Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-05-24

PAsAsA, FKsauAar IA, Is45.
Dsas Sssi Thi- y pana long known rs one Of great
ssnassa assssesa = dc ,snnns. 81 ms contemplated
pa-r~e Eas shs Aiiaaic % ils Pacific Ocean. Ma
'sw Aas maAs y ia.psran, position. The geography
81 AZ wsxid has Ia wisAsui prospective rival al
as sahss AID, hisg somrslsd my route % Lima 70
a~aa a~ anissi q q ships q war 20 convey me 10
~ de-'im.a'ss have i sAs eoad IN other way so
gay smg shs i-use u The interval n IN The inycsi
sss.Dn q Ah very tmporaa, s9ecs Hsay as my era,ni-
nata hss nscrasy bern. shs information have collected
> rseo ugaa fssts s=-eisl he thoroughly understood
and vial - Dc iassse.ss Il sur national trade.
hssra kneioms Aad governments had 30 long lheorized
agA tbs s0sr ~ canal railroad between Inc t~aoceans
si bal alnsa eea@d % sn The pubic attention. until
ssnswsd ss ~ua % h. infused ino the question nv the
sssus massu~uts a the popular mind IN Europe For CEN
's sss has isa she theme u public discussion on the
ssh SHE a the Asaaiic. and ssme among hs most scientific
and distinguished statesmen the water have made il
ssdias isIe a eansus aud investigation not only in the
sras sssS bai Ia The most abs commercial publca,ions
iha have - bong shsi lasi upan modern enterprise and
Hg~osra'eui m the seies u transatlantic intelligence
viii To- quite husnsome 10 the reader and prove an un-
oAAs 1s u Tho several examinations reports cor,espon-
dsee a estimates eonnsccd with this great question: 10 at-
sp ~ eaa a. shs sasi space II three letters which
popos % write this se 10 present an ihs figured
csruiaiiis sls~l ~ a@-esa sh- ,.stiesbiy Of the
several sess sugsrsied This would only weary the mind
By overlooking !, with of selfeydeni testimony upon
point an whxh thsrs 10 he lle diversity Of
opsnlon An freely admit the entire prac,icaby Of
such sonnsxion Enough Is already known TO convince the
most skspica thai insumouniabe barriers stand in the
way Of - accomplishment The objections have all Of ihem
AS npPFchend different foundatonone which il indeed
painful 10 contemplate. and which should possible 10 have
been avoided, have had existence National rivalry
The want 81 concession and compromise the entire absence Of
all II action the distance Of the iSihmus from al the
graf maritime Powers and the consequent expense incident
10 great undertaking. have hitherto quite unfortunately
permitted unparalleled work 10 sumb the duh page Of
an engineers commissioners report which,
plishs would spread total eclipse upon every thing Of its
kind IN the history u the world such an enterprise should
be The work q nations Every quarter o the gIobe is inter-
esied IN is execution rivalry should have part lot in
the matter The eonnesion of the oceans should in
truth be made obes Cor the heneG, Of mankind
Tia, great purposes would be defeated should pass
greatly FEAR win do H,o The hands of spectators but the
God Of Nature n,eneJ u Cor such monopoly. The broad
oeeaa j. the highway Cor the Of the world
No comscmise d required m is free enjoyment The flag of
every nation finds protection upon The products Of
every eme ride In security upon il bosom and latitude and
longitude given every sail tia, whsns It's surface.
An this and y indeed true in The abstract hut after
a. what Is the 20 moralze Why urge what ought 10
be doae when such opposing brought in conflict
They hold supreme an such matters This has been
fully shown by the hitherto adopted and do
that have much expect better things Cor the
future
The distance that separates the Asnifrom the Pacific al
ibis snas very ins that The proposed union is one
Of the mos, paaby natural within The whole circle 81
hydraulic operations aud yet. how strange the fact that
project rch In promise. deeply interesting, and vitality
important 10 the snd trade of nations, should he
known only upon the maps aud charts u the agents Of
Government
The grand aim Of that Convention understood TO
fix upon mutually advantageous regulations
and promote union and In this undertaking
Du, lis AMI doings lr little known Nv many
that Convention considered q chimera. However
that might h. certain y that imvepeirae darkness covers
H. deliberations NJ this point.
The only memorial q is result. hero, the very az
is singS, which weeks of prrserns inquiry alone have
,nableJ obtain (and that indeed sal one, found
Engraved upon the iombuiones II young men from
England, aged eighteen and the other wrn,yons,
4, Tho British representation IN thai Congrs., who did
June aud July. 1880. 81 the prevailing FRYER ef the
Is dcemed uncommoniy healthy and free from an ,ho-e
fatal maades which amentay Incident 10 II the
less favored ports upon this
Whatever the result of the dcbcrason. az tina, body,
tany nothing Of Interest has followed ia dang- ana~e
have look subsequent r MI that has been
made to see the light upon ibis subject
The difficulty of procuring intelligence 81 ef
the early movements upon this question has drawn my
ton directly to those of land and nation We
have engaged people, In warmth q interest ami
feeling natural position in this vitality important dsu-
sion Though suffered 10 slumbcr has been permit
ted to die. II now, has been In the United
States, matter % and anxious inquiry among al a
leading and d scicnce many a. whom
have been ardent and uning their stons and
to whom the commercial world !. nj this moment deeply In
debtcd for the embodied information they hsve c upon record
The Amercan press, too that great engine o public ono
that mighty prop and pillar Of popular ecJom has
been behind those Of France and England in frank and
manly discussion Of this proposition. u i that tbo-
monarches each Of which has string d rich and productive
islands in the Indies and the former in the Pacific, have s
centuries been looking with eagle eyes n this hmu and
the latter Power in particular II full crecncc may h. given
TO proceedings whose object well he msapprrhsnje
has been eagerly watching every ruling u leaf from every
quarter Of the globe having the least sluntog towards hs
contemplated connexion o the two CONDENSED his
tory Of the steps taken by different nations and Governments
in reference to this project, will glance sow the position
in which this matter stands and this win be brought
within very narrow compass Tirsome and prolx essays
lily suited such investigation they only
clog and cmbanass inquiry, while brief synopsis, emboiy
ing all the material facts, be made 10 reach every reader