The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-05-31

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manded a nation to come forward TO work
and for Wharf.-The wisdom of the world
fo~ 5000 years has not been able to tell.
But what is the case with us? Where is
the man-be he King or be he President
be he high or low--be he rich or poor--be
he eloquent or speechless-where is the
man can do this in America? Where is the
man in the whole of this great Republic
can command that which the people disap-
prove, that which does not commend itself to
their sound practical common sense? No!
No! Americans have taken UTILITY for their
guide in every object; and they come for
ward--not at the bidding Of priests, presi-
dents and kings-but from a feeling which
has its origin in their own bosoms, feeling
that tells them that what they are goiug to
do is to benefit themselves and their poster
lily, and now tell you that this American
Federal Government has nothing to. do but
to lay off the lines of that great road, and
give the people permission TO work upon it,
and Immediately you will see it lined with
laborers from the Missouri to the Pacific
the sound of the supplements of progress
and industrywill he heard from one end to the
other: and in period less than Compare
lively speaking) will take you to deliberate
this great national, unparalleled work in
the history of the world viii 5e completed,
and America Will reap the glory. The Ro-
mans whom we so much admire, would not
go sneaking round mountain in making u
road. They scOrned to go round noun
tain! "OvER it or THROUGH it,'' was their
motto; and we, in America, can rival them.
This great road aoW be made; while the
Government are celebrating about it the
people will make 1.-THE hoofs of horses,
the tread of mems feet-yess the tread of
chidren's fest, who shall constitute the
fathers and mothers of future generations
building up and consolidating this great Re-
pub'ic-the tread of chiIdren's feet and the
grinding Of wagons will make the road
Tens of thousands of people will go on it
this very year--making the road as they 60
1t WILL be made; and it is in that point of
view that it bears upon all the projects of
making roads in the State of Missouri; for
while that great trunk will run like mighty
river straight to its terminus, there will bs
branches to the right and to the left, and,
when it reaches Lit. Louis, there it will he
in connection with all the great modes of
communication; and great, then, as may he
the advantages in the continuation Of roads
from St. Louis, not merely East, but to ev-
cry point Of the compass, taking for its cir,
conference the lakes and the borders of the
Atlantic-fhe whole of these will derive an
immense additional value from coming into
communication at the other end of the greas
trunk, which will bring Asia, with all its
riches, into the United States.
Yes, gentlemen, that road will be made;
and while both in Europe and America the
vast country beyond the Pacific remaining
so long sealed book-while the vast re-
gions from Missouri TO the Pacific were
considered desert where people could new
er live-now the curtain has been lifted, and
young man has employed himself several
years in threading twenty thousand miles Of
wilderness, with a telescope in his hand ,
fixing the attitudes and longitudes, writing
down every thing new and strange in nature,
and from him we see that what was consid-
cred an impossible barrier, is a habitable
mountain, more beautiful than any in Swift
Zerland. And while this was considered the
most barren, the most savage part Of this
wild conntry-that place which mas been
commonly spnken of as the Great Salt Lake
that country has been laid open, not only
as country susceptible of improvements,
but as one affording many advantages for
civilized habtations; and nc sooner had his
first exploration revealed the true cOndi-
ton of thai region which lies beyond the
great Salt Lake, than the people wandering
from East to West have gone thither to es-
tablish themselves, and are advancing with
all the comforts and improvements of civil
ization. To that people this young man
has been Moses-he has shown them
land to which they have gone.
And now, fellOw-citZens, after these brief
expressions-after reminding you that the
whole country beyond the Mississippi clear
70 the Pacific Ocean is all susceptible of be-
ing inhabited, all capable of Improvement,
| am satisfied that no sooner shall the Gov
eminent of the United States have marked
out the lines for the best of all roads con
nected with many others. some Of which
will he made now and others thousands of
years hence, only give the people liberty
to settle on this route, and have it marked
out, and they will come upon it as swarm
of locnsts would light upon green spot in
the deserts Of Egypt; in the night they will
come down upon it and the land is now
alive. There are here persons who will
see that great road have on each side line
of thick settlements, Of houses, Of towns,
of villages. The child is born, the men are
grown-somc of them are here who will see
all this, for 'sgo-ahead" is the watchword,
the feeling of the American people; and
-"ahead'' they .sgo" with rapidity which
no government can stop; they are people
which are always ahead of their Govern
ment. With these few words ] return you
my thanks, especially the President and the
gentlemen who have done me the honor to
invite me to come here this evening.
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CANADA.-Ne have seen letter from
Montreal dated Thursday after the burning
of the Parliament House, which states that
il is almost impossible to describe the depth
OF feeling which pervades the people of that
place in relation to political matters and that
the general cry is for annexation to the
United States. The writer is an American
merchant and has resided in Montreal sew