Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-06-11
SAMUEL EDMONDSON.
;asha.g'o', Correspondence Of tie 10. Republicans
WAsnIYGToN, MAY "a, 1858.

AsHINGToN, May "a, 1858.
To " Paschali, Esq: Sir-It is evident
that the Central route of the Pacific Railroad,
along the thirty fifth parallel of latitude. has
taken deep hold upon the public mind
The people have como to believe that rail-
road should start from a central city OH the
Mississippi river, ST. Louis, and 60 thence TO
and along the yalloy of the beautiful Cana
dian river, to Albuquerque, and thence to
Iuni and the Tcjon passes to San Francisco.
/ This ia becoming the common opinion. \
Central route is fair route and side reutD
Is unfair to the nation. The Central route
being the best, as well as the only fair route,
there is no excuse left for adopting an unfair
route upon one side of tie country
What change in public opinion Only
a short time ago, and public opinion was in
favor of the Texas route; the Central route
was, for the time, clamored out of existence.
The engineers, by mistake made it far lon
ger in the books than it was on the ground;
by mistake, their estimates of the cost of
building a railroad aJong the Central route
were made too large by eightv-two millions
Of dollars The Central route was, in every
way, bad; and the Texas route was, in all
| respects, good. So far did the false cries
carry mems judgments that | know a single
Senator whose purchases of lands near Fort
| Belknap, in Texas, lave run up to no less
than one hundred thousand acres | know
two other Senators who own lands in that
neighborhood; the right of one call for ten
thousand acres, and the other far more. They
firmly believed the Texas route the true one,
and the Central route the one to be condem-
ned as worthless.
But the defusion rs to the value Of that
route Is passing away Ordering the over
land mail to be conveyed over the Texas
route, will undoubtedly render those heavy
land purchases more tolerable, bu: the run
ming Of stages over it cannot redeem the route,
the act will only aid in circulating lnowl-
| edge OF the rea. character Of the Texas route,
and will thus destroy it. A few mail con-
tractors and their agents may possibly be
| made converts to tho excellence Of desolation,
and the value Of uninhabtable regions; bat
the mass of mankind will be found less inn
! pressible. An illustration of this lies before
me in the shape of resolutions which passed
both houses of the Legislature Of the State of
| New York, (at their recent SESSION. unani-
| mously. The resolutions are rs follows;
STATE OF NEW YORK.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
ALBANY, May l5, 1858.
Sir-I transmit, herewith enclosed, a copy
of certain concurrent resolutions of the SEN
ate and assembly of the State of New York
have the honor to be,
Your obedient servant,
HENRY J. SEAMAN,
Private Secretary.
To the Hon. GEO. TAYLOR,
House Of Representatives,
Washington, d. G.
Concurrent resolutions relative to TIE Paci-
fc Railroad.
/ Ieesolped Of tire assembly concur,) That
our Senators and Representatives in Congress
be requested to vote for the Pacific Railroad
Bill introduced by Honorable John S. Phelps,
Of Missouri, or some bill based upon the prin-
ciples of said bill.
Resolved (lf the assembly concnr,) That
the governor be requested to transmit y copy
OF these resolutions to our Senators and Re-
presentasiyes in Congress.
! STATE OF New YoKK,
In SENATE, March 30, 1858.
These resolutions were duly passed.
by order. S. p. ALLEN, Clerk.
! STATE OF New YoRK,
IL ASSEMBLY, April Is, 1853.
These resolutions were duly passed.
BY order. d. WILSON, Clerk.
Now York certainly understands the rail.
road business. After reading the elaborate
letter Of Major Phelps, and examining his bill
and the rival one Of DR.. Gwin, the Legislature