The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-01

INES Of that great road, aud give the peo-
pie permission to work upon it, and imme-
diately you will see il lined with laborers
from the Missouri T. the Pacific the sound
Of the implements Of improvement and M
dustry will be heard from one end to the
other; and in a period less than-compara
lively speaking will take yon to Deliberate
this great, national, unparalleled work IN the
history of the world win be completed, and
America will reap the glory. Immense APP
plause.
The Romans, whom we so much admire;
would not go sneaking round mountain, IN
making road They scorn to 60 round
mountain " over it or throughit " was their
motto; and we, in America, can rivalthem.
Great applause. This great will be made
while the government are celebrating about
it the people themselves are now making It
the people will make it; the hoofs Of horses;
the tread Of mems leet--yes, the tread Of
.children's feet, who shall constitute the faith
ers and mothers of future generations, build
ing up and consolidating this greatrepublic---
the tread of chldren's feet and the grinding
of wagons will make this road. (Applause.)
Tens Of thousands Of people will 60 on II
this very year, making the road as they go,
II will be made and il is in that point Of
view that il 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 be
branches to the right and TO the left; and
when it reaches St Louis, there it will be
in connection with all the great modes Of
communication; and, great then, as may be
the advantages in the continuation Of roads
from ST Louis, not merely east, but to eve
fy point Of the compass, taking for its cir
conference the lakes and the borders Of the
Atlantic to Mexico-the whole Of these
will derive an immense additional value from
coming into communication at the other end
OF the great trunk which will bring Asia
with all its riches into the United States.
Applause. Yes, gentlemen, that road
will be made; and while both in Europe
and America, the vast country beyond the
Pacific remained so long a sealed book
while the vast regions from Missouri to the
Pacific were considered desert where peo-
Pile could never live--now the curtain has
been lifted, and young man has employed
himself seven years in threading twenty
thousand miles Of wilderness, with a tele-
scope in his hand, fixing the latitudes and
longitudes, writing down every thing new
and strange in nature, and from him we see
that what was considered an impossible barr
rier, is hnbitable mountain, more beautiful
than any in Switzerland. (Applause.) And
whilst this was considered the most barren,
the most savage part Of this country--that
place which has been so commonly spoken Of
as the great Salt Lake-that country has
been laid open, not only as a country suscep-
tible Of improvement, but as one afording
many advantages for civilized habitation /;
and no sooner had his first exploration reveal
ed the true condition Of that region that lies
beyond the great Salt Lake, than the people
wandering from East to West have gone
thither, to establish themselves and are adj
vancing with all the comforts and improve
ments Of civilization. (Applause.) To that
people this young man has been Moses
he has shown them a land to which they have
gone. And now, citizens, after these
brief expressions after reminding you that
the whole country beyond the Mississippi
clear TO the Pacific Ocean is all susceptible
OF being inhabited--all capable Of improve
ment--I am satisfied that no sooner shall the
government Of the United States have mark
ed out the line for the best Of all roads, con
nected with many others, some Of which win
be made now, and others thousands Of years
hence, only give the people liberty TO settle
on this route, and have il marked out, and
they will come upon il as swarm Of locusts
would light upon green spot in the desert
Of Egypt; in a night they will come down
upon it, and the land is now alive (Great
applause, There are here persons who
will see it--persons here who will see that
great road having on each side double line
Of settlements, OF houses, Of towns, Of vii
ges, Of orchards; and we shall fly from the
Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean, looking up
on the cultivation on each side the whole
distance as we Co. (Great Applause
And these Rocky Mountains which wri-
ter in the Edinburgh Reuiew only few
years ago repiesentedas the impossible bar
rier beyond which the American population
could never go--these Rocky Mountains
will be found to contain within their bosoms
a large, hardy race-a republican race, in
the largest sense Of the word republican,
such as Cesar found two thousand years ago
in Switzerland, and such as are there to the
present day. Applause. The child is
born--the men are grown--some Of them
are here who will see this; for "go ahead .
is the watchword- the feelngs--ofthe Amer
lean people; and ahead " they ego" with
a rapidity which no government can stop /;
they are people which are always ahead
Of their government. CHEERS. With these
few words, ! return you my thanks--espe-
cialy to the President, and to the gentlemen
who have done me the honor to invite me
here this evening. Great applause.
Precept.
The Locqfocos, just now, are preaching liberation
and denouncing prescription. Wing administra-
tion in obedience to the popular will appoints "hon