The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-05

out still In considerable terror OF the state Legisa
lures.
the history OF Illinois. now the third State In the
Union, Is the history OF one subsidized railroad,
which has never trodde1 upon the necks OF the
people but has given TO that Prairie State more
than Two and halr minonsoi people, or little less
than the population oil the whole republic ut the
close OF the hevolution Iowa essentially rail-
road State, with its 900 pure and industrious
people, VINO do not appear 10 feel the heels OF rail-
roads on their necKs, Dut. on the contrary, have
some OF the best railroads in the country II h
questionable whether there Is a better read IN the
world tnan the Burlington, Quincy aud Missouri
Railroad with ITS dining cars, smoking ana IT'S
conversation cars. Missouri, now readlag close
upon the heels OF Illinois with L. 900 people,
| never was much OF a slate unul railway subsidy
| There is this about our American railways: that
the common people buId them, and they do not rise
above their source ana are always more or less
amenable TO state legislatures wnicn naturally
enough, grow jealous oil them as soon as they have
created them. Ihus there IS system OF compen-
prises, and we may ask as we pass along.
what has become Of all the r money gwen
Who has got itg 1t was made dishonesty tn great
part 1t passed out Of the hanus OF it accumuiators
with as much speed "a they received IL. Neither
Durant, Ames nor any OF the chef conspirators OF
that concern are now nordiaaiey rich men. 1he
land which they acquired has not been used TO
crush the people; bui, ON the contrary there Is no
more healthy emigration anywhere IN the world
| than on the line OF the Union PACING.
THE RAILROAD BUILDER
! Is generally hard-ised, unintimoated chap from
nave fortune or die he lays aside ms original
mOdesty becomes by volition polltic an and
three boon spirits. appears al Washington with the
motto or Rachel eu-that In the bright lexicon OF
cneek there 10 no such word rs Iall He hgnts me
next mans job ana the great JOB before MIN and
the little loD underneath, IN order ito get m" 10
s w Us Soe % S our or a 1910 Of he
bust ihem.'
| OF the company OF ms wife and family. living
In some cheap back attic without fire, and an eye
bore, paying such costly psnaltles in mort and
In Character attalns his end. He builds bis road
made no more net money tnan il ne nai stuck TO
| cOngenal whee!wrIghtlng or bIacksmtnlng IN the
town rrO n whence he was derived.
| THE RAILROADS AND THE INDIAN TERRITORY.
senator Clayton OF Arkansas gamey, jevtal,
talented little man, with fierce mustacne and one
arm, sass mat Arkansas uoder railway encourage
men after lying III tue iaow as q state nrty live
a dozen railways are being pushed through It, most
| or them running enthusiastically toward fexas,
Sl sne State e s sas Is
sisslppl or LOUISIANA. lie present census
s" a53a aa ssoS psSple aya Of
there are now gathered along. the border
OF the Inaian Ierrtor thousands Of enterprslng
| people, paLently waiting either for the Indians
| to take o second thou mt and oDen their
land 10 material enterprises or Tor the govern
ment 10 break down The Veil OF balbarlsm
ard let this locomotive whistle scream through tho
squaid camp oil Cherokee, Creek ana Pot.awat.
tonie. me same IS the case on the Kansas line OF
the Indian Territory ana on the Missouri line, ana
| even In Texas ana Colorado. The raIlroad com.
pany which mas taken the Initiative. with able
counse aud the sympathy OF the Southwest at its
| back. ~ the Atlantic and Pacific roau, whICh was
| chartered to run along tho thirty. fIh parallel
OF latitude to Santa Fe and southern California IN
1866.
| THE ENTERING WEDGE.
That road was TO Dagla Springfield Miss, and
to pass by Albuquerque. with a 6rancn 70 Santa
n sno yery pr 70 TtaD n
acre OF laud from The national DOMAIN, gettilg q
ssIe ASSISTANCE no%ever from Inc state Of MIS-
| Ia successful operation to Vrnita. thirty
five miles west Of MISSOURI, wltain the ludiSn
a THO hIlta n mi
1t Is IN great part New York road, directed Tor.
mery by Aayes, as president. now N the hands OF
Crocker, Sellgnan, stout Stearls, Fred Billings,
| Robinson and Others these gentlemen take tne
bull by the horns, and without prevarcatton declare
TO break up the present character OF tue indian
ritory and bring 1t into the nation with de egate
TO Congress under similar conditions TO Colorado
| WHAT THE INDIANS THINK THE IoCoMOTvE.
The Indians themselves are in a Stale OF division
and coninslon as to whether the present sors of
motley government ~ chiefs and tribes snail 60 on,
CAN and pu derive rom e
wnicn are now scarcely cultivated at all eut
lies " Send s%sM Crops 70 mar %Sa 'i iar
cegree Of wealth In consonancc with
telsen. Cherokee that we have seen her, rs Colonel
| Boudinot lie was iucated ut Yale College, ana Is
MIXED f ,n ana nsaa descent he mas pun
| names OF the most intelligent and wealthy Chero.
KEGS VINO urge that tue farce OF the Indian Territory
| be stopped ana the naturally intelligent Indians
there be given the advantages Of ASST citation and
competition with whites. lf this be done the At
! lani1c and Pacific railroad Will push straight to
the West, whereas, at present. 1t has before 1t 800
miles or more right OF way through INDIAN reserva.
power to educe any business or scarcely to drive
the white nan's cafIe. ln brfef the road asSs tho
with the terms OF It's charter. when were that It
should nave alternate sections eacn side or the
track In this tract, as elsewhere, when tine Indians
were agreed
The Indian Territory embraces 10000 SQUARE
| miles, which Is more than all the New England
states combined and is surrounded by 4.ooO, 0JJ OF
white people. II Is populated solel by g. 900 red
men. members OF twenty odd tribes. each claiming
Q distinct organization and occupying q separate
reservation. They differ widely decree OF cvIIlza
lion. The Cnerokces Choctaws. ChicKasaws,
Creeks, SeminOles, P0ttawatfOm1es and O'ners are
have fixed nabItasloas, raise stock, cultivate me
soil. have SCHOOLS, written laws and few churches.
os TSs ss all
ana ana 'ne% M ns S
Otner ana their white negDbors. All the tribes are
steadily diminishing IN NUMBERS. The Chero-
to 10000 and the Creeks from 10000 to
l4,Ooo. There Is no way Tor white man to
| With all the accretions from negroes foreign In
dlans, &C., they decrease steadify two per cent
The Indian right is inaenabe, and 220aj 900
buI 5000 were caltivatedin any manner during
| 1870. The amount cultivated does not exceed one.
rtieth Of the respective reservations. citizen OF
neignporing stale can neither own, purchase nor
ing contract respecting any character OF
| property with It's inhabitants. No one can trade
| there without government license and also the
consent OF the Legislative council OF the tribe ne
seeks 10 do business with. This with the Cnerokees
rS stock from re%as to State Norm e or East 20
subject 10 the consent OF the trioes, and whenever
| permitted burdened with an onerous tarlG. The
government or the Territory dlvi ted between the
few agents OF the United states VINO are oacked by
military, and manage. only It's external relations,
| and 4 Ounde OF council regulations aud traditions
by which the Indians the iIseves regulate their IN.