Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-22

ls.. pose to insert as follows: 'l,
 At what rate per mile per annum , ing S25o, u is proposed to transpo,, to's road the United States mails for sll :, Oss of the United States more conticnora venient to said road than to ths so~Sr c6c railroad provided for by this act. rs'a'i a to be carried both ways under the S; " the post office department for tba twenty years.
 And then adopt the term. and ,,, the bill as already reported. I pron"s another section to come in at the end I1 "f. after the northern road is provided sp the other provisions of the bill ara aI' the Senate as reported by the commit.
 And be it ftatber enacted, That in 5s g tiSemsnts provided for hy the tirstss,..u us act the President shalt also inylta s.Oa the construction of a southern d:eDs to be located within the United S' south of the thirty, sixth parallel of 0'4e tude, the temiui and route thereof v1 ed and determined upon by the w ProUsde1, The eastern terminns sI'ge east of the Mississippi river. and tb,.' dent shall enter into like coptroo, Y sBR struction of sad road under the sarn. ets conditions, limitations and restrictiorif the same advantages as hereinbofi@ and made applicable to the said po,tb tlo's
 railroad, for the transportation of ,'0.4 ,S. States mails, troops, seamet. sto,as of war, and all other public service e " portion of the United States mor. VI and convenient to said southern r.' '1 the northern Pacific railroad proy;s s, this act. 10'l IL will be perceived, Mr. Prasid... i propose to provide for two routes sr3' a donation of public iaud to the ertar. ,. ' | ty sections per mile-ten sections na
 of the road; and also to make coa.' o~ '' each company for the transports,;a'
 malls ana other public property of ,ba | States, under the same restriction, .11
 tons a> to prices that are already mo.
 the bill under consideration. Bni Is advancing S25,000OOO to the road <. " vded for by this bill, propose to r,s tract and agree to make an adya1e.., l oOO,OOO to each road. so that the ann.
 will be the same, S25OOOOOO, as 1,os
 the bill; that Is to say, give in t5a road the donation of,pubhc land, ,bs ti which Is provided for in this bil: -. 10 northern road contract for carryin, <. I munitions of war; troops, etc. of N I States to the extent of Sl2,5OQO0 . H pose to advance to t, in United Sr. E as each section of twenty-five mile, :,
 ed, 6,250 d mile, instead of SI25M
 yided by the b,l The coutract k h 1 that, when the road Is completed s. five miles or more, or finally, tbs n,
 shall be entitled to the trAuspor;a,m
 mails at a'rate no, exceeding two br,..
 fifty dollar, mile.
 It will be precev we'd that the bill i.,af provides for only one road, agree. tne company the contract for tbe nr price not exceeding five hundred t,1 Ia l m Ie per auuu@. l propose to diy.d. E coutrac, anl to give not more than teor { and fifty dollars d m.e. think tbg, | believe that IS the max mumam ,bat 1 Un any rai,road iu tLc Umted S,ats, 1 servise even oi more imIOrtantchas,,
 ia iuteLded to b. suppl d by these nd E ! think tine government dues n"t pay rr
 two hundred and fifty dollar, ln.isnn
 railroa in the United States for mai ev ! If t does, t .S Undc. cxtraorNlla-v e.r,
 70 t4l IT ,l ,|., II | propuse 10 let these roads tAse the " | which dnper,ai.S to the parIicdlar <, E which each is constructed My opi1a,
 with this aid from the goverumenta5 a5l i contrAc, If this sort, whatever mayka a ! of the northern road, which l co9,la 1 lu9ly doubciui, notwithstanding all tas,1 < tue government ant all tue aid winch Ex ' brought to bear, I believe at, leas.. southern road can be and will be cons- V and l believe that the southern routes E thirty -secord or thirtv-ffty parallel, aI. ! only routes across the continent that sgg be used for Pacific railroad. Still au l am lot unwilling 70 give to the north ! poriuAiiy of constructing their road same advantages aud the same wyies the same gifts which propose to the < i route.
 On the thirty-second degree of north Id 1 let Us see the feas. .biiity of the coas,ua | the road. There Is alreaIay ra.inai | process of construction, and more ;h1 l completed, from VickSburg, in Mss, ! Shreveport, and the co t0 the lsxa Louisiana. The means are already g for the completion Of that road Tha from the Mississippi river. Ina; ua | connects with the great Texas rosd a bn the Paci.i'' railroad, which k now n ia constructions, aud to which the Sate a as have sait. has grAn,ed q q ,uatou t. secJtons Of land and S6,UOU per mic nev. This, think, will secure the oas ton of that road understand from ~ thor!cv that the company have airaalr srucy | a suiti ient amount Of road ta,s valuable grant.
 The construction of that liuk of saga drel miles by private entcrprse, co.si tied beyon', ali d,SpnJe. The onlypaI -Nu.ch will have ;o be consuucted by com sauy--a Pacific railfoad compaay-i from the R;o Gr4nde, at Ei P.so, ,gEi Texas road interSects that rjver) to Sn ou the Pdcitic Oceau-SAn Dlelo. SE or San Francesca, ,.S the interests oI ff paEy may hereafter dictate. II thu adopted, the amount which will be a. from the public treasury. under the oE of my amendment, wl., be far less ila any other route. Ii the route on b: ] tiiih parallel be adopted, the road nus menced at the Mississippi river, fot 1 there are roads chartered iu the S.sR kansas, and one from Memphis, by wala tie Rock, to Fort Smith, which VII } route this road must necessarily tasi parallel be adopted; and although WOrs actually lu progress on them, and
 beng built from opposite Memphis, on 2 sisslppi river, to Little Rock, contemP4 go higher up, Jo the extreme colshlS
 western part of Arkansas, at Fort Sn still I do not believe that company !" aid in public lands which has beea g'e will be able for many wears to cona Struct that road through the State ol ADs
 If my amendment passes, the pFooa
 that the companies which are intereSI'4
 work through he State of Arkansas
 any Pacific railroad company which
 ormed for the construction of this greS
 aud the interests of the two compane
 combined. Tue road. under the profs
 this amendment, will be commenced
 phiS, will run through the State of ApK theucc up the Arkansas river, until nP# Canadian, and thence on t) the Paens Is the most eligible route, in my oPap
 probably il is the cheapest route whti
 found between the Atlantic and PacW
 l am satisfied that ii either of thetvo"
 routes be selected, road over them D
 cessarlly, and will at no distant day 06 e0Y
 ed.
 l believe, sir, that it is just, and cE
 southern people, that we should DIV
 of the government, if government @ NI