The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-21
TINE TEXAS AND PACIFIC.

advocate for the Huntington
ring, 10 cite judicial decisions declaring
the inability Of congress TO grant aid 10
works of internal improvement, when
the gigantic corporation which pays
him Tor liz advocacy was itself created
by national aid, layahly extended aud
wontonly abused II congress had tho
power 10 grant immense anbHldleH TO
tho Central aud Union Pacific roads
subsidies no loosely granted that courts
have been driven 10 decisions well'nlgh
annihilatlng all governmental Heourl'
lles-then this same congress, WIN
none of liz powers eurtalled or abridged,
has yet the inherent right TO extend aid
to works Of national importance, and u
does not lIo In the mouth Of SlorrH,
or Gould, or Huntington, or Crooker,
and tho usual press In their pay, to urge
specIous aud psoudoconsiItullonol ar
gumenta against measure second only
In national Importance TO the silver blll
now agltaiing tho entire public, That
congress which once granted the aid by
which tho Atlantic and Pacific were
banded together with iron aud steel, h0'
yet tho power TO establish another route
between tho oceans, following Other par
allels Of latitude, aud trOyCrsng more
fruitful lands In gontlor climates, But
beyond this every dictate Of chiyOlroua
Justice TO the south demands that this
great road should have aid, The north
has her road, which has hui I her up
great cities, and distributed untold
wealth among her people, Tho north
has her pension list which yearly dis'
tributes untold millions among her late
soldicry, millions which the south un.
grugingly assists in paying in taxes im'
posed upon her The north had tho
proceeds Of the three thousand millions
Of bonds and paper currency dcvided
among the loyal states TO enrich them
beyond Oll comparison,
The reverse of the picture, with its
loss of slaves, It's fearful devastation
and cruel poverty need be but family
limncd, But there ARE political
considerations, going beyond those
Of equity and Justice, which demand
the passage Of the bill, There ARE
unnumbered laborers in the land
demanding bread for their wives and
little ones--yes,
"l|ogglng u brother OF tho earth
To give them leave 10 toll"
Our factories ARE silent, our furnace
fires unlighted, our ships sleeping at
their moorings, all the mighty energies
of great people are dormant and
listless, awaiting the magic touch
of better times to endow them with Il
new life Thus il is that political
reasons of the gravest character invoke,
and impcratively demand, favorable
action upon the bill. In fact, the
only interests opposed to it are
those represented by Mr. Storrs,
who, in his clients behalf,
he gravely quotes constitutional Offices
tons to the passage of subsidy bills
and inveighs in oily periods against
comforting pecuniary benefits upon the
south. Those interests-the Gould'
Huntington interests-have built up Il
monopoly so stupendous rs to control
the entire commerce between two
mighty oceans. They have mastered
California, and that state, certainly as
far as railway interests are concerned
is absolutely dominated by this wealthy
and unscrupulous clique. 1t would bt
the most appalling misfortune known
to her history, for Texas to be graspeG
by the tentacles of this devilish cor.
poration which has wrought such harm
to sister state and visits such intoler'
able burdens upon the inter.con tinen,
tai commerce of the union. Texa.
has no special desire to bow hei
neck to the yoke of the California
ring and rather than have the burden
OF that fearful monopoly laid upon her
she will wait, with what patience she
may, the era of better times, and the
manifestation Of greater justice than has
as yet characterized the action of con
gress towards her and her sister south,
ern states.
The Texas and Pacific bill will short,
ly be reported to the house and senate
and it is TO be hoped that the reasons
which will then be urged in its behalf
by able men, will win over many vas.
cillating trimming congressman, whose
wavering minds have never as yet ex,
perienced the agony of doubt, or the
luxury of a conviction upon any ques>
ton of momentous interest to the
country.
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