Year: 1859

lions cash and ten millions Of the best lands for construct


ing the road through fertile district, will advance
step the precpitous mountains and sterile plains
Of the interior Geographically, there is little die
between the three central routes surveyed Either
the financial condition of the country Therefore he was
in favor Of the central route as the centre OF the popu


n Mr. Harlan was severe on those Of Congress
who, after having spent half million In explorations pub


shed in immense quarto reports illustrated with pic
lures for those who cannot read wanted to shift upon the
mail contractor the responsibility of locating the road
lest they should offend their constituents in not securing
for their particular locality.


Mr. WARD, (adm of Texas, spoke in favor Of the paral
lei Of thrtytwo comparing its advantages Of level and
distance over the central and Northern routes, maintain
ing that the Southern route be built with the smallest
amount of money, and in the shortest time.


Mr.. NERsoN, (adm.) of Ca, made strong sectional
Speech and moved that the bill be recommitted with
roads-a Northern and Southern one; he admitted the
constitutional power of Congress TO grant the public
lands, but was astonshed that Southern Senators
should vote for such magnificent donation TO the North
II fact that all the roads pay seven eight per
cent dividend while the Northern pay nothing So
small opinion had Northern capitalists Of Southern in
vestments that he believed the wealthy Senator from
South Carolina (lr Hammond) offered mortgage his
plantation and negroes worth half million of dollars for
loan OF ten thousand dollars in New York, he could
get 1t, Notwithstanding the popularity of his Barnwe
speech He traced the slavery agitation from It's
among handful OF New England fanatics of both
10 s present monsrous proportions and referred to the
demon of aboonsm in its onward march to power. He
also referred TO the Rochester speech of Mr. Seward and
said he knows but little OF the human heart who magnes
that anti slavery agitation will stop short of tho total abo


ton of slavery by the action of the federal Congress-
10 live and reign must go on till 1t atains the Pres-
dency, both houses Of Congress- the Judiciary the
abolition Of slavery or the Union be dissolved Witness
the result OF the late elections He did consider the
return of Mr. Douglas to the Senate victory TO the de-
mocracy it was only victory of free soil democracy
over abolition whiggery He would not turn his heel
TO choose between the Wlmot provso the squater
sovereignty of the Senator from Illinois. Mr. Iverson
proessed himself in unmstakable terms disunon man
under the aggressors Of the North. Let the Senator
from New York (Seward) be elected President and in
his Qverson's) opinion more than one Southern
State would take immediate steps to secede In certain
He did not believe the South would go out by a
general convention but let single State swing
she would draw with her after her the remaining States
to form either Southern confederacy or procure an
amendment Of the present constitution rights
Of the South As he believed the dissolution of the Union
was near at hand, he was unwilling to vote money and
lands for road which to be located outside of
the South-hence he wanted the South TO have route
equally with the North which shall aid her while in the
Union and belong to her when out of it,


The Senate here adjourned