Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-05-31
Review Of 1910, contains en- interesting

Review Of 1910, contains an interesting
frfice on thu, SUBJECT anu demonstrates
its practicable execution, and immeasu-
rable advantages 10 the commercial and
civilized world. 1t is said to be he
ml, htieSt event that could occur in favor
Of the Peaceful intercourse Of nations,
svhich the physical circumstances Of fhe
Rio6e present 10 the entertrize Of man.
The English Company have deter
mined 10 pursue tlat route through the
Isthmus which was long since ascertain
ed 10 possess the greatest natural facIli-
ties. Bryan Edwards, whose character
as an historian and topogrspher is gene
raj Y known, was SO we'll convinced OF
the superior advantages OF Costa Rlca,
or Nicaragua, for the location OF the pro-
posed canal, and oil its immense impor-
lance to the British Government, that he
strongly recommended it 10 seize this
Isthmus by conquest, or TO Procure IL by
negociation. The English seitlemen, on
the Mosquito Shore, and their pretend
cd claim TO this district, may have no We
ry distant reference to this object; and
the resolution OF Colombia, expressed in
the late Message OF her Executive,
which will be sustained by Guatemala,
TO preserve the territory Of the Republic
undivided, and declaring all colonies
therein, not formed by permission OF the
Government, TO be Illegal, indicates 'he
wisdom and hrmness of her Councils.
The London extrac, says, a line oil rivers
and lakes has been discovered, facilitat-
ing the present objects. They are the
San Juan, and Lakes Nicaragua and
Leon. The San Juan flows from these
Lakes into the Atlantic, atfordng a depth
OF four and six fa,homs of water from its
mouth to the lakes, which are OF greater
depth. From Leon to the coast OF Nj
coya. on the Pacific, is distance OF but
Twelve miles and from Nicaragua to the
Gulf OF Papagayo, eighteen miles. The
ground between the two lakes and he
sea is perfect level, excepting a few
isolated concal hills. The river pre-
sents no distractions that may not be
readily removed, and the coast of Nj
coya and the Gulf OF paPagayo, are free
from rocks and shoals. II is said by re-
spectacle authority, that large briggs and
schooners have sailed through the San
Juan into the lakes; the remaining
twelve or eighteen miles can offer no
difficulties to the completion of navi-
gable communication. But this line is
not of late discovery, for we have seen
survey OF it in manuscript, made twenty
years ago, by a Colonel Hodgson oi
Brids Engineers.
The United States are interested in a
canal, at whatever point it may be open
ed. But that proposed through the 18TH
mus OF Tehaunlcpee, in Mexico, now
under survey by our citizen Mr.. Blunt,
and which will be made by the Mexican
Government, combines greater advan-
sages than any other route. Its proxi
nifty to the United States. and to their
territory, on the Pacific, would OF itself
secure preference. Nothing SO clear
Iy exhibits the benefits which would re-
suit to commercial intercourse from this
passage, as tnC IdCt, tudt io5OOO Wi'So
would be saved in a voyage from the
Metropolis OF the Republic to its infan,
colony at Astoria; and 1000 miles in a
voyage to China.
When this object shall be accom-
plished, the prosperity OF Mexico will
be as rapid as her oppression has been
great and continued. Her possessions
Of California, and the provinces OF ST.
nora and Sinola will then be rendered
immensely valuable, possessing, as they
do, salubrity Of climate and fertility OF
soil. The United States will be brought,
into near and immediate connection
with the Pacific coast Of South and North
America; will be enabled to protec! and
maintain close intercourse with the ris-
ing settlemen, Of Oregon, which will be
. barrier against the advance Of Auto
cratic power; and by its naval arm our
Republic will approximate its Western
limits to the Oriental confines OF the
Ancient World. MAJ Jsur.