Mr. FARNSWORTH. Well, if it is not true that the land is worth anything like the estimate, then I ask the Gentfrom Pennsylvania [Mr. Srsvnusfi what security you would then have. The lands are certainly worth something or they are not. Now, let us turn over the pages of another pamphlet. Gentlemen say this was got up for the purpose of selling out; but let us take up a pamphlet which was got up for the purpose of securing votes in this House and see what it says. It was read yesterday at the reuest of the Gentfrom Ohio, [Mr. DELANO; but I will call the attention of the House to it again. The bill under consideration provides that the Government, for guarantying this interest, shall be secured by a lien upon the lands on the south side of the road; or rather a lien upon the proceeds of the soles of those lands. ow, in the pamphlet in which this company appeals to Congress for further aid this land is estimated at a value of $32,000 permile and mark you, that estimate includes only 1/2 the land that we have granted to thiseom pany; they estimate the land upon one side of the road only at $32,000 permile; and that is the amount of stock upon which they ask the Government to guarant the interest. Well, air, if the land upon the south side of the road is worth at the rate of $32,000 per mile, I so pose the land on the north si e of the roa is worth that also. I suppose no gentleman will claim that there is any difference in the value of these lands, between those on the south side of the road and those on the north side of the road. Then the lands already granted to this company are worth at the rate of $64,000 a mile. Well, sir, if they have a rant of lands worth $04,000 permile, why, in the name of common sense, are they asking Congress for aid in the sha e of money? Sir, I am not going to contra ict the statement of this railroad company. I shall not take issue with them as to the value of this land. I am inclined to think that the lands are worth the amount named, or very near it. Then the question recurs, why do they want this subsi y or guarantee? Why, sir, they want it for the same reason that the other company wanted land. They want it for the purpose of speculation. They want it that they in turn, like the other company, may sell out. The Gentfrom Vermont, [Mr. W00DBRIDGE] in giving yesterday a history of the transfer of this charter from the one company to the other, stated that the present company were induced to make this purchase because efforts to buy this charter were being made by capitalists and others in Canada, who were promised the aid of ca ital from England to construct this road. I ell, sir, if their charter, without any such assistance as this bilhwill give them, was so valuable as to induce capi talists in Canada to attempt its purchase, it will of course become more valuable when this company get this further aid from the Government of the U.S. Capitalists in Canada, England, or anywhere else do not seek to buya railroad charter unless they think there is mone in it. They do not engage in such underta in s for the good of the country. Men do not build railroads out of regard for the welfare of the country. Capital does not seek, investmentu on the principle of benevolence. You cannot nd any benevolence in a mans pocket. The pocket nerve is not a benevolent nerve. It does not vibrate to the touch of charity. The pocket nerve is a sensitive nerve. It is, too, a selfish nerve. Capital can only be tempted to make investment where it will be a benefit to the holder. These men who are lob bying here are not lobbying for the good of the country. I never knew a man to come to Washington and lobby fora bill of this kind on account of the interest which he took in the welfare of the great West, although he may have made that a pretense. We find men from NewEngland exhibiting suddenly a marked interest in the welfare of the poor West, showinga great anxiety that the West should be benefited.