The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-10

Senate.
wAsHINoroN, Feb. 7, 1870.

hour, rose and asked leave to introduos the bill Of
Which no gave NOTICE few days ago. fr ns'
communication the continent With the Pscidc
was new idss IL an idea entertained BY every
tissns Of North Amsrss Tpd.r "a. Fsspoh au,s%i.
ties Canada, In $780, L. Sale had gone out with
the visw Of ascsrtstnng route across tho continent
Under the dominion Of the 0pAniArds, company mad
beer cent soyoas iron New Mexico, with reward Of
es 900 to the arst who should tns eaono This
nusnt, sfter ,ep s'ed attempts . norehwsst
psssses, oil Of which fsied turned their stesn to
an is's.d ps:.ss. sos they had various sxpio,stons
river. Asd NO doubt With the same view Of . oou-
mupicasion with the Pseino, Mr. Jefferson, In 1905,
Rocky Mountains, to the mouth OF tho Colombia
Thirty years sso drawn BY hss studies into the invss-
for :'a
teh IL was the great question OF comma sding the
somusrcs Of Asts-s subjsct which had been pri
the hstery Of the world ths trade OF AsA had ct df
krent epocbs b~en carried of by different routes
there routes had been changing for three tsousand
yesTe One more change nov clearly pointed out,
which would be she hnal one, and the route lies
through the heart Of North Ausrss This Ia chs last
Ne ony poessrsd the territory Of Orsgoa the Pc
elmo, our hmits for pssssge we're limited to the bsun
ths coiupbi.. Sine. the ssaaii.iso Of Csnoru.' W.
have wider scope, and vs have ,ince obtained all the
i ic% nsss's:ry for sn: location Of tn:
pos.ess all the necessary information, Mr.. Benton
rad from the rrpots OF the several -xptoes.
F,emc mt beginning with that Of ls42 in which the
Obsrvsiops Of 1t Col Fremont the locality
and chsrscisr Ct the South Psss 1000 feet above
the but 30 gradual In its ascent that 1t dcus
to the spot where the land reosdes
to the Psoinc Ia the exploration OF '43 another pass,
md altitude determined being 5000 feet above the sea-
and tie ascent TO It spreading wide surface OF
country, and from the abu dance Of game In the
neighbtrhood. region capable OF settlement and
profitable cuitiv alton high its location is ng
the mountains This pass detcsnds to the bottoms
OF The Platte River, at point where they are 1000
Mississippi From the bead waters Of the Platte, Free
mont cour.ed sloog the mountains TO the south
kLowp the three PARIS Of the Rocky Mountains In
the examination Of other pssess The Description Of
items tbst the RI cky Mountains impossible and
upinhsbitable. They prove that these ountains
pas. abe IN many places and inhabtsbl- to their
nits IN come localities south Of tie South Psss. He
read Fremonts description Of the North Park, cir.
ouIar valley up In the mountains. OF about thirty miles
around abou nding In grass aud game, and acme 000
feet above the From this Park there IL pa.saxs
into the plains the ether side, ana this sds-a
route for excellent road the Gulf Of California
Still thsr SOUTH ct the Middle Park there 10 another
beautiful pas over the 5000 feet above the
ma and s.opiDg away TO the plains Of the great re-
gion stretching OF towards the Pacific. ytnx down
to the valley Of the Grand River, branch Of the
Colorado An there pa,ses lie between the lsttudes Of
this stos With the head branches Of
the Platte and the ASksnsAs rivera, and the other
With the Utah end Great saik Lakes and the 0esat
Basin, and Humooldt's river, which westssrdly
thDush the Great Bssn nearly to the arst hills Of
Sierra Nevada or With the Colorado nvsr, flowing in
. southvsst direction to the Gulf Of California.
Hers, then have the choice Of several passes CON
man for al practical purposes the route for road
through the centre Of our country to the Psciac But
Esemoat vas ses yss ssstsdsd with his three sxpsd
tons 70 the Rocky Mounts and the couotry beyond
TO the Pseino Esd lat October be sst with
exploration Of route from the head waters Of the
no Del Norte seross to the waters Of the Colo
ration asS. sS.ii ' cao" o'o al 's sS.. '.' to
b known If our srest territories snd shsir geo
srsphy, from the Rocky meantains to the Pacific.
IL would pssm that IL VS. act Of Providsnoe by
which Colonel Fremont years ago. fret sositsd
ana obtained OF Colonel Albert privilege an sx-
porAton OF the head great rivers Of the
MS ouii and from which beginning with those thirty
children Of the moupts'ns We nov know nearly all
that's necessary to be known Of the Rocky noun
tsins and the country beyond them to the Pachc
ocean. The leading idea Of the bill 10 . national
road. We propose road that shall be national IN
tiosal resources A road OF 1900 miles through
wilderness infested by Indian tribes, could only DO
made BY authority Of nation, and with nation a
means He would never givs authority to any indt
viduals, or to any oompsny, 70 undertake
ttrpriss He would never give them authority over
I+pudiatea It from the 5sgisning All private sad
paDy sehtmer totally iDcom petsnt tne task
He would not make this TOAD . company couesrn-s
matter forsock bbipg ana speculation the shares.
Mr. FooTE here rose and 81 bmttsd that the Senate
from Misssun was out Of order that no pursuipg
hanentary ussgs In the introduction OF ball As did
not wish to prvsts proscts attacked without the
privilege Of defending them.
p'anaon from 'hs Vice President, be wss permitted
rssum~ his remarks He vas Tor having . national
highway from the Nississippi to the PscIdc He wss
akapst all schemes Of Composites individuals and
especially against thoss who here ak to be
pc0rporst~d with their heirs and sss schsmss
which woud make the sursrpriss business OF stock
jObbiDg and s ding spd paper Aving in shares
He opposed TO ,, In toto and from the bsgi ntug
~kn
the repaired the road purposes
OF spseusttop. he for . nstionai highway. He
caLty and which would sscommodate the greatest
hummer OF and the largest OF He
route tRroush To tAs bay Of
would con binS thee sdvSutsgss that 1t prsst-
cable and that the capacity and central Locality
The Pachc, Of the bay Of San Era nclsco the main
terminating give 70 the ROAD the co@msad
through our unity Of the trade vi Asis the Pa
cikc coasts AID the ieauas or that great TIE
tssttrn terminus Of &C. Louis on the other hand
would At once comment It. and tnterssct IL with toe
rs'lr ads, rivers, - lakes communicating vi the
Atlantic. By the time thu work done, thsrs would
not be sep left to be usd up We s'ould have the
Alta ntc sDd the Pacinc In communication with each
o,btr by tt+sm power Nov 10 the time foe work.
The territory on the route 10 our We have only
the lkoisb ntIts to exiting 0ish. There State
rights NO individual rshts, In the way Wei the
besps- We have the inior Kno~ tns nature
Of the routes from wnion To choo~c AID
We have the power Mr. Benton explained In detail
the several 9. ctions Of the bill partcuary tho prov.
sion Tor rsserviBg track ons mile vide for run.
wanted, sud for securing common EusItsh highway
for footnsD, wagons, ac., free Tor all rms some,
sopgsids Of the Tsrosd Tor local purposs along the
whole route. AOd The military stations you'd be
wanted for protection sgs,nst IDs INDIANS; aud. wh
The prsDoteo grants land setsre would fosk
tb.se stations and 'oon produce too necessary sup.
plies, and thus ,eftsmsnts YOU'D spripg up along tue
whole bns Then W. GIT also strstcD the m a. nssic
whes all the way when ace n-d sxpsdent snd tn 40
bring the IL nic sus Pacific Is U0O miss spsrt With
In tpssking o,ssnc- OF es,b other Mr. a. utoo Rad
hem tat great work. 0iooon's History Of he Romsu
Empire. the dv'eriptiou OF tho mag oinc- mt rssfs.
graded psvsd, which he'd from the capital in
WY rtctioD TO the remoeet poviDoss ana Ut the
relays Of post horrss along those roads, shicn
oreo miles . day, Ter Thousands IF miles, could b.
sde over ihs iosds OF the Roman Empire. Toe, did
not believe IL alto tii there ost.on
But ours 10 cfier~D Mt empire IL ~ not coBglons-
ration Of iDccpgroons psrts, OF different languages
Ds,i~ps and people. cusioms, aud msnn.rs; Dat .
compact OF one i-pgusg-, ~ Cover stretch
s rem ocean 20 ocean, Ms wid- ths whole length
81 Vie Mhri1ipp valley, and with the advantages Of
III. arts Of and the great agent Of
itsB power, the prsctcsbiiiter and the means for q
etsun. n'sl load which We possess not ION.
psI.o 9th the dissdvsbs sges Of the Romans rn-