White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-27
Congress.
WASHINGTON. Jsr "a

SESATE.-The Pacific Railro.d L.,
coming up as the special order AMI Slh
discussion arose as TO whether II sS"us s5
be considered, or that the Senat. sSOu,i
take up the private calendar. Tbs S
and nays were demanded, and the !s%
resulted in favor Of considering ,Sa NJ, NJ
ci6c Railroad bill-yeas "a, nays So I'd
The vote was then taken on B;~i.,
amendment, to limit the route Of The vi;
between the 38th and the 43rd n,r.I, O1a
which was lost by yeas, 10; NAYS, %
Mr.. Chandler spoke strongly a0s;,.,
the bill. 'u''
Dir. Wilson's substitute which ba Of
ed on the 10th ult., authorizing the p;
dent and Senate to appoint Eve civil )"
gineers, who shall within two years Iou,.,
the route Of the railroad from the M.
souri, river to San Francisco, was vO,.s
on aud lost-yeas. %; nays, 81.
Mr.. Bigler and Mr.. Wilson ofs,,.a
various notifications. the object Of hal
Senators being to provide for the comnI..
ton of the mountainous and desert M.
tions Of the route. although they diSersa
respecting the details.
Mr.. Doolittle submitted an amendns,,
providing that any contract made by n.
President shall be submitted By him n
Congress, and take effect only BY ioin,
resolution.
Dir. Trumbull supported Mr.. DoOlit,l.,.
plan, insisting that unless some proyisO0
was adopted. taking from the President
the definite selection Of the route. thu hin
could not pass. Those Senators rbo
opposed the construction Of the road Al.
together had united with a few Of i,
friends, and rejected the amendment 10
limit the line Of the road between II.
parallels Of 81 and 43, thus leaving 70
the President, and not to the contracior,
as some suppose. the location of the route
A majority of the friends of a Pacific
Railroad would never give such discre,ion
to the President after the experience VI.
have had in the location Of the overland
mail route.
Mr.. Thompson, Of Kentucky, was also
opposed to leaving the location of tbe
route TO the President. He did no, di,.
guise his opinion that the Pacific Rail.
road scheme was a magni6ed humbue.
The President was clever old gentleman.
and he could probably do his own mar.
keting as sensibly as any body else. bu,
he is not endowed, by virtue Of the Pres.
idency. with any extraordinary training
quality in making contracts. The Pres.
ident might resemble the man who went
to Jericho and fell among robbers. !.
was time, however, that the bill was
killed outright 1t had lived long enough.
1t is true II was recommended in the Gin.
cinnati platform. but what of that ? That
platform was the work of Youngsters who
got on "buSt" and framed it, and it is
brought forward as a sort of second con.
stitutiOn to govern the action Of Congress.
lie himself stood a solitary monumeatto
the genius, patriotism and common sense
Of the old Wing party. and like his friend
the Senator from Texas, (Mr. HOustOn,)
he might be dead corpse speaking. Yet
the people seemed to want this railroad.
They are moonstruck by the magni6c.nce
Of the scheme. 1t was said that the An.
glo- Saxon blood rebelled against taxa.
ton, yet we. the most insidiously taxed
people on the face of the earth. are crying
for an unlimited. illimitaGle and nonsen.
steal project of building a railroad thou.
sands Of miles through an Indian country.
1t Was the duty of the conservatism Of
the Senate to turn deaf eaar to these
unreasonable cries. He would oppOseths
project as greater humbug that the Al.
4antic Telegraph scheme.
MIR. Doolittle's amendment was adOp-
ted.
Messrs. Gwin, Davis, Pugh, Rice.
Simmons. Bigler, Mason. Sebastian, Ca
meron and Mallory took Part in the de-
bate.
Mr.. Mason moved to recommit the bill,
which was lost, by yeas, %; nays. %.
Mr.. Toombs moved to lay the bill on
the table, which was lost-yeas, q.
The bill was left in this eondition'WhCn
the hour Of adjournment arrived.
The Senate discussed for one hour q
proposal to adjourn over till Monday.
Mr. Brown protested against this waste
Of time,
Mr.. Sebastian believed that 3 recess
tomorrow would advance and not TetaTd
the public business.
The Senate finally adjourned till Nor