Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-12
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The Pacific Railroad bill vas then taken Up
Mr.. Grin expressed the hope that the final vote
Oh the Jil would De taken on Thursday next.
Mr. Wilson, Of Mass, said that years before
the acquisition Of California, before It's PlaeeTs
OF gold had luTed our coUuiEyrDen To the shores
OF the Pacifc, the idea was conceived Of 4 rail
EaiIEay transit aeT0ss the continent which
wonIi make cur country the great highway
between Europe and Asia Since the treaty Of
Guadsloupe HidaigO gave cur republic the title
deed Of tie Empire the construction OF Iell,
way to the Pacific had engToSSed the profound
attention Of the Nation The opinion Of the
people had been pronounced IN favor Of the
speedy completion Of that great national work,
which would carry into the Eeart OF the oonu-
nenE the light Of christian civilization, deVeloPe
the wealth and power Of The nation and bind
together the dEelleTs in Atlantic and Pacific
slopes Of the Rocky Mountains He should not
Iscuss the general issues involved in the con-
siruct:on of that great WORK for those issues had
been discussed before the people and they had
pronounced for it The sole questions for con-
sideration were, on what route shall the road be
constructed, and how shall It be built The
route from Lake Superior to Pugets Sound WAS
the shortest; it had good hard wood and water,
but the nations can hardly be asked 10 take
road the extreme Northern frontier de
would willingly vote TO give at least thirty
thousand acres Of land TO the mile 10 ala IN me
construction OF such = work over that route
The Central route across the Continent, from
The Missouri 10 San Francisco. would be pre-
eminentiy a national route Il would accom-
modzte the country North and South He vas
for that route because II was for the whole
country. Tie route on the Southern Tim Of
the country, by way Of Fl Paso, was 4 more
sectional .oute- The country from FL Paso
TO the Pacific was an arid region Of barren
sands; over most Of IT sterility reigus; birds
could hardly fly over il without carrying
their provisions with them. Laugbter-
The Senator from Georgia, Mr.. lTerson, had
proposed to build two roads, northern and
IA southern road, bordering the territories Of
the British Queen, and the other on the frontier
Of Mexico. That Senator thought the time was
at hand when theSSouth must 20 out Of the
Union or give up slavery, and she WIS for going
ont. II the Senator from New York, Mr.. Sew
ward, any Of his coTnpeers, shall he elected
President in 1860, which he seems TO think may
be the case, inasmuch as the Republicans have
swept the free States, that Senator might rest
assured that the threat to raise the demon Of
from SeR lSS 6fk ~ld se Set ft fC case Of
Ohio, Mr.. Read Of Penna-. Mr.. Banks, Of Mass,
or their political associates, whose pames had
been connected with the Presidency, any less
dear to the freemen Of the country. But the
Senator from Georgia would construct road
over the FL PasO route, preparatory to seeding
from the the Union. This Southern route had
been known as the desert, bot hereafter would
be known the dISunion route While he,
Ir. Wilson, womb rot vote for any plan that
would make that route the national highway TO
the Pacific, hs would vote any amount Of lands
TO build IT as a local route. He would give the
whole country South of 3ith parallel, from FL
Pa-o to the State Of Georgia. Men Of capital
would not embark in any such scheme 1t
would pass into the hands of class of greedy
and speculative men ike the operators in the
Texas and Pacific. Men who would take mil
lions of stock when they had not dollar TO
invest If the till passes in its present form
We may see the road constructed through four
or five hundred miles Of the best land west of
the Missouri, from the Big Sioux to the State
of Texas; and we may see the road in that
State built to the naked plain, where the desert
begins, $50 miles this eide of El Paso. But we
should then find that the road would not be
made over the..sands and barren plains From
that point to the borders of California, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota bad mill
lions of the richest lands on the continent, and
with money at four and five per cent in New
York, those States could not raise money to
construct their magnificent railways How and
where could seventy five one hundred mil
lions of money be raised for lands only one
third of which were available to construct that
great national work. lie was for the speedy
construction Of n railway to the Pacific over
the central regions Of the country, and to
accomplish that object he had proposed
once for the location and construction of
the work by the money Of the nation; he pro-
posed to set a part the proceeds of the pub.
lie lands Withinl50 miles Of the road, as fund
to pay the bonds issned to construct the road
Adopt this plan, enter at once upon the great
work, use the bonIdless credit of the nation and
in ten years, perhaps sooner, we should see a
railroad from the Missouri to San Francisco;
although he believed the road would not pay
dividends upon its cost, it would illume the
plains, passes and receSses Of the interior ofthe
republic with the light OF civilization, develope
the power and wealth of the nation and tend TO
the unity of the country, by binding together
with ties Of interest and affection of the millions
who are hereafter to live on the Atlantic and
Pacific slopes; to accomplish an object so COM
Prehensive, so nationalin its effect so important
to the safety of the county, the expenditure of
10000, 0000 even il it should be sunk in the
work would be butts small and insignificant affair.
II was work Of great magnitude, of incacu'a-
BILE importance. He was ready now to enter
upon the work, by voting the money necessary
to accomplish it; and in giving such a route, he
was sure he was taking the only practical course
that would make railway to San Francisco, a
consumated fact.
HousE-Afterithe usual preliminary business
Mr.. Hill, of Ga, asked, but failed to obtain con-
sent, to offer joint resolution, declaring that
no new State ought to be admitted into the
Union, until Il is aSceTtained by a census that