Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-01-16
THE TEXAS PACIFIC.
Action Of the GAINESVILLE District
Council Of Oranges.
Congress Strongly Urged to Aid the
Enterprise-Resolution and Adj
dress by Hon. G.. A. Henry.

1htcI MISREPRESENTATION anu Aus
dress by Hon. G.. A. Henry.
At a meeting of the GAINESVILLE Dis
trict Council of Oranges, at Clarks-
vile, on the 9th inst. the following
resolutions were offered by Hon. G.
A. Henry:
WHEREAS, The Boards of Trade of
New Orleans and Louisville have
earnestly invited the attention of Con-
gress to the great Importance Of the
Texas and Pacific Railroad, and re-
spectfully urge it to extend to that
road and company such aid as will be
necessary to secure the competition of
it at the earliest practicable moment !;
and whereas, the State Grange OF
Texas and Kentucky have passed res
olutions strongly endorsing the neces-
sity of said railway to the prosperity
of the whole country, and especially to
the whole South, and have respectfully
solicited their Senators in Congress to
employ every effort consistent with
their official duty, to effect the pass
age of the bill now before Congress,
with such national guarantees as will
! insure the success of the road, pro-
vided the said Texas and Pacific Rail
road makes such guarantees to the
Government of the United States as
will secure it against loss therefore,
following the lead of the State Oranges
of Texas and Kentucky, be it
Resolved, By the Clarksville
Grange, that we heartily approve of
the action taken by the State Oranges
of Texas and Kentucky, in recon-
mending to Congress to aid in the
speedy completion of this great inter-
national highway, connecting our
Southern States with the Pacific
Ocean, with branches to Memphis and
Louisville.
Resolved, That we request our Sen
ators and Representatives in Congress
to extend to that company and railroad,
such national guarantee of interest as
may be necessary to secure the compile
ton of the Texas and Pacific Rail-
road, at the earliest practicable mo-
ment. -
Resolved, That the Texas and Paci-
fic Railroad possesses great advantages
over any other route to the Pacific
Ocean; being shorter by several hun
bred miles in the first place, and over
a country that is blessed with a mild
and genial climate. exempt from ice
and snow storms, which so frequently
blockade the Northern Pacific Rail-
road.
Resolved, That the United States,
having given, in times past, princely
endowments to other railroads, and
especially to the Nothern Pacific Road
it is nothing but justice to the South
ern States that the Government of the
United States should extend its strong
arm and helping hand to aio in devel-
oping the resources of the whole
Southern belt of States, which have
as yet, received nothing in this way
and which lie too far south to derive
any benefit from the Northern Pacific
Road.
Resolved. That the growing COM
merce of the country, requires another
road to the Pacific, and one that will
compete with the Northern Pacific
Road, in bringing down freights to a
reasonable rate, and which will hold
in check that enormous monopoly
and save to the whole people millions
in the cost of rans-continental rail-
way commerce, one free from the OBJ
struction of ice and snow in winter,
which will Develop the mineral wealth
of our southwestern territy, and invite
immigration all along the line of the
railroad, from the Pacific Ocean to the
Mississippi River; immigration which
would fill up belt of territory more
than 300 miles wide, and embracing an
area of 100000 square miles, in the
most delightful climate in America
a territory rich in mineral wealth, and
now almost inhabited, and which is
closed TO industry, and enterprise and
commerce, for the want of transporta-
ton to the markets of the world.
Resolved, That the Texas and Pac-
ifc Railroad is an enterprise too large
for individual capital to accomplish,
and is of too great an interest to the
whole country to be longer neglected
by Congress.
Resolved, That we have nearer home
an interest Of no less magnitude and
which lies as near to our hearts, which
should at once be fOstered by Con-
gress the improvement of the navi-
cation of the Mississippi river, open
ing new outlets to the sea, and the
protection of the fertile lands lying on
either side from inundation by the
overflow of the river. We as earnest
ly recommend these improvements to
Congress as being absolutely necessary
to the prosperity of sixteen States lying
in the Mississippi Valley, embracing a
belt of land unsurpassed by any in
the world for fertility, and whose pro-
auctions contribute to the commerce
of the world incalculable wealth.
REMARKS OF HON. G. A. HENRY.
When the resolutions had been read,
Mr. Henry addressed the Council as
follows:
Most Worthy Master and Brothers
of the GAINESVILLE Tobacco District
Council Avoiding all political en-
tanglement, and looking alone to the
general good in developing the re-
sources and wealth of the country, the
Patrons of Husbandry and all Grange
organizations feel they are promoting
the great object Of their organization
if they lend their aid and patronage to
every enterprise that aims to increase
the general prosperity. 1t is therefore
proper that | should invite your atten-
ton to the passage of the resolutions
which | have had the honor to read
in your hearing.
A bill is now pending before the
Congress of the United States simply
asking that the Government will guar
antee the payment of the interest, and
not the principal Of the bonds of the
Atlantic, Texas and Pacific Railroad,
upon making the Government secure
against any loss. 1t is in no sense
subsidy they ask. 1t is no gift of
bonds or grant of lands, but simply
that loan of the credit of the Gov
eminent to the extent Of the interest
maturing on the bonds of the company
actually required to construct the road,
shall be guaranteed by the Government
to the holder. Against this liability
of the Government, the company will
place in the hands of the Government,
first, the entire earnings of the mill
tary and other transportations of the
Government; second, all telegraph
and postal service Of the Government;
third, the revenues from all lands
hitherto donated by the Government;
fourth, all the net revenues from all
other sources other than those above
referred to, to meet the possibility of
S1.T50 per mile, the amount Of interest