The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-05-05
THE TEXAS AND PACIFIC, The KEGes.
SLY 0E IhE AeE.

SHY OF The Ace.
Since the wonderful Development q
oar rich trade with the cast 10 China
japan and India has made the presence
Of an immense feet ofuserehant ships in
/ the waters OF the Pacific necessity.
and the Development Of our Paciic
slope settlements, has added 50 much to
the interest in that region, tlIeti question
Of an easy. safe and speedy access be
comes one OF great moment, not only
/ to tie government, but TO every sincere
lover OF American progress in the land.
( The completion OF the Union and Cen
trail Pacific roads. has illustrated the
worth Of transcouJineutal eommuniea-
tion 10 ChrjsteadoIu, as well as to cur
own government and people. This is
peculiarly the case, when by the rigor-
ous severity Of the climate Of that far
northern region, this inter communiea-
tion Is DISTRACTED for a while. Then it
is that the necessity for she quicker,
safer and cheaper southern route by the
Texas and Pacific becomes apparent 10
alt even those usually blinded by inter
est in the competing, but iahospitable
route by the Union Pacific and Central
Pacific line,
The general government has been
lavishly liberal in developing this east.
eru trade, and our Pacific slope settle
ments, and justly so too. We have
never cayiied at her assistance of this
northern route by the Union Pacific
1t was her misfortune. that the Credit
Mobiiier people were enabled to ever
reach her in the way they did. II is the
misfortune of the Texas and Pacific and
us Of the south, that this circumstance
now operates, or has hitherto operated,
To chill and repress like, or competent
assistance to this route, which has now
become the necessity of the age, not for
the United States alone but ior the
inter>communicatian Of the nations Of
the world.
The the country has had time since
Oakes Ames day to cool off, and now it
IS time for it 10 act upon the merits Of
the great work contemplated, and not
10y and through the pr9udices justly
eugendered by this the most stupeu>
dous fraud Of modern times. Congress
can nov see that she may be generous
and just at the same time, and guard
the Interests Of the government eiiectu-
ally ifam the robbers, who stole until
FascaIity itself blUshed for very shame
We have, now, thank God, g demo
cratic majority in congress, and the ma
jority OF democrats, we are pleased to
believe, are not only not thieves them
selves, but hate them The country will
not be afraidt to entrnst this interest 10 the
present congress, and shorld they do il,
no fear need be entertained that the
appropriation will be stolen, and spent
in building up colossal fortunes for
the directors, at the expense of the tax.
payers of the land.
The country will be greatly disob-
liged and disappointed if this duty IS
longer deferred The necessity Is upon
as and VIC should meet the obligations
which come with it as becomes earnest.
Intelligent men, and not children, who
having once burnt their fingers, would
put out the fire forever No intelligent
man but believes that had not our ex
perience with the Union Pacific and
Central Pacific been so disastrous in
developing frauds on a scale sufficient
to render the steadiest heads dizzy, the
subsidy asked now 10y this great road
would be promptly acceded to But for
this irritating circumstance. the Texas
and Pacific would now be driving It's
trains every day OF the year from one
oceans bounds TO the other
Since national politics have been hap
PLY diyested OF their former sectional
ism, forever, let US hope that the see
tional opposition to the Texas and
Pacific viii cease, which, under It's
former fiimsy guise OF guardianship Of
the United States treasury was but an
interested game for the good OF the
great monopoly which is now throttling
American eommerce-the Union Pacific
railroad. Now then, since we have
looked over the field, let US act like men
and atone, by prompt action, for the
evil we have inflicted by delay