Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-04-17
ResAaKs OF COL. A. e. mecLunK.
On Ms Bill for The Sale Of The Bfair Liae.

On the Bill for he Sale Of the Dfdin Li;,e.
This bill has two objects in Wow whic
should enlist the favor Of every true.hearte
Peunsylyanian. 1t will entirely free tb
State from the management OF Improvement
twill connect the seaboar3 with the lakes
by the completion Of the Sudbury q Err
Railroad, aud develope portion OF the Stat
which no other meaUs in our day can possl
DIV reach Were to speak 10 our friends O
the North, as has my colleague, Mr.. MILL
and ,ell them to put forth their own stront
arms and fell their forests, fear that shoult
be made TO blush when some one would re
mind me that our bossted Cumberland Valley
has been the child Of fortune Of this Com
monwealth. 1t is to-day the richest and love
lest norton of Pennsylvanis. 1t has veal
Inv, intelligent, industrious and happy people
IL has railroads and turnpikes trnversing ii
from one cud to the other; il has colleges
and schools which command our pride ke'
yulsions may sweep over our land, ana com
nerce and credit may be shaken from the A
antic to the Gulf, still our people SOW their
,ee6 md reap their harvests unscathed by
he storm. for the reward Of peaceful industry
,nows no cessation ! turn with unmingled
ride 70 these evidences Of greatness; but
IN not unmindfu that they are not the fruits
f our own unoded energies. Five genera
ons have lived and passed away in the Cum.
erland Valley: and the men who held The
osition now hold half century ago. reach
out to our people with generous hands the
starinr care of the Commonwealth. My
plleagne, tMr. NuL,) may stand in the cen
of the beautiful town wherein we both re-
10. and he cannot turn in ony direction with
Il behoding the living monuments which
II of the liberal bounty extended TO us
,ere is not q railroad that passes through
ryalley that was not initiated and aided by
. State; there is not a turnpike now ira
rising our county, with perhaps but one un.
portant exception, that was not started by
&c; appropriation from the public treasury;
,re is not q college in our section that has
shared lberaily of the generosity OF the
mmopwpal,h. | rejoice that this is so. |
&C tho memory of those who founded the
lev of improvements by the government.
,se improvements have made our great
te mighty and rich to-day, beyond compu-
ON. They have served wise and beneti-
purnosc. They have made blooming
Is and happy homes where they found the
and the panther, then strangers to the
t enemy--man.
ut it is urged by my colleague (Mr Nil)
The State has been bouNtiTul to the por.
of PENNSYLVANIA to be benefited by the
Iletion Of the Sunbury Railrcad. 1t is
as he alleges. that the State has been
h in her bn1nties upon the Sorth and
Branch improvements. commencing,
shows in 1928, and continuing, as
aimed to say, in 1858. | want by the
of these canals MT once and forever to
these approximations and ! was NOR
TO find but few days ago, when
lied against this House voting rprro
ons to our canals by the hundred thon.
that my colleague was not in his seat.
,ire was hushed when half million oi
I was voted to the Canal Board, mainly
nnp canal oiIieials. Had it been some
appropriation to a just cansc this Hall
prnbaby have resounde1 with his in.
4 protest It was most unfortunate.
him to cite the appropriation to Ca
the North to justify his opposition TO
If those canals If the State has been
nl to our Cumberland Valley, we have
used her bounty by returning to her
yeach yenr CRYING for more! more
he sections through which the Canals
IL ia the long continued and it wonId
,diess demand from the carals for aid.
nts clearly 10 the wisdom of 4 sale at
e.
iIv unfair are the allegations made
he most general terms. that the Sun.
i Erie Railroad is not solvent, and
ale Of the State Canals to that Com
involve the loss Of the purchase mo.
ycolleagup Iir. MILL finds Wiiaici.
i,S,mJtrv bonds quoted at 40 cents
ollar, and he very willingly. it seems,
5 them with Snnhurv and Erie bonds
.es here that such is the value Of the
advisedly when say that the Sun
Mi, Ro;lrnol lNomunny is sol vent
nco il had q nominal debt Of six mil.
t with thnt staring him in the face,
amau r;om I.u5ernr (Mr. Jenkins
lend the Company three millions Of
- best bonds row 1t has hnt one
debit and that is mortgag" on for.
finished road, art! yet he refuses TO
his hill. for fear it is not solvent
many has no floating 'deht-none at
,s n mortgage of one 'tnillion eXecu.
forty miles Of finished road, and of
: issued on that mortgage it has
600 still in ITS hands, so that its
nn! debt is but little over half
lis bonds have never sold below I5
,n the dollar even ruder the sever
re-. and could not HOW be bought at
cure as can the five per cent, bonds
rmonwealth. Last year the forty
mpleted road paid the interest on IFS
ard the nett earnings or the road
slOS.0O0 Such is the condition of
uy financially, and ] challenge con-
gentleman from Lp7erhe (Mr. Jer.
" colleague Mr. Nill) insist that
from Sl5000.000 to S30,000,000
the road. am not amazed al
to. Neither Of them seem to have
ton Of even the length Of the Road
zeal to defeat sale Of the canals.
G the road TO be from fifty to one
les longer than it really is. The
from Luzerne (Mr. Jenkins) says
32O miles long, whereas il is only
of that is completed, stocked, in-
paying ten per cent. Consider
makes a mistake Of over so miles
the road, it will not surprise many
fix the cost of completing the
II 3O.O00,000 upwards. Ny col.
Nill) follows him in his blunders,
little more caution. He in
making the whole SUDBURY and
I'd over again from end to end
ions are all based upon the as,
Al there are 2GS miles Of Ralrosd
ich is a strange perversion Of the
have said, the Sunbury and Erie
6S miles long, of that distance
completed, and in successful run.
esvug 22S miles TO be compile
innate of the Engineer as per
r.. al Lot nj hnl