Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-07-06


Of affection. AND, SIT, A.. the cx-
clcquer' of every dollar in its vaults, could
have prevented their sullerings, and preserved
their lives, nv vote should never have prevented
their salvation.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Having satisfied myself that Congress has the
constitutional power to make donations of lands
which lie in the Territories, and that, in The ease
under consideration, it is cxpedcnt 10 make
them, the remaining considerations have refer
cncc to the terms and conditions of The rclin-
ouishmcni. The bill provides us follows:
"That for the purpose Of aiding and securing
the construction Of railroad and telegraph line
from the Mississippi river, at point not north OF
the thirty.sevcntlI parallel of nnrtB latitude. TO
the city of San Francisco. in the State OF Cali
forna, there shall be- and hereby is, appropriated
and set apart quantity of land, equal to the
alternate sections 10 the width Fifteen miles on
each side of such road from the terminus there
of, on the Mississippi river, TO the one hundred
ane sixth degree of longitude west from Green
wich and from thence westerly TO the eastern
line of the State of California, alternate sections
to the width of twenty-five miles On each side OF
such road and from thence through the said
State of California, to the terminus ot such road
alternate sections to the width Of fifteen miles
ON each side thereof: such land to be selected
from the sections which shall be designated in
the public surveys Of said land (when made) by
odd numbers, and TO be held and and conveyed
us herein provided" :,
Now, sir. my principal objections to the bill
are to be found in the passage OF 1t which !
have read though there are minor points in It's
details to which my assent could never yield.
Nv first objection then, is, that no reasonable
conjecture can even approximate the actual To-
cation of the road. would not rs IN individual
and cannot rs IN agent make any bargain so
loose and indefinite. ! have said take it rs
granted that the most direct practicable route
would be pursued but by the terms OF the b!il
there is nothing to prevent this road making Il
ciyilizng sprawl from the mouth OF The Ohio RI,
yer, via ihc rrcat American desert, down to the
Camanche settlement. and from thence back TO
that point in the Rocky Mountains where the Sc
nior member from Missouri Mr.. Benton insists
that Colonel Fremonts mule died, but not his
men, and not Of cold"
Again, it is very well understood that the city
of San Francisco and the point where the ONO
empties into the Mississippi river are TO be the
ternni of the road, should it ever be built under
this bill. Now, sir, it SO happens that 4 line run
from San Francisco to the mouth OF the ONO
river in the very longest airline which can be
run from the city of San Francisco 10 the Mis-
sissippi river, any where from st. Paul, in the
Territory of Minnesota, to Baton Rouge, in the
; Stale of Louisiana What will justify ME as
one of the trustees of the public interest in
granting alternate sections of land upon this
very long line estimated to be at least two
thousand miles in length, when by giving to the
road different location can reduce It's length
: and hasten the completion of the work, secure
route which is comparatively unobstrucied-aI
together so by ice and snow, and 1T an Infinitely
less cost of Government lands than are TO b'
transferred and renQushcd by this bill. hole
that, in so great an enterprise as y connection
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, it Is
true patriotism to disregard all sectional interests
f and suppress all sectional feeling Secliona
icaousirs are the bane of national, as individual
f ieaousies arc of all local advancement. From
the operations Of Il road to the l'aclIc' soo'
f enough will accrue to every State in the Onlo'
TO propiliate the favor of each; and Is unman!
| and iIliberal to wrange over the relative ya'u
of the different shares. In so great m undcrta
king, our choice of route should be determined
by no other considerations than its feasibility an'
| cost together with our authority TO AID III it