| From the Richmond Examiner |
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| February 7, 1862 |
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| Special Message of President Davis -- The
Railroad Interest |
| We learn that President Davis
has sent into Congress a special message, recommending that the aid of
the government be extended to the objects of the resolutions adopted by
the Convention of railroad presidents and superintendents held in this
city last December. It is understood that the President takes the ground
that the capital necessary to construct the establishments required for
re-rolling rails and the manufacture of locomotives, cannot well be had
unless the Confederate Government will make some advance for the
purpose. It is also suggested that the machinery proper for rolling the
rails might be connected with that which is necessary for rolling plates
for uses which are wanted in the naval service. |
| It is known that the whole
matter of aiding railroads is largely engaging the attention of
Congress; and there is some curiosity to discover to what extent the
wiseacres of the Provisional Congress propose to adopted the proposition
of the Convention referred to, that "the railroads are a part of the
military defences of the country." |
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