Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-09


tween our remote river basins.
Wlal is il hat has caused the nations of Europe
! 10 attach 80 much value and Importance 10 The
commerce OF The lnaiesl Ii is brcause The river
basins here lie in attitudes which are not found
| IN Europe, and which b refoTe supply commerce
l1wIh staples that arc mol produced here. All The
supplies Thai are 10 be found in the river basins
vi Europe and OF India. with the exception oi
..mere spicirs, abound in far greater profusiun in
the inasn icen. system vi The new world. As be.
| lore slated, This Mediterranean sea is midway be.
tween The Two Americas; only give US therefore,
| a commercial highway acr. IS the lshmus, and
we make il III" commercial centre Of the rarIh. |.
| will then stand midway between Europe aud
Asia.
| As surely as a railway is constructed across
this l>amus, so surely will il lead 10 The con-
snnciun Of a ship canal. For experience will
rg1ve that all the railways thai can be constructs
ell across the ls.hmuses Of Panama and +. huan-
tepec i'll be inca bic ol Transporting The mer,
chandise which will seek ransil ih.re. With
a ship canal, vessel may sail from Liverpool,
OF New York, ur Charleston, or New Orleans,
and entering The tiades, may with ier winds and
flowing sheets sail the world around and accom>
| Plush The voyage in much less lime than is now
possible TO 10. Such commercial lhoroughfare
will place The Atlantic and The Gull ports Of the
United States on The way side Of commerce. and
in The great avenues oil trade; and on The return
voyage from India. the ports OF California will
be the halt way house.
| Owing 10 the course which the winds make il
necessary for vessels 10 pursue, Great Britain is
nearer than We are by ten days sail AMI up.
wards, 10 all the foreign markets of the world,
except those of the Gulf Of Mexico and tho
Caribbean Sea notwithstanding this adyan
tsge, we, by our superior energy ns ship builders
aud ship sailers, have been coming up with her
hand over fist, and the commercial race has
now become neck and neck. She is a throat
latch ahead. Only give US this highway across
the i>ihmus, and We shall turn the Corner, and
| al angle bound come out clear full length
| ahead. England will be distanced, and will
| then remain forever under the Yankee stern.
a demand for goods takes place in the markets
OF China-adyiccs are brought over in thirty
days by the line of steamers that assume 10 run
between California and that Empire-the mag.
relic telegraph akes up The intelligence and iu.-
| sanity delivers it in the Atlantic ports aud en-
board The steamer bound for Europe. While
that steamer is on The way, the American mer-
chant ships The goods, sends the invoice with tho
intelligence across The railroad 10 California !;
there it i, delivered TO tiIe mail steamer bound
for China. and in few days reaches his eastern
agent
In The meantime his ship is running down
The trades the rate OF eight miles the hour, pass
cs through the ls.hmus canal, :ld reaches Ter
destination hihy, is.:y, or t.ity days before The
EnaIic1m2E can arrive ,hsIe Thus he shall
have lie control 81 The market Tor month be-
lore any olher nation can send its ship Ii COM
pele with Us. Do you want any greater adyan.
iase} Great Britain is aware OF this. She we'll
understands the advantages over us which she
! now enjoys in The voyage round either OF the
Capes. In proof Of This have bu to call your
attention 10 The iacl that although Great Britain
has been making a!tenpt alter attempt 10 tiscoy-
CT N. w passage, and in her efforts has cx-
pended lie and money wiihou. STINT yet she has
never once entertained III, idea oil opening a
commercial highway across The lsthnus. She
has s'rlvcn against hope 10 lind N. w passage
Tor should practical one be discovered there, ii
would then give her The advantages which a roGle
across the lslhmus wo.Li g i've US.
To illustrate lbs feelings OF The English people
on tits subject, may be excused lur mentioning
, a circumstance which has Come indirectly 10 my
knowledge, and which is This: You, gentlemen,
will Iecolect that the right of way across the
lsihmus, which has been granted by New Grana-
da, was tlrsl giyeE IL company OF Frenchnen.
They SET. ah agent TO London To solicit snbscrip.
ilhS W lUtU ) uCk. nc reply Vi Inc
capitalists was, MOP 'Why7" "Recapse a
commercial ,horoushiarr across he IsIhmus will
put the Americans on III waysiIc oil the great
channels OF trade, and will give them advantages
over Il. under which there will be no longer Conf
petition between Us and Them" Il was Then pro-
posed 10 incorporate lealrre in iheir chatter by
which double tolls should be eYacted on all Ane>
rican merchandise. With that drawback They
were sdaid 10 enter the lists there with US.
regard The roule across the islhmns OF Pana-
Ma As the link which is required TO make com-
p.rtc The great railway cham from this valley 10
he Pacific Ocean. Il is near the great circle
route from The weslern coast OF Sou.h America to
China. II will bring al, The travel between those
shores eui California and China through this
valley aud across that railway. II will bring
! New Orran: Is near The markets Of six ml>
lions oi people in Peru aud other Spanish Amer
lean States, as New York now il 10 those % The
Mediterranean.
10 contemplating tie commercial advantages
OF this Mediterranean Sea OF ours, and in al
! tempting IN draw picture of The elements oi
I power aud greatness which are centered there
| The brain becomes hcwilderrd, and The m!Ed daz
lied with The immensely OF The lluspecI.
Lieut.. Maury was appiaudei throughout his
speech, ami sat down amid The tumultuous cheers
! oil The audience.
A motion was then made for recess Of len
minutes 10 appoint the Committee on Rules &c
which was accepted. The selections having been
made, the President announced the following
gentlemen as composing said committee:
J A Campbell, Alabama; C Whttlesey, Mis-
souri,; f J Bullock, Kentucky; + c Stanton, Ten
ncssee; George Darcy, Pennsylvania; George c
Watkins Arkansas; D b d, Bow, louisiana
J ii Chalmers, Mississirpi;J Leigh. Virgnia
y Iamisou, Georgia; l. l. Robinson, New York
WIN l. Hall, Illinois; A Y Yates, Texas; F G
Mitlug, South Carolina.
The convention adjourned TO mecl,io. morrow
at . O'Clock, A. NJ.
MEMPHIS October "a,
Tue Src-sD DAY.-The committee on rules
reported.
II. G. Smith, Of Memphis, offered The follow
ing resolution, which Was adopted:
Resolved, That committee Of Two be ap-
pointed from each delegation, 10 constitute a
committee Oh The propositions and resolutions in
regard 10 the ohjscis OF the Convention and that
each delegation select lis own members OF that
committee.
MIR. Danny, Of Arkansas moved that they
proceed 10 elect committee men; and, on motion,
| Icctss Wis taken Tor ten minutes Tor that pu:-
pose
Alter The recess The Convention resumfd its
sitting; and The following were reported as The
committee on rou!es and resolutions:
Tennessee. c. Jones and II. 6. Smith.
kentucky-Benj L. Gray and Z. J. Bullo K
Missouri. Luushboroueh and L. +. Risk
lllinois-Wm NJ. Hall and Jas. Williams.
Arkansas-W. K Sebastian ard DR.. ]. Kirk
wood.
Mississippi-J. w. Chalmers aud J. 5. Yer,
J ger.
Louisiana-M M Cohen ard j. G. Larnc.
Tease Z. c. Mills and A. J. Yates.
Gecrcia--Dr. ID. Jameson.
5. Cafo.iua-D. F. jameson and ]. +. S.
Miltag.
Virsinia-J. E. Leigh ard J. +. Ttez,van'.
Pennsylvania-Hun. Geo. Darse and lion.
Chas. Naylor.
New York;. Z. Robinson.
Alabama --Thos. rearn and John a. Camp
bell.
MIR Larue, of Louisiana, concurred with the
President Of this convention, and so did The whoo
Of The Southern dc egaiion I. would take len
year, a, least 10 build rilroad across the
country 10 the Pacific / the meantime II was
both The political and commercial policy OF this