MEMORIALS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS. MEMORIAL AND JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to a Mail Route. To the Honorable Postmaster General: Your memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Nebraska, respectfully represent: That proposals have been advertised from your department for Mails. conveying the mails of the United States, from July 1, 1869, to June 30, 1870, on the the following route in the State of Nebraska : 14,463. From Fremont to Lincoln, 45 miles and back, once a week, &c. new city. That Lincoln is the Capital of the State, a new city already of Lincolnconsiderable size and very rapidly increasing; the centre and depot of extensive and valuable salines, and surrounded by fertile prairies, numerous farms, &c. That Fremont is a thriving town of two thousand inhabitants, situated in the Platte valley, on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, at the junction of the Sioux City branch of said road, and nearly due north from Lincoln. your coaches. That memoralists are well assured that responsible parties Tri-weekly stand ready to propose for the conveyance of a tri-weekly mail between said towns, and will put a line of coaches ceiving the award of the contract for such service. thereon upon re That at the present time the mail requires a period of four days to pass between these points; a circuitous route, greatly to the detriment of the people of the interior. That the service proposed would afford great facilities to a large extent of country and to many points not mentioned. Therefore, Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives, that the Post Master General be earnestly requested to order tri-weekly service upon said route as soon as practicable. Approved January 20, 1869. Record of Joint Resolution. JOINT RESOLUTION AND MEMORIAL To General U. S. Grant, President elect of the United States. WHEREAS, The State of Nebraska, forms an integal part of a great and rapidly increasing community, closely united in interests with the East and South, but having within itself new and peculiar elements that require the attention and fostering care of the general government. And, WHEREAS, It is eminently desirable that the States and Territories west of the Missouri, should be represented in the Executive councils of the nation, by a statesman whose life has been spent, and whose experience has been gathered in their midst. And, WHEREAS, John M. Thayer, U. S. Senator from Nebraska, and laté Major General of U. S. Volunteers, has made a record in the forum and on the field, that places him in the front rank of Western soldiers and statesmen. Therefore, be it Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Nebraska, that General U. S. Grant, President elect of the United States, be, and is hereby respectfully and earnestly requested, taking into consideration the eminent abilities and public services of Senator John M. Thayer, his life-long experience in the great and growing north-west, his unswerving integrity and honesty of purpose, and his fitness for the position, to call him to a seat in his Cabinet, if not inconsistent with the public interests. Resolved, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby instructed to transmit a certified copy of this memorial and joint resolution to the President elect of the United States. Approved February 1, 1869. |