The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-03-14

REMARKS OF BYruELL HAYNES, ESQ, in
the State Legislature on the "Act to grant
the aid Of the State to the New Orleans and
Baton Rouge Railroad:
'The trainers of our Constitution, feel con
idcnt in believing, placed that clause on the
subject of granting aid to companies organized
for internal Improvement, with an eye to the
encouragement Of the same; and it would
seem to me that if this be the correct intcrpre-
tation of the Constitution Oh that great and
vital interest at our future State prosperity, it
would follow necessarily, that the Legislature,
to carry out that interpretation, and the
intention Of its trainers, are in duty bound to
grant the aid Of the State to all companies for
internal Improvement, whenever they are Or
gained, and have raised by subscription or
taxation four ffths of the whole amount The
guards are sufficiently secure which the Con
stitution itself imposes. The aid granted to
any company, under the provisions Of that III
strument by the State, cannot be misapplicd
unless its most imperative mandates are disrc
galded and tramplcd under foot by those whose
duty it will be TO carry out the laws and tc
seem them faithfully executed The addition
al taxation to which it will subject the people
Of the State, will be small, and as thhy cannot
expect to reap the benefits without bearing
the burdens, do not think they will grnmble
much at this. Blihough look upon this as
not likely to be profitable of itself, yet it is q
link in the chain Of improvement which, wher
fully developed will not only add to the con
venicncc Of the citizens and to the value o
property for q great distance around, but vii
also be profitable, at no distant day, as an in
vestmcnt. This is project in which my con
stituents are deeply interested, if not directly
at least indirectly, as it will be connecting
link in the chain of roads that is to unite the
people of wy section with those of New Or
leans by railroad communication. This is moi
ALL it is connecting link in the chain of road,
that is to connect us with the great Northern
Road and all lis tributaries. The decreased
facilities for travel that this will afford to my
constituents, and the great convenience it af
fords them in getting off their produce to mar
ket, the increased value it will give to real cs
tate throughout my section, are so clear to my
mind that am constrained to support this
measure as one of the first magnitude to them
The road considered by itself, would not, per
haps, promise all that its friends claim for it
but as connecting link in the chain of rail
roads to the capital, it is indispensable
Should it ever be established it will enable til,
citizens from all parts of the State by mean
of the great Opclousas Road and its tributa
ries, and other roads that in time will be es
tablshcd, to come to the capital of the Stat
by railroad travel.
At no distant day, the railroad from Vicks
burg, in the State of Mississippi, to Shreye
port, will be completed; and when that cor
summation is accomplished, and the railroa
from New Orleans to the Texas line is Finished
this link in the chain will afford the people {
the State railroad facilities to IA vast extern
These roads, and the laterals which, in time
will be constructed, will bring the diiereI
parts of our beloved State in close and cas-
communication with each other, and develop
its wealth and resources to an extent that wi
bring into the State Treasury an amount {
revenue so great, that taxation will be redu,
ed instead Of increased, to say nothing of tn
profits that may alise from the stock whic