The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-30
rnETrxAs AND PACIFIC RAILWAY

skill unveils the secret and corrupt
reasons which prompt tho opposition
Of Huntington u Co. That paper ayer'
that the hostility TO this Southern llne
comes only from the Central PHclIlc
Company, whose seductive Influences
operated by lobby agents OF both sexes
ARE seeking TO debanch Congress
Striking home in every line ana sen
lence, the Rcpubiic says;
The revolt which the people OF Gail
fornia made, under the Leadership ol
Newton Booth, against the eXacllons
OF that tyrranous monopoly, appears
not To have checked, but only TO have
enlarged the current of that company
ambition. This winter they have I'M
dertaken the enslayemeDt Of the Ma
tiOnal Congress III venture which no
railroad company, however powerful
had before engaged In. There cOulo
he little doubt that the wishes OF inc
Central and Southern, and OF
considerable number of the Northern
States found expression ut the ~. Louis
Railroad Convention last fell. Tllal
expression was unequiv0cal In It's favor
of assistance To the Texas Pacific meas
ure, MIR. Kerr, whose disposition re-
gardiug il was well-kn0wn, received Il
large majority Of the votes CI the
Uo1lse, and his committees were
framed, as II was expected they Wo.llu
be, of members favorable 10 lhe
scheme. Under these circumstances
the representatives Of company,
whose monopoly Of trans'c0ntlhehtal
TRANSFORMATION was threatened WIN
nnnihilation, came before Congress 10
protest against the extension OF aid 10
the Texas Pacific, on the ground that
they are willing to build a road upon
the same route without assistance from
the government. Their proposal needs
only TO be stated to prove It's insincer-
ity. Business men do not, rs RUE,
build up rival houses, across
the street, to share the trade
that can be carried on as well
In one place and we do not remember
when the world was ever blessed win
seeing railroad company anxious 10
expend fifty millions or SO on
parallel line of road. The proposition
is presented to Congress only TO ven
corruption to furnish tlmld or pur
chasaDle Congressman plausible en-
cuse for serving the enemy to eXtlh,,
guish the prospect of u mtch"meedeed
Southern connection with the Paclllc
coast. If the plot succeeds, no one
need be 30 foolish as to expect anything
more from the magnanimolls promise
of the Central Pacific. The only nope
that can be honestly entertained OF n
Southern Pacific connection must rest
upon the plan, proposed by Colohei
Scott. 1t ought to receive the favor OF
both Houses Of Congress. There are con-
numerous IN they are con-
yincing, why the required resistance
should be given. One of the dllllcul-
ties that Colonel Scott has TO
meet is that spirit of sectional
strife which Is alive, all 700
vigorously yet, and which would make
the material welfare of the South sub
to the political and CONNER
cial ascendency of the North. Let Us
for u moment that the war Is
over and We Rhal be unable to deny
the conclusion that the Southern States
should have not only equal facilities
with the North for rebuilding their
shattered industries, but the advantage,
in proportion rs their calamities have
been more severe and their present
more ahject and pitlabie
than ours. Nay, let us look further
back than the issue of our late contest.
What has been the policy of our Gov
toward that vast domain, rich
beyond comparison in all the elements
of material wealth? How have the
expenditures for Internal
been balanced between
the Northern and the Southern States?
II has been one side up, the other side
down. That half of our country which,
under ordinary circumstances, would
be the most prosperous and wealthy,
has received, during the last
century, one hundred and seventy
of dollars less for internal
than the Northern sec
ton. 1t has had all the advantages OF
soil and climate and products which
the North has lacked, and has lacked
nearly all the assistance when the
North has obtained to stimulate her
industries and develope her less pro-
ductive resources. On the one size
there has been the fruitfulness OF ma,
ture struggling with Ill cultivation ana
lack of systematic development; on
the other, meagre capacities enlarged
and advanced by all the appliances o,
mechanics, by governmental alu anu
by private and corporate enterprises
1t is not wise policy to continue the
course we have pursued; the present
year il an eminently fitting time To
make some effort, or sacrifice even, to
meet the wants of the South. Thert
has been no question that the Centra
and Southern States desire the puiiu,
inc of the Texas Pacific Railway, ana
there can he no doubt as to the magni
tude of the benefits its constructor 10,
will confer upon the entire country
Besides its influence as q remeuia
agent in healing the WOUNDS o
sectional prejudice, the project Is re
by other advantages al
most ipnumerable, OF which II 10 no
necessary to speak, because they nr'
we'll understood and appreciated. I'M
onnosition to further extension OF gov
eminent aid to private corporations
which we think, in its general aspects
we'll founded, is relied upon by the EN-
emies of the bill to defeat its passage
We need not refer to the peculiar cir
cumstances affecting Colonel Scott
nroiect, which could not he adduced IL
favor of other schemes of like charrac
ter. But the assistance asked for doe
not involve the government In an.
expenditure such as has been freely pm
forth In aid ofrailroads connecting tn
Northern States with the Great West
There has been no desire and no eilor
to give the measure n political or SCI
tional significance, but the conclusion
Is irresistible that the failure to pass
will look much as If the wants of tn
south had been ignored. The work
"not for an age but for all time" ii
construction under the terms propose,
by Colonel Scott, will give the Forty
fourth Congress title to the grattud
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