Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-03-24

III V diliOi uio, N'ANN'y
 hand in speech or two he made, and m sisted that the route of the great railroad lay through Utah. The black republican presses at the North. taking their cue from their leader, began to write in favor of the route defined by Greedy. They consented to let St. Louis be the eastern terminus for several reasons. It secured to them the Missouri delegation in Congress. They believe that, in few years, Missouri will be q so-called free State. A route still more northern, besides its great additional cost, would be blocked by snows and storms during the winter Even on the proposed route this is serious objection, and might be obviated by taking route starting from the confines of Arkansas. As matter of course the northern, eastern, and north western States favored the northern route.
 No truth is clearer than that emigration will follow the line of road. It will build up villages, towns and States. As the road progresses, whenever the country will ad- init of it, settlements will be made. To make these settlements free soil. and to have these towns, villages and settlements peopled by northern men, 1t was requisite that the road should be northern one. The dominant party in the nation Is sup porting the northern route as political move.
 To overcome this influence, the southern members demonstrated that more south ern route was shorter, cheaper and every way more practicable A sort of compro- mise was effected, by which two routes were to be built; one from Shreveport, in Texas, to Fl Paso. and the other from St Louis, through Salt Lake city, to the border of California. Our people should remem- Der that to bring this route down to the 35th parallel or the 32d, the southern and south western members will have to con tend against the eastern, northern and north western members. A late telegraphic dis patch is as follows:
 "WAsHISGroN, March 16.-The Pacific railwa, committee of the House of Representatives has ad opted resolutions to the effect that corporations and not the government, should construct rail way to the Pacific but that the government shoulC aid in the construction with money and lands. majority of the committee are in favor ot centra route."
 Bv the central route mentioned above Il meant the route from Missouri. The ide; of two roads, a northern and southern one is mpracticable. The proposed work IS s' great, including range of calculation SC vast that one road would be miracle 0 progress, and would task all the energies o the nation It can be demonstrated tha the route from our border is the cheapes and best Running through a scope Q country passable at all seasons; admitting of continuous settlements all along the lln with the exception of short interval; nor level than other routes with the same ad vantages of wood and water; If economy the wants of the nation, trul y central DO sition and the interests of the whole countr, were consulted, this route would be adopted
 We see that on motion to add a membe from Arkansas, to the House committee Mr Hindlnan was added thereto If h. can accomplish anything we shall be hearth, glad of it. We wish that some gentleman like Mir. Luce, well acquainted with tn comparative merits of the different routes and capable of presenting tha facts an( figures in sensible and dispassionate man her, was now in Washington to second tn efforts of our members. Mere gab, "pitch
 ing in n' to an adversary, or giving some body a tongue flashing, is of little avail il such matters. A practical man, one Q facts and figures and clear statements l worth hundred wind bags in such case If this great question could be disconnectet from politics; if black republicanism, so in tent upon making free soil territory, wa not prepared to sacrifice millions of none, and tue interests of the whole country t it's schemes, we would confidently eXpec to see justice done to the South by Con i ,.,xec