, 1874-12-19

cplno. It llaa a sp1onlid record. Ttaina NOW
with tho precision Of clock. Not life Of
passenger i'aa boon toat slnco tta completion.
ara themselves. Merchants toro havo told yonl
correspondent tint thoy mover did business Nitt
bottor road. 80 admirably nro tlloir al'ipmcnh
l,nnde!l who nlnlly otller tllinga tend to MAKE
l}1t, aaya
tho bridge is part Of tho continuous limo Of thf
pnon rn. rnsS air9a r. H. M S flai 81 ts soutfa
presott time Inns cansod son1o comnlont. ~
InE TRIBUNE is gouoronB, VIZ bog your Inv
dulgouce in prosecuting cur viewH. Wo soy TIL
erts sesf1te M f rssaa sn9 s1S o a!o pS
l,ntton sustain us In our position.
The question to sottlo Ii,
WHERE IL THE EAsrEHH TERMINUS
ot TIC union raciilo7 Aud then ve can toll
' @ eno s' act Ct to aa IL tic eonstrS D @
lion q T.. ,,,r; ra{lro9d n md Telegraph 1ns
Ocean" etc., eto. Citing th,p act, tho Prosidona
haya: ~. Abraham Lincoln, proafsfant Of tho
United ssnteH, do, upon tho application Of the
eh&l Company, designate and establish suck
nry Of tic State Of Iowa. cast Of md Opposite to
tho cast ]i,.o Of sec. 10, IN Township is north,
Of llango IL cast OF tho Sixth PRINCIPAL Meridian.
~ t, tbs Territory of Nobr9ska:" Tha was PRO,
for tic simpei:y Of lis !aasaase a@d "li t&a aa-
oedoso about him and tho Hon. JOHN D. Defroca
Is we'll known. That gontloman wished tho
President to substitute word in ono Of ,ala
cliped sayiny tho people would mot r1ndcra| ::
10 thoroughly uudoratooa tho nso Of ,4~ ,
Ensl'ah language, none can dnubt.. Ho was
elected On q platform declaring TINT tho rights
Of the statoa should DO held invioi1.e and Par..
y, Seq. ., art. J.. Of tho Constitution Of tho
United statos, implies that Congress- bad NO
r'ght @ to establish an i.atltntion OF THU kind
is Legislature. par. 2, Sec: ., Art. w, gives
Cougress tho right In tho Territories, and alao
EAyB: Nothing in this Constitution shall bo 30
eonalrued as to prejudice tho claims ofat!o
United Status, or Of any particular State. Mr..
Lincoln VIA. too mucl, of Il statesman not to
know this whom ho wzoto Lis proclamation.
Dscardiug tho 1av and tho Constitution. and
consulting tho STANDARD Of tho language for tlo
.'os,"' *orrosl7E," Asn "1x."
wa find they give tue aama meaning Alr. I4fucoln
wis,ed to convey. This may seem "pickwick-
inn" but lhero's reason In it.
Tho defnatfon Ut "on"' ia: 'fAt or nenr;"
"beiug III contact with tho 8urfAce or upper
part Off thing, md supported by It; placed or
lying in contnct with the Burfaco."
"opposito" maans: "standiag or aituated
Tie definition Of Tin " is: "Within."
Tho people Of 1own claim that ION" means
"withtn J" and. therefore, tho eagtorn ter1uinua
Of tho Union pacItlo ia within that State. DE-
will say it il mi!ttn tho rivor, or supported by
tho water. At any .ratu. steamboats, do not land
at tho entrance at the 13urtis House. On,nha il
on the Missouri; but 1t will tako somo time to
down to TIC, Grand Central. Chicago is on Lalse
Michigan but no never heard of vessels lantlinE
ut tho entrance of tho Grand Pacific. It is tho
gnmo with the eastern terminus Of tho Union
Pacific. IL is ''at Or near mot w!thin-tha
nnd definition Of tho word tton " tloea not up-
ply. Even IT it does, tho question arises.
WHERE Is TIE wEsrEAS NouSpAnY OF IOWA
Tho law OF 1916 fixes 1t in tho middle OF tho
1nnn channol OF tho Missouri River; hence, tho
tornlinuH is In contact only Nith tho Western
hnuut'ary-no Of Iowa, According to tho prin-
cipea Of our Constitution IN auch cahes. this
boundary liz whero tho authority Of tho stnte
ouis, and where that Of tho General Governs
mont begns. Dy this 1t will bo soon that prcsl-
Gcnt Lincoln had no desiro to yio1ate tho plat<
form upon which le had beon elcctod, aud over
Of tho Ut,iou Pncito within that State. Now, Us
tho terminnB ia in contact with the woAtorn
boundary.iino Of Iowa. II tho Company had gono
east Of that limo, wouldn't 1t have passed. tho
whias t Gai m 10 rigLt to DO according to tlo Proc.
luInatton Of tho President?
The President know tho Missouri must DO kept
open for navigation. and that no constitutional
power could DO given to dam it MP and build =
track across it: and that thu Inv OF Congress-
authorized tho building Of tho Isoad from the
Missouri Rlror to tho Pacific Ocean" Flo also
knaw tho Missouri woa constantly changing tts
channel. For yoara 1t AaB been working to tho
eastward in the vicinity Of tho designated point;
consequently, thero must necessarily bo piece
OF land, mado l,y tho action Of tho rvot, east Of
aud opposite Sec. 10. upon which tho Company
could commence its line, aa tho building FROM
In n1iHt}ta nj Tim m0n fJnnnc1 m fhn
bonndnry-l'no Of Iowa, was impEacticahlo, and
contrary 10 tho diatatea Of common aenso. Fac
ing Nebraska from tho oast, tho Missouri niver,
and this Peo9 Of ground {, on It's western w 6an
please; and tho City Of Warrington, looking
wost, ie certainly Gust of tho State OF Nebraska.
Mr. Lincoln doubtless considered this Hhen lie
issued his proclansation and used tho words
ton" mud ''opposito" to express himself clearly,
as his moaBage to Congress III tho following Do
coulber demonstrates, In that moasRge llo says,
In speaking Of tho Union Pac'no: "Tho routt
at tho nai1, lima Of tho road has boon definitely
locatad for 100 miles westward from tho
1a1r1AL POINT At OMAHA CITY, SEn."
10 aum up, nniI givo, ~ wo think, tho true
meaning at tha language OF the proclamation, ii
would appcar to read thus:
ii Abraham Lincoln. President Of the United
6tatos, do. upon tho application OF the said Conn
pany, dasigulte and establish suoh tilYt-named
poiut at or nen,' tho Western boundary Of tho
stste o. i1%a s1t Of a9d ~ a s,9q 9n or saaea IN
front OF tuG GRAt 1lHb Gk EBHs u&$It}t A0Hu@
ship Ii north, OF range u eaat oe tlo Sixth
Principal Meridian, toithln tho Territory OF
Nohrnaka."
Now, as tho then Territory has Rincs become
the stato OF Nebraska, and Is tho terlnuus Aaa
been located ut Omaha beyond the shadow OF q
doubt, Congress- cautIot constitutionally paHu
law in retrospect, to tako away our rights
or claims, mud glyo them to the stato of Iowa.
Ihs Constitution expressly forblds such logisla~
ton. ard also Enya: "Nothing in this Coustitu-
ston nhull DO so construed as to prejudice tho
claims Of any particular State" We claim that,
as this right wus given to III whom Territory ID
was not impaired, but strengthened by our adj
furthor action by tho General Government IL
illegal aud unconsttutional, because, By such
acton, our claims to this terminus. us State.
will bs preiulicod. If Congress il dissatisfied,
1t should not llayo conferred this right upon III
ia tho first place. Aa it is 1t should Ht tue sub
ject drop.
AZ tho terminus wns i}xel ut Omaha by the