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TIMES & SENTINEL oolumbusTgbokgi^ THURSDAY” EVENING, MAY 6 1858. The Administration and the South. Notwiihatandiog the present proud postion of the Ad ministration before the country—a position which, when party rancor shall have died away, impartial history wi clothe with all the beauty which an exalted love of coun try can invest it, it is nevertheless true that ihe adminura tion is regarded alike with condemnation both v t e Repul licans of the North and a vast number of the Amer icana South. We would not insult the patriotic mein bere of the latter by including them in this category. But it i somewhat singular, il not uncountable lliat an Ad ministration is denounced both by the Repub teane and native Americans South for its patriotic endeavors to admit anew State upon a basis of justice to all eectio. sol the Union, it is alleged at the South by its opponents, that tbe Administration has “bargained and sold” this section of the confederacy, that it has not a feeling in common with our interest and is looking for popularity, even at a sacrifice of our rights and upon the whole is corrupt and does not d-sire the admission of a Slave State a- it will break into fragments the great party, which elevated it in to power. We do not bow in humble adoration to the Administration, albeit it is democratic, but can see that jus tice demands an approval of its course on the Kansas ques tion. It urged the admission ot Kansas into the Union with a pro-slavery Constitution with all its zeal, energy and power—and while it was characterized as corrupt, and f re e-?oil in its proclivities by some presses at the South, the charge of collusion with the “nigger drivers” ol the South rendered it a stench in the nostrils of Black Repub licans. That this is true, we have only to refer to the lan guage used in tbe two branches of Congress towards the Administration, which while unjust and unbecoming that dignity which should characterize Legislative bodies would put to blush the veriest bl<ck-guard of a country grocery. Passing over an indecerous allusion to the Black Repub lican and Democratic parties by Mr. Trippe of this State, in which he compares them to * tuso-thieves’ and his own pa-ty to a “r:ghteous man tailing between them,” we de sire to tall themiod ot the Southern reader, who is dis posed tp regard ihe President as prejudiced against the South and disposed to shape a policy antagonistic to her interest, to the light in which he is regarded by our enemies It is almost certain that he does not serve them, if their testimony can be taken m a case in which they are deeply interested. Speaking, for instance, of the late Conference bill passed by both Houses of Congress, Mr Broderick of California, said in the Senate, “he would vote against the Conference bill for several reasons, the most potent ol which was, that Ktnsas could not come into the Union as hjree Stale durirg the continuance of the power of the present Adminis,ration. Kansas has but a population of 35 000 now and if she does not swallow Lecomp’ ton, she must wait five or six years for the requisite popu lation to entitle her to representation. The original bill was less objectionable to him.” Similar language has been used by other Senators ftnd Representatives against the Administration and yet in the face of it, we are told by many party presses that the Ad ministration is corrupt, opposed to the bouth and unwilling to grant her one jot or tittle of her just rights. Let us rise superior to the selfish considerations of party and con demn the Administration when wrong and cling to it, like “hooka of steel'’ when right. We consider this the duty of every press, which is influenced by patriotic motives more than party policy. The Enquirer vs. Journal & Messenger, Tbs Enquirer took us to task for eayio? that the Presi dent recommended in his message the adoption by Con gress of the Lecompton Constitution, without qualification or reservation and published parts of the message to prove that our statement was incorrect. Will it please enlighten one of its own brethren of the Press—the Macon Journal &. Messenger? With a view of making a point ou the Presidtnt and the democratic party with reference to the conference bill, the Messenger says, “Four months ago, the President in his annual message urged upon Congress the duty ot admit ting Kansas at once into the Union under the Le— Compton Constitution, without qualification or reservation. To affect this, the power and patron age >t the Government, party caucuses and party dril's, promises and threats were brought into re quisition.” Our Neighbor's House of Straw. Our worthy cotemporary of the Euquirer is highly edi fied at its skill in erecting a man of straw, and its wonder ful power to knock it down! A great achievement, from which we will not detract one jot or tittle of its well earned fame, or mar the apparent satisfaction it enjoys in the accomplishment of so great a thing It fancier a great inconsistency in our position on the Conference till, and is wonderfully jubilant that it has found a venerable point at which to attack us. We see no inconsistency in our position. Wherever the Conference bill resembles the Critte.tden bill, there we object to it. Our neighbor says it is'he same. We are “squiut eyed” and do not see through the same medium with our cotemporary, and hence think differently. And if so, Mr. Crittenden would not recognize his own off spring, and repudiate it- He is the best judge of his own production. We refer our readers to the Black Republican view of the question.— They al! doubtless thought as the Enquirer, that the two bills were the same! Hence they voted for the one and against the other! Poor Seward, Hale, Broderick, and other leaders of the Republican party, cannot see their rights and vo'e for their own interasts. This bill is a great swindle to them on the part of the South. We have gained all they think. American Press and Crittenden. Where will party tactics carry our Know Nothing co temporaries of the press? When the Senate bill wa9 about to pass Congress, and the Democratic party perhaps to be beoefitted, it was regarded with its Green interpola tion as the “raw head and bloody bones” for the South, and Crittenden's bill was far more preterable. Crittenden had not betrayed the South! He was “incrrnptible and a patriot!” They published his speech and glorified him.— D.d they ever expect that the Green bill would be defea ted and a bill similar in many particulars would be voted for by the Democrats! Oh.no! If they could have turn ed aside ihe veil of futurity, Green’s amendment would not have been halt so obnoxious —soft and honied words would not have been used towards Critt nden, but the scene changes, and another Crittenden bill is voted for by the democracy , and oh what a desertion of principle—how recreant to couutry! 1 hou mighty, “incoruptible patriot and Statesman” Crittenden, how hast thou fallen since the Democracy voted for a bill similar in some respects to your own! Rkzjgiocs Services.— Our city is quite awakeued to the great subject of religion. The Union prayer meeting in the morning and the Young Men’s prayer meeting in the evening are well attended and the greatest concern is manifested by those present. Besides, these there is divine service at the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian church es every night, which is also well attended and deeply interesting. Surely a great work is beginning in our com muuity. Of interest to Tax Payers .—lt will be seeu that the following order of the Council instructs the City Clerk to close hia tax books and return all defaulters to the next meeting of the Board. No time 10 lose, dilatory citizens-! By Alderman Gray—Resolved that the Cierk close his Book of Tax Returns as they now 6tand,aod he return to Council ul ua next meeting, all defaulters. Adopted. Him R P. Trippe. This gen’leman voted for the Conference bill, while his colleage, Mr. Hill, returned home on pressing business We presume.be had some reason for thus casting his vote. As he will have to give an account before his constituents of his stewardship,let the language of the Chronicle Sentinel be remembered. Speaking of those who voted ♦or the bill, it says,“the South has been deceived and be trayed by her own recreant sous*’ Mr. Trippe is one. His own party journal has said he has betrayed the South. Would it recommend him to the voters of the 3d Con gressional district for re-election?—a man who has betray ed the South? We shall ee. .Laws and Jou nals. In a lats issue we said thn completion ol these works on ly wai ed the copy for the Index to the Laws; we are glad to say this came to hand yesterday, is in type, and will be n the hands of the binders to morrow. Our Editor pledg us for a little too much when he fad we expected to make these woiks “specimens ol elegant printing,” we have on ly aimed to make them such as the character of the works demand. Foreman. R ussell Conunty Electi M —From the official returns of Russell county. Ala., it appears ihat Mr. Waddell is elected Judge ot Probate, instead ot McCoy, as stated in the last number of our Tri-Weekly, by a majority of 33 votes. L. W. Martin was elected Superintendent ol Ed ucation. Dwyer on Elocution.—Mrs. Dwyer, the widow of the late J. ti. Dwyer, professor of elocution, is in our city, for the purpose of effecting sales of the work of her hus band. She brings testimonials of character Irom many quarters, and her book has been purchased by many dis tinguished men. Gen Twiggs —The Court Martial which convened to try General Twiggs for reprehensible conduct towards the Secretary of War, has brought its deliberations to a close. The verdict has not yet been pronounced. From all the data we can gather, we judge he will be acquitted. Lecompton not an Issue —Republican Authority. — The New York Tribune’s correspondent repels the idea that Lecompton is submitted to the people by the Con fe r ence “swindle.” That the fathers of the bill Baid“em phaticilly” it was not to be submitted. That Mr. Hun ter stated in the Senate, that the bill affirmed the “validity and authority of the Lecompton Constitution.” The act says the writer, does not “‘recognize the right to submit the Constitution to the people, regarding it as perfect from the hands of the Convention ” Mr. Stephens,Green and others so consider it. The Tribune thinks it too great a farce to gull the northern people. Says the Tri bune, “let us hear no more about the submission of the Lecompton Constitution.” Blackwood’s Magazine —We have before us this val uable journal, re-published by Leonard Scott, &, Cos. of New York. It contains many able articles, which will be of interest to our readers. We may give the various subjects of the May number on another occasion. General Conference, M. E. Church. —The General Conference of the Methodist E. Church, South, began its session in Nashville on Monday last. Bishop Soule, the oldest Bishop in the Church, opened the services. He was to be relieved by Bishop Andrew. Clothing!— The reader in quest of adornments for the outward man, will please refer to the advertisement in an other part of this paper, of Messrs. J-H. Daniel Cos., who it will be 6een, have received a large lot of Spring and Summer Clothing, and are now prepared to furnish the public with all the externals of a gentleman. Sudden Death of Capt. Evans, of Lagrange. —We regret to learn that Capt. Thomas C. Evans of LaGrange had a stroke of Paralysis in that city, on the evening of the 4th inst., which resulted in his death before morning. Capt. Evans was the Ordinary of Troup county, and a beloved citzen. He formerly resided in this city, where he has many relatives and friends. He commanded the Cadet Riflemen in the war ot 1835 against the Florida Indians. May he rest in peace. _ Northern and Southern Representatives in Congress. The Philadelphia North American, a journal which is as decided in its opposition to slavery and to the South, as any of the recognised organs of the Black Republican party, in a recent article, takes occasion to compare the representation of the free and slave States in Congress, and says: “The South as a general rule, is better represen ted in Congress than ihe fiee States. The best men in the South are willing to go to Washington and to look after the interests of their section, and their constituents keep them there as long as they are ilesiio is to serve. But it really seems as if, in many cases, the North picked out third rate men inten ionally to represent them. It is quite noto rious that very many go to one or the other branch ol C ingnst from the liee States are men without education, with only a superficial smattering of knowledge on a lew common topics picked up in a way themselves cannot explain, and who have never, until they found themselves in high place, as sociated with persons of good breeding. Their on ly arts are those of the demagogue or the trickster. They are utterly incapable of rising to any com manding views of national policy, or comprehend ing in its full significance out Constitution, and the principles ofour Government. The intrigues and management of the petty politian are alone within their scope. “YVe have always maintained that it is wrong to judge the North, either intel'ectually or politically, ty its Representatives in Congress. The best tal ent in that section is enlisled in the professions, and in mercantile, manufacturing, and sometimes me chanical pursuits. There is there no class of large landed proprietors, with means and leisure to de vote to the studies of statesmanship. The neces sities of most men of talent require them to avail themselves of those rewards which the bar and other profitable pursuits hold out to intellect and energy. Few men go from the North to Congress, who are able to learn a livelihood in any o her way. The great men remain at home, and are rarely heard of outside of their own limits. The The Horace Binney* of Philadelphia, the Charles o‘Couors of N. York, and other intellectual giants, are unseen by the nation, because they walk in the lowly vale of private life, whilst political ‘pigmies, perched on Alps,’ at Washington, ‘play such fan tastic tricks before high Heaven, as might make angels weep.” It is consoling to reflect that what ever madness may rule the hour in Congress, there is a strong reserve of intelligence and common sense in the country to fall back upon in the hour of need.” Holmes’ Monument. We understand that James A. Nisbet, Wm. K. DeGraffenreid and Sam’lT. Bailey, E-quires, have been appointed by Gov. Brown a Commtttee. on the part of the State to select a suitable design for the “Holmes Monument.” Capt. Smith for the Volunteers and Capt. Hardeman for the Lodge will unite with the State Committee, and are to meet this afternoon for the purpose of examining the design aud making the necessary contracts for the erection of the woik.— Telegraph. The River. —The quantity of water in the Mis sissippi says the Memphis Bulletin of Friday con tinues to increase in volume, the river having risen fu ly three inches and a half during the twenty-four hours eudieg at 9 o’clock last night SPEECH OF HON. ALFRED IVERSON. In the U. S. Senate on Pacific Rvil Road bill t April 14 th 1858. ( Concluded ,) There is another serious objection, to my mind, to this one-road project of the Senator from Cali fornia. The circumstances and causes to which I have alluded, and which will inevitably control the northern location of the road, will throw the lands to be granted, and the money to be advanced, into the hands of a northern company of jobbing specu lators. Whatguarrentee is there that the road will ever be carried to the Pacific ? They commence the road at some point on the Missouri river; they locate it through Kansas, Nebraska, or other hab itable territory of the United States, and construct it as far out west as the country is worth anything and will afford renumerating travel and trade ; they get the lands donated by Congress—twenty sections for every mile of road finished ; they re ceive the advance of $12,500 per mile for mail ser vice ; and they complete two or three hundred miles of road, get from two to three million acres of valuable land, receive in hand a like sum of mon ey, and then cease its further construction ! Sir, 1 entertain very grave doubts whether, with all the proposed aid in lands and money, any company will ever be found to carry out the great leading* object of the bill—a railroad connection with the Pacific coast—over any of the northern toutes. — The distance from the Missouri river to San Fran cisco cannot be less than two thousand miles : the road cannot be constructed over any of the routes heretefore surveyed, or that can be selected, at a cost of less than fifty thousand dollars a mile, or one hundred million dollars. The average cost of railroads in the northern tstates of the Union is not less than forty thousand dollars a mile. How much then, will the road cost, traversing desert plains and crossing lofty mountains, covered with snow for a great part of the year, and through regions inhabited only by savages and wild beasts'? If it should cost only a hundred millions, would it ever pay ? Would the stock ever draw a divi dend? What shrewd, intelligent Yankee will ever invest his money, his labor, or his time, in such an undertaking? I do not say, sir, that a northern road is impracticaple. Money can overcome all obstacles. A road may be built even on the most northern route, but at such an enormous expense as would render the stock utterly worthless. Ido not believe that such a road as the bill contemplates aud must inevitably produce, will ever reach the Pacific ocean. But, sir whether this be so or not, whether a road will ever be built on a northern route with the proposed aid of the Government, I think justice demands that equal provision should be made for a connection over a southern route. I ft el very confident that, with the Government aid proposed by this bill, a road located either upon the thirty second or thirty-fifth parallel would be certainly and speedily constructed. I am not prepared to institute an extended comparison of these two routes. I believe a first-class railroad might be built on either of them, with the assistance from the Government which is suggested in my amend ments. The route on the thirty-second parallel would have the advantage of being much shorter in distance ; for I consider the completion of the road now under progress through Texas, from the neighborhood ot Shreveport, in Louisana, to ElPaso on the Rio Grande, a distance of seven hundred miles, as a fixed fad The munificent grant made by the State of Texas to that road, of twenty sec tions ot land and $6,000 in money to each mile, will insure its rapid construction and early comple* tion. From the Rio Grande to the Pacific, a die tance of seved hundred and fifty miles, is the only portion which would have to be provided for and constructed by the Pacific Railroad Company, which would contract with the President for its construction, and the transportation of the mails and other Government property. No road on any other route can be accomplished short of two thousand miles. * On the thirty-fifth parallel, the road must begin at Memphis, or some other point equally distant. It would have to be constructed through the entire State of Arkansas thence up the Canadian river and on to the Rio Grande at Albu querque, and thence across to the Pacific. Never theless, I am much inclined to believe that, with even this disparity of distance, over which the road would have to be built, the upper route on the thirty-fifth parallel is the cheapest, safest, and best route. The whole route from the Mississippi to the Colorado trapses a comparatively level country and elevated and healthy region, abound ing with wood and water, and containing a large quantity of valuable lands both • agricultural and mining purposes. But whichever of these routes is best, or whichever maj be selected, it is certain that either is practicable, and at a cost far below that or any northern route. I feel assured that the donation of public lands, and the mail contract proposed by my amendment, will secure the construction and completion of a road over one or the other of these routes, and within the time limited bv the bill. Now, sir, I am unwilling to vote the large amount of aid in land and money contemplated by this bill on any single road, unless the locality be fixed be forehand, and a practicable, certain, and just one selected. lam willing to provide for the construc tion of two roads—a northern and southern road. I am willing to make the same grant of lands to each. lam willing to authorize the President to enter into a contract with both for the transporta tion of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and other public services—one to take the mails and other transportation of its section: the other to carry them within its own limits. Let the North take her lands, her contract, and her route, and build her road, if she can. The South will be content to take the same advantages, and, I trust, w r ould make a manly effort to accomplish this, the greatest enterprise of the age. If she fail, the fault and the loss will be hers. I proceed now, Mr. Presidsnt, to read the amendments which I intend to offer to this bill; and I suggest to the Senator from Missouri [Mr. Green] whether it would not be better for him to withdraw his amendment at present until the sense of the Senate is taken on the propositions which I shall submit. The proposition which I shall sub mit, as I have already stated, looks to the forma tion of two roads, one north of latitude 36°, and the other south of that parallel. My proposition is that the contractors, or the company, or whoever may undertake to construct these roads, shall se lect both the eastern and western termini, and shall select the route over which the roads shall be con structed, Doubtless the contractors, whoever they are, will be controlled by their own interest, and will seek the best practicable route. So far as carrying the mails and other public transportation is concerned, I propose that each of these roads shall have its share of the public business. I pro pose that all the mail and other public transpor tation lying most contiguous to the northern route shall be by contract sent over that route, and all lying most contiguous to the southern route shall be, by the contract to be entered into, transported over that route, on such terms as the President in the contract shall designate under the restrictions and limitations contained in the bill. I move to strike out the first section of this bill, and insert this as the first section: Be it enacted 4*c M That the President of the United States shall, as soon after the passage of this act as may be convenient, cause advertisements to be asserted in two newspapers in each State and Territory, and in the District of Columbia, for a period of not less than three nor more than mx month*, inviting sealed proposals for the construc tion of a northern Pacific railroad, to be located within the United States, and north of the thirty sixth degree of north latitude, the termini and route thereof to be selected and determined upon by the contractors : Provided , The eastern termi nus shall not be east of the Missouri river; which said proposals shall stipulate lor the construction of said railroad and for the performance of the public service herein required, as follows *.. Then I take article one of the bill as it is, as to the lime in which it is proposed to construct and finish the entire road, and leave the second condi tion the same: and then, instead of the thiid art'C le as continued in the bill, I propose to insert as follows: At what rate per mile per annum, not exceeding $250, it is proposed to transport over said road the United States mails for all that portion of the United States more contiguous and convenient to said road than to the southern Pacific railroad pro vided for by this act; the same to be carried both wavs under the direction of the Post Office Depait ment for the period <f twenty years. And then I adopt the terms and language of the bill as already reported. I propose to add another section to come in at the e and of the bill, after the northern road is provided for, and all the other provisions of the bill are adopted by the Sen- ate as reported by the committee. And be it further enacted , That in the adver tisements provided for by the first section of this act, the President shall also invite proposals ft r the construction of a southern Pacific railroad to be located withiu the United States, and south of the thirty-sixth parallel of north lattitude, the ter mini and route tnereof to be selected and deter mined upon by the contractors: Provided, The eastern terminus shall not be east of the Mississip pi river, and that the President shall enter inio a like contract for the construction of said road un der the same provisions, conditions, limitations and restrictions, and with the same advantages as here inbefore recited and made applicable to the said northern Pacific railroad, for the transportation ol the United States mails, troops, seamen, stores, munitions of war, and all other public service for all that portion of the United States more contigu ous and convenient to said southern road than to the northern Pacific railroad provided for by this act. It will be perceived, Mr. President, that I pro propose to provide for two routes, and to make a donation of public land to the extent of twenty sections per mile—ten sections on each side of the road ; and also to make a contract with each com pany for the transportation of the mails and other public property of the United States, under the same restrictions and limitations as to prices that are already prescribed in the bill under considera tion. But, instead of advancing $25,000,000 to the road that is provided for by this bill, I propose to make a contract, and agree to make an advance of $12,500,000 to each road, so that the aggregate sum will be the same, $25,000,000, as proposed by the bill; that is to say, I give to the northern road the donation of public land 9, the whole which is provided for in this bill; I give to the northern road a contract for carrying the mails, munitions ot war, troops, dfrc.. of the United States to the extent of $12,500,000 ; and propose to advance to it, in United States bonds, as each secticn of twen ty-five miles is completed, $6,250 a mile, instead of $12,500, as provided by the bill. The contract is to specify that, when the road is completed for twenty five-miles or more, or finally, the company shall be entitled to the transportation of the mails at a rate not exceeding two hundred and fifty dol lars a mile. It will be perceived that the bill itself, which pro vides for only one road, agrees to give to the com pany the contract for the mails at a price not ex ceeding five hundred dollars per mile per annum. I propose to divide ihis mail contract and to give not more than two hundred and fifty dollars a mile. I tiling that is ample. I believe that is the maxi mum sum that is given on arty railroad in the Uni ted States for mail service even of a more impor tant character than is intended to be supplied by these roads. I think the Government does not pay more than two hundred and fifty dollars a mile upon any railroad in the United Stales for mail service. If it does, it is under extraordinary cir cumstances, and it is not of a general character. Then I propose to lei these roads take the business which appertains to the particular section in which each is constructed. My opinion is that with this aid from the Government and with a contract of this sort, whatever may be the fate of the northern read, which I consider exceedingly doubtful, not withstanding all the power of the Government and all the aid which may be brought to bear, I believe at least, that the southern road can be and will be constructed ; and I believe that the southern routes, either the thirty-second or thirty fifth parallel, are the only routes across the continent that ever will be used for a Pacific railroad. Still, however, I am not unwilling to give to the North the oppor tunity of constructing their road and the same ad vantages and the same privileges and the same gifts which I propose to the southern route. Oscar W. Mason, alias Mason Thomas, ihe kid napper, lately arrested in Richmond, was arraigned in New York on Monday and held to bail in the sum of SIO,OOO, and George Anderson, the negro, in SI,OOO, as a witness. In default, both were locked up. On the thirty-second degree of north latitude let us see the feasibility and probability of the con struction of the road. There is already a railroad now in process of construction, and more than half completed, from Vicksburg, in Mississippi, to Shreveport, and thence to the Texas line of Lou isiana. The means are already provided for ihe Completion of that road. That is a link from the Mississippi river. That road then connects with the great Texas road, a branch of the Pacific rail road, which is now in process of construction, and to which the State of Texas, as I have said, has granted a donation of twenty sections of land and $6,000 per mile in money. This, I think, will se cure the oonslruciion of that road. I understand from good authority that the company have al ready constructed a sufficient amount of road to secure the valuable grant. The construction of that line of seven hundred miles by private enterprise, I consider settled be yond all dispute. The only part, then which will have to be constructed by the new company—a Pacific Railroad Company—will be from the Rio Grande, at El Paso, (where the Texas road inter sects that river,) to some point on the Pacific ocean—San Diego, San Pedro, or San Francisco, as the interests of the company may hereafter dic tate. If that route be adopted, the amount which will be called for from the Public Treasury, under the operations of my amendment, will be far less than upon any other route. If the route on the thirty-fifth parallel be adopted, the road must be commenced at the Mississippi river, for, although they are roads chartered in the State of Arkansas, and one from Memphis, by way of Little Rock, to Fort Smith, which will be the route this road must necessarily take, if that parallel be adopted; although work is now actually in progress on them, and a road is being built from opposite Memphis, on the Mississippi river, to Little Rock, contem plating to go higher up, to the extreme confines of the western part of Arkansas, at Fort Smith, yet still I do not believe that company, with the aid in public lands which has been given to it, will be able, for many years to come, to construct that road through the State of Arkansas. If my amendment passes, the probability is bnt the companies which are interested in the work through the State of Arkansas will join any Pacif ic Railroad Company which may be formed in the construction of this great work, and the interests of the two companies will be combined. That road, under the provisions of thi amendment, will be commenced at Memphis, will run through the State of Arkansas, thence up the Arkansas river until it meet the Canadian, and thence on to the Pacific. This is the most eligible route, in my opinionion, and probably it is the cheapest route which can be found between the Atlantic and Pa cific oceans. lam satisfied that if either of the two southern routes be selected a road over them mu9t necessarily, and will at no distant day be constructed. I believe, sir, that it is just and due to the south ern people, that we should have the aid of the Government, if Government aid is to be given at all for the construction of our own road. It is certain that if this passes in the form reported by the Sen ator from California, the South will never have any interest in the road which is to be constructed un der it; and it is unfair, it is unjust, it is ungener ous that the public Treasury and the public lands, which belongs as much to the southern as the nor* them people, should all be taken to promote the interests, of the North. Sir, already complaints are uttered, and justly uttered against the vast dispar ity of public expenditures in the two sections.— From the formation of the Government to the pres ent time, where one dollar of ihe public money has been appropriated to be expended In the southern States, at least five dollars have been expended in the northern and western Slates of this Union.- The Senator from Alabama [Mr. Clay] says ten I said five, to be within the bounds of reason. It is very probable that at least ten to one have been, expended in the northern States; and now it is* propose to build this great thoroughfare across the continent, which is to pour such an immense a mount ofrichos into the lap of the country which it taps, at the partial expense, at least, of the Gen eral Government and of the public Treasury. Sir, I object to the proposition; I think it is unjust and unfair to the southern portion of this Union that the benefits of this Government shall be conferred exclusively upon the other section. I am willing to adopt the principle of the bill, and to give public service to two roads, and let each section then take its route and build its road if it can. With these views, which I have expressed rapidly as possible, I shall offer the amendment when I get the oppor tunity to do so. President Buchanan—Toombs and others. The President had a grand serenade recently by the Ma rine Band and salutes from the Cannoniers of Washington t with theirjartillery. Two thousand persons were supposed to be present and speeches were made by the President, Mr. Toombs, Clay and ethers, We give below the speeches of the President and Mr. Toombs, Mr. Stephens was serenaded but declined from indisposition to address the multitude. THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH. Gentlemen: I feel very much honored by the kindness which you have displayed in coming in such respectable numbers to give me a sere nade. I have long been acquainted with Wash ington. I have been intimate with my fellow citizens of this city for a longer period than many of you have lived, and I have never received any thing but kindness, attention, and good will from the population of this District. [Cheers.] I thank you most cordially that the kindness which your fathers have extended to me still lives in the breasts of their children, and I hope when 1 leave this city, if I live to return to my quiet home, 1 shall carry svith me your affectionate regard which I shall endeavor to deserve. [Applause.] This is a grert occasion on which you have assembled. It is far above men. The best interests of the country were involved in the long contest which has 60 happily terminated. [Applause.] I hope and be lieve that the result will tend to promote the peace and prosperity of our glorious Union, [cheers;] and, of all the people upon the face of the earth, the people of Washington are the most interested in preserving this unity of interests which has ren dered us glorious abroad, and successful and pros perous at home. [Cheers.] I do not think that it will be becoming in me to enter into any discus sion of the great question which has so happily terminated. I therefore must conclude these brief remarks with again repeating to you how hartily I feel your kindness,and how grattfnily I shall ever remember it to the last period of my existence. [Cheers.] The President, having retired, again approached the window, and remarked there were several gentlemen with him. He did not know whether his friend Toombs would be willing to speak or not. Immediately there was a loud and prolong ed call for Senator Toombs, who came forward, and, so soon as quiet was restored, spoke as follows: mr. toombs’s speech. Being introduced by the distingushed patriot and Chief Magistrate who has just addressed you, as well as encouraged by your complimentary no'ice, I suppose I must join my congratulations with yours upon this auspicious occasion, which ci-lls for rejoicing throughout this broad land. After aeon testot ten years, growing out’ofsectional difference, we have yesterday in the House of Representa tives and Senate passed a measure, and I doubt not it will be confirmed by the President of the United States, of great permanent peace for our selves and ourchiid/en afier us. [Applause ] This is a pacification in which there In.s been no dis honor anywhere, in which thsre has been no con cession by the North to the South, or bv the South to the Norlh, but in a spirit of brotherhood and pa triotism they have come together and settled their sectional difference upon a sacred, and permanent, and fundamental ground of public principle and public honor. [Applause.] Therefore, as there is a triumph nowhere, there is a sting nowhere, and we see nothing in the bright and brilliant future but peace and harmony, and prosperity to the glo rious organization of the democratic party who have brought the country sale through all its strug gles. Therefore, gentlemen. I have a right to rejoice. Let us all rejoice. Let the voice rever berate from the hill tops and through the valleys all over this land—from the Atlantic to the Pacific Irom the lakes to the Gulf—that there is peace, throughout all the land of America. [Applause.] And who are there to oppose it; who shall raise a voice to destroy it?—[a voice in the crowd: “No body”] Where shall it come from ? It can only come from the disappointed cabal—the coalition who traffic in public safety, public honor, and they will sink in glorious obscurity while the star of America shall rise and shine transcendent now and forever. Great cheering Seward, Hale, Broderick. We give below an extract of the remarks made by the the above-named gentlemen on the Conference bill. Mr. Seward said, Further—This bill is nothing but Lecompton— Lecompton with a variation. You toss a coin and bid Kansas cry “Eagle or Liberty.” If “Eagle,” you give her slavery. If the effigy of “Liberty,” you give her slavery still. What thinks,Jbe Sena tor from Penn., representing the first free State ? The Senator from the old island of Roger Wil liams ? The Senator from lowa ? The Senator from California, whose State was 6&ved from sla
