Mr. RANDA L, of Pennsylvania. I am obliged to the Gentfrom Minnesota [Ma DUNNELLY] for his courtesy. Now, I ask the majority of this House, I ask yongeutlenu upon the other side, who will be responsible for the passage of this bill, where you mean to stop in this expenditure of the money of the people. Where do you mean to halt in this system of exeudin the money taken from a people already over urdeued by taxation? This expenditure is not for any legitimate purpose. I have failed to hear any argument which would warrant such an expenditure at this time. We are told that we are to get something back. They coolly propose tomort gage to us 1/2 of our own lands which we moveheretofore given to this company to secure the payment of what we are called upon to guaranty. How flimsy ase curityl How bold an argumentl Moreover, we are told that 25%. of the receipts of the road, during the 20 years for which we are asked to guaranty this moncykis to be aid into the Treasury of the Government. one not every business man, who has ever had any connection with railroad matters, know that no such profits will be realized? and when ou come to ask plainly and pointedly this nestion of the friends of this project, whether ey believe that any such profits will ever come from this road, they tell you that they hope they may. Sir, there is no such probability. Now, sir, I am not a little surprised that my distinguished colleague, [Mr. Ksnnsv] a Gentfrom the very same city which I represent in art, should come here and deliver a beautifu essay upon this great subject. It reminded me very much O some sermonsl have heard. They were beautiful in language; they were filled with flights of fancy; they contained man castles in the air, but when I went home an began to consider upon them, I found that I could not remember anything that was in them. Now, I have listened to the arment of my colleague; I have heard about is castles in the air, his railroads in fairy land with golden tracks, yet in his whole argument he did not present as with a single fact, nor did he advance any reason whatever in behalf of this work. Does he not know that he is trying to force upon the people of his district, as their share of this expen iture, the sum of about 300,000 dollars? Have his constituents asked him in any public manner to vote for this expenditure? So for as I know they have not. Surely no such instruction has been given to me. I say again to the majority on this floor, where do you mean to stop in these nefarious schemes of public plunder? How soon will you realize t mt the people of this country are overburdened with taxation; that our debt is immense, reaching an amount which in no other country of the world would be so cheerfully paid? Recollect that we must not heap too much on an already overloaded people. We should O back to the strict economy of former days. Vhy, sir, in the earlier days of this Republic, such projects as this were never heard of, or, if proposed, were promptly frowned down. Let any man read the veto messages of Mr. Monroe and General Jackson, and he will see how those great men viewed such schemes as this. I hope, sir, that the House will not pass this measure. I hope that, if it should not be laid upon the table, it will at least be referred to the ComPubLands, so that we can have a rert which will explain fully the effect of this bill, which will show us to what extent we are involving the Government in an expend iture of money. I hope that the ComPubLands, if the bill should be referred to that committee will ive us a full and satisfactory report, which taComPacificRR has failed to do.