...erce Commission, Under tbe present system of rate- making which leaves the railroads free to make rates, there is abund- ant opportunity for further i... ...does the negative propose to treat with the problem in question? Shall the railroads continue to have the power of making unreasot'iablo rates? Eustac... ... just basis. Mr. Seligman stated that the rates ob- taining among American railroads are not exorbitant, as compared with European tariffs of a simila... ...is absolutely necessary in order to supervise with equity the rates of the railroads of our country. The last direct argument for Amherst's side of th... ...al capitalization lis a basis, would bring about the ruin of the different railroads, by equalizing the rates in force on competing line?. Ruin of the... ... six colleges and universities. The movement extends from New Eng- land to Louisiana and west to North Dakota. This is not a pass- ing fad, but a man'...

...her obscene lie modern history books spout…the virtue of these new industrial railroads serving as cheap mass transportation for the poor. That is ... ...ving as cheap mass transportation for the poor. That is total bullshit. The railroads were built by rich Robber Barons to get rich quick. The ... ...h peasants were herded into railroad cars like cattle on the hoof. The first railroads were used for transporting of English peasants from the count... ... cowboy, the myth of the great gunfighter, the myth of the building the great railroads, the myths of the great empire builders of the American and ... ...eroes: the trapper, the explorer, the rancher, the cowboy, the lumberjack the railroads are all just forms of improved mass slaughter and industriali... ...tional company: John Law was the WORST: because AFTER he fled France when the Louisiana bubble burst: all the companies that came AFTER him did not ...

... Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six ORDER TAKING MILITARY POSSESSION OF RAILROADS. W AR DEPARTMENT, May 25, 1862. Ordered: By virtue of the authori... ...ted by act of Congress, the President takes military possession of all the railroads in the United States from and after this date until further order... ...rter. Nothing further from McClellan. If Porter effects a lodgment on both railroads near Hanover Court-House, consider whether your forces in front o... ... Fredericksburg railroad was not seized again, as you say you have all the railroads but the Richmond and Fredericksburg. I am puzzled to see how, lac... ...and proclaim that the States of South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennes- see, North Carolina, and t... ...tes of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis- sippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas in an orderly manner seize and use any prope... ....) W ASHINGTON, D. C., July 28, 1862. CUTHBERT BULLITT, Esq., New Orleans, Louisiana. SIR:—The copy of a letter addressed to yourself by Mr. Tho- mas ... ...the letter is devoted to an effort to show that the secession ordinance of Louisiana was adopted against the will of a majority of the people. This is... ...e an accidental wound. Of course the rebellion will never be suppressed in Louisiana if the professed Union men there will neither help to do it nor p...

...re, and make known that whenever, in any of the States of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolin... ...s of the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas were, for reasons therein set forth, placed under bloc... ...u on having fixed your name in history as the first free-state governor of Louisiana. Now, you are about to have a convention, which among other thing... ...ION, W ASHINGTON, March 15, 1864. HIS EXCELLENCY MICHAEL HAHN, Governor of Louisiana Until further order, you are hereby invested with the powers exer... ...by invested with the powers exercised hitherto by the military governor of Louisiana. Y ours truly, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. REMARKS AT A FAIR IN THE PATENT O... ... with military land war- rants, agricultural scrip certified to States for railroads, and sold for cash. The cash received from sales and location fe...

...issippi, always in advance of schools and churches, of books and money, of railroads and newspapers, of all things which are generally regarded as the... ... them at the Bar and on the Bench, without re- sort to technical learning. Railroads, corporations absorb- ing the chief business of the community, co... ...ly proves to be labor lost. There cannot justly be any objection to having railroads and canals, any more than to other good things, provided they cos... ... to enable our State, in common with oth- ers, to dig canals and construct railroads without borrow- ing money and paying the interest on it. If alive... ...an of several millions of dollars, on the faith of the State, to construct railroads. Some of the Legisla- ture are for it, and some against it; which... ...yday news of the times. They have pervaded the country from New England to Louisiana; they are neither peculiar to the eternal snows of the former nor... ..., but that he (Merryman) would waive the question of time, and meet him at Louisiana, Missouri. Upon my presenting this note to Whitesides and stating... ...d receiving it, saying he had business in St. Louis, and it was as near as Louisiana. Merryman then directed me to notify Whitesides that he should pu... ...n the ground that he was mistaken in Merryman’s proposition to meet him at Louisiana, Mis- souri, thinking it was the State of Louisiana. This Merryma...

...g), but they do 68 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five raise it in Louisiana. Y ou don’t raise it in Ohio, because you can’t raise it profitab... ...aise it profitably, because the climate don’t suit it. They do raise it in Louisiana, because there it is profitable. Now, Douglas will tell you that ... ...very in Fed- eral territory. In 1803, the Federal Government purchased the Louisiana country. Our former territorial acquisitions came from certain of... ...mer territorial acquisitions came from certain of our own States; but this Louisiana country was acquired from a foreign nation. In 1804, Congress gav... ..., in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too power- ful to be suppressed by th... ...ttended to: 1. Let Manassas Junction (or some point on one or other of the railroads near it) and Strasburg be seized, and permanently held, with an o... ...rvation, one occupying Sedalia and the other Rolla, the present termini of railroads; then recruit the condition of both corps by re-establishing and ... ...d equipments, and pro- viding less uncomfortable quarters. Of course, both railroads must be guarded and kept open, judiciously employing just so much... ... can withdraw from these points and direct to others as may be needed, the railroads furnishing ready means of reinforcing these main points if occasi...

... of the river, within the boundaries and subject to the laws of the State of Louisiana! Such a thing, happening in the upper Life on the Mississippi ... ...d to occupy. As a result, the original site of that settlement is not now in Louisiana at all, but on the other side of the river, in the State of Mis... ...he till and walked off with every dollar of the ample fund; and finally, the railroads intruding everywhere, there was little for steamers to do, when... ...7 MISCELLANEOUS RUNS In June, 1859, the St. Louis and Keokuk Packet, City of Louisiana, made the run from St. Louis to Keokuk (214 miles) in 16 hours ... ...fects of this ditching business. Once there was a neck opposite Port Hudson, Louisiana, which was only half a mile across, in its narrowest place. You... ...tance. At some forgotten time in the past, cut offs were made above Vidalia, Louisiana; at island 92; at island 84; and at Hale’s Point. These shorten... ...owns, big and little, have made up their minds that they must look mainly to railroads for wealth and upbuilding, henceforth. They are acting upon thi... ...almost the whole way from St. Louis to St. Paul—eight hun dred miles. These railroads have made havoc with the steam boat commerce. The clerk of our... ...“new process” and mash the wheat by rolling, instead of grinding it. Sixteen railroads meet in Minneapolis, and sixty five pas senger trains arrive a...

...onsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa; nor did he dream of Texas conquered, Louisiana purchased, and Missouri and Kansas rescued from the wilderness. I... ...abama and 62 North America V ol. 2 Mississippi were outlying territories. Louisiana had been recently purchased, but was not yet incorporated as a St... ...r- ginia be saved, its position will be most unfortunate. I fancy that the railroads in those days must have been doing a very prosperous business. Fr... ... never paid a dollar of interest on the original outlay—of hotels, canals, railroads, banks, blocks of houses, etc. that never paid even in the happy ... ...ca is supposed to be included in that territory. It contains the States of Louisiana, Arkan- sas, Missouri, and Kansas, as also the present Indian Ter... ...read of population. But this has not been so with the new Southern States. Louisiana and Florida were purchased, and Texas was—annexed. 197 Trollope ... ...olice and criminal regula- tions not external in their character—highways, railroads, canals, schools, colleges, the relief of paupers, and those thou...

...rm a book, and a book upon a very useful and curious subject. The State of Louisiana would in particular afford the curious phenomenon of a French and... ...I, Section 23; Kentucky, art. 2, Section 26; Tennessee, art. 8, Section I; Louisiana, art. 2, Section 22. 341 Tocqueville natural contempt of existen... ...numerous band of Choctaws (or Chactas, as they are called by the French in Louisiana). These savages had left their country, and were endeavoring to g... ...educed to a hundred indi- viduals, most of whom were about to pass over to Louisiana or to Canada. These French settlers were worthy people, but idle ... ...h within limits which scarcely suffice to contain them. In like manner, in Louisiana, almost all activity in commerce and manufacture centres in the h... ...y the Northern States which are in possession of ship- ping, manufactures, railroads, and canals. This difference is perceptible not only in comparing... ...n five hundred leagues in extent which separates the two seas. The longest railroads which have been constructed up to the present time are in America...

...ons were now withered and blasted. The ever dreaded slave life in Georgia, Louisiana and Alabama—from which escape is next to impossible now, in my lo... ...he accommo- dation of colored travelers, was established on nearly all the railroads of New England, a dozen years ago. Regarding this custom as foste... ...to learn to read. If a mother shall teach her children to read, the law in Louisiana proclaims that she may be hanged by the neck. If the father attem...

...y well. He cited an example: Only three bottles, faithfully taken, cured a Louisiana widow (for three weeks sleepless in a darkened chamber) of neural... ...specially in these parts of it, some stories are told about steamboats and railroads fitted to make one a little appre- hensive, yet, I may say that, ...

...gineering forces employed in the construc- tion of the American Canals and Railroads. The same, I say, because in all these cases the native American ... ...s, in Lom- bardy, in France, in England, in Scotland, and in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Among the more curi- ous of such remai...

...gineer ing forces employed in the construction of the American Canals and Railroads. The same, I say, because in all these cases the native American ... ...lps, in Lombardy, in France, in England, in Scotland, and in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Among the more curious of such remains...

...me. There were no telegraphs in those days to disseminate news rapidly, no railroads west of the Alleghanies, and but few east; and above all, there w... ...ut the 1st of May the 3d infantry was or- dered from Jefferson Barracks to Louisiana, to go into camp in the neighborhood of Fort Jessup, and there aw... ...t disposed to break the letter of my leave; besides, if I had proceeded to Louisiana direct, I could not have reached there until after the expiration... ...s proper command”—he said he would give me an order to join my regiment in Louisiana. I then asked for a few days’ leave before starting, which he rea... ...ore the fulfilment of this agreement. My duties kept me on the frontier of Louisiana with the Army of Observation during the pendency of An- nexation;... ...living there seemed like an old friend; he had come from near Fort Jessup, Louisiana, where the officers of the 3d and 4th infantry and the 2d dragoon... ... The enemy was in force at Corinth, the junction of the two most important railroads in the Mississippi valley—one con- necting Memphis and the Missis... ... constantly. Some of the men who had been engaged in various capacities on railroads before the war claimed that they could tell, by putting their ear... ...e north-west angle of the Mem- phis and Charleston and the Mobile and Ohio railroads, and were thus between the troops at Corinth and all possible rei...

...will replace the advances we shall have made. I know that the acquisition of Louisiana had been disapproved by some from a candid apprehension that th... ...ry streams (with the exception of the upper part of the Red River only), but Louisiana, with a fair and lib eral boundary on the western side and the... ... of our bound aries. These objections were earnestly urged when we acquired Louisiana. Experience has shown that they were not well founded. The titl... ...ng country such as the world has never witnessed. This trade is conducted on railroads and ca nals, on noble rivers and arms of the sea, which bind t... ...s ness and abuses of power of the great combinations of capital invested in railroads and in industrial enterprises carrying on interstate commerce. ... ...eth ods, further legislative and executive action are needed. Relief of the railroads from certain restrictions of the antitrust law have been urged ... ...ues of bonds and stock by companies owning and operating interstate commerce railroads. Then, too, a reorganization of the Department of Jus tice, of... ...secure a more rapid and certain enforcement of the laws affecting interstate railroads and industrial combinations. I hope to be able to submit at the... ...e is, however, one who is not with us today: Rep resentative Gillis Long of Louisiana left us last night. I wonder if we could all join in a moment o...

......................134 Behold This Swarthy Face.................135 I Saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing ............................................... ... nonchalant persons. I S AW IN L OUISIANA A L IVE O AK G ROWING I saw in Louisiana a live oak growing, All alone stood it and the moss hung down f... ...think of manly love; For all that, and though the live oak glistens there in Louisiana solitary in a wide in a wide flat space, Uttering joyous leaves... ...gen, Wait at Valparaiso, Rio Janeiro, Panama. 5 I see the tracks of the railroads of the earth, I see them in Great Britain, I see them in Europe... ...h the streets of the cities, polite and bland in the parlors, In the cars of railroads, in steamboats, in the public assembly, Home to the houses of m... ...actories, arsenals, foundries, markets, Shapes of the two threaded tracks of railroads, Shapes of the sleepers of bridges, vast frameworks, girders, a... ...fic, Populous cities, the latest inventions, the steamers on the rivers, the railroads, with many a thrifty farm, with machinery, And wool and wheat a... ...olling mill, the stumpy bars of pig iron, the strong clean shaped T rail for railroads, Oil works, silk works, white lead works, the sugar house, stea... ...a seer, 14 I need no assurances, I am a man who is preoccupie 460 I saw in Louisiana a live oak growing, 135 I saw old General at bay, 330 I see b...

...ts turn. His first item is that the Rio Grande was the western boundary of Louisiana, as we purchased it of France in 1803; and seeming to ex- pect th... ...ne. Now, admitting for the present that the Rio Grande was the boundary of Louisiana, what under heaven had that to do with the present boundary betwe... ...efit resulting from the canal, not to Illinois, where the canal is, but to Louisiana and New York, where it is not. In other transactions Illinois wil... ...t at last effecting the ostensible object of the bill— the construction of railroads in the new States; and secondly, that Congress would be forced to... ...erritory following the previously made provision. But in 1803 we purchased Louisiana of the French, and it in- cluded with much more what has since be... ...acred! But to return to history. In 1803 we purchased what was then called Louisiana, of France. It included the present States of Louisiana, Arkansas...

...d not need to look farther than to the shanties which every where border our railroads, that last improvement in civilization; where I see in my daily... ...an unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at; as railroads lead to Boston or New York. We are in great haste to construct ... ...the work, but go to tinkering upon our lives to improve them, who will build railroads? And if railroads are not built, how shall we get to heaven in ... ...eaven in season? But if we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads? We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us. Did you ever... ...far from the sportsman; tricks which they will have less need to practise in Louisiana bayous. When compelled to rise they would some times circle ro... ...xposed banks of the right mate rial must have been greatly multiplied since railroads were invented. The material was sand of every degree of fineness...

...ot need to look farther than to the shan ties which everywhere border our railroads, that last improvement in civilization; where I see in my daily w... ... unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at; as railroads lead to Boston or New York. We are in great haste to construct a ... ...e work, but go to tinkering upon our lives to improve them, who will build railroads? And if rail roads are not built, how shall we get to heaven in ... ...n in sea son? But if we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads? We do not ride on the rail road; it rides upon us. Did you ever... ...r from the sportsman; tricks which they will have less need to practise in Louisiana bayous. When compelled to rise they would sometimes circle round ... ...xposed banks of the right material must have been greatly multiplied since railroads were invented. The material was sand of ev ery degree of finenes...

...nessee and Missouri, of Mississippi and Arkansas, and through the State of Louisiana. The ancient province so called, the proudest monument of the mig... ...f that nation. It was a great thing done when the purchase of the whole of Louisiana was completed by the United States—that ces- sion by France, howe... ...n or slave States, properly so called, are easily defined. They are Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missis- sippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Caroli... ...ded into free and slave: Free. Slave. Total. Texas 415,999 184,956 600,955 Louisiana 354,245 312,186 666,431 Arkansas 331,710 109,065 440,775 Mississi... ...s, have begun by the erection of first class hotels and the fabrication of railroads. Let the Old World bid them God speed in their work. Only it woul... ...urrent expenses. It is in this way that the thousands of miles of American railroads have been opened; and here again must be seen the immense advanta... ... Ohio, Ken- tucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. This country is larger than England, Ire- land, Scotland, Hollan...

...es and labour wars, tilled your fields, cleared your forests, builded your railroads and cities, and brought forth treasures from the bowels of the ea... ...ro troops marched in a procession with the citizen soldiery of Georgia and Louisiana. The whole city is thrilling to-night with a realization of the e... ... the need of the spirits in the lowliest cabin in Alabama cotton-fields or Louisiana sugar-bottoms? This problem Harvard Univer- sity is solving, not ... ...for example, I have done in regard to the evil habit of lynching. When the Louisiana State Constitutional Con- vention was in session, I wrote an open...

...f unnerving false alarms,Air Force One flew to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. One of these alarms was of a reported threat against Air Force O... ...pping containers have just begun. Surface transportation sys- tems such as railroads and mass transit remain hard to protect because they are so acces... ..., Middle East Institute and George Washington University Mark Gasiorowski, Louisiana State University The Challenge within the Muslim World Rachel Bro...