The Arkansas banner., 1845-11-12
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II can be; none richer. In the whole distance
 did not see one half acre of useless or bad
 land-all covered with the finest of grasses for cattle, and when cured, good hay. The
 ilrmer will want but the plough, the seed,
 the syihe and sickle. As far at the Cetlars,
 (mne'y miles west of tl1e Mississippi are
 considerable tracts of good timber. bat none
 beyond, 10 the Misaauri,and then very little
 lliI down 10 Leayenworhand then only about
 three n'los wide, and sometimes none on the
 fiYeri but coais are abundant, and the growth gol timber 50 natural, that wishou, lhe fires,
 (which now spread over the whole prairie yearly consuming every ihihg,) in fifteen years the whole, from river 10 river would
 ha enc dense forest.
 From the i.ake ie the Mississippi thelands gre good, route feasible and an abundance of timber whici, must be then prepared and t,-
 'en cn as the road progresses, the whole dis tanee 10 tie Rocky Mountains, andno streams ciHeu.t . bridge i'll tue Mississ poi, which can Do bridged m'the vicinity oi prarie dn Chien aad aheye, but, a5 l ute stand, not below laat place.
 From the Mississippi to the Missouri the s'reanlS eaa be bridged easily, and at a small comPartivey ' expense, first rate materials be- ing abQadau: in the bluff which form to banks. The Missouri is q very difficult stream 10 bridge ot navigate, its seal.rs rapid, many shoals, iS 10 90 inches water, its bed quic sand, it's channel constantly changing and now sul of sHsg7, is bottoms below the l Calumet, are four to five miles wide between which tho water coas,anty leaks out, which With tbe wear of the maR stream, causes the oaulS5 to tumble inio the river, and 90 on, un- i til new ehaHael Is male from one side of lhe bottom 10 the oher, rendering it almost impossible te bridge any where below the en- trance of ihc Calumet, but above which are two places oi rock and one of gravel bed,
 where, 10 the bottoms, from blaGto bluff, arc narrow, aud a bridge may be erected with out difficulty and with safety.
 Thus you ~ill see from my picture, that have ioaad all desired, aed far more than expected when sai oul. f 1 can get tho grant Of land, caa build ihe road In few months aitet the grant the work shall be com i meascd, and far soager than had dared to hope, the work can be completed when we
 jlaIl have the whole world tributary 10 Us
 when the coturserce of the whole world
 will be tHtn5led into our lao-when this vast and now u5eless waste of wilderness (and ever must be witheHi jhs fold, shall become the centre, the iaefougifare aud the garden ot the vast world, feeding, clothing, comfort
 ing and enliglteeiug millions who arc now starving, hQmeaess, nated5 ignorant and op- pressed-and who can oppose such work9
 have not exaggerated lhe results 10 flow
 from ili Let any intelligent iHan calmly and
 delibefa ely loolz over the subject, and he
 must, he will be satisfied tlial it Is not chi
 meflcal-it i5 not egNgefalcsl, but that 1t IS
 impossible to haii estimate I5 results. i'he
 geography of the world will show to all that this road must inevitably change tic whole
 commerce of the entire world, forcing its ras-
 sage over and making ii tributary to this road.
 some may hesitate to investigate, and be
 frightened II is magnitude, but i! is as sim
 pie as il s grand; is completion and success
 bat require IS cemmoneement; ita means to
 be supplied from source as permanent as
 time. bank which Aas never failed, or re- faged io open its doors ass;l yield up it's rich
 treasures 10 the demand ol the ndastrioue la boring man--the aonrce of all tho worlds
 weallh--the only regulater Of commerce and
 exchanges, is ncfF ready to furnish the means
 for this great work, and can such means fail? This, the most beautiful and richest of all
 tho earth inviting man 10 come forth and de- mand is rich treasures, and there are emilions now ready and waiting for way to get Ut
 such t promise.
 again ask, who can oppose this work'
 No mans rights to be abridged, no mans
 taxes to be increased, and not even one cent demanded from any one; all ask is that
 which IS HOW great part useless, and l do
 st,, 4fsef l,a whole cost Of the road will be expended for :, materials, labor, and the products oi the earth to sustain the labor, among the people to . whom the lands belong, though il does rot go into the treasury Of !he United Siaies, il 2 does go directly into the pockets of the peo- Il pie to whom !hat ttroasury belongs, and sum tao, more thaa double of that which will be ! received from the eaine lands in any other : way ] call oE a,l to investigate .his subject, !, ani to support me in t, so far as am right, and no farther. look to the press for aid ard support in bringing the subjectfully be- fofe the people; immediate action is necessa- ", t must De decided by Inc next Congress The lands from the Lake 10 the Mississippi are fast being taken up and will soon be SC , much so as 10 defeat the project. Iowa and
 Wisconsin will soou be made States, which
 will he en objection. Oregon, so much in I teres;ed in, and so dependent on this road for is membership of and connection with our government, calls for action. It IS no political quesson, t is not sectional ques. ton. IL is one ih which all parties can ac q and all interests be benefited. It is not ' !. stock jobbing, gambling scheme, there being U 10 company to manage or stock 10 speculate T. rpon. No one can be deceived or delraudes l and the only questions seem 10 be, do VI : want the Fond, is il desirable, will il be ana :. .ional benefit, and wiii not the whole work be benefited by t, and arc we willing ts ,,' have | on inc terms offered? without money A A and withoutpriee. And itappears to me tha . these questions cannot be answered but II :! the alternative.
 < If cannot from the lands build the road <. the people still have the lands; they do no .y3 part with one inch that is not applied to Il Y, l have full confidence that can build itfron s 1 the lands; if do, then the people aud th' ,s world gain all have promised; yea far more os My project seems to be popular with all here .' hope to be iii New ' York by the middle u