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countenance the securities of such roads as those -which 

 have produced our recent troubles ; and, above all, 

 should demand of Congress, and see that the demand 

 is complied with, that there be no more subsidies of the 

 public lands. The national domain should no longer 

 be at the mercy of railroad gamblers. Let the land- 

 grab system be once overturned, and we shall have 

 more caution in the construction of new railroads. Let 

 it be understood that the people will no longer pay for 

 roads which are built only for the profit of the incorpo- 

 rators, and the era of Wild-Cat Railroads will have 

 passed away forever. 



