The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-21

To San Francisco in Is
When consider the remarkable results presented in
with what it will be when the proposed railroad shall be
completed and the advantages We shall then possess
East, need be surprised that European capitalists
have refused to lend their aid the psment
king which will only deprive them of the dec
ded superiority which they now in their
intercourse with nneenths of the word-exclusive OF
curse vesbut will place far ahead in the for
commercial supremacy that they overtake
Whether any considerations of this have been the
OF the failure Of all the efforts hitherto made
in Europe to open communication across the ishmus Of
Panama. we pretend not to say but we hink it by
means Improbable thar who hold in their hands
the strings OF the world would decline taking
steps which would evidently deprive them of their COM
manding POSITION and transfer the OF the power
TO our shores.
If wise sagaciy has deferred them from aiding to ad-
vance ms at their expense, justly be regarded
blind to our true interests if hesitate adopt such
will the prize which offered In
all great public movements II Is natural as il is evident
y proper, that every nation should consider well what
conIss OF policy will best promote its own prosperity and
channel OF communication the shmns of Panama,
it was to be expected that, while European governments
and capitalists would acknowledge its inn porance
the commerce OF the oord they would not fail 10 perceive
that its completion would transfer the seat OF commercial
empire to the western hemisphere Hence The scheme of
ship canal has found favor with them except in empty
them than no communication ut all. Mr.. Alexander
Forbes, in his work California, published in London,
1882 page 3l9, says.
Porto Bso 70 Panama or in that Vicinity but the
should consider such undertaking utterly useless
commercial point of view IT, the CONTRARY
delay would be small and the hng would
all the Of America and Pacific islands
still greater degree This revolution in the with Asia
and the Pacific to happen would aggrandze the
country of which have been treating" California;
ordinary manner"
The reader would be led to suppose there such
place the face Of the earth the Uped States yet is
precisely because there such country that the writer
objects. in his heart, railroad Ii any change is be
given to the of European commerce with the
of Arnar opI ha East tp1in I,r.
ton the sthmus OF Panama, is quite clear that
ship canal would BIO the only channel that could
that Our interests point to railroad, best suited in all
respects .s,sts to our position and progress
Pacific Its beautiful and commodious harbors its delight
tul climate the fertility of its SOIL and its mineral wealth,
attracting thousands and probably OF thousands
fellow citizens to 1t. The rapid of
lnuncaon should be established to facilitate their emigra.
ton, them in their homes supply their wants.
and to enable them still participate in the blessings OF
free institutions They viii be large Of
manufactures OF every description, aud for years
come, at least of our agricultural products also.
Its believed by who have had the best oppouui
ties of forming opinion that hundred thousand emf
grants will to that territory within year from this time
The fact that the gold region has attracted such
bers from all quarters is sufficient show that ag cuual
pursuits will be abandoned and that this collection
people must be supported entirely by mportaons of pro-
visions OF all kinds When the population shall amount
the number Supposed they will require supply of an
n nG%Ss1 sars Of 9s and
time proposed for the peton railroad If the re-
ports OF the mineral wealth Of California shall be found to
suppose that ut least half million of people will have
oecs go %n H. employed exclusively IN
wants will, OF course, be in proportion their numbers
supply of those wants may, If the proposed
the isthmus be made be sent from our own
ports this side of continent thus aoring an extern
ve market for our and products
If however. our commerce with that territory shalt still
be forced TO And its why round Cape Hou and pass
through the tropics our agriculture will he entirely de.
prved of this Market because is well known that it is
almost impossible to Hour and many sber articles
r N
warm ATTITUDES through which they would have pass
supplied, very high prices from Chill and other States
bordering the Pacific These alone, properly
sdered possess Efficient force il seems to US 10 Justify the
uvora BILE government on the application Of
the memoriasts The proposed communication will also
by bringing the places of supply and demand so much
together In 1882 the exports of domestic
goods 10 ports of South America and Mexico on the
Pacific were only between five and six hundred bales
In l8l7 they amounted to twenty thousand, and in
1913 will reach thirty thousand The cotton manu-
the coast Cotton raised in the country sells thirty
70 aos. o he The dce
supplied partly from the United States to Mexican
Country .evsn hundred to one ho".and miles, in bses
of hundred and fifty pounds each, on pack mules
a he Of the
the neghboring ports of Peru. The Peruvian cotton,
Of Quality to 10 the c., Of
portaon either round the cape overland sells from two
The duty IN AZ
but importaons made under licenses from the govern
men usually at xix cents per pound duty The Congress
have in contemplation reduce tho duty, which would
give us the entire market
In report which your committee had the honor to pre-
sent to the House at its ast session steam communi
cation with China" the commerce of the United States
with that country was 80 fully examined that il Is not
deemed necessary the present OCCASION repeat the
gumen then presented To show the importance Of the
proposed communication across ths isthmus which was
then and 10 regarded the instrument which is to
change our commercial relations with the whole world
and being nseparaby connected with our systam of
navigation.
has already been remarked that our ports are on the
way side from Europe to the ishmus lis equally true
that the ports OF California the side from the
sthmus to China, ManiIia and the East Indies. MIR
Forbes in the work before quoted, says, pp ll2 list