Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-10-07

sIsSippl, near Fralrle du Cnlen, In me paraliel
of aSon, 43 deg and thence over the Mssou-
ri, between Council Bluffs and The Big Sioux;
thence TO The Pass, on the parallel of abou, 40
l-2 deg; thence to the best point on the Pacf-
Ic. ST. Francisco or The Columbia river. This
route or starting poin. would seem absolutely
necessary. First, the route must be where the
rivers can be bridged; the starting point mus,
be from where The lands can be made immedi-
ately available for means, and where the good
land can furnish means for the part where the
land is poor, and TO furnish timber for the road
and for buildings where there is none. The
plan could not be carried out from a starting
point west of the lake, because there would not
be sufficient amount of lands on the route TO
insure success, and because the expense Of
transportation Of material TO any other point
would cost so much as TO forbid the work. And
il is not material 10 the States, as all would
join This a. or near the Mississippi, making this
The most central for all The Atlantic cities and
for New Orleans. and being abou, the centre of
The continent New England and New York
would have their Buffalo and Erie roads through
Ohio Pennsylvania to Pitsburg and through
Ohio; Baltimore 10 Wheeling and through
Ohio, two hundred miles nearer than New
York Richmond her direct and best of all the
routes TO Cincinnati, and then onward; Charles
ton TO Nashville and to Louisville, or direct
through the entire State of Illinois and New
Orleans, with the father of rivers always navi-
gable, 10 the Ohio while ST. Louis would have
the Mississippi and Missouri, and her railroad
up The Missouri valley, the first 10 reach i,-all
equally located and sharing in all its benefits.
Thus uniting and bringing all together at one
nrood ceDtra distant from ocean IN ncnap
from either city no, over 3,4oo miles. performed
a, a moderate speed in eight days, and at thirty
miles per hour in five and half days, and with
the magnetic telegraph ou'run the sun by IL
hours placing us on The Pacific, directly op-
posie to all Asia distant from Japan but
1000 miles, from China bu, 5,400 miles. TO
Australia but 5000, to New Guinea $40 miles.
and TO Singapore 1860 miles. From London
or Liverpool latitude abou, so deg 10 New
York is about 5000 miles, to be added TO the
above, when we have the direct route from Eu.
rope 10 all Asia, and much shorter than any
o,her route possible 10 accomplish.
These distances appear so much shorter than
those for the route across the isihmus, that an
explanation is required. First. we star, from
London, latitude so deg. and cross the ishmus,
in from deg. to l6 deg. north latitude. and a
bout 90 deg. ives, longitude, thence 10 Canton,
latitude about % deg. and cas-, longitude ll3 l-2
deg, or about 20 deg Of longitude, each degree
of Longitude full SO miles, making from the ter
minus of the canal 10 Canton over 10 200 miles
Whereas from Columbia River, latitude 46 l-2
deg to Shanghai, latitude about 80 deg. and
east Longitude l22 deg. where all the commerce
of China would centre, is 10 10 deg. of Ion
gi,ude, measuring on this parallel abou, Al miles
each, a distance of 400 miles. Thus it will
be seen that a vessel bound from the terminus
of canal across The isthmus TO China, the
shortest and bes, route would be first TO the
Columbia river, and then TO China. Thus we
see lha, this would gain over tina, Of the 18TH
mus from London TO China 1888 miles. TO
Australia 2,44o miles, to Singapore 1893, and
New York gains over Europe abou, 5000 TO
all these places. This seems to be Natures
route On this belt, this line around The globe,
is almos, all the population OF the world on
this line is and will be the creates, production
of breads,uffs and meal. the susienance Of man
and of commerce, adding wealth 10 the nation /;
the only route which can of itself furnish the
means 10 build the road, or where the labor Of
man can make il available. Nature has here
smoothed the way, and opened the mountains
to let us pass.-Then look at our picture, our
position win this road completed: behold with
one hand we reach out over the Pacific to the
millions OF Japan, China, and all Asia, with
our manufactures, our cotton, our tobacco, our
hemp our rice, our flour. our corn, beef, pork,
leather, and all our many and various products,
and receive back in exchange their teas, coffee.
sugar, spices, indigo. drugs, silks, and various
useful and curious fabrics, with gold, silver and
precious stones-all too with our own ships
and our own men and with the other hand o.
yer The broad Atlantic, TO all Europe, our vari
Gus products in exchange for theirs, and receive
their surplus population to whom we give
home. a country. while our body draws 10 II
and controls the rich commerce and wealth OF
all the world, spreading and circulating from
ocean TO ocean. through every artery, through
every cily from Texas 10 Maine, and from the
heart, the centre, would spring and flow forth
throughout the whole frame. the whole system,
the life. the products of mans labor, from the
earth. which created, would control and sustain
it, The picture is grand, and nigh, be con'id-
cred vision. had it any oiher foundation than
she wilderness earth, which by The labor Of man