Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-06-08
MON WAsHINGTON.
THURSDAY, MAY 81, 1850

inc. held in front of the CITY Hall in this CITY.
70 rospond 70 tbo nominations of Lincoln and
Uamlin Il ,yas oycrv wav succcssG,l Tho
anti-Rc,ublic,p n,pcrs bcre acknowledgo an
attendance of two thousand people. You NAV
safely guess There were more The spccchcs
Of senators Wade and Doclittle. and Ncssrs
Nasbbprn of Nc. and Aldiicb. of tbc House.
and others. were pointed and excellent vet
thcre was no Disturbance Tho action of the
Ronublicons of the House. in withholding an.
rronti,tiops far u,c nolicc and tbc cxtcpsion
of the Capitol. was a significant hint ia the
citv apthor,tics and tbov took tho hint Tho
nolioe turned ont in rull force and rrotoctod
the Meeting So nj last II is safe to rrcacb
RcppbIicopism in tbc streets of tbo na,ional
cani,al II is no moan victory at tbc start
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romody f,r amendments Tho hin :. a.on.
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mart and nm tbe other mart sono f,r,,. ole;
zens and such associates as they shall admit
These citizens are to start the road somehow,
and the United States is to give land and
bonds. But the bill grants no corporate pow
crs the citizens who are parties to the con
tract do not form one legal body or have le-
gal succession, so as to maintain their own
rights or respond to their obligations. What
shall be done Shall Congress incorporate
monster railroad company, with q capital Of
ono hundred and fifty millions. or with con-
troll over property to that amount. Shall
Congress make contract binding the Gov
eminent TO give land and bonds TO such
company to be Incorporated hereafter by some
state The suggestion of either plan is fright
full: either plan needs guards altogether be-
You'd anything yet suggested. Suppose they
cannot be devised then will you authorize
the federal government to do this work itself;
What patronage what power, would that give
to any party controlling it. what corruption
would be likely to follow. 1t is not best to
be rash in such an emergency. If these diff
culties can be surmountcd, then we shall have
a struggle on routes. On the whole, the
prospect for the passage of any bill at this
session is not very hatteriug
The Homestead Bin.
The Senate has again rejected the Home
stead bill of the House, and sent down its
own project All tho Democratic Senators
save one voted against the House bill. Mr..
Douglas was aosent--on account Of sickness,
1t Is SAID Yesterday the House a second
time non-concurrcd with the Senate on this
bill, and asked a committee of conference.
The TarN.
1t is reported that the Democrats in the
Senate will not consider the Tariff bill yet
they are disposed to vote some millions to
Oregon for Indian fighting. If the House
shall give the Senate its way q guess it
won t. there viii he very peroeptble def
cheney in the revenue within a year, or a very
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