The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-03-16

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may Dc necessary er eonvsnlent te
tne making ano oPeratang or tne roa'
. clause Weli-knoWn 70 All raliroa
lawyers, ana universally interpretee
& wherever ~ has come nnoer Jndicis
consloeration,s - conveying no powe
Wnnaseeyef W acquire or nold ,tu any re res
sstate, eAcePs sucn as ls necessary 70
sue puI IPoses oi tne toaa ior 'hstahc
ao"sy = oePot-sta.fns, watef7sLa
4 ions, anac me axe 81 aniversaly scep
! ss ssrueo m aii, courts nql 70 aatnoriz
sns.9 y aolo ny o1.iyng gouno
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/ But it may pc SAID that tine Stat
OF Oregsp Will confer upon tins corpo
ration this privileges thus 70 beeom
4 the great land srnonopolist Of tina
State. w ho knows that it will ,dt
any such thing7 Who is authorizef
to say that It will do any suoh thing
am very much OF the opinion tha
there are men, and lam inclined "tt
think Tise men. too' VINO. u tney wert
IN tne Legislsrnre OF tnat otase 1oall
aot consen. SAae prifaee SorPoFs
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;ne Sste weary one one y ni,tlion ~ seven
hundred thousand acres OF iana are
gwen 70 tnis corpora,,on oy !nls nili'
"hen no man can 'eiie cu.- taat .tne
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j Then, SIR, have other objections
to the bill apart from the general
question involved IN 1t IN regard 70
the policy of granting lands 1t was
said the other day rwhen TINS piu was
mp that there Is q provision IN 1t that
removes one OF the most serious ohleo-
tons made to all other bills OF tins
kind, and that that provision ls that
The land granted to the company shall
be sold TO actual settlers and to no
other persons. Now, If there is an
etiectual provision of that KIND In the
bill, one that can be made operative
and that cannot be defeated, 1t IS Ger
tainly . great improvement upon any
bill of this kiud that has heretofore
passed Congress. But is that the
fact? Is it the fact that this bill does
secure to actual settlers as well the
and grantee to the railroad company
IS the land retained by the United
States !? am very much afraid there
8 not. Although that provision Is
in the fourth section OF the
Dill, yet the fifth section. very obscure
y drawn, provides, upon any fair in
appreciation that can give 1t, that |
he company shall be authorized to
execute first mortgage, and that
Without limitation, and therefore a
irst mortgage of the very land that
We here granti and after having exc
'uted such first mortgage there is
PROVISION that the net proceeds Of the
ands shall go to certain trustees in
mother mortgage for the purpose OF
;reating a sinking fund. But sup
,ose the first mortgage be created anal
he conditon he broken. and the mort