Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-01-21


would vote any amount .flands tn build it II
Il local route. lie would give the wLol
south of the 34th parallel. from FL Pas, +
the State Of California. to the c9nstructio,
OF this local road.
lie was opposed to the bill rep5rted hy tlp
Committee, because he deemed it wholly in
adequate t. construct the road. Men %
capital would not embark in any such scheme
and it would pass into the control of n cla,
Of greedy Spectators, men like the operator
in the Texas Pacific road, men who woui,
take millions of stock when they had NOT ,
dollar to invest
If the bill passed in its present form. w,
may see the road constructed throuoh loui
or five hun red miles Of the best land Of th,
Missouri, from the Biz Sioux to the State o
Texas. and we may srr the road in that stat,
built to the stakcd plains where the Desert
begins, one hundred and fifty miles this sid,
OF FL PasO. But we should then find that
the road would not bcmadc over the sands AN.
barren plains from that point tp the border,
of California.
Michigan. Wisconsin. Iowa and NIinnoso
ia had millions Of the richest lands ON I'll,
continent. and with money AT / and : n.r
cent in New York, those states canno, rails
uoncy to construct their magnificent rail
ways. How and when could s,ycrtv.Gyc %,
one hundred millions Of money be raised f5
lands, only onc-third of which war. ar.
able. to construct that ,-rnat national v,rl ,
He was for the speedy construction Of a
railway to the Pacific. over the central re-.
gions Of the country. and to accomuli,h that
object he had proposed t. amend the pandin
bill by providing at once for the location and
construction OF the work by the money Of
the nation. He proposed to set arart tic
proceeds Of the public lands. within lI0
niles Of the read, as fuuu .. t,., the bonds
issued to construct the road
Adopt this plan enter at once unon this Great
work use the boundlcss credit of the uatinn
and in ten wears. ncrhnrs sooner ,va sLnulI
see a railway from the Missouri to SIn
Francisco and. althourh he brliavaj tha
road would nat Inv vo,r. ,,,. di,iion,is r,'',,,
its cost it would Illme the a ,ain. rasscs nI nh
recesscs of the interior If thr Knnuhiic with
the lirht Of civilization; dcvelopd the power
and wealth of the nation. and tend to the unitv
Of the country by binding together with tits
Of interest. and affection, thcmilli,ns VINO are
hereafter to live On the Atlantic and Pacific
slopes.
10 accomplish an object - vast. 50 com.
prchensive, so national. 50 important t. the
safety of the country. the Expenditure Of
$50 900 0OO. even if it should be- sunk in
the work, would be but small and insi mi.
fcant affair.
1t was Il work of rrcat 1na,ritude. of ~.
calculable Importance. and he was rsadv now
t. enter upon the work hv voting the m Iney
necessary to accomplisl it. and in oi,iu,
such route. he was sure he was takif,g the
only practical course that would maze 4
railway To- San Franciscan II cousuiumotrd r,c-
The rest OF tn. dav till } o'clock WIS oc-
cupied by cxplanati,n. which arose ont Of
Mr.. Wilson'S remarks.
Mr.. Davis of Miss. took occasion to ro
over the various routes set forth in the vol
lumes on the Pacific Railroad. to clear him
self from the suppostion of sectional bias in
the preparation Of his report when he was
Secretary of War
Without disposirg Of the subject, the S.
nate adjournCd; 50 the bill comes TAP first
in the regular order of business tu-morruw.
IIorsE.-The House took nm the resolution
reported by the Committee ON FOREIGN 4 mir.
the net of Cam. p,nllin,, in
the seizure Of Walker and his f,li,,v,r. l,nt
ipasmuch as the view Of the President i. II,
with tLis oos;tinn th..r'r,,,,i,,a,
think no action necessary S,y,r,I nmrnJ.
ments thereto pendinr ono rr..nntinr thc
thanks Of CONGRESS t9 Con-, p,ulJin.- and
his officers n second thot pnilJin.,2 '.,
without the authority of I,v rnnrts ,,,,l, ,b.,
of rL. H., and =" .',;rj
,ssorting tho righ+ ,,r n,,. ,;,;,.,s =.
ntn tLn,6.Iyos - tarr ,I,;r ','~,'. " '.'''
rIinr for freedom M 1irbt ,, Of , WITH tb.y
nnt he ronstitutinnaIIy derri,aJ
rho Illus rnf,snI =, ta,, ti,. .,,.;... ..o