The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-12-12

II needs but the fat of the people, and the appi.
cation of the means and authority of their govern
ment to consummate the master piece of a pow |
ertui and patriotic nation. For such, saving d
Constitution, would it truly be. No nation HI.
ever executed a work of superior importance to |
ule interests OF the human race. The Appian
Way, the Regina Fiarum of the Romans, though
lasting eight centuries, and exhausting at one
tune the Roman treasury, and on which five days
were consumed in travelling from Rome to Capua
pears no comparison with it. That pointed to
ASIA Minor, which Rome absorbed This to A
STA ITSELF and to the Indies, looking to the com
merce ofthree-fourths of the population Of the
world, and passing through the heart of CONT
nent The temples of the ancient cities, the
pyramids of Egypt, the wall of China, the great
road OF the lncas, are insignificant monuments of
pride and power, as compared with the impor-
lance OF the great Continental Railroad of North
America. The mind of man cannot conceive all
Its vast and unlimited consequences Let the
work be finished and then the trident of the sea
would gradually fall from the hands of England;
lhe question OF a northwest passage would cease
to vex the world but as matter ofInere curiosity;
long and dangerous voyages around the Capes
would be lessened we should no longer be sub
Jectto pass through foreign territory in going from
one part OF our domain to another time would be
saved, distance ann!hilated, new resources dis
covered, new markets opened, a Eclt of civ.liza-
ton and cultivation extended across the CONT
nent, improving the public lands, and rendering
government intercourse and authority with the
Indian tribes, and our own distant provinces,
more easy and efficient; the wealth of Asiatic
commerce would conlmingle with ours in the
heart of our country, and the lights of civil and
religious liberty would inevitably fail upon the
sumberers on the shores and islands of the Pa
citic, while our own Republic would advance iii
power, wealth and grandeur and receive new
guaranty Fits unfang strength and durability.
What, then, remains for us but to urge the
operation of the friends of tlaheasure every
where, in concentrating upon tie Congress of the
United States, in all its indsputable majesty and
strength, the WILL OF THE PEOPLE. And let
those people, as they value the importance of
preserving the unity of the republic, as they love
their friends who are settling upon the shores of
the Pacific, as they desire to maintain the dign-
ty and authority Of their Cove; nment, and as they
are faithful to the mission of their country in adj
vancng the cause ofciv:lzation and humanity,
demand Of their Representatives in Congress-,
without confusion, hesitation, or dis guse, imme
date acton-action decisive, liberal and effect
ual-action that will admit of no doubt, ambigu-
ty or drawback in reference to the construction
OF ms hailroad at as ''carly Period as is"con-
s.''ent with the energy and power" of the nation.
An Intelligent people need not instruction in the
forms OF bringing tncir VIII to the knowledge of
their Representatives. The resolutions and me-
MORALS Of State and municipal Legislatures the
expressions OF district and county conventions,
and town meetings, of corporate bodies, the col
umns Of the press, the letters and petitions ofn.
diVduals, VIII doubtless all combine in rolling
down upon Congress al avalanche Of popular o.
pnion, which can neither be unprecedented nor
Withstood. But another and important form is
that which may be anti;.pated from the proposed
re 'ass"nhllng Of the st. Loui Convention, with
tho addition ofdelegates from all the States ofthe
Union, in the city of Phi lldeph:a on the first
Monday of pril next.
10 that Reunion, we respectfully invite the al
ten'l9n OF the whole American People. Lett
he as comprehens We and nationalas it's object
Let States, counties cities, and towns, send their
until Philadelphia, broad rim ned
and clpac GUS as sle is, shall be as over flowing
w!lh '.dcleg1tes,' as she will be, and always is,
with hospital ty and 'sbroher.y love" In
word, let II be a Convent on worthy of the Hall
OF independence. Aad as til issue of that Hall
in rs established the Union of these States, so
may the issue Of the Conventions of 40 80 by
addng bond of If n to the ties of kindred, of
interest and Of sympathy, forever confirm and
perpetuatc it.
TIoMAs ALLEN, of NJ SIS ,uri: ~-f
OllyER II. s 'MiI Il, q 6 f 5,,inols
J. G. Low, CT Ohio.
CHAnhEs NAYLoR, of Pennsylvania
Z. Z. LATHsoP, OF Louisiana.
JAMES CLARKE, of Iowa. 1#s. ~
A. K. LAWRENCE, of New York
john BlpDLE, of Michigan. - .
M. f. MAuRY, Of Virginia
w. L. BowDEN, of Visions. A. w
BASH DUKE, of Kentucky fu4
ROBERT CHAMBERS, of New Jersey
G. w. LINCOLN, of Tennessee
- It will be seen from the following remarks