The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-02

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6ted by such inter course. Few public
] measures are of as much immediate I'M
portance as one which would enable
Americans to ship manufactured gOqds,
via El Paso, into Mexico for distribution
to her seven millions of people, now sup
piled mainly by English merchants from
the sea coast, and open up, IN exchange
for these products, new quarter from
whence sugar and coffee, cattls, sheep,
wool and hides could be supplied. None
of the other completed or projected Pa
cifc railways possess tithe of the nat
ural basis for transportation service that
exists along the line of the Texas and
Pacific. On its Immediate route it would
serve the interests of Texas, now at
tracing population and improvement,
more rapidly than any other State; New
Mexico, the oldest and most populous
territory within our national confines;
Arizona, perhaps the richest Of our min
eral territories, and Southern California,
now rapidly progressing IN development {
and wealth while portions of Mexico
containing as large population as all
the States and Territories west of the
Mississippi contained in 1870, would
find in branches of the Texas and Pacific
stretching southwark through their
country, better channels for internal
and external commerce than any they
possess.
3. To solve the Indian problem. In
the regions contiguous to the line of the
Texas and Pacific railway the main body
Of the remnants Of the Indian tribes are
now located and efforts are being made
to Induce the only formidabls band of
sayages located elsewhere to emigrate to
the Indian Territory. 1t is obvious that
no solution of the Indian problem can
be effective which does not provide good
facilities for the supervision and control
of the numerous bodies of civilized, semi
civilized, and savage aborigines who live
| in or are to be removed to the Indian
Territory, make raids into the frontiers
of Texas, and roam through or reside in
New Mexico, Arizona and Northern
Mexico. The thing most essential in
all dealings with these people is q rail
way by which they can be readily reach
cd, troops transported, and prompt often.
sive or defensive NOV ements effected.
Whether the Indians are to be fed or to
be fought, the railway is needed to reach
tt EN-, and it is folly to talk of any final
settlement of the Indian question before
this indispensable adjunct Is supplied.
The bill before Congress, by providing
for the surrender Of the title to immense
bodies of land in the Indian Territory,
aud for the extension of Ithe line of the
Atlantic and Pacific to the proposed
point of junction with the Texas and
Pacific, in addition to its other features,
is the best practical measure for dispos-
ing of the Indian question that has ever
been suggested.
4. To greatly increase the annual
American product of the precious metals.
It is q demonstrated fact the existing
Pacific roads in addition to prRc tically
} settling the Indian question along their
lines. have rapidly increased the product
of the precious metals in Colorado,
Utah, and Nevada. If any reliance can
be placed upon human testimony a sim
liar result can be anticipated in Arizona
with the utmost confidence. Many per
sons competent to form an intelligent
Judgment, think she is the mcst richly
endowed in mineral treasures of the ter
ritories But in addition to the promis
! ing chance that she would prove, unde
] the fostering influence of the railway,
) second Nevada, there is q fair Prospec
3 of the rapid development of the knowr
, mineral wealth of New Mexico, and oi
= the opening of many valuable siIge
} mines in Northern Mexico at point
contiguous TO the line Of the Texss snI
! Pacific road If the ore is mined there
: and sent to American works for reduc
r ton, mode of operation that will prob
. ably be often adopted, a wide field TO
c profitable transportation viii speedily be
opened. The realization of all or ever
q a few of these anticipstions could moi
} fail to aid what is commonly regarded
: as one OF the most important duties oi
g the period preparation for the resump
E ton of specie payments.
, Our readers are already too familis
: with the financial plan proposed for th
/ assistance of the Texas and Pacific t
render detailed description necessary,
e In brief, the Government is asked to in
c dorse constr uction bonds, bearing five pc
q cent. interest aud to secure itself fully
by a first mortgage on the road, the re
5 tention of portion of the bonds, the re
d acquisition of large quantity Of public
/, land donated 10 the companies by exist
.s ing laws and application of all the SUM
l. earned By the railway for the trsnspor
e tation OF mail, troopS, army supplies etc
l. to q sinking fund to bc used in the
}. quidation of the liabilities for which ia
1t government is responsible. This is th
d fairest and safest way 70 render nations
D. assistance that could be devised. Il r
# sembles she system adopted by Englan
h n aiding railways ia India, and