Year: 1862

A Question.


Sol. Miller says he will not. a. We sug-
gcsted he would, drop the advocacy OF the
Henderson Amendment. He says that BY
so doing he would bctray his constituents.
As a legislator. his constituents have .
right TO expect that he will look we'll to
their local interests. 1t may be ques-
tiop, however. how far the people Of .
district can rightly ask Seuator to seek
to advance the material interests Of the
district,to The detriment Of de general in
terests Of the State at large. Such we
conceive to be the question involved in
the case at hand; and we think that Mr.
Miller himself may yet see that the saving
to the State of the benefits of the Kansas
Valley branch of. the -Psci6e Railroad.
demand of the Northern tier men that they
should sacrifice their slight local interest
for the sake Of the general interesesss OF
the Staie.-Topeka Record.


The Record is almost monomaniac
upon the subject Of this Railroad; but we
gladly bear testimony that the editor. in
discussing it, does so in a gentlemanly
manner. without any Of the abusive char
acteristics of certain other sheets which
are working to the same end. We do
not blame the editor Of the Record for it'
zeal; for he was until recently citizen oI
Atchison, and now resides in Topeka
Atchison and Topeka being the only
places that will be benefited by the Pom
eroy scheme.


How can the Record con.inue to assert
that the interests Of the whole State re-
quire that the Henderson Amendment
should be rejected :? The road from
Atchison to Topeka would be mer'
branch, or arm of clain road, and woult
not touch single County that would no
already have railroad facilities. Shaw
nee, jackson and Jefferson would hav'
the Leavenworth l. Pawnee Road passing
through their territory, and Atchison ha
railroad connection on the other side of th
river. The outlet of that great western
road must be either Leavcnworth or Wyan
dotte-Atchison is out of the question
The Pomeroy road would command onl!
local business; or, if it should be mad
the main eastern route, it would be to tn
utter ruin of Leavenworth. Wyandotte
and the other populous Eastern Countie
of the State. By the time the Western
road is completed to Fort Riley, Leaven
worth and Wyandotte will both hav
Eastern connections, and there will be tb
outlet for Kansas. The only way il
which the Atchison road can secure thi
advantage. will be by fighting and tri
umphing over the interests of Leaven
worth and the other Eastern Counties
Then, it is clearly not only the interest O
the Eastern part of the State. but Of tn
Leavenworth and Pawnee Railroad a
we'll. to discourage the building Of aroad
which, If it amounts to anything. will b
q heavy leak upon their road. If
amounts to but little. it will be no advan
tage to that road. but will be built at th
expense of the prosperity Of the Norther,
Counties. .a


On the other hand. tho Henderson
Amendment is Of vital importance to tn
Northern tier, as it is the only chance t.
give them Railroad for years to come
These Counties will not. like those alonl
the proposed rival route. have Railroad
independently Of this one. The talk abou
building up St. 10. is all the merest gam
mon. The terminus will be in Kansas
and will build up Kansas towns. Busi
ness will have to cross the river at st
Joseph, to find its way East. It woult
be Just the same from Atch,son. AL
business from that direction mnst go Il
St. Jo., and there must be changed to g,
East. So that. in reality. the Atchisol
road would build up St. 10. as much, i
not more. than road through the North
ern tier, as contemplated by the Hendsr
son Amendment. ~ i.s-


1t does seem to us, that every candle
person, who views the matter with q,
unprejudiced eye, must see this matter il
the same light that we do; and that j
will be for the interest Of the entire State
with the exception Of about four Counties
to adopt the Henderson Amendment.
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