The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-06-05

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ayifl iazatlan-both Of TIE IL
dc b lis one Of the cherisksd
Sest s The Great Pacific, &
grees, ,'other. Can il Be mr.
Texas VIII, # she can help Il M
another broad intermediate BELT u
maid, 70 enable the Sabine All Is
company, to "a from lais Buy n
same principal points she has qlysajv TN NJ
tor AZ her system !? for it resol
just the proposition | he
connection betr - III nj N@2egs
leaes,s ing B~mlch shorter AID
We'll then, 70 continue The roSdlS Il
Mr. Bailey must get q change 1of rfsaia v
Sabine and Rio Grande Railroad
people and counties along the route Nh
consent 10 OF a new charter. 49,
As to this, ! will now offer en- esii
two of several | might give, beside mans
assurances, to show that the time Of eeSe
land bonuses I'd A5itum franchises III
legges, and liberal loans 10 railroad ~
is past. Ss
One correspondent speaks Of TN III
9 caution now used in granting charjqx
Legislature only granting them wheu ~
ly necessary. The following is q oio
from a letter received last fall (: 81 assulSs
that The granting Of charters, and lid I'M
away OF lands is over with ID this State. I Il
Gov. Runnels IN his recent Tessaae. Y Y
that OF b. charters granted since FebmMT
1850. between 20 and 80 still exist; prornN9
for 1900 miles of road-thi1e times q ssaaxinsSfff
for the present-and holding All encunbtsss
over nearly S0,000,D00 acres of the putIic6E
main ; that the people fhaye been defada isw
these immense sacrifices hoping to renon n
eInbarrassments Of transportation that f 4
evils will flow unless the system Is slapq1
" that year after year, continuance haM
granted, giving a prolonged and nunatataz
llie = to the railroad companies. but thstgs
four and six years have elapsed, less pfg
has been made than could have beer exI Hass
had there been 10 assistance from thei
and that the people demand that
measures should be scanned more cloy
before. He then proposes The followint
other restrictions /:
mo new charters should be granted xik
out requiring before any franchises can MI
o stock subscription fully equal to the cetN
the grade 5i
He concludes thus :
e Believing now, as ] always have, that q
strict conversatise and restrictive policy NJ
this subject, affords the only sure reliance
cannot too strongly urge it, as the last sseshx
for dispellihg the delusions which are slsef
ing our prospects, and the only neansd
ing about that panse in the minds 81 ma y
essary to. a proper view Of the realltieyspfA a
condition. #sgssRs
These views are understood lobe adoph1 \
Texas, and they were the guide of tbe ~
Legislature. Indeed, the act Of reliefst59.
Sabine and Rio Grande Company, was ~
with restrictions to meet the Governors vtsg
but even then it was with great diihcalt{5H
was prevented from veloing il; and hslks
it finally became II law by lapse Of timassslA
out his signature. ss,aa@g
After speaking ofthe :. untoward iegislstRa1Ss
as to the Sabine and Rio Graude rosA i
above mentioned legislator continues { shesegI
the determinate policy of the Stste( 81 4.
Texas Western San Augustin, etcsa sees
as amended at The last session, contains ~
restrictions saddled upon it to meet IA M
%ernor's views) that it is doubtful II theySAe.
attempt to do anything further under y "
We granted amended) charter 3 \
Eastern Texas Railroad. commencing .
water, and making Nacogdoches and IT,
son points but it was also loaded 9doSn asa
inigpitous provisionsrihatXill miillale 10y
against IFS construction VIII
/ could give much more proof q thAes
as well as that the people and public sseslSs
almost unanimous in reversing the iorneff
Of the State. sa.ls%s
The truth is, Texas begins to think ~
been priDeely for a beggar's reward long ees
She will not hence forth trust to the Ao NJ
spectators for her qpaid pro quo, bai wv
ply her own means to her " enaas aSes u !
and serpenls are no longer recelsaDie 49,
bread and fish. She is sick ofcoDpanke1
by distinguished statesmen or brokens
politicians, who could not do much lese<pG
complish her objects and promote hef I'M
if hired to do nothing /; who fly kites Insaes! \
build railways who regard her lines e -
roads to tortune-to her lands and l0apAa
not the conditions on which they are gls w !.
She 10Y looks upon all these evils o. os'1S \
be cast out. So, we may hope that 49,
no mock-sun will family simmer WIZ ~ ~
leu lnpU1lS0lne, OF UUFTUNEb fSust M
the real sun of her prosperity, nnelouaeos y
beam with original lusier, and give ''gls
heat 10 all who dwell in her wide and MsssN
cent domain. "
Now, Mr.. Editor, it is not esldeDs WV ".
doubt of success, if not probability g s 80
attended every step towards BnrKf1ls -
as to success against the Baton hoo9s
Crosse Tete railroad-doubt as to ge''luF - Y
Burkville-douht as 10 the roads oelhe = ~ q
value after reaching tbere-donpt y =
being continued beyond Burkville-alap s y
larly doubt as to obtaining a charter sokss4
way Mr.. Bailey desires. On the o'ne1 u~v
there any doubt about the line direct y
ton ? -
No doubt, no rivalry! One Of tne sS:I,
roads of the continent? Connecting = n
all Texas, giving us a magnificent cnaa. Y. s.iIS \.
the travel, the emigration, the mars, IT, ~ Mn
and much of the produce and merchants. ,,,sE
the mighty Southwest, and making 90 WA Z
tant link of a chain that one day. VIII ~ II
gether great and widely sundered Pa'.s 4
globe. -
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