New-York tribune., 1866-04-28


original owners Of the charter had sold OUT ana ne Wou
hike TO know how they happened to have 20 neh inoa
matiOn unless they themselves had come sose eoae.
with the powerful lobby which employed IN at.sPs
10 defeat the passage of this bill He hurled BACK tne E
snuaton into the teeth Of those who charged LOBBY hnu
favor Of the BILL and protested that most ggan
tic influence work to defeat II. The gentleman
from Illinois tWashburne who was SO very ANXIOUS AZ
this time defend the Treasury had not talked about the
"depeton Of the Treasury when that most obnoxious,
wicked and pernicous measure the Freedmens bureau
BILL which would cost the Government s5o0O00N year.
was before the House.
Mr. briggs next addressed the House IN support oil the
bill He regarded the matter national work OF great
importance and which members from all sections oi
the country should sustain -, m, :.
Mr.. GRINNELL followed on the same slde' inc I'M
mense grant Of land he said owned by the company was
rot worth more than much moonshine or clear SKY
No man was rich enough TO own It and pay taxes On IL
without access 10 IT, Although the Central Pacific Kali
road passed the door, he willing to have the Northern
Road also constructed and as many other aVaus W Tue
Pacific could DO built .., =.
Mr.. WRIGHT addressed tho House IN oPpos'''oFS 10
the which he denomlnated sort oi =
cift enterprise where much was promised ana
yery little performed lie thought 1t was extremely dan
gcrous for the Government 10 become godfather 70
al% these " Railroad enterprises lie cohtehaea eia'
Congress had right 10 give away the national DOMAIN
and kened the attempt to the occasion when the De'i
brought the savior the TOP of an exceeding hgh noun
tain, from which he showed Hin much property ana OF
fere him very large tract Of public land but our Savior
knew that the Devil did not own II, and hald 10 A'
"Get thee behind me- Satan" He did not expect much
which world take all land offered although Congress
had no right 10 give away He thought that the soldiers
were better entitled 10 the bounty OF congress tha
this railroad company and he nmated that he had some
idea of inviting the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company
10 get It's share OF the public lands. -
MI BRooMALL next addressed the House. lie sald ne
had received hy mail this morning circular rom lIe
Treasury Department the Tad.ng OF which had causcd
him much discomfort TIE purlor. Of the clrcuia was
that III consequence Of the enormous Vi e
Government the heavy taxat imposed on the lco
pie il was utterly impossible for the Government 10
eqnalize the tounes of the soldiers Many mentors had
come 10 Congress with fixed determination not to ad
iourn without passing tha, most righteous mease ana
he still not without hope that the secretary oi me
Treasury might be mistaken Bnt he would not a'io~
himself give vote IN thls House which should ue up
his hands from voting for that measure. Aitef realhe
the Secretary circular he came to the ouse ths morn
ing not at o az GePs,e' nesv NO %' baf Of what would
he rcouired 20 equa1e tho bounos of soldiers. The bill
he sad pointed ont the by when this money wa,
TO be got out the Treasury; but he saw mighty sa
chance of ITS being 60; back into the Treasur! again lhe
original bill drawn up a. To make no provision LOT
the money beng paid up and he believed th"t hat wac
never intended The alterations made in the ball by h
colleague Steycns had helped the bill much. ~ Lal
only covered up the bad intention OF the person VINO had
drafted the bi III, hal inquired all day yesterday az 10
who had drafted the bill and had no, been able TO ma II
Mr. HARDING IN followed il a speech against the
bill lie declared his unwngness to add dollar 10 the
obligation Of the country except Tor measure oi VET!
great National Importance
Mr. HARDING denied that this was great national
moasure.i but great individual specnlaioh' Inc
country was no more interested in building railroad from
Lake Superior Puges Sound than IN any other portion
Of the country II development by the construction oi
railroads To be held national business then ne IN
derood things differently from the way he used to under.
stand them aud he denied thai leadership lookng toward
Mr. stevens which would lead him far from the position
which the people bad assumed and sustained IN the past
He honorcd that gentleman stevens but he begged MN
to believe that the country did not need TINS WORK lie
had helped build railroads and had learned that there
must be- large way business and large population on
| ia liz al
| two good Scrp;ural prneiples-onc to owe no man
anything, and tie other 10 go not security i95
| lcgsla safely. lie expected to vote to equal ze
| the bonntics Of the brave men who had gone
into the army in 1861 and 1862 Cost what II ineht ne
would do He would not have It said that III prefer
ence their claim be had voted an Endorsement or the
benefit Of gentlemen who are engaged on railroads
lLangher What the country wanted to develop was ITS
populaton Illinois was not one-fourth developed. lie
did not want railroads built 10 drain the States OF thelr
population or 10 make homes for Europeans IN hyper
hcTean regions. They would be ir Dettc on III the ch
| prairies Of Illinois
Mr.. SrEyESs addressed the House in support of the
bill. lie said that this question, like all national ques-
tons, ought To be discussed or decided either by
buoouey vulgar denuncaon Such things were out OF
place in the consideration Of question Of great national
IMPORTANCE There large minds which could take in
the whole Nation and there small which could
zee only the interests of Deeware County and other
localities. This subject worthy to command
the deepest consideration. When the facts, when had
been grossly perverted set night before the HouS
he should be willing leave the question To the cool and
sober Judgment and cand action of the American Con-
MI STEVENS sent to the Clerks desk, and had read
letter from j. Gregory Smith President OF the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, III reply to letter OF inquiry
written by him.
The letter showed that the Company organized on
the 7th Of December lso IN accordance with the pro-
Are Gregory smith St. Abans Vermont Anslow Stearns.
Concord, ~ H.; George stark, Nashua, \. H. H. D.
Race, Augusta, Me-; Edward s. Tobcy, George c;
| Richardson Jas C. Converse, Benjamin f. Cheney aud
Geo H. Gordon of Boston Frank Fuller, George Briggs
and Philander Reed, of New-York; and l.. d. NJ Sweet
Of Portland Me- that III The Board Directors
had been effected the solicitation ofthe members oi the
old Board who had been unable u obtain the confidence
Of capitalists and that II this passed the stock would ac-
quirc value, which would induce capitalists TO invest IN
Mr.. STEVENS asked Mr. Banks to inform the House Of
the character of the gentlemen who composed the Board oil
Mr. BANKS said he would not interrupt the gentleman in
his speech, but should like to make few remarks after he
got through.
snce of the measure said he believed that the country
through which the road TO pass was the richest MN
em region the face Of the globe. II contained more
solid Of gold silver. clnnabar and other precious
metals than any other portion Of the nted STATES or the
world. Its soil richer than that e'en OF 'he peau'
garden spot of his country highly it was cultivated
All along the Red River settlement TO the Sckrk settle
ment Spring wheat 10 perfection at the ratio OF sixty
bushels to the acre. thing unheard OF III ana
most of the States The smaller kinds OF corn produced
from sixty TO ninety bushels to the acre. and IN the pro-
ducton of grass il unrvaed The very fact that that
country was unsettled an argument Win MN, Tor
granting this Government aid to build railroad through
| IT, The great civizor of modern times, and the
great agent Of peopline country, was the rail-
road. How had Rome grown in magnihcence by the
opening Of her Appan Way and other great roads leading
10 her provinces part Of the scheme of this Company
was 10 bring emgrants from Europe, first as aborers to
build this railroad and then purchase the land. One Of
the directors large shipping merchant in Boston, had in
formed him thnt he preparing line ofvessels to send
to the North of Europe TO take from Germany from Nor
way and from Scotland this very season. large number
of cmgrans plant along the line of the aroad and il
he only of the