars TO cover accile1its =
I ana should none occur, may be applied in mid
OF the extension Of the road to theSfncifics :.
ocean,a distance ofsfx hundred aud. .4iffy miles
from the western verge Of Texas. How much /.
OF the remainder of the line lies inthc State 3f
California, ito which section / mn UNWILLING
that tho Federal Government shall make nny
contribution towards the construction of /,
road. or how much oft lies within tho Terrific
ry OF New Mexico, 10 which1 nm unwilling
that the Government shall mike liberal aud
even nllniicent donations Ifiayc been unable
| accurately to- ascertain, butTannl. inclined to
think that one hundred aud fifty miles will
! furna. e 80 =. ~ So = x -.
! Liberal donations of land in New Mexico
will be .grecdiiy accepted shy some One of tho
companies befoicmentio edz-1iiost probably by
the Vicksburg and i'll Passpsnonipaay, or by Il
combination of companie land thus a railroad
the eastern boundary Of faiiiSf,iia, somewhere ]
near the confluence of tfisSG SGoloidido and CHA
rivcrs.e When road is. there the necessities
OF commerce and selfintsfests will, perfect tho
connection between the two great oceans The
FPrisc, and All experience .faaahcs Id that any
work thus pelforinedis always better md soon
er done. than if undertaken the 6 government,
which is uniformly plunderod when It become
2. contractor. All Goverumeatsspa Z patronage and
its ccrIuptions arc tins avoided, md security
given against prohigatc cXtravagance.
Among the other reasons for dopating lands
in the Territory of New Mexico towards con-
struct!ng railroad 'bctwccn the thirty-seSond
and thirty-third parallels Of latitude, I find
those which nrc cogeht in the fact that it will
be adding necessary link to whatis destined .,
to become u continuous line; Ihat it is proba-
bic such donations will give impulse and cncr- .
gy to tIc indivdu. and State enterprises upon
| this line, which the wants ofthescountry urge
to speedy establishment, and in the comfort,
ing possibility of lis relieving the Congress
from the numerous applicdtionsfor the donation
Of lands whcn lie within sthc limits Of differ
ent States. sssEFaS@9 T. =
Another consideration sfS the, location Of this
roaL and one of great moment is, that we
avoid the Mormons-n ss6ttowards which tho
religious sentiment Of thScpuntry will mover
Lc rcconcilcd, md whickFis destined to be the
fruitful source of local alfdpolitieal annoyance
aud trouble The furtherswe arc separated,
the better for lis and for them. r. : =. e
am thoroughly convinced that no line of
Railroad communicationSb SbetWeen the Atlantic
and the Pacific oceans VIII be established in
our time other than the route I have Indicated.
II is the shortest route, fIIe. .freest of natural
Instructions, the most convenient to carry out :
our national policy, and; I'd aid in executing our
treaty, stipulhtions under o tteaty Guadaloupe :
Iiidnlgo aud wilIdistrbute tSc6mniercial ben
fits most equally among tlie sttates of the I'm
communication between .Sasasfs ths orieipni
States and the EXTREMIST limits Of our national
domain, and brings the wealth Of Asia and thev
Pacific Islands, from to their
very doors. -:
This commerce will be distributed through the
Northern portion of Alubay1a Eastern Ten.
ncssec, North Carolina, aud Virginia, by the
Alabama and Tennessee River iR Railroad, which !
diyerges from this line at Selma. : The Mobile :
and Ohio Railroad intefcepts fEs crossing the
line near the Eastern shorderss Mississippi;t' -
northen lakes. The New Oftean aand NDrthern
Railroad, Which connects the citiaa 6f New Or
leans and CinpirnntlsWill cross thaline at Jack-
son, and pour the tr easurcs qfsthe: Eastern :
worlduponso our w Wcstcrn aud dscxtN Nsnqe Southern
tss ss ibnsa4a as Mississppys;
tide ofesommerfe refpX flow, anttsa xchango z
for tho substantial products Of its YEitey, res
turn all tile Gonyeniences, dclicacics md ele- .
giant lilxafiss Which the, retincet ciyilization .
Eephld demand s6r desire. ~ 81 rs 4, =
II kno&ssir, that shall DO suspected ofsiyIng
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