Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-04-08

thl& tasEe can Be no such thing - oaS internal I'M
pE0vsmsnt pe1sa. ct dine Thsy 90 n sRsrms |
liks the shosl Ssh, sDd che sppesrsnoa Of che IS
esrtsia Indication Of the approach Of many. Al |
experiences proves that these bills cauno pass each
BY ITSELF sBa apoa its owp hsrits s0a thst the
friends Of particular works vii not allow aPpro'
Fsriatons to be made Coz ths sompsrioa OF others
va CD are supposed 70 be Of paramount inPortsnee,
unless thsirs ere embraced IN the same bill Each
member seems 70 thiuk the work favorable 70 his
oEu locality to be Of che stsFuest necessity and
highest importance, apd bsDes feels constrained to
qivs bis own the preference or 20 defeat any bill
which does net include It. TIE result Is legis.
atiy, omnibus In which ell manner Of objects are
crowded together indiscriminateIy and thus TO
obtain one grain Of wbest busbel Of kurcel-burrs
must be tsksa with It. Ist tbs true policy Of TIE
county to encourages s1ch legislation? Capitalists
and srssalsioSs may think so The great mass Of
the pc pie who supply the treasury vii think diff
f.renly.
Let "a suPpose, for en- argument, that Congress
I'd passed BIZ snd that the government he'd fair
ly embarked in the great enterprise Of construct
e a railroad 70 the Pacific What would DO the
/ consequences 10 foIloW2 The government must
GO cut AID employ fic.rs CT ntrsct With hands,
buy mules, csrL and the inumsrs5s implements
recszssEy 70 such 81 up6erttking-s w-Fk alrncs
equal to eguippiUg an invading army. The gov
eminent must &c this, or, having undertaken the
work she must let it Gu: TO contractors I'D 5ofiEj
tan. This wo I'D bscoue new lecture i1 ezecu
tive patronage, An sgency or coutT. o. upon the
great Psc.fc road, w u tsequa! Naval age; =
" O. TAT berth IN tie Custom House ct New
/ YORK A new desk w0ul3 have 70 be added to
the preseEt Cabnst oei,eFs 81 Wsshi IgtOa, estsb-
llsalrg frecia De Jbrtue 20 sGdtt tue accounts,
pay out Inc moneya and ds,ribute tie patronage
! Of this great monster coTrupti n sptingDg 10 10
the land. Nothing has been more clesFly illustra.
ted than that three dollars in the federal treasury
s net more thsr equal to one 10 the private pocket
It is well known, therefore, thst if $500 900 600 il
che estimated cost OF this work, twould require o.
least 500 0C 600 to Iuild it out Ct the treasury
Succeeding Congresses must make the ap, pr a.
tons 1t is highly probsb that not more thaa
one Pseihc railroad Congress cOuId have az exis
,ence, aud when the fourth, Eft tenth or twel
tlelh appropriation bill came up the VII Ie thing
would he sbsdoned BY Tire Cover n III to gel
rid Of it, and private csptsl and cor orations BE-
left TO fatieR upon the national folly
Or supPosipg that enc prcdigate Congress
sbouli breed another and another, and that the
people should tamely submit to the oppression anC
ylllder until this great BOs.cOnstrictOr, with it,
prSdgious nav, lay stretched across the continent
s1d was in full vigor and maturity, what psrt
would it after play in The politics Of the coun.
,ryi What iLdgeDte would it exert, with eli o.
Its myruiions and power, in fixing the President
Of the nation and in shaping its legislation How
much Of the time Of each Congress would this per
pstlql object Of care consumer How mary bills
now many speeches how many books, would Con.
gress have to ts loaded with to answer its de-
msnds2 Would it not, under such circumstances
become q curse instead Of 9 blessings great can
c upon the body polite With iDnumersble fber'
penetrating and consuming the very Vithls Of OBJ
republican system2 We confess this may seen
wild conjecture, Outit is certainly the NOS, ration
a ard reasonable that can he made upon such
subject, and is essential to prope- conception o
he idea OF the government engaged in providing
tbs country with railroad to thu P4Cilo ocean
We cannot believe the people will listen 10 such
prop, siiion when properly understood