Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-01-04

ment; but soll-respect impels me TO say that
| have found nothing in the opinion Of the
Court, which had not previously occupied .
my attention; and consequently nothing au- |
change in my opinion. in this |
it is proper 10 add, that prior TO |
this decision l had appointed a number Of
Bank officers, and subsequently 20 it | de-
clined appointing to the State Land Offices;
both these kinds of office being in precisely
the same condition with that Of Public Print /
err, and their ppointmcnt involving the same
questions. The officers appointed to the
Bank were permitted to enter upon their
duties without objection. | have 10 reason
to believe that the Public Printer, or any
one of the Land Office incumbents, have
failed in proper exercise Of his functions,
but am still impressed with the opinion
that their securities are not bound for any
derelction. | therefore recommend that
these officers he appointed as early as pr0c-
ticable, and that the law be so amended as to
prevent the recurrence Of a similar state Of
things.
The extension of our dominion to the
shores Of the Pacific, the rapid growth Of
communities OH that coast, and the multi
plication Of our commercial relations with
Eastern Asia and the Western borders Of
South and Central America have at last
awakened the public mind TO the Importance
Of opening new and more rapid lines OF com
munication, between the valley Of the Ms
sissippi and the Western limits Of our pos
sessions. Intelligent, euterprising and pa
triutic individuals have devoted thcir tai
ens and time 10 the subject and q number
Of plans for the construction Of Il railroad
have been laid before the public. Such
work must be either Northern, Southern or
Central. II it be Northern one its East
ern terminus would probably be in Wisoon-
sin or Northern illinois, thus enabling the
Northwestern States to monopy!isa The al
vantagcs and profits. II it be a Southern
one its Eastern terminus will be probably
at Galveston or New Orleans, thus enabling
the Southwestern States to hold like mo-
nopoly. If it be Central, its Eastern ter
minus would be at some point on the West
ern borders of this State. and the products
of our traffic, with those Of the country W.
tered by the Pacific and Its tributaries,
might be thence distributed, by means Of
branches, to every section Of the linton.
patton in the benefits as il is possible 10
give them. It is to be hoped therefore, that
Congress, in whatever il may do 20 cncour-
age the construction Of this great work.wiil
not weaken the bonds Of the Union by Sec
/ tionaI Partially.
That such road can be constructed at a
reasonable outlay, on any one Of a number
Of lines between cur Northern and South
ern frontier, has been abunhaatly demon
strated. That il constructed upon a central
one it will strengthen the bonds Of our
Union, multiply communities west Of us
Bring into cultivation many millions 0! acres
which must, otherwise, continue to be {
wilderness, develop vas, beds Of rich mine
raj resources, and augment our nationa
wealth, by an increase Of our revenues
manufactures, domestic and foreign com
merce, is so clear, that argument TO prove
it would be a work of supergroaation.
Intimately connected with this subject
being only an additional means Of commu
nication, is the construction Of line o
Telegraph, and the carriage OF a daily
mail across the continent. Under our pre-
sent arrangement, letters arrive at New
: York from San Francisco in twenty. five t,
thirty days, and in St. Louis in thirty t
forty days. If a line Of Enclosures, such a
= the fur traders erect, We're built at dis
lance Of thirty miles from one another, from
T our border to San Francisco and Oregon,
p daily mail could be carried, Cat least !ette
mai!) in seventeen TO twenty days throuG
p the whole year; thus reaching St. Louis IN
7 New York earlier than at present, and q