The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-11-09

A CURE FOR HARD TIMFS.

DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL TERRITORY BY
GREAT RAILWAY ENTERPRISES WHY THE
TEXAS PACIFIC AND NORTHERN PACIFIC
SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
Col. Robert c. lugersoll's Boston Speech
While the government cannot create gold
and silver, while it cannot by its fiat make
money, it can furnish facilities for the crea-
ton of wealth, it can aid in the dstribu
ton of products and in the distribution Of
men; it can aid in the opening of new terri
tories; it can aid great and vast enterprises
that cannot be accomplished by simply in
dividual effort. The government should
see to it that every facility is offered to adj
venture, enterprise and industry. Ourships
onght to be upon every sea; our flag ought
to be flying in every harbor in the world
our rivers and harbors ought to be i'm
proved. The Northern Pacific railway
should be pushed to completion. In this
way labor would be Immediately given TO
many thousands Of men, and in only a
little while homes to millions. Along the
line Of that thoroughfare would spring
up towns and cities, new communities
with new surroundings, and where
now is simply the wilderness there
would be thousands and thousands
of happy homes The Texas Pacific
should also be completed. a vast agricul-
tural and mineral region would be opened
to the enterprise and adventure of the
American people. Probably Arizona holds
within the misery clutches Of her rocks
greater wealth than any other State or Ter
ritory of the world The construction Of
that road would put life and activity into u
hundred industries II would give employ
ment 10 many thousands Of people, and
homes at las to many millions. 1t would
greatly increase the mineral wealth Of the
country, open new avenues Of trade, make
it possible for the American people to sup
ply eight millions Of human beings in the
republic of Mexico with manufactured ar-
ticles would infuse new life into the pros
trate South; would make twelve millions Of
people forget the rciudice Of failure, and
would destroy the isolation produced by re-
greet. Ii would help to make the people of
the South prosperous, and they would I'M
mediately become paying consumers, The
whole Of Texas woud be opened TO immi-
grafton. Texas, a State nearly as large as
France, five times as large as the State of
New York, with soil and climate unsurpass-
ed in the world, a State capable of support
ing population Of twenty millions, The
construction OF this Southern road would
settle the Mexican question. 1t would also
settle the Indian question in the South.
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would settle the Indian question in the
North, saving many millions per annum to
the Government. Along these lines
there would be enough people to pro-
tect themselves. Besides, the transconti-
mental commerce Of this country should not
be in the clutch and grasp of one corpora
ton. All sections Of the Union should, as
far as possible, be benefited. 1t is Of the
utmost importance that line be construct
ed upon a parallel never obstructed by
snow, Cheap rates will come and can be
maintained only by competition. All these
roads should be under the supervision and
control Of Congress as to fares and ireights.
We should cultivate commercial relations
with China and Japan. Six hundred mil
lions Of people are slowly awaking from a
lethargy Of 1000 years. In a little while
they will have the wants of civilized men,
and America will furnish large proper
ton Of the articles demanded by these PEG.
Pile. In "a few years there will be as many
ships upon the Pacific as upon the Atlantic.
In a few years our trade with China will be
far greater than with Europe. In few
years we will retain the same relation to
the far East that Europe once sustained to
us. America for centuries to come will
supply six hundred millions of people with
the Injuries and with most all the neces-
saries Of life. A country that expects to
control the trade Of the world must have
the money Of the world We have pursued
a small, mean and penurious course
Dcmagogucs have ridden into office and
power upon the cry Of economy by opposing
every measure looking to the improvement
Of the country, by endcayoring to see how
cheaply nothing could be done. Gov
eminent, like an individual, should live up
to its privileges; it should husband its re
sources, simply that it may use them.
A MEMPHIS lady writes TO trleno IN the
north: II believe this plague has made a
univcrsalist Of me- | have seen men in
moment rise from the depths Of degrade
ton and wickedness to Christ-!ikc sublimi-
TIP in devotion and sacrifice, and the most
polluted Of my own sex suddenly changed
into angels Of love and mercy. Thus God
touches US TO scorn none of his creatures"