Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-05-20

ana villages will SPRING up.and the whole
, countrylbecome settled and cultivated.
) Sir. might c!aim:as simple act o,
justice that the remaining port n ofthe Q.
lands shs.l ne appropriated 10 aid tbs
people Of Maine who ernigrant to Aroos.
took without any rei-eencs TO the advAu.
, :aE which the State will derive from it,
These people. as general = ls. have
never received any beneh. from these
lands Bat there i. no necessity 70,
: such IN argument. The people of the
State will. and mus, derive great adyan.
tages from the settlement Of Aroostook.-
besid >. 40 far az your s. thing lands an
concerned. y'u give not ing ~ this rail.
road. You may sell them Tor fifty cents
m acre, payable III road Labor. NJ
money finds its wy i..;o the Treasur,
from this source; Q" the contrary. they
constitute heavy charge upon it. In.
deed, you cannot for the nex. ten wear,
make the account in your favor, with al
your lands
This bill :sa be,ternent act, aud ugh.
to be 50 entitled. and one on the most
grand and magnificent scale, for j, will
add millions 10 the value OF the State -
1t isl betterm. Mt for the settler, for i.
enhances the value Of his farm beyond
the advanced price which he pays. It i.
a oetterment scs for the railroad. for the
lanFs will pay the principal Of the loan
to the State. You cannot say that this
bill dimnishes the value of these land.
20 your Treasury. As we'll and with far
more truth. might The Int. .h,.. eem,,.;,
that his snip had been diminished in
value BY being compelled to contribute
10 the purchase of the canvass which
bent int, the sail and spread to the breeze.
enables her to plough the oce. II. and 90
upon her GRAND Of commerce and profit
! That part OF the Aroos,ook lying ea..
II the seventh range line, and to wh;c h
we have before alluded, contains nearly
three millions Of acres Of land. II it's
towns were to be placed side oy side in
one line. they would extend from this
cari.o! to the Federal capitol a. Wash
| ingion.
You have great domain there. and to
YOU 1t is matter OF indifference who
nay be ITS proprletors. The settlement
and occupation OF the territory is what
YOU desire. II you were tn. proprietor
Of every acre of t.vou could not be more
Interested. If you were not the propr,e-
;or OF single acre you could no, be less
interested
Pass this bill. and you may turn a
stream Of emigration shi.her. Pass this
olll.ar you may exchange its unpr, due.
tive forests for cultivated field. Pass
this bill, and YOU may exchange the soil
tude of its wilderness for the busy hum
Of industry. for the sound Of the human
vo.ce. and the lowing Of herds upon all
is hills and in all its valleys.
ADOPT this policy. and you need not
fear tor ITS results. You need not fear
TO answer to your own conscience,,o your
fellow citizens, to your children and ITO
postcr;tv
In ancient Rome, when some women
sisite | the mrtron Lucre,ia. they asked
her TO show them her ornaments, mean
ing her ornaments Of gold and curious
Workmanship. she called her two BOYS,
,afterward distinguished in the annals
Of their country into her presence, and
pointing 10 them, exclaimed these are
my jewels
Sir, if you are asked hereafter to show
the fruits Of your policy. you en- poin,
20 the church and the school house, to
smi ing villages; 70 happy homes. ana a
con,ented population
Mr., Speaker, VIVA. is the vain. o:
population to you? VIVA. the comm er.
cial- the meney value, The value OF
the foreign emieraut is reckoued from
I'VE hundred ,to one thousand dollars for
each man woman and child A dis,in.
snlshcd man in our country has said,
that when Illinois adds one hundred
thousand emisrants 70 her population.
she add. one hundred million dollars 10
ner value. There is not so costly a rro-
iacton as the human being. He repre-
sents grea. deal OF land and money
He Is the mos. valuable Of all produc
tons % the State.
The valuation Of Ohio increased from
1850 TO 1858, from four hundred and
tlf;y millions Of dollars to eight hundred
and fifty millions. l hold in nv hand the
certificate OF the Auditor Of that State.
The other Western States increased al
most in ike proportion. 1t was no. iron
which gave this increased va!u.. /. was
the population whlca they attracted th,h-
er by these facilities of communication
and transportation. How long will you
hug this delusive phantom of your public
dsso your bosom. this skeleton, and
try to extract something from its drv
bones, and look on, and see the youth Of
your STATE, and the bone and mnscle of
your State depart nev,r TO return.
Mr.. Speaker, we, alon,. hold the kew
to the inland trade and iutercommunica.
ton Of the great Provinces east of Us.
and bring it into our State, an 4 never in
the History OF our State has case been
presented appealing so strongly to every
feeling of State pride and State ambition.
We hold in our grasp the entire trade
OF the great basin of the Upper S, John,
with all Of its fertile lands. and il. flu.
'nre growth and prosperity. ana we are
ali well aware that this railroad will for
ever unite its destinies ~;.l. us, snail
is be deliberately sacrificed and t-.nsfe'-
ed to others Shall weak, timid, and
drresolute counsels prevail
DEATH OF PRoT. LARRABEE-The news If tbe
death Of VIM, C. LlrrADve WA bruu ynt n tbia eisv