The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-01

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The people of St. Louis have written sno
published an address to the citizens OF the uni-
ted States in relation 20 convention OF the
friends Of great national railroad to connect
the Atlantic and Pacific States Of our confedsr-
acy together The convention Is TO be held In
that city on the third Monday in October next,
and all the various States in the Union are ur-
gently requested to send delegates % attend 10.
The committee, speaking Of the importance Of
such railway, say:-
We feel assured that investigation and discus
sion will demonstrate TO the world thai me "a
ci6c railway and telegraph are practicable and
attainable objects. That they will prove them
TO be above merely party considerations, aud
exclusively Of national import: that their innu-
enee will be eo-exiensive with the hePuoiic;
that they will tend to Increase its power, wealth,
and grandeur, 70 elevate still higher Its eharac-
ter among the nations Of the earth, 10 confirm
land render indissouble the attachments to ms
lof our most distant provinces. and 10 strengthen
and perpetuate the bonds Of our national union.
We derive our justification for these antici-
| paiions from multitude Of reasons, military
political social, and commercial, which cannot
fail to suggest themselves in every serious con-
sideration of the subject The effect upon the
/ public lands in promoting their settlement and
enha ncing their value, the increased security to
be sfforued TO the frontiers Of the old States,
aud 10 the interior Of the newly acquired terri
tories In facilitating intercourse with the Indian
tribes, in dimin isl,ing the expense and quick
ening the transit of national forces and NUM-
tons, thereby increasing the efficiency Of gov
emmenfal authority over a widely extended do
main, the opening Of a new and available chan
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hitherto Of difficult access, the development Of
the resources of new country vastly fertile IN
mineral wealth, the discovery Of new sources OF
commerce, and the opening Of new fields Of en-
/ ployment Tor great numbers Of our people, the
aid and saving 10 be afforded to the whale fsh-
cry by Offering TO il American harbors on the
Pacific In immediate communication with those
upon the Atlantic, the binding together the Peo-
pie or the Atlantic and Of the Pacific, by adding
10 the ties Of kindred those Of common interests
and sympathies, enabling US to say 10 the New
Mexicans and Cslifornians, eve are no longer
strangers and foreigners, but fellow-eitzens,' Is
the exhibition to the world Of the nearest route
to Asia for European, Brazilian, West Indian,
and American travellers, bringing Europe and
China within forty-hY days Of each other, the
probability Of securing Tor the United States
the trade with India, China, Australia, Japan,
and other countries upon the Pacific, and OF
thus making the old American cities Of the At
laniic and the Gulf the eRtrspOts OF the Europe
an, as San Francisco would be that OF the Asist-
lie world the effect abroad Of carrying and diffa-
sing the lights of American civiiisation to re-
giOns remote and hitherto involved in the dark
ness Of pagan idola;ry and imperial despotism,
the effect at home Of Producings more perfect
fusion Of the different elements composing out
own National Union--a work having such OBJ
jects is worthy of the highest efforts Of patriot
ism, worthy, indeed, the united action Of the
whole nation. and ought not to be degraded, de-
nation alsed, clogged, injured, or endangered,
by being involved with minor objects, or with
the schemes Of individual ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
lambition. A work, whose benefits are thus 10
be universally felt and enjoyed, has a dignity
and a scope beyond the means, and above the
interests Of persons, sections or parties.