Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-09-05
Convention at 81. Louis

The editor of the Cincinnati Gazette says
"a large committee Of gentlemen Of the very
first responsibility in ST. Louis. have addressed
Circular in bshaif Of Gse people Of st. Louis, 10
the people Of the United States. inviting them TO
send delegates from every State and Territory
in the Nation, TO d convention to be held in St.
Louis, the third Monday in OctoJer, $40 The
object is TO devise ways and means for the con-
s,ructon Of Railway through the territory OF
the u niicd States, connecting the Atlantic and
Pacific States. The hope IS expressed that eve
~ district will be represented, $50 that ti,- hos
pifaily Of 81. Louis shnH rejgce in tie fullest er-
ereise and enjoyment of its means; anI that
quicA-niug voice may 20 forth from the
bied mass, hut sAau gice 10 he great measure Of
american Progress assurance of lis triumph. -
Cincinnati Will, Of course be represented
Ohio will be represented. We are too much in
terested III this great project, TO stand aioof on
such an occasion. Ia relation to the Importance
Of the proposed communication, the Circular
says"
eve feel assured that investigation and dis
cussion will demonstrate TO the " rid that the
Pacific Railway and telegraph practicable
and attainabe Objects. That they VII prove
tn m to be above merely party nSid-rutions.
aud exclusively Of national import; that tseIr IN
.
that they VIII tend to increase its power, wealth
and grandeur, to elevate still ighcr lis Charac-
ter among the nations Of the earth, to confirm
and render indissoluble the attachments to us Of
most distant provinces, aud 10 streug the u
aud perpetuate tie bonds OF our national L MON.
Owe derive our Justification for these autci
pations from multitude Of reasons, military,
political, social, and commercial, which cannot
fail TO suggest themselves III every serious
-ideratiou OF the subject. The effect upon the
public lands promoting their settlement n and
enhancing their value, the increased security to
be afforded to the frontier Of the old States and
10 III" interior OF the new acquired territories,
IN Facilitating intercourse with the Indian tribes
in diminishing the expense aud quicke ming the
transit of national forces and munitions, there
by increasing the efficiency Of governmental au-
thority over wi4cly extended CONAN, the open
ing Of a new and available channel to a valuable
commerce long pent up and hitherto Of difficult
! access, the development of the resources of d
new country vastly fertile in mineral wealth
the discovery of new sources OF commerce, and
the opening of new fields of employment for
great numbers of our people, the aid ana saving
10 be afforded to the whale fishery by Offering
to II American harbors on the Pacific in iume-
diate communication with those upon the Allan
TIC the binding together the people of the At
lantic and Of the Pacific, by adding the ties
Of kindred those of common interests and sym
pathies enabling us to say to the New Nexicans
and CaiiornIans, 1--WE no longer strangers
and foreigners, but fellow citizens" the exh,bi-
tiOn 10 inc WofIu OF inc nearest route 10 ASIA
for European, BraZian West Indian, and Amer
lean travellers, bringing Europe and China with
in forty five DAYS of each other. the probability
of securing for the United States the trade with
India. China, Australia, Japan, and other coun-
tries upon the Pacific. and Of thus making the
old American cities Of the Atlantic and the Gulf
the entrepofs Of the European, San francisco
would be that of the Asiatic wort, the effect
abroad of carrying and dillusing the lights OF
American civilization TO regions remote and
hi he rtO UlVpG the darkness of IDOL
airy and imperial despotisuI, the effect at home
of producing more perfect fusion Of the differ
ent elements composing our own National L mon
"a work having such objects is worthy of the
, highest efforts OF patriotism, worthy, indeed, Of
the united action OF the whole nation. and ought
not TO be degraded, denatIonalized, c'ogged m
/ Jurcd, OF endangered by being involved with mi
nor objects, with the schemes Of individual
I aggrandizement ambition. work, whose
benefits are thus to be universally felt and en-
Joyed, has dignity and scope beyond the
/ means, and above the Interests Of persons,
tons, or parties.
w ii! Indiana be represe mt ed in this lmpor taut
convention Will the friends of the Central
route fail to mingle in the crowd who will at
tend' The object is to facilitate the construc
ton Of road west Of st. Louis; but a good deal
will be said about the route east Of that place.