, 1869-01-23
Two Hundred Mllinn Acres Given
AWay.-Three Hundred Million
Acres More Demanded
The Yell for 9ub,fdiey.
Sixteen, Thirt,-Two. forty-Eigh: THU
sand Dollars or Fight!
LeFte Jsbs, Steanship Jshs. U.rasr Jsbs.
cskA Jobs, Wagon Rss3 Jsbt aud
ether 'HigLHs{ ksbbtrles.,,
a List Of the Bosenra.


- ~S~N@~'"|eNA ne ENAlE AWAY 10E I
public land, which only af,er 1nur aud |
aefan' on'ous discussion was parcellcd ou: In
home+teads for al the people. is nov dis
appearing by hundreds Of Thousands and by
millions Of acres almost daily. The public /
land, bought with the peoples money aud
conquered BY their valor, ia being transposed |
to loose aud irresponsible corporations under
visionary mud corrupt Influences, and two
hundred ml1!lan acres OF 1t arc already Co-e.
Three huldrrd M 1llops more arc now d.
ma, ded by corrorati MS even more .1respos-
tible than the asst. Thtse lands constitute
all that Is worth possessing Of the public !
domain the arable, the whtered, the
trasc1.ible portions. Passing ont Of the
hands Of the government, they furnish
estates 'or future landed aris;ocra:y, en-.
doVed asno n:t:tocEacy In the world has
ever beer. Those parts which are to b.
sold are At once doub cd in price to the
people. The Homestead bill! Is thus prsc:i.
cally superseded. Endowme1ts Of tyranny
are created to plague posteri:y aud cmharrass
republican government. and, dnatly, h.v-
ing sob'ed rs Of our heritage and brcoue
lie virtual empire, King Rail.ay now dc.
marcs money t, ,nslen his irons on the
'ands he has already received. He las takeu
our estate and how he expects also luxu:I-
Gus income to enj.y 1t upon.
FAEIE1r roR LAND pEGeaEs,
Forty ye4rs ago We In 1t the 0rs. railways,
Twenty years ago We began to gre. pub'ie
lard to ai'wavs, commencing Tith the ILL.,
nos Central Road. This precedent led t,
the speedy resignation Of 600, 600 acres,
divided Among fourteen States, After We
conquered nd made populous California, the
subjrct OF railway across the continent wa<
btoached ty Whitney, Bcatop, Fremont. and
others. The public mind received the propo-
silisn fav7Ta"ly, anu a.ttr m1ny expensive
surveys had been made at the expense ot thu
United States, a continuous line was dc:is
uatcd, doEel with q broa. bell oil lands
md voted between hlxtr,n thousand and
tc1,y-ciEht ,housant doll rs a mile, erdo,srd
upon Its bonds. With the United s:a,.s
endorsement, this Pacl1- Rl.lto1d WIS able
10 borrow noney any Nlere. With the Uui,cd
States lln1a l. had tfee right OF way and slle.
LOT unto!d num'cTs oI ellis and villages.
The peope hailed tue splendid enterprise
with applan>e aud did not grudz 20 thc cost.y
donation. Frou, the Missouri River ut
Omaha ac'osttwo chains ct mountains 10 the
eitfc. Of Salt Lake and san Francisco, this
Wonderful highway swung ior 6reen hun
dred miles. It strengthened tbs Unlo, and
WIS 1nunuulent 20 our generosity aud pub
lie .Iisit. Fifty mil,l,'na OF our dollars were
tecurity for =, mid tiity mill 3ns Of acres were
"A homestead fur ii.
TIE public never dreamed that the nation
w6 uld le called upon for more than ono Pa
eftlc .a;lroad. Wnh a-other American rail,
fH% te+ rf r. :
finest steamship llne In the xor ID connecting
New Tork md San Francisco, the Atlun,ic
aud Paci1c would be u we'll provided with
Communication rs tbe Mississippi Va Icy and
the A.lanlic- For, prscl,casly, there are but
two soacs between the East and the Mls.ls-
slppi, !oca!f='ng ut Pittsburgh aud Butfalo,
TIE AlSlS0 OF THE RAILWAY "IuSas."
lhlrt tc uS only abou. tn1ee-quarirrs of a
million people "a the whole Pacific slope, it
would scrEa tn It two great competing routes
nr ra'R to thr East in she Sd zee ofa i,rtu1tot.
TIL. Baltimore Il Ohio Easlroal did half Ihls
work In eight days ai tho aHbandmeni Q, our
armies,
But, excited q: seem: Congress 30 liberal
WIN tte Pacitc fatlEoad, every lobbyist and
steculatos fu ihe country c..uceiv. d that he
might grow rich out OF this precedent. A
hut dred pIotrc.a were started Of building
cstnieiing railroads aid branches to aud
from The faMe. Audaclous corporations
siface IN IN night, Md under local pres
sure or Interest tacIr bills we're introduced.
Congress tee1ued disposed to grnut laud+ to
snS deserving highway, but shrauk before
The pruposltloa for subsidy. lien the
foeb,. cmholdenca, Increased It's r;iIFag de-
s'cnk cas'warl anu cluilned I'll the an.old
landt In the atatse Of the Gulf, the III 81 a,pp
AID iu Michigan. Aud even In S,uth Tar.
olips, cue OF the original Thirteen States, It
was reserved Tor SCI a;..r Pomeroy to cap The
| cditce ol -audsci:y BY propo.lng
ft,ted lands o, The ,upoyenshed
lc PIE, sold 10 til" government f.r taxas!
| Meantime, tho original ParIa: Ral road-so
| far ffom anpEt clatiug the heucCcrnce of the
| Latiou. and constructing Its highway With
| care. Elegance and durability, tha. 1t might
aQucduciR whlchf <taadl.g on their aschrs
ytt, carry water to m.tera Rome-.Ao ed
ii un=etin4t .-ieca, haetu aud ~ant of pria-
| ctple Us the lobhy1sts, many Of whom baloo7
| 10 IT, Cotton wood tie-, trcttle bridges, rio-
| lcui grades, Careless tmnatknents entered
| fitd 20 6 to Ct the government bonds as
Foon as possible, sccLCo hy session. and n
scme co*.,s It vas behaved that The auhsidy
aenne belt lie road sad left u psoHt to tue
corpora.i-r.
1hayc % wish to discourage anybody Is
w ~, .,Snwad r. t,,a .Mn ~ ALo eooo.
eloselg spproachi. z each othcr: We Sd III
have, At last, communicative right spe.dlly
ee ,ha NV ncrntrr wv ~, MeAas "hctu.
lar tLr amount of 1ts rnaormcns ncr nneu ~
! Ia h.,r;,. .,e -. r..,r.. 1.r As4s uiou
~ Isua aos R, =, tne ac.ps nn question
i,onus ih.t We enticnr arr s,,re :, rs,ne. ,,s
us for payment, and In security We have only
! misenele tee'"nd nlor's.:e. Every COM.
| rrns-r. - ~. 1T1, Tata, "lSo. .eSesas tae
| PactSe rstixsr h.,ne .h,a =.
eon.tr,r.,ar =, ~. "a 1gs ~ h.,i ~ - !ur ~
49, dent nno, .rr..1rot "a t,a ns"
I,s Ioa Ill n1'S W W W. puuNc lsoas ana
okeo91aEso "uulesome eniSrMton. a-d tac
~ h.r1rn,,ns ,usss Iii y. nnd ~ e iae.
| ~. ostAlupt!, mN oe aono y. uA3lonal
e'e's stn,s 4nr ,,oxr rrsrrxo sw,~,,~
pcs,,rr H r. 1nina ,h,a ~ 49,. Ia ,;,,
neAMS ~ ul!uu tAat tge EreaI anu itCui'
m mate tAhloan y eA'leo me Val9n pacaae: :"
yae y,ac ~ ml enc Q: s nauaea tae central r.
cue, oe not eeaueen !Hto m.sta6tnE io'
a1s ~ 1ulist =, nc Union
ene: Iat.eiu Us.s1 .sh,. 1ais Mttef
1sstuan, t,s. nSt"sn.snpst9}.s sao un7:oa,
suiS ioss' .o*o. n'seoat eep.s*, VI Gea1' II
eoauEt us naMe 10 ofo'i 70 SUD IN as - a.
ees0fy 70 the Gn.on fae'oe: a snd vs. helped
1'op& with lands mat i might creep up 10
ts Denver; re eapiia s o. colorado but, the
xhep l. cot PIECE 1ione .nd seemed to b
Ig,psess, 70 tup Ca, @natn"aro, shrouxh
| resch San Ffanc!tco By Fort Mohane, or pro.
Tsv 4 20 SAa D'sso' ses'Ds SUBSIDY Ill soe
~ rI.toness,a ~ s1s aHss d..u nuMefous Fang
| ~ F'eA tusA.eet eANG9-u'oplG1- sioheueo
hattete, oef9sEe-ehsathtft aud dead-teadtEs.
| ever a>tenutcd 1t Washington, arc aud hare
9ctn tuppufted bY this road, Il t4 caoausI