New-York daily tribune., 1849-10-29
The Pacific RaiIroad-Lerer from
& OF. rr. mont

Cot. ~. MONT
10 the course q h.. speech before toe recent fae9
Railroad Conv-s;ion ~ - Louis Col Benton Tes' 's
following ertrsc; Of letter from Col Fremont asea
NoSTEEET. (c.) June 2, l-i9.
.b.u - ,r,i,u. 70 -.cesTs the bes; iaforrat:oI
relative 70 yo1r pan FOR The rsFo@f-~ass 'ne p'o'
vccts f0r fts al Ssl. sLd towards ~lsF pom u
tsis couairy u zil. probably o. Greeted n,
In ,onver.ns viii Mr. Batter hns and Gen feI
.-r smith fsx days s.ace. tsis rJad Ess 1lec. "a
y.usr,l tntere-. ,er.orsi hat ihe i1e explored "a
ny lzfi Journey vac admirably cslclisie1 Tor ne
passing zee mCuntsi1 between iLe Afs-f--s ~ -
Del slrfe With scarcely iot tgsa4isy oi rIt-e 1'
win 1-a rer s1ca or disaster ~ l"c@ NH
would nv. sa me a ,rsrrar o is ex..ns1n ilrt1sr
west O. the Grcst Bs.n. reference - ne ii-r ~
shoE you that this ins cro:ics Ire f.-r5 e. 80
Hlrte 81. the northern edge % ine ~ n-N-s-
ments = handsome sn- fertile cJI1.Fyf NN11c' =
branch road rn!thr BE- thrown d0Sr tne vAfy OF t-e
river sn1 through the settlements - santa re- 80
r0st V1r1 enter tie basin ~ i1e s1-inril 10 "a .
Mormon settlements. and crcss y way o. h-noui''
river About midway OF tnai riVeI c-ultr, - =
valley opens into IT, ana ~ fts ss CO tftsni ras p
cr pass 1ear tir asad q iss .1r1 Sic- -71 r1@s b
fore reaching tEs psss, vsy -'eiging 20 ln1
sH1rds very practicable rsy rod no oTt&v - !.
my opinion iar lne best 5y which y0a can f-ecn tn-t
country. ...
"Imnetiately Aner this eosTer'aiicn' Gen. smith
determined upon party % explore tAAs PA4t VI '-7
route which have as; descrlo-n' "lin Ni'~ -
port upon Il stfne ensuus session OF Congress he
st-rwa-f called uocu me 70 rec gest that would s-n1
him written cot. nunicston n ne same elect "a
order that hereafter iae credit OF the susEesoh sn.
remain ~ilA ne lis not pleasant to see TIE Hork
pass into other hands but privaie means se inA-c-
euate to such undertakings here.
Col Benton coacladsd bis speech ss follows
Welvs ln extrsordlusry times, and are called upon
~ elevate ourselves % the grandeur 81 TIE occasion
Three and nst ceniuTie. aso' the sree' ooil1l5u'
the msn who Tss si.erEafd csI4.d Zone ih e1..us
from the New W0r which be had disc 've7co-int'
great Columbus. IN the yesr 1872, departed from Ea-
rope . arrive ~ "a. Bast hy gong % the west II
~. sublime conception. he ~as Ia the line % sue
cess, when tne Intervention Of two continents, nov
dreamed Of before. arrested bis progress Now II the
nineteenth century. mechanical genius enables ns
great design 70 be fuliled In iac beginning, hHd IN
bsroa-ous aes tie vas oaffier 70 me nefouisr
of nations. li 2srsted nations NechsnioA genius,
iu iuvcut;re tre ship converted that barrier into
facility Then land and continents became the oh
struct.on The two Americas intervening ave pre-
Fealed Europe and asia from communicating on the
s,r ignt line For three centuries ard halt this oo-
.tscie has frustrated the grand desi.n Of Columbus
NOV in our day, mechanical genius h.. again tri.
umphed over the Obstacles Of nature, snd Converted
into : facility thai which ha1 so lOpg been iupss,s-
Be obstacle The fte. car has worked upon the land,
snd among eni zhiened nations, and 70 s decree Tar
trznscendrg IT, the miracle vhin the ship 10 baroa
r0us ages, worked upon the ocean Tho land n1s now
become the faculty for tie most 1'stsnt connunica-
hoes the conveyance berg invent which annhilsies
both tifu, and spsce. We hold toe intervening land
hold the obstacle which stopped Columbus ~e are
in the line between Europe sud Asa
We have u % our power - remove th-t obsisce-t1
convert I, into aisclty-snd % carry him on to hs
and If promise aud Of nope, utn rspidy, preci.
son and safety unknown 70 all ocean navigation.
king and queen started him upon biz erestenterprisc.
Il lies IN the hands OF Republic n csmpet o. II l.
In our han I've the People OF tire United stsss Of
this nrsi hslf ~ this nineteenth century Let rsse
ourselvesup. Let rse 10 the grandeur Of the
sion. Let us complete the grand desigu Of Columbus
oy putting Europe and Asis into C mmEncalon, and
to 10 advantage, through tie hesrt Of our own
cOuaty Let give 70 h shiys, converted into cars
a continued course, unknown 10 al former times. Let
US make toe iron rosd-and make II IRON s-s 70 SEES,
States and individuals making IL ess Of the Mssssppi
the nation making u west Let COW, In tots cOEyen
ton rise above everything sectional personal local
Let beseeoh the Sationsi Legislature 10 build the
great Tosd upon toe great nstonal lna which unite.
Europe and Asia-th- line which will nod, our con
tinent the Bay Of Frsncisc0 At end - Louis
10 the middle, ihe national metropolis and gre4l
mefcial empOriums e. the Otler-snd which shsil BE-
adorned with is cr0vnng honor the colossal statue o.
thr grrs, Cogmbu. whose De, gn ~ sccomp.he- hswn
from the grsnite mass Of peak a the Rocky Noun.
tsiss overlooking the rosd-the mountain itse.t tre
pedestal and the statue part Of the moaaAir-Point
az with Outstetchei arm 20 the western horizon and
.syisg the dying passenger tncre is tie fa. there
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