The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-05-23
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The Great Question.

THURsD u YssS,
The Great Cues tion.
The great question OF the day IS ether
she intention sof Congress an chartering
sseyera! trans influential highways shalt be
carried oft honestly and faithfully That
Intention must have been that these lines
should accommodate the several divisions IS
81 the Union described in the charters
that they should BE- each centred Upon the
development Of the wealth and the promo
I tion of the commerce Of the section tra a.
yersed by It. The charter OF the highway
& declares all this, and it would be breach OF
national faieh and natfonsl purpose to Ter
vert the. Intention by impairing the energy
I and integrity OF the impro yement or, divert
sng its line from the route laid down in the.
charter. Sf s35s.. 5:s- 35
This Is Il great matter. The nation bad
I the object OF q simultaneous development
! oil the vast aud inconiparably rich territory
which was midway between the grand
oceans that bound the Union. Itdesired to
secure such development in a simultaneous
and harmonious manner, so that the Union
would receive its increase Of growth and
dignity regularly and diifusiyely In the sew
eral divisions, and that each would be con-
tented and each attached to the whole, and
that each would rather vie with the other
I in promoting thesstrength Of the whole na-
ton than that any section should be aiscon-
tented and suIier, and withhold tsvoluntary
-, In n
This was a great beauty, and the great
wisdom OF the originatlon of the several
trans continental lines, which were TO bind
the land By cross-hars from ocean to ocean
in strength that would be indissoluble. and.
what is better, in the harmony that would
spring from equality and impartialiiy IN the
administration OF the Government.
And what have We seen that threatens
the defeat OF these grand objects, SO pater-
nal and Just in the Federal Government, SO
iratcrnal and satisfactory to the States
This. That one of these lines OF railway
seeks to absorb two lines, and in such ABB,
sorptlon to get possession Of the entire trans
continental commerce OF the Union !; and to
]. do more: to controtthe commerce Of every
s pOTG upon Tue IdCiuC Coust.
This would be 10 defeat the grand object
OF the charter OF ans-contlneRal highways
in the American republic, and would end,
il successful, in the betrayal OF the freedom
OF commerce and the very liberties Of the
people. VIII the Congress OF the United
States do such q thing as this
And what is the fame and nature Of the
-, ,h-o, t.o-
continental commerce OF the country in
this manner? 1t is that corporation OF
which HUNTINGTON is the head and J4Y
GoULp. Of stock gambling notoriety, who
was the chief agent in the money drama OF
the neyer-to-De-forgotten "Black Friday"
which ruined SO many and carried distress
to the whole nation-.his JAY GOULD, we
repeat, is the chief auxiliary. This corpo-
ration, with its line from Omaha to San
Francisco, with its leaders animated by |
passions and aided by vicious arts that
are known in most civilized lands and prac- !
ticed by the designing everywhere, but by |
the characters named with unsurpassed cum /
ming. This is the corporation which is at
present seeking the absorption OF the south.
ern trans-continental line and the ruin OF q
set OF corporators unsurpassed for their |
energy and practical experience, and who,
ii let alone, will give to the South and to
the Union highway that will excel all
contemporary routes in its contributions to
the wealth and happiness OF the American
people. 81
Compared with the confding to this indie
pendent company the most important OF all
the continental routes, the absorption OF it
by the HUNTINGTON, JAY GOULD company
will be lamentab le-monopoly, tyranny,
oppression to all the trans continental COM
merce and devastation to the southern lati-
tudinous line, which traperses the very
richest part OF the Union. . 800
: The question is indeed the great question
OF the day. The absorption OF two lines
and all the Pacific ports. by one great mo-
nopoly would be most lamentable and most
disastrous to the nation. And shall this be
done? Shall the absorption be by the most
corrupt and faithiess corporation that ever
existed In thisaland? Shall the bright land
that is to; be trayersed by the mostsouthern
road-shall it and all the Interests bound
up in it be. given to a corporation whose
dishonest methods and prostituting appil-
ances have scandalized the land and carried
faint into the halls Of national legislation I
shall this corporation be taken into favor
and given such vast power and such rlch
resources rs never were possessed py any
corporation in the civilized world -.
1.,I,;I ;f Heaven
This great question is before the country.
will it be settled in favor OF the people ana
II the nation, or will the people be sold to
the ,nanlnon of unrighteousness-to the
Great orc monster, without heart and without
humanity, in whose economy wealth and
J. craft fication would become q monopoly,
and only be achieved by fraud, corruption,
and oppression? !.
That IS the question.
The Morton and Blair Flare t.;
Without Disgusting our objection TO the
Democratic enterprise in the fraud line, and
j. 4 n py,6