Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-11-17

ernncnt.
This river passes through delta com
posed q. twenty great states and
territories, having, with IL tributaries
! nearly twenty Thousand miles of nayiga-
bic water; hnt in its present condition
1t l. inadequate to transport one-l"nrh
oi "Gr western products to market. This
incapacity adds to the grievances Of
oar people Il should AWAY, be-
| ready To receive its heavy burdens.
and bear them unretarded to the
ocean. Its sandbars, its snags, its
united waters, It's crcvasSes are So
many to!! gates on the highway to mar
H"t. and Shnnih he removed and rene
i'ed al once by the government This
is no ScclIpma. demand. The war was
carried "n bN the government To- keep
tins grand river open ana unObstructcd
by thu>r seeking il control. and il seems
strange that al this dav the government
should now surrender it 10 the snap.
tnd shoals BY the genius and skill Of
4 great engineer, (whU-e name should
h" sweet To every hnuschOldl It's mouth
has been opened to the free navigation
Of merchant ships OF the largest ton
mage, ~ q cost ui. millions TO the govern.
larnt. and to make that mouth available
and useful, millions more should be ex-
pended on The levceS and channel of
! That stream and lis tributaries An open
| moHih with au unuavigablc channel from
NE -nU'Cc OF that river 10 that mouth is
about ~ ScrV!C~Hbc 10 the commercial
demands OF this country. ~ an open
n"uth Is 10 an individual who has ueilh-
~ III" power 81 speech. breathing,
swallowing. drinking or digestion. The
west ai,d south ask tur. ana should have
an appropriation OF millions OF money
+ To make tis- river with its tribut;rie,
! an outlet 10 the Occan-t0 the world-tOr
twenty millions OF people. Such an ap.
pi"prlfllon would open the treasury and
/ %iFe employment t" many thousand idle
hands, and add those millions to the cir
/ cu.atl0n "t the country. This is one of
. the legitimate ways ut getting money
from that grim visagei bourne" Then
: the southwest asks and demands All open
highway. Il national highway to the
/ Pacific coast; the building Of which
would not only give employment to a
great many workers. and circulation
! OF many million, of money, but would
/ develop one OF the richest mining dis
tr!rt> in the world, and plant civilized
communities IN An unpeop.ed aud savage
| wilderness. The construction OF the
/ Texas and Pacific railway, 500 miles
j through Northern Texas. has already
I transformed that district of territory into
! one %! the most beautiful and fruitful
I countries IN America. supplied it with a
. bold. energetic population, from all parts
| "l this union, who will soon place that
/ safe ahead ol AL it sister southern states.
aad make II at the south what New
/ ! oHs. i II the east. The road should br
I completed To the Pacific slope, and
s..ould,a> an equaiIL.ng process, be aided
III some juhlrlou> aud well guarded
manuef by the government. The GOV.
'r"ut"nt aided III q reckless and incon.
-.i"r Il" way, the Northern Pacific anC
I'll. bu}rn Pacific. aud why not now. in
~"nn~ better guarded Nay. the Suuthcri
Iu'i'. ~ an urig na. proposition.
va = npp">e ny tnt ".! such meas
u..~. hu' the government. hnviug a<.
sisted ;'!r others. and thst. too IN state,
.,u'l ir'rlI.l - untouched ny the >rathina
ii.' "i WrD think II im,t that il ~h"u ,
a." ~" -"nc assistance 10 this .rr.t
southern project The power ct tho
c>l and S"utL should hr matcriali2rd il
the t,,u great "nl"rpri-ee-ihc improve
mrut OF Ia" Mississippi river AMI til,
aEt,E.U.r II Ia" Southern Pacific railroad
To complete III" 'rttrr. from Fort " orlf
to san p"gn, st 'iI-tnnc" at 200 mics
neither money nor bonds are asked for
only l gUtTautcc OF Interest on their con
-uU"tun bonds, giving the government
IN surety Tor THIS qua! antcr. four or tiv,
Tunes the amount OF this risk THIS en-
irrp:I-c. speedily iuaugUrated and Wig
prousIy prosecuted. would give employ
ment aud homes to millions of peopl.
who have become restless under tn,
-tliugrnry OF the times. and would dis
tribute annually twenty millions o
money whore it is most needed Bv tn,
construction OF the l'nou Pacific au,
central Pacific. there mas been built III
! most formidable monopoly. as now man
A~rd that has been constructed in mod
rru times. They. in fact. form but on
3 road. the former being built eastward II
Ogden, the latter from Ogden eaStwar,
to Omaha. and now controlled by Gould
The whole trans-cuntinental raiiroat
. system III America, and not only this
also the ocean steamship service betweel
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. thus hav
ing it absolutely in their power to con
trul the traffic between the Orienta
countries and the United States. and tn
trade between the Atlantic aud Pacifi
states. The gross earnings of thes,
roads exceed the whole expenses OF tn
government under either Adams or Mon
+. roe, possessing 4 Joint stock capital q
$50. DOT, 600. with a word OF almost i'm
periai power; now So strong as 10 reSi>
The laws OF congress. and set at dclianc,
the DEGREES of the courts. Build com
petIng line. not with the credit or mone'
oi the government, through our owl
section Ci the country. making st. Loui
It's initial point then the competition
Will bring this monStrnuS monopoly in
ia suDiection. | would have the law 81
rigid, so severe. so simple in its Ian
guagc, that il would forever be impos
>lblc Tor the roads to pass under the Sam
management, leaN ing the power alway
in the hands Of congress to regulate tn,
tariff of prices on the road, and make
forfeiture of its charter. and imprSon
ment tor years in a penitentiary of IT.
officers rs 4 penalty tor violating tn,
laws OF congress upon the subject. Th,
with itS tributaries. and the construction o
the Southern Pacitic.are two great enter
priscS vital TO the interests of the west anC
south. either or both OF which would put
i'll circulation large sums OF money now
-tagnaut in muSty vaults of banks ant
hruker-; would give employment to tn,
idle and food to the hungry. 1t is the
duty of the government TO put in opera
tion these great measures in such way
;tS MT to he swiudlrd; in such manner
rs VIII yield the most economical good
|" the people at the least possible cost
! tn it. They are national. not local high
! w.tl : and should he held aS ndlssUluble
| houi> nt local and general prosperity
/ In" people and the government have
. been greatly swindIed by the Union Pa
/ eide railroad its construction and
! management. and this should teach us
/ un; to avoid great national measures al
! together but L" engage IN them with
care and honest motives. All govern
!nrntS prosecute those enterprises which
/ become means OF its strength aud dura-
biiity. see no reason why ours should
h" an exception to this general rule. |
congratulate you, my friends, upon the
bright prospects that seem to surround
| us as a people. Health and abundant
harvc>ts have been gwen Us in the last
wear. whilst other nations have been en-
gagged in terrible wars and tunults.
Oar people have pursued the "even
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