The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-12-20

81 ma11 transportation, during the Year
3Oth, 1894, exceeds the cost of tho val al ending H.
by $495,o74 again call your attenPt preceding W.
Ject OF small transportion by ocean sta to the ny
commend the suggestions of the ,sslaealners w
to your early attention. '''iaster geo@.
During the last fiscal year eleven mill.
thousand nine hundred and thirty. five seses,
public lands have been surveyed. and acres OIL
| one hundred and ninety thousand ., tSht rniN'
acres brought into market The nn ~np sevents%,
sold is seven million thirty-fve thousan,d9er Of s
dred and thirty five, and the amount raon
for nine million two hundred and eiela ed tie.
sand I'VE hundred and thirty three dollars Ar
gregate amount OF lands sold, located upde, lhs
scrip and land warrants, selected as swa uer nlss
States, and by locating under grants for land
wards of twenty three millions of Aero loaas lsr
sales during the two first quarters of 4 and
year present the extraordinary result - 'ne curs
half millions sold exceeding by nearly fan 1--WE
Of acres the sales of the CORRESPONDENCE WI mlq,
the last year, that increased to an exten2t qua
during any life period in our past history ~ pa
of revenue provided from this source for ' u. aa
treasury The commendable policy of th ,e sdet
ment, in relation to setting apart public IL soFe
those who have served their country in t uOnaa
is illustrated by the fact that since 1890 No Va
thirty millions of acres have been appIisd Tia
object. ''al
The suggestions, which I submitted in n.y.
message of last year in reference to grant aaa
in aid Of the construction of RAILWAYS. waro " la
and explicit than the magnitude Of the snhssiN
subsequent developments would seem to WV W "
proper and desirable. OF the soundness ~ asaos
principle then asserted with regard 70 tba " d
ton of the power of congress, entertain NJ tIas
but in its application it is not enough that tba ut
of lands in particular locality may be enb,'a4
that, i'll fact, large amount of money NAV nraI M
be received, in ven time for alternate f paoe
than could have been realized for all the ss ss
without the impulse and influence of the N.Y. sou'
improvements. prudent proprietor looks ' bsv%
limited sections of his domain, beyond presa:! oa
suits, to the ultimate effect which parttcnIa. n
of policy is likely to produce upon all his aa,
trustee, in this matter, for the people of the S.
is bound to take the same wise and comprebsns'
view. Prior to and during the last session ~ @
gress, upwards of thirty millions of acres of w.
were Withdrawn from public sale, with A v III Ia
applications for grants of this character nsn1
before congress. A careful review of the rIE
subject led me to direct that all such orders bO I
gated, and the lands restored to market; and IVY
structions were Immediately given to that "a.
The applications at the last session contemns5;
the construction of more than five thousand miss1
road, and grants to the amount of nearly tTss
millions Of acres of the public domain
Even admitting the right ON the part of coDp,,.
to be unquestionable, is it quite clear that The ~
posed grants would be productive of good, and ~
evil? The different projects are confined, for 4,
present, to eleven States of this Union and one "a
rltory. The reasons assigned for the grants, IL,
that 1t Is proposed to put the work speedily ipnr
cess of construction. When we reflect, that r..
the commencement of the construction of ra;lw..
i'll the United States. stimulated as they have H.!
by the large dividends realized from the o,,S~
works over the great thoroughfares, and bera"
the most important points of commerce and nonrl.
tion encouraged by State Legislation, and prs
forward by the amazing energy of private qnts,
prise, only seventeen thousand miles have beenr@.
pleted in all the States in a quarter of cpnn~
when we see the crippled condition of many vort,
and prosecuted upon what were deem.J
to be sound principles, and safe calculations WHOM
we contemple the enormous absorption of csnasI
withdrawn from the ordinary channels of busnass
he extravagant rates of interest at this monen, Maid
20 continue operations, the bankruptcies not merely
IN money, but in character, and the inevitable effect
upon finances generally; can it be doubted thsttle
tendency is to run to excess in this matter? Isl
If sudden wealth expected to flow from maguifNa.
schemes dependent upon the action of congress-
)oes the spirit, which has produced such results
iced to be stimulated or checked? Is it not As
,etter rule to leave all these works to private eH
rise, regulated, and, when expedient, aided gar
cooperation of States? If constructed by piyas
apital, the stmulant and the check go together and
urnish a salutary restraint against Specializing
chemes and extravaganza. But it is manifesttlr
With the most effective guards, there is dange,d
DING too fast and too far.
We may well pause before proposition cOnsa.
latlng simultaneous movement for the constuc
ion of railroads which in extent, will equal e1,g
i've of the great Pacific road and all its branehg,
early one-third of the entire length of such works
ow completed, in the United States, and which
annot cost, with equipments, less than saG
red and fifty millions of dollars. The dangN
kelly to result from combinations of Interests
his character, can hardly be over estimated Br,
of these considerations, whereish
ccurate knowledge, the comprehensive intelligeuu,
Inch shall discriminate between the relative claims
t these twenty-elght proposed roads, in eleven
tates and one Territory? Where will you BEGIN
nd where will you end? If to enable theseeoupa
les to execute their proposed works, it is cessay
lat the aid of the general government be primarily
rehensive in its bearings, and so important to our
official and social well being, as to claim, in an.
cipation, the severest analysis. Entertaining
lese views, | recur with satisfaction to the eyVe
ence and action of the last session of coegreS as
FINISHING assurance that the subject will not fail
elicit a careful denomination and rigid SCH,
ny.
1t was my intention to present, on this occasion,
me suggestions regarding internal improvements
7 the general government, which want of timea
e close of the last session prevented my submit
ng on the return to the house of Representatives,
it'll objections of the bill entitled can act making
preparations for the repair, preservation and COM
elton of certain public works heretofore com
enced under authority of law but the space in
is communication already occupied with Other
after of immediate public exigency constants me
reserve that subject for special message, which
Ill be transmitted to the two houses of congress
early day.
The judicial establishment of the United States
quires modification, and certain reforms in the
amer OF conducting the legal business of the gov
nment are also much needed but as | have ad
essed you upon both of these sub ects at length
fore, have only to call your attention to the sug
stions then made.
My former recommendation in relation to suitable
DIVISION for various objects of deep interest to tho
habitants Of the district of Columbia are renewed,
any OF these objects partake largely ef natGn3!
aracter, and are important independently OF thel'
alton to the prosperity of the only considerable
5anized community in the Union, entirely unrep'
'ented in congress.
have thus presented suggestions on such SUD-
is as appear to me to be of particular intereSt@
portance, and therefore most worthy of consldei,
on during the short remaining period allotted +"
9 labors of the present congress-
Dur forefathers of the thirteen united coonicsn
lulrlng their Independence, and in founding thu
public of the United States of America, have de;
we'd upon US, their descendants, the greatest and
st noble trust ever committed to the hands of man
posing upon all, and especially such as thepuolG
y have invested for the time being, with polaea'
ctions, the most sacred obligations We have'o
intain inViolate the great doctrine of the inherent
Mt OF popular selfgovernment, to reconcile tue
gest liberty Of the individual citizen, with CON-
tie security of the public order, to render cheerful
dience totle laws of the land. to unite in entoffE,
their execution, and to frown Indignantly on a..