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12 Jul 1854

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The Lancaster Ledger in Lancaster, South Carolina

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The Lancaster Ledger

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Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1854

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P.S. Brooks on public lands and California railroad stance

Hon. P. S. Brooks of the House debates the 1854 plan to donate alternate sections of public lands for a San Francisco to California railroad and telegraph line. He warns the measure risks unlimited federal land power, favors equal state benefit, and argues for a constrained, trustee role of Congress with emphasis on common welfare and regional balance.

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Railroads across Texas and New Mexico fueled by land grants

The speaker discusses federal power to regulate commerce and fund railroads from Atlantic to the Pacific. Texas plans a seven hundred fifty mile line toward El Paso with land grants totaling over ten million acres worth about fifty million dollars. Donations may extend to New Mexico and California, aiming to connect oceans via private and state enterprise, while warning against federal overreach and corruption.

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