Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-22

eANU Ao uOo AhC tut WIOle UQlOQ tD make road for one section, nor do believe that the public Judgment of the north will sustain it, There are honesty and propriety there, and they VIII say that justice ought to prevail, even if the heavens fail. As We can have but single trunk llne of road, as that trunk line must be made by the nation, it ought to be so located as 70 iilure to the common benefit of the whole: hot the north, not the south, not the center ex- cluslvely. But if in locating it so as to ac- commodate all sections, 1t should be that Mis- souri and Ohlo and Indiana and Illinois partici- pate more largely and more freely in it's benefits than other sections of the Union, owing to the pecullarity of their location, there is no reason why the north or the south ought to complain.
 The line of this road is small matter: the termlnl Is an important matter On the west you say San Francisco. Why not leave it open, as the Senator from Texas has well said, to SC. feet San Diego, or some other port on the Paci- He! In California you yourself are enough to designate certain point. When you come east, and approach the Atlantic States, you leave Wide margin to play upon, for the pur- pose ol decelvinS som ebody that votes for the bill. will not vote for Pacific railroad that does hot do justice to the whole Union; will not vote for one that inures, from it's location, entirely to the benefit of the north; will not vote Tor one that nures, from its location entire ly to the benefit of the south; nor would vote Tor It Il the benefit would result entirely to the center; but l go for the center for the very plain reason that, while it benefits the center it gives equal advantages to the north and to the south
 object to this bill because, wdle it under takes to locate the western terminus. 1t leaves the eastern indefinite. 1 object to 1t because the reason assigned for leaving the eastern ter minus floating uncertain, indefinite is, that it cannot pass if 1t should be fixed at a certain point. Ii 1t cannot pass if fixed at certain polht, It ought not to pass. If we pass 1t be- cause It Is left floating when We could not pass It Ii It were fixed definitely and certainly, we commit fraud upon each other, and upon the country; and 1 am not willing to commi! fraud upon any oue Locate this road at the mouth oI the Big Sioux, if you please, and how many votes will you get to pass it? The Senator from California seems to think that he ought to accomodatc the northern votes more than the southern, because he will get more strength from the north, than the south! You may, in votes on the bill in the Senate
 Mr. GWIN. l said no such thing.
 Mr. GREEN. 1 understood that to be the drit of the Senator's argument.
 Mr. GWIN stated tlat when YOU located the line on route having only a small minor lty of the Senate in its favor, you were fixing it 50 that the bill must be defeated.
 Mir. GREEN. 1 understood the Scnator.-- He asked how many votes it would get if it Was but there. understand what that means; he cannot deceive m" by his argument know all that IS covered up ill the meaning of that question. When he puts the question to | southern man, " how many votes could 1 get. If Il were located"' it mears, |" 1 do locate it where 1 can get 50 many votes by locating 1t iu the manner indicate'' It is question of votes, not a question Of justice and proprietv.-- dp hot iSe thM; and Nhile would take the Senator fuin California by the hand, a'd cor d'aliy co-"peraJe with him in the cousummation of this great work, cannot meet him n the mode he has now indicated for acting. want the caster, terminus located as well as the w4steri for, ;,s the Senator from Texas has re- marked, Slu Francisco Is not the State of Cali. lornia, Dor Is it the center of the Union. lsis great place, prominent point, and one at which conmefce concentrates am proud of it, and proud of her representatives
 Mr. BRODEElCK. The population of the S.ate |, north of San Franci.co
 Sir. GREEN. The population of the State may be. 1 say nothing against San Fr,nclsco; bat II 1t be proper to designate San Francisco as the western termiuuo lake the most suita- hle point east, aid acs gnate 1t aS the eastern terminus; or, If you sa, that 1t Is wrong to le. >5nate any terminus, leave it an open question Tor the contractors and the executive d.jart- ment; leave 1t open on the west, and perhaps they may select San Diego, or some other port on the Pacific. But there Is regard euou sh paid to San Frat cisco to say tHat she shall G. a ter minus; while on the east We say: we will not designate the point, because We shali lose votes Dy 50 dolHs.' Mr. President cannot subscribe to doctrine like that. iujeud to advocate tAls measure aa A practicable measure, as one iraueht with genera. benefit ;o the whole Union; but l will not undertake to decide either the south or the nor,h. shall go Tor W nat 1 be- heve to be right for all.
 Me:ars. Wilson. Douglas, Bell and King ad- dressed the Senale at length on the bHl
 MT, BENJAMIN. have been requested by the Senator from Iowa Mr. Jolesl t. state that lie h,d paired of w!tn the Senator from GcorIia MT. loomb>.
 The question being taken by yeAs and nays, resuited--yeas p, nays P; as follows:
 lEAs- MeoorS. Bayard, Beujanlt, Bis.s, Brown, Clark, Clay, Coilamer, Dixon, Evr.,, fcsacnden, FlIzpatrick, Hale, HalnmonI, iIous- ton, Hunter, lversOn, Johnson of Arkansas, Johnaoil O. Tennessee, Mason, Pearce, Seba,- tan, oAd"Ii, Thomson of New Jersey Wade aIld V ieoA--25.
 NAYa-Nessrs. AIlon. Bell, Bigler, Bright, bfcde.tck, Chandler, Dnolittle, Douglas FHch, Fo"t, Green, GNiM, Henderson, Kennedy, kiug, Polk, PuIA, Sswad, Simmons, Stuart, Tram ouli aud Wrsnt-22.
 So tHe iuriuer consideration of the bill was p"Stponel mltli the first Monday of December next.
 A careful reading of these proceedings will SatS'y all there Was no hope of the passage oi other Aan strictly northern ,outs and the com mtCee reported the bi with that view aud for that purpose.
 Ley me remark here, the amendment of Mr. Polk, was offered by him solely for the purpose of adding strength to the bill by catching the votes of the Arkansas Senators, as there was no possible chance to pass the amendment. Mr. Folks whole interest and sympathies are with St. Louis, and he is working for S. Louis first, last and all the time. His Albuquerque route is the same as that of Mir. Phelps, which if adopted would not touch tue State of .4rkansas But still you will find people in Arkansas who believe or a1ett to believe Polk or Phelps are great friends to Arkansas from entirely dis interested aud patriotic motives, while her own Senators are charged with having no interest in the welfare of the State. Mir. Phelps has a- ready shown that his disinterested patriotism is all absorbed in route that would mostly ad- vance the interests of his own town, Spring field, regardless of Arkansas interests and MT. Polk, when he plays out his hand, will centre at St. Louis. Of course they have no objec- tious that western Arkansas should help them in furtaerlng these objects and play second iid- de for them all of which is to be done with out the hope of any benefit.
 ARKANSAS.