Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-10


monL TO favor ono Interest at The expense Of
another. ......r rsaa E-.. ...
any resirietlye, exclusive, or prohibltory
policy IN regard 10 The construction Of works
Of Internal Improvement, looking 10 the dc.
yelopment Of the commercial, agricultural
and Manufacturing resources Of the coun-
try. am In favor Of roads wherever the
wants Of the community require them 10 DO
built. But the Constitution has wisely len
the control Of this important subject 70 the
Btates, and the states have not been want
Ing In proper appreciation OF the response
billy which II imposes. should deprecate
any interference on the part Of Congress In
matters Of this sort, oyer which they have
no constitutional control. II the people
want additional facilities they viii seek them
through the States whose soil IL proposed to
be occupied, and without whose consent the
granting OF charters BY Congress would be
attended by gross injustice.
The fact cannot DO ignored, and / refer 70
II here a. emitting her 10 some credit on this
floor that tho State Of Maryland was tho
pioneer In that great system OF intercommu-
nicatlon between the States and remote sec
tlona OF OUT Union which has already more
through its agency contributed more than
any other by her carly efforts 10 tho pro-
ductiyo power Of tho state'a remote from
the commercial centre by afiordlng them ac-
cesa to convenient and profitable markets.
Limited In population, limited In capital,
aud as compared with some Of her sister
States on her seaboard, Maryland was strong
10 her geographical position, and her power
to create and build up by bold, liberal and
the very centre OF more than one thousand
miles OF the Atlantic coast, and claiming the
shortest and most direct practicable commu.
nicatlon with the great producing States Of
the West. Taking 81. Louis as q centre Of
large tract ofterritory Inte1ected BY the Pa
eiac railroad, an air line road from Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York and Boston 10 that
remote point would represent respectively
702, 765, $50 and go, showing an apparent
advantage OF 200 mlles over the most distant
In favor Of grand commercial aud dlstrlbul.
Ing harbor on tho Chesapeake.
II will DO recollected that the original
proposition, Involving the interference Of
Congress, Ia chartoring new roads, contem-
plated alao q disturbance Of the existing
system west A. we'll as north and eaat, and
refor TO Il In connection with tho general
subject r-
Dispensing with conjeclural ''alr.ilnes, !"
and coming dowu 10 more practical figures,
as established by actual surveys, Baltimore
IL nearer TO Cincinnati than any Of her sister
cities OF the seaboard. She Is nearer than
Philadelphia by eighty miles, and New York
BY one hundred and fity-siK miles. With
Boston there 10 no comparison, In this
connection my attention has been drawn 10
q recent letter from the vice president Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 10
the secretary Of tho Chamber Of Commerce
Of Cincinnati, In which he says the Baltl.
more and Ohio Railroad Company, in con.
nectlon with the Marietta and Cincinnati
Railroad Company, has avalled Of these ad-
Vantages BY establishing and generally
maintaining rates 10 and from the West IN
favor Of Baltimore as compared with Phlla-
delphla or East.bound freights.
In presenting these and similar views, l
shall assume that the interests Of the city Of
Washington and the seat OF the General
Government are identical with those Of Baltl.
more, TO the full extent, at least, that she
could expect to profit by these facilities, al.
lowing for her less advantageous position
AZ = commercial and distributing centre.
"As far back as the year 1884," quote
from my address before the Maryland fnstl.
tute, when president Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, "the far-seeinp
eye OF Warrington was prompt TO indicate
the Importance Of q connection between the
Atlantic States and the rich and productive
country bordering on the Ohio and Missis
slppl rivers" "rhe Western States" says
that lllustrlous man In letter 10 the Gov
ernor Of Virginia, 'stands, as It were, on {
pivot"
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