Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-10

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able values created on the credit Of thC
Government alone.
The following IL . portion Of WhAi
WaS said Of the Central Pacific appro.
p%ristiOn:
This great corporation which VA
warmed into life and nuFtuEed into
strength by Government aid; which
refuses 10 pay B per cent. Of lie mel
earnings 81 requ fed by law which
fails 10 make anyAproVisiOn 10 meet lie
rapidly accumulating debts while lie
stockholders grow rich on lie earnings
which In times past Is said to have In.
vGded both Houses Of Congress, plac.
ing its money where it would seduce
our Christian statesmen whose or.
ganization is 90 perfect 90 the ancient
order Of Jesuits; whose extortions on
the public are %intolerAble; whose
agents, spies, and pimps infest every
corner of Washington aud pollute the
very air Of the Capitol, Is here by its
hirelings TO ssk that no aid shall be
given 10 the Texas and Pacific Rail.
way. Sir, the e~firontery of this do.
mand, its injustice to others, and lts
old.blooded selfshness should awake
the Congress and the country to the
iniquity Of those who made it. II Con-
gress has created such q monster it is
but its plain duty 10 throw every bar.
rier in its way TO prevent its further
accumulation Of power and 10 place
every safeguard it can around The
people 10 protect them from The extor.
lions. There 10 no better way to do
this than BY aiding in the con-
struclion OF another, shorter and cheap
er, competing line to The Pacific coast.
We have learned wisdom from the
past and We can place, as we have
placed, such restrictions in this bill as
shall enable us 10 guard and protect
the Interests Of the people against the
extOrti0n Of . sonlless corporation.
They come With Q proposition 90 delu.
SiVe and 90 fair in appearance that II
has deceived some even of our South.
ern friends, Their bill intro
duced by my colleague from
Mississippi Mr.. Money! and
advocated by Mr.. Huntington be.
fore our Committee set out with q con.
c~lusion, reached by q doubtful if not
erroneous construction OF law, that the
Texas aud Pacific has forfeited Its con.
tract. With this excuse it modestlV
proposes to take the whole Government
land grant from the Texas and Pacific,
and build its road from the West to
terminate at Fl Paso, elk hundred
miles from any Southeastern connec.
ton.
This bill gave 10 Nj. Huntington and
associates complete control Of the
coast, but gave to the Govern.
ment no control over the rates Of HE
roads. II robs the Texas aud Pacific
ofits entire land grant from the Gov
eminent, and yet gives as no connec.
ton with his road. II the Texas and
Pacific should DO unable aud unwilling,
under these circumstances to build any
farther West across a desert country,
Of what value would the Southern Pa.
ci6c be to US? II might be splendid
feeder TO the Central, or 1t might con-
meet with the Atchi5OD, Topeka and
Santa Fe road, but It would be Of no
earthly value to the Southern States.
And the Government, which has given
one hundred and seventeen millions in
subsidies 10 The road on the forly-frst
parallel, snd foriy.six millions 10 the
road on the forly.seventb, IL asked 10
take from the road on the ihirty.second
parallel the small sum Of eighteen mill
lions Of acres Of land which che prom
ised 10 give. The bill has since been
amended by tue minority OF our Com.
mittee, who say their bill does not meet
the wishes Of this corporation but OBJ.
jeCtionable features still remain.
The agents Of this corporation, who
dog the steps Of members OF Congress,
and eavesdrop private conversations TO
retail them TO their masters, with artiul
cunning aud malignSncy, attempt to in
fame the Northern mind against the
Texas Pacific by d~enouncing 1t as q
Southern steal, and then, with equal
adroiiness, they seek 10 prejudice
Southern members against It, with the
sneer and %insinuAtion that il lie not q
Southern enterprise, but one intended
for the benefit Of Philadelphia and its
great railroad king, Tom Scott. These
arguments, presented from different
staDd.points to affect the views Of diff
ferent men, are the best evidence We
could sdduce 10 show The national
character aud Importance Of the road.
II is Southern enterprise, aud will
greatly enhance the value of the i'm
poverished railroad system and the
desolated zelda Of the South, yet It
will no doubt equally benefit Philadel.
pbis, New York, Boston, and other
portions Of the Union and perhaps 1;
may greatly benefit that individual
who is held up as q bugbear whenever
the Texas and Pacific Railroad is men.
toned. But, cir, whether It help Tom
Scott or Tom Collins Is q natter of no
consequence to me. There is no con.
tract this Government IAN make, no
business Il can undertake, that will not
be subject TO the very same objection,
and that will not confer some special
benefit on come particular individual.
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