The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-01-13

: III cons;,io, ana we shal thus witness a reversal
Of the old system by which instead Of exactng eontroa
tons from the citizen the government assumes ie truly
Maternal function of encouraging him by Its bounty Let
~ mass this bill Mr. Speaker and incculable are the BEN
efts which shall thus confer not only upon the pres
ami hnt unborn generations You win thus send rejoicing
INTO the bosom Of many family where before the dis
couraQements Of life had stfed ambition and effort You
win carry joy 10 thousands Of heslae ana gladden. tnc
hearts Of myrads throughout the country Under is be-
o operation the unreclamed wastes IN the great basin
al The Mississippi shall spring into beauty and loneliness
which shall be truly worthy of this golden age There
upon the seake praires and far away upon the sources
81 the Yellowstone the Columbia the Arkansas and the
Colorado and many stream which now hears no SOUND
save its dashing, under the shadow OF the stony
mountains and the Sierra Nevada the happy settler Will
under the provisions Of your muniheent policy teach inc
wilderness bud and blossom as the rose Under the
hand OF industry thus wisely fosered and encouraged
waving fields will enrich the landscape; lowing herds ana
the noise OF the viii enliyen those now inaccessible re-
treats and still settlers viii rise up 70 avail them
selves Of this provision and bless you its authors
Under this provision of the homestead IN connexion
with that in regard the Pacific railroad, which hope
will be so extended reach the Pacific and invite to
r shores the trade OF Asia chain Of cities like that
which marked the OF the India trade III ASIA anu
Erope along the shores OF the Mediterranean and the
Adriac will stud the vast expanse between the Atantlc
and Pacific oceans and from the sources OF the Saskatch
avian on northern border even unto the isthmus VIII
be eventually gemmed with popuous and henrishng com,
muntes Hand in hand these two great measures should
penetrate the wilderness The forest viii then fall before
them and the fruits of nature sprngng from the seed DC
posted by the hand of industry VIII everywhere ours t
,
stately marchbearng with her the virtues the arts the
/ graces, and retnements OF lie.
BY passing this bill you extend the market Tor manuia
lures and press further requstion the Briarean hand
of commerce The locomotive viii achieve fresh conques
over time and space and the steamboat VIII continue tt
find new waters still unbroken by its revolving paddles
and with which its tireless strength may contend ou
mercantile marine multiplied in countless numbers unde
this genial policy, will groaa under kindly burdens ane
when all the ocean The world will be our tributaries
and our restless energies will engage US in prosperous eS
change with every people upon earth There literally
no limit prosperity, as believe, 10 DC immensely
promoted by the under consideration, only u
10 ourselves and to that matchles bond OF uron Whici
holds us together Let by this measure teuper p IN
e thousand heahfu influences sprnging from agricultural
!. pursuits .he luxurious to which tie colossal
q achievements and manufactures are teha
ing and may rest in confidence that under PROVIDENCE
the restless and Titanic movements OF the age VIII
ia ate in the welfare OF the human race.
e With the establishment OF this measure Should ee
i that nv career legislator had not been Ruthless "
the contrary should be proud of the accomplishment OF
measure recommended alike by WISDOM policy aud justice
j. should coye no higher honor than to be remembered !
n connection with legislation like this may say further,
view of resgnng with the close OF the preent Congress
my authority the hands of my constituents that al
satisfied that subject has within the perio of my mem
bershp here come under deliberations which, BY II
importance and beneficial character was IN any degree
= well entitled to my labors. IL ,
G. OF that constituency to which am aboutyoiunaril
er to return be INDUCED in few words CONCLUSION
n must be allowed express my proud sense the homo
sc which they have done me in twice making me the
h. representative upon this floor well as for tint good WI
which they have the most posuNt
or puished testimonials. proud that upol the spe
of which knew my infancy and which has Witnessed m
l., struggles in the battle of life have been avred by III
% choice of substantial intelligent an indunrious, an
40 emnenly virtuous community as their reresenatN
in the management of public affairs. | an proud
IN represent here district which, in the nobL State
&C. which it forms portion, owns nierority TO non
st Others may be populous and more avors by con
n mercal advantages but surpasses in the weat
re of its agricultural and mineral resources IN itscapae
ci- sustain great population in picturesque beatty and
Ter the worthy character of its people 1t in s dstrc
o. where noble mountains stoop their blue SUBMITS TO he'
"a of golden fertility and culture and where ortscrownt
wv hill and grassy valley nerspersed with delightful
to ycry that the Father of his Country after the disaro
at field Of Braddock made among the first settlements upe
ty the waters of the Youghogheny. 1t there Il
on banks of the Monongahea to the mountains hroue
ed which its break their
ciusen retreat of all the States besides Learning hi
ii found too, in its bosom happy abode, and colleges
he reputable fame bearing the of Washington Of Je
rson of Madison and of Greene sending forth con
al ual rays of intellectual and moral light to irradate
beautify the popular mind The home of enterprise
less than of wealth and of moral excellence her advent
found pursuing their useful and thrifty cal
c ngs along the Ohio and all the rivers of the Mississippi
he valley from the mountains tho Gulf of Mexico To
IT. cherished IN that lovely valley satisfied
resign myself conscious that the discharge of my publ
duties have not swerved title whether It regards part
obligations the interests of my constituents or the welfa
a of my country.