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WAsHINaroN, Nov. 81, 1877.
E|itor B'oohhaUea Ledger:-
Party politics make but a poor show
in the present Congress nearly all the
measures introduced work directly to
the material interests of the country,
and party lines are becoming somewhat
confused under the pacifying policy OF
President Hayes. The Dem ocrat re-
mains n Democrat still; but when he
zee Republicans pitching into Hayes on
account of his disposition to do justice
to all sections. he swears a great oath
to stick to Rutherford as long rs Ruth
erford sticks to his policy.
THE WEST AND SOUTH.
In Congress there will be IL stronger
effort to establish IA sound and just ma
tional policy than to advance partisan
politics. The West and South have at
last obtained a popular supremacy. and
they intend to use it, not to injure the
North, but to secure justice for them
selves. The Western and Southern
States and territories, covering about
nineteen-twentieths of the area of the
whole Republic, have hitherto Jared
badly in the administration of national
affairs. Covering a vast space with an
immense productive capacity. and hav-
ing little diversity of occupation, they
have suffered great loss in transporting
products to market, aud have all the
while been under a sort of vassalage to
the money power of the North. The
North and the Northeast have had rear
ly 300, 900, 900 in money and 80, 600
900 acres of land lavished upon them
for purposes of public improvement,
while the West proper and the South,
entitled to more aid than those sections,
have received less than one tenth of the
amount. The West and Sonth west are
nearly unanimous upon the subject of
a national
FINANCIAL Policy.
They insist upon the restoration to
honor of the OIL silver dollar that
formed IL part of the c>!u in which we
promised to pay bmdholders. They
say that VITA the rec hinge of silver,
and the adoption of ii government pa,
per currency, base IT only upon gold
and silver, but up,n the faith, honor
and aggregate wealth of the country
there would be a practical resumption
of specie payment without any law on
the subject. At the same time the
creditors of the government would re
ceive coin, just what was Nominated in
the bond or greenbacks if they pre-
ferred, which wrlld be inst as good.
With a large balance of trade in our
favor, there would be no fear abOnt
specie to pay the interest on our bonds
in Europe.
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.
The West and South west are also in
teiested in dem ,nding such increase of
transportation facilities as viii enable
the people to place the products of their
farms and mines in market without los
ing half their value in freight. The
! Mississippi river. the national channel
Of commerce III the West, ami which
With a moderate expenditure, would
furnish with its tributaries, nearly 90
900 miles of navigable water, is com
uaratively useless in the present OBJ
structed condition of it's channel. West
ern representatives, are unanimous IL
asking for such Improvement of this
great river and it's leading tributaries
as will render them available for the
purposes of internal commerce.
EXTENSION OF RAILWAYS.
But even this would not supply a
tenth part of the transportation needed
now or i'll the neal future by the great
Valley. The waterways must be sup
plementel by railways, aud there must
be rivers of iron, Offering easy transit
and transportation to every part of the
West and South. While the North and
East are gridironed with railroads. the
West and South with much greater
need, have vast districts of country en-
tirely destitute of this agency.
SOUTHERN ACIFI RAILWAY.
Amongst the present aud pressing
needs of the great Southwest is a trans
continental line OF railway that shall be
an open thoroughfare between the Mis-
sissippi and the Pacific, a line free
from discrimination, combination and
extortion, whose competitive influence
would save the country more than ten
millions a year in exorbitant charges,
now levied upon the people by the
Union and Central Pacific roads. The
Texas and Pacific Company have al
ready completed abour 5000 miles OF
such a road in Northern Texas, and tc
speedily complete this road over the
1900 miles between Fort Worth and
San Diago, ask the government not fol
bonds OF money, but a.. guarantee o.
interest on their construction
bonds to secure the sale without sacri-
fee, thus enabling them to build the
road cheap and furnish cheap rates.
To secure this guarantee they propose
to give a first lien on their property,
the proceeds of the sale of their lands
of which they have $4,000, 900 acres
donated by the State of Texas; the
transportation of troops, stores and
mails, with telegraphlc service, the ne'
earnings of the road and a deposit Of
$4,000 in bonds for each mile Of com
plete road, with the Secretary of the
Treasury, to be sold in case of any de
Law or defanlt in paying interest by the
Company. This should be enough te
secure the risk four or five times over
50 that instead of a subsidy, they ask
nothing but the friendly recognition Of
the government. Then comes the say
;no to the country of several millions {