New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-03
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nation, and to enable the nation to lay It's hand
upon the uncounted Commerce of the great West.
by becoming the carrier Of that immense trade !
by the shortest possible route.
MI Rogers next made an argument III support
OF the bill He declared that there was no fraud |
or faint OF fraud upon the bill and there should be
no mputatlon upon the character Of gentlemen |
who were here urging itspassage. The two gentle |
men from Ohio tMessrs. peauo and Shellabarger,) /
had told the House that they had been informed |
that the original owners of the charter had sold |
out, and he would like to know how they happen
to have so much information, unless they them
selves had come in contact with the powerful
lobby which was employed in attempts 10 defeat
the passage of this bill He hurled back the in.
situations into the teeth Of those who had charged
lobby influence in favor of the BILL and alleged
that a most gigantic influence was at work to de-
feat it. The gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Wash,
burnel who was so very anxious at this time to |
defend the treasury, had not talked about the de-
pletion of the treasury when that most obnoxious
wicked aud pernicious measure, the treedmen'5
bureau BILL which would have cost the govern
ment $50 00O,O 900 year, was before the House.
Mr. Grinpell addressed the House in support of
the bill The immense grant of land, he said,
| owned by the company, was not worth more than
| so much moonshne or clear sky not worth a pea
an acre without access to it by railroad. No man
was rich enough to own and pay taxes on 1t with
| ont access to it. Although the Central Pacific
railroad passed his door, he was willing to have
the Northern road also constructed, and as many
other railroads to the Pacific as could be built
| Mr. Wright addressed the house in opposition to
the measure, wmch ne soa aU3 a 81
enterprise, where much was promised ana very
| little performed. lie thought u was eau e'lety
dangerous for the government to become GOD
father for all these enterprises, ne uonteliueu
that Congress had no right 70 give away t NE ls
| tional domain, and hkenea the attenPt 10 lie ~
| oason when the devil brought the Saviour to the
| top of an exceeding high mountain rom wtnoh ne
showed him much property, and offered him very
large tract OF public land, o9t Our saviour hu !
4ip't4 I,S layI a mn DFrn
Get thee behind me, SATAN He dld not expect
much conscienuOusness, however, llroih inns ran,
road company, which would take al the lah4
offered although Congress had no Hght TO give II
away. He thought the soldiers were lar hetter en-,
titled to the bounty OF Congress imam thls Iaut9ao
company, and he intimated that he had some idea
inviting the Ca1ben and Amboy railroad TO come
and get its share OF the pubAc Lanus
MIR. Broomall SAID. as we found taxes 100 heaFy
to equallze soldiers bounttes, they were TOO heaVy
for this grant OF money.
MI, Harding was unwilling to add dollar TO the
debt, except Tor works OF great hauoual lmpoF-
tance, which this was not. " Owe no man any
thing and 60 not security Tor others, were
good Scripture maXims
MIR. Stevens SAID the question ought to be as
cussed " tn gravity ms was national work,
and ought 10 pc put througn. he had read Isl
OF the directors names, ana caieu on MI banks
to Youct for them Inc country through winch
the road was projected was richer IN minerals
thah any otner' ne was informed Arrangement
!
North OF Europe TINS summer 10 plant along the
A'n NJ r,,,1, o,o,,io5 =, F ,,v,,o,+ os ,r- CO.
, vansi fine
Mr.. Price moved the previous question.
AIR SHADING moved that the bin and the mend
inc amendment he laid on the table.
Questions Of order having been raised "a +,
whether Mr.. Price could be thus cut out Of hi
rgSt to close tbe debate the motion to Law On tb
tabie benp nndebateoble, the Sneaker decide
. that altho5ph il was the understanding of tn
Honse that The gentleman from Iowa was to clos
: the debate and although the motion to Law on tn
table was a yerv rare one. under such circum
a stances vet the gentleman from Ohio Mr.. Spald
inr1 had A RIGHT To- make that motion,
+ Nr price asked whether he had not the right t
The Speaker replied that if the gentleman fror
Ohio insisted on his motion that cut OF all debate