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grain should be ffsightsd n the price mentioned,
| and no higher charge shoald ever b made o. tbs
cereal grains from the two cities.
: The road should Of ouurss b. q good 90 money
and engineering SKIN could construct. Broad
gauge six to slx-and-a-half feet; ears about u
feet wide sad large. powerful sagtn0, lsvsl
grade; perfect road-bed ~ q Iron foas q bsna
resting On granite blocks that sxtsad bslow ffosk
(ths destructive vibrattsas thrown upea IL can
BY totally iaslastie iAanAasasa II IT, spainasy
mode Of carrying then eeaM not appay b ~
case q saoh vibrations woaid all b wasted b
INC osoies without effect on the cars; hsnos the
more unyislding the bed BY this arrangement, thu
more smooth and even the passage Of cars ovei
NJ Inc road should have extra heavy steel rail-
ana comparatively straight track. Such road
oOatd no doubt b used twenty Ave or thirty year,
10 NJ mind the raj interests Of the wsslas
sraagN Arc far nsss closely allied with the sa4
ROAD Interests than With any ether instititias o.
thu country, by aiding ed harmso1slns
thsu, They ess reach peaseieal results that
woaA b far aozs subseantial In beaeGta
to them than ssskiny . 81 By sanelsat
nunbsrs some sort Of control tAss
mIrht prove sxtrsnely matisfAstory b NJ
Doubtful ways Of vsrkiAg. They cannot ut b
swsrs that the very railroads they have bsn .
crying out against land I I'm compelled to ny -
without causs) have at the same time made their
farms worth four times what they would have
been without them; and they should remember
also that It has required vast amount Of money,
energy and responsibility to accomplish such
great results, while they have bean quietly i'd
vanced without trouble or risk.
Now the question il. whether these great insti-
buttons shall be crippled and 60 to decay for want
ofan increase OF money, because few money
getters have made o close ring to get control,
not only Of Them but Of the whole country, or will
the people come to the rescue, and say that thoy
will not suffer these grand and Indispensable ne
cessities to our progress to go by defaultf Let
the railroad men come forth and show their might
In the rightfal claims they have upon the symps-
thIes and support ofthe entire country. DO not
let this Congress adjourn until 1t gives the relief
you need, and which all our Industrial interests
need. -
That there have been some railroad schemes
carried on in bald faith-perhaps conceived in bad
fsith-I admit; but that does not prove anything
against any Of the principal roads which are SO
necessary to rs. I am aware that some roads
have injured us in two ways: l. By causing
loss of money at home; and, 2, by injurlng our
credit abroad, when their securities have been
hypothecated or sold. So far as England Is con-
cerned, however, in these unsafe securities, she
mana ges to make It pay; for, in tho absence Of
any such doubtful operations our part of any of
our people, she would have no evidence to show
her people that her own consols arc safer, and
therefore better, at three per cent. than are our
gold-bearing six per cent bonds They must, In
some manner, make their people believe that
such is the fact, else their consols would be only
at fifty per cent. Of our bonds. So they manage
to mako excellent use Of al our Shortcomings to
their own advantage, because they work all things
for themselves in preference TO working for any
other nation. II We would do a. England did
with her national debt, our own people would
own and hold nearly all our bonds In less than
ten years. This might easily be done did our
statesmen not seem to fear TINT England's inter-
ests would object TO such bold step. No other
reason can be given why we should not.
Who ever heard Of nation before this 30 ex-
tremely proud of her credit as to pass pompous
resolutions for the purpose Of running her own
bonds up to fifteen and twenty per cent. above
par and then buy them In, thus paying some
thing like one nnh more than the face Of the
bond: This sort Of boy pride costs too much, and
If We continue In the same way We will soon be
bankrupt. There Is scarcely gold enough In the
whole world to redeem our bonds at such rates.
The fact is our credit is far too good. We do
not desire other nations to have such an affection
for US; they are taking too much money from US
for their affection TO be unselfsh sid sincere.
Let Us try to make them unfriendly for q few
years, and give our own people an opportunity to
and lay up something.
England has made the civilized world accept
ard believe that hsr system Of consols, whereby
her national debt was funded, was the acme Of
national fnanciering. So 1t was to her, and this
made her what she is.
But let us suppose an absence Of her consol
system, and her entire debt floating about the
world a. ours is, what would be her con-
ditionr what could It be but hopeless bank
ruptcy? By following the comparisons Of the
two countries here suggested We see how
strong We are; and as our bombastic adver-
tisements Of calling in and retiring bonds at .
large premium has had the. full effect sought.
why cannot We now adopt q system similar
to hers, and fund our debt in long time bonds at
SO low q rate Of interest that they cannot get
much above par within two or three decades, not
the rapidly increasing wealth Of the
country
advertisements to allure other nations
and lead them into temptation, and 1t Is time for
US to stop Il. No doubt their agents and financial
missionaries sent over here to look after us and
out for us, will ridcule such an idea. No doubt
they will laugh most heartily at IL publicly, but
pyivaisIy they are seriously fearful some Of our
Of cur real interests and propose and carry Into
wAsHIScT1S. March Il, 1874.
SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MR.. JOHN
MITCHELL.
To tbs Editor Of the National Republican:
SIR: The following is an extract from most
touching letter from Mrs. Mitchell, on the illness
Of her distinguished husband, to Mrs. Devin
Reilly, Of this city, and explains the non fulfill
ment of his engagement to lecture at Lincoln
hall for the Knights Of Columbkille:
''MARCH II, s p. m.
II snatch q moment to give you some account Of
fast, one Of the eoldest days VIC have had this
winter, he rode ID the street cars as far as tie
Astor house, and nom that to Wall street-an
aSous tsas Day. Sas he a ws wUss
have to o. for
al NJ nsai
S sssvss .S:s day ":
soass ln,sa:ie s sa .oPs IN. H :sr &. ss
has developed itself ID the LETT log and thigh.
in S s: ss g SsS
James e; Tie!s r. Mo-, g Mr.. Mer.e e ten
&. Int q
him, for half an hour ago & gram from Mr..
Brosnan reached mo asking II Nfr. Mitchell had
started. A thoughtle1s girl brought It to me In
bis room. I had to tell him what C was, and he
Insisted on being propped up to answer Il himself.
He was greatly Annoyed that they had not heard
Of his illness IN time, and has been V1ry restless
ever since. fear he will have bad night In
Indeed, We are all very sorry for
From the foregoing statement It will appear
that the Knights Of st. Columbkille are In no
way to blame for the great disappointment which
The people felt at the absence yof Mr.. Mitchell
from Lincoln hall on st. Patricks night.
Respectfully, d. A. BRosHAH.
JUDGE LOUIS DENT.
Judge Louis Dent still continues seriously Ill
At his residence on street, and no hopes are en-
for his recovery. Judge Dent was born
In st. Louis, Mo-, In the year ls1A Amer rsceiv.
Ing liberal education, he 1tpdied lak, and soon
after went to California with 6Snersl Keafnoy
1t the outbreak Of the Mexican war. During his
earlier residence in California be was largely en-.
gagged in active business pufSplts, and, in cosneo-
!ablished what vas kh0Hl q xaights Ferry"
hat formed the constitutjon OF the Golden Stats.
For several years hS succSssfully prsctioed law in
San Francisco and Sacrafhento, and was elevated
10 seat on the bench. While In California he
married . daughter Of Judge Bsfns, formerly Of