Mr. DONNIaLLY. I do not state it asa fact. I alluded to the statement made yesterday on this floor that such an influence was at work here. It was very far from my intention to insin uate that the honorable member from California and the honorable member from Ohio, for both of whom I have the highest respect, have been influenced or had any such influence broughtto bear upon them. But I do say. sir, that if the statements we have heard are true, and ifany such influence has been brought to bear upon this House, it shows a most nar row, base, and illiberal spirit on the part of that Central Pacific road. We complain, sir, of the monopoly of the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company which seeks to grasp the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of NewJersey. But, sir, this thing dwindles into insignificance compared with the monopoly which would absorb a continent, and which will not endure a brother within 1,000 miles of its throne. For what have we done for that road? Yes, what have we of the Northwest aided to give them 2 We have virtually donated them $90,000,000 of bonds of the U.S. Not, sir, be it observed, a guarantee of interest alone for 20 years, buts. liability incurred by the Government for both principal and interest upon thntnmonnt. Nay, more, we have released their road from one halfthe mortga e given to secure the U.S.; so that if the U.S. Government would protect itself, in the caseof the Central Pacific railroad by fore closing upon the mortgage which itholds. it must 1st pay off that other $00,000,000, making in all $180,000,000 of principal that the road has in effect received from us, besides all the accu mulated interest on the bonds, not for 20 years, but until the maturity and payment of the same. Why, sir, in 16 years the interest on those bonds will be equal to the principal; so that of principal and interest we shall iave incurred in 20 years a liability in be half of the Central Pacific railroad equal to $450,000,000; and yet gentlemen are a alled when we ask for $56,000,000, distribute clhring a period of 20 years. with which to accomplish all that which $450,000,000 is required to accomplish in another latitude. Why, sir, if it is true that $56,000,000 of guarantied interest will build this road, when $460,000,000 are renired to build the Central Pacific railroad, which now drags its slow length along. then I say, sir, it is the plainest of all possible proofs that this is the true route for the construction of a Pacific railroad. Another objection made to this bill is, that it should have been referred to the ComPubLands. 1 have the honor to be a member of both the ComPacificRR and the ComPubLands, and I can say, with no feeling of preference for either of those committees, that it would be grossly unjust to the ComPacificRR to send this bill to the ComPubLands. If this bill is not such a one as should properly O before the ComPacRailroa. then that committee has no functions and should be at once abolished; because it is, as its name implies, a ComPacificRR, and if this proposition for the construction of a Pacific railroad is not legitimate business for that committee then it has none. So much for that argument. Now, Mr. Speaker, a few words as to the illiberal character of the arguments that have been urged here. I am sorry) to see distinished gentlemen for whose a ility I have the ighest respect protesting against this measure. I regret to see distinguished gentlemen from the great State of Ohio opposing this bill. It is but 65 years since emigration began to cross the western boundary line of Pennsylvania. Ohio was then a howling Wilderness. The adventure us pioneers who then floated down the Ohio river upon rafts and boats, with their household goods around them, ran the outlet of the am ushed savages along its ban s. Since that time what a magnificent prospect has been unfolded to the gaze of the worl. Then a desolate wilderness, the State of Ohio and the States directly West of it now contain a population of ten million human beings, being 1/3rd of the entire population of the U.S. Sir. with such won ders wrought in the space of a little more than halfa century, I am surprised that gentlemen from the State of Ohio or from any of the western States can stand here and take such nar row and illiberal views. We have just listened to a speech from the Gentfrom Illinois [Mr. Fmsswoura] against this bill. Let me call his attention to some statistics in reference to his own State. About the year 1836 4 think that was the precise year the U.S. made an innovation upon its former customs as great as that we now seek to make, by granting a large body of public lands to assist in building the HIine rs Central railroad through the heart of that State. Those who have ran the history of Illinois, written by one of its former Governors, know very well the condition of things before that road was commenced, and from which it lifted her up: the poverty of the people, the de pressed condition of agriculture, the small value of the products of the soil, the trifling reward for human labor, and the slow increase of population. Turn to the census of 1830, and you will find that the population of Illinois was but 157,000. In the year 1800, 30 years later, the population had risen to 1, 711, 950. Now, mark the contrast. In 20 years before the Illinois Central railroad was uilt the total growth of the State of Illinois was 145,000. In 30 years subsequent to that year, the growth was 1, 654,000. Wh, sir, the taxable property of the State of Illinois is e cal to S1,000,000,000, or1/3rd the entire dght of the U.S. The State of Illinois paid in direct tax in 1861 for the support of the Federal Government the sum of 1, 140,000. Sir, I am amazed that gentlemen who come from the very soil of those States, so blessed by these great works of internal and with all their marvelous reismuptrsovpermesesning themselves directly upon their sight, can raise their voices against this measure. It is against reason. Wh, sir, if such an illiberal spirit had possesse the men of 1836, Illinois would today have scarcely passed the era of coon skin currency, and wheat at ten cents r bushel; and we should have lost that mig ty Commonwealth, with nearly 2 millionlation, which has given us popu a Lincoln an a Grant. Why, sir, we ask aid to build only 1800 miles of railroad, while in the State of Illinois today there are 3000 miles of railroad, all springing from the impulse giyen to such works by that magnificent enterprise, the Illinois Central railroad. Look, sir, at the effect this measure will have, upon the future of the country through which the road is to pass. In 1800, the total population of that country, including the States and the Territories, was 240, 127. In 1805, 5 years after, it had increased to 550,000. Why, sir, in my own State we have increased in population in spite of the war war with the sav ages and war with the rebels in the face of all obstacles, we have increased from about 170,000 to 300,000; and we, who in 1858bought our breadstuffs from Illinois, produced last year between 8 and ten million bushels wheat. and, sir may we not look for similar effects along this great line of railroad? I have made a calculation in reference to one of its effects. There have been granted to this company, in the Territories through which the road will pass, 40 sections of land permile, being 20 sections on each side of the road. Be it remembered that the Government retains the alternate sections; so that there are open for settlement 40 sections to the mile along the road. Now, does anyone doubt that if the road is built that country will settle rapidly? There are 4 quarter sections, or 4 farms of 160 acres each to each section, and taking the estimate, which holds good throughout the country, of 6 persons to every head of a family or voter, an we shall have 1000 persons to the mile, or for the whole length O 1800 miles, 1, 800,000 persons, and this irrespective of the population of towns and cities and rivers and branch roads tributary to the main road. But if in 5 years that country has“ doubled its population without this road, what will its population be when you infuse into it the life that will flow from such an outer )IlSOas this? Sir, it will quadruple, it will quintuple; it is within bounds to say that in 20 years there will be 8 million people along the line of the road and if they contribute as liberally, as gallantly, as heroically to the defense of this great nation with men and money and intellect as the noble State of Illinois has done, the country will have wisely invested the altry amount ased for, even though it should) lose every dollar of it. Why, sir, look at the immigration from Europe, which is greater this spring than it has ever been before. This very company are already making contracts, in anticipation of the passage of this bill, with steamshlplines to hrin to our shores 1,000s of hardy laborers tohc p to build this road. Few, ifany of them, will return to europe. They will settle down along the line of this read, and become the nucleus of a new population, the foundation of new Coinrnoiiwcalths. Why, sir, the London Times complained the other day that the skilled artisans of England, its most valuable workers, are leaving its shores in unparalleled numbers in search of plenty and liberty in the U.S. The immigration which has already arrived this spring far exceeds that of any previous year, and we learn that the harbors of England and Ireland are crowded with 100s of 1,000s waiting for vessels to carry them to our shores. Sir, war is imminent in Germany, and 1,000s upon 1,000s of the thrifty and intelligent gsople of that country will seek our shores. e do not want them to cluster in our cities. We want to be able to point out to them these great natural savannnhs along the Missouri, the elloWstone, the Columbia, and the Saskat chewan, where they may find all the conditions for prosperity and happiness. From northern Europe, too, a population hardy, industrious, and temperate, the Norwegians and Swedes, the identical stock which overran Europe and overwhelmed the Roman empire and gave shape and feature to the new civilization which was built upon its ruins; these races are seeking gar shores in large and steadily increasing num rs. 1 and now, sir, I ask the Clerk to read the last s ieceh ever made upon earth by our martyred lI resident, Abraham Lincoln; 0. speech made, sir, upon the very day, ay, sir, upon the very i night on which he fell before the nllet of the 5 assassin; a speech made to you, Mr. Speaker, at your last parting with him as you were about to start upon your Journey to the Paulie. I want it read by the Clerk and received by this House as the last utterance of that great and good man, and as an indication of the view his liberal intelligence would take today, were be alive, of this and all kindred measures.