The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-06

in the support and prosecution Of such undertaking. whatever
may be ne route wish shall be finally determined MON
national work shut eyes the fact
and a IN the time other mode rapid communication
being Of the country and would Immediately add to its commercial
greatness greatness, IT,. 3. -. .u,u.. r.r-..,
Iehnon'eps 's cheapest sPeee't sPd best means Of b9n9g
leans and Louisiana ought to and will aid without
Bsolcod Delegates State to til, Memphis Con.
requested bring this subject body
rgnI aid nv nensira,ina NJ gst ~ s no ~ mos POM
cation thens the great work nayor Of which the Convention
Resorei That Permanent Committee of twenty gentlemen
appointed 70 prepare az address the President asking Tor the
permitting transportation OF the mails troops and military
stores the Government and Of the goods and merchandise te
citizens the United States the hmus Of Tehunntepec
aeo to Congress Tor The passage of law directing the Post
the transportation Of the mails troops and military the
9iyy ~ , s , o n' Umfa states giving pt9isieng
s 20 the Congress and People Of the United the adyan
generally further obi ec Which ibis meeting has in 5
Rolri That opinion Of his meeting an object vitality
concerning interests the CITY deserves the sup
port and cooperation Of the several municipalities Of New Orleans
mat YIN ms view our Senators and Representative be respectfully
invited urge at the approaching session Of the Legislature the
the preliminary examinations and the subsequent execution Of the
proposed works IN such manner and to such extent as shall to said
ssetrt That the Permanent Committee be requested to solicit
subscriptions for The purpose Of defg the expenses Of printing
| furtheronce Of the enterprise
j. O. LARUR next addressed the meeting his spesoh
listened to with deep attention. and RECEIVED oft repeated
marks Of approval from the meeting His glowing picture
behalf of the proposed work created sensation that time
will not dsspate and made each man feel like shoudgTng
spade commence at the great movement OF uniting
the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. His auditors were
carried by the zeal and eOquence OF the speaker and
we are sure that many OF our lage property hodeL1 pesh
felt last night like gespng more securely tef title deeds
City disturbed hsr sumbe md YET Nj Larue aid not
deal in the marvellous, but with mind composing the
9a5 p & 0 pr s I WON III be
meelnE II gathering Irrespective OF party lanBuaBt
or religion they had met freely 10 mnge together TO con
suit to advise The question was How shall we ohtan ie
best intercourse with he Pacific ocean Various schemes
n4ned as points to begin at All these mad lhe,t iFeno
But would elaps before even commencement could
Tiod-nany millions woaid be Necessary to proceed with
railroad to the Pacific Then tbsss routes had the rigorous
The railroad projected by Whitney would run through a
the way would be DISTRACTED BY the depth Of the rem
derng progress mpracucable. The 81 LOUIS route starting
point four degrees north of the Southwest Pass also
led a region of and that would prevent its bens
Of great utility The M,mphis seemed the most tea
ibe of the three proceeded through the North Pass Il
San Diego and oond be made practicable and uefu during
pe and an P atI NJ t to g9d But we did not say that We
would not other routes wished them all success
ton with the Pacific. We wanted the means Of drawing
mT Pe ISoad ' ao Tb1sSte6eo ond do his aSG
make our cV the great central commercial mart OF the
lr Larue then proceeded to show the geographical ad
vsutages Of the lsthmus-tha naule had designed the
place. the long OF mountains that stretch from BBtn
Bay Tee del FuegO there found their lOW est elevation
/
The distance would be shortened is COO miles between any
pE OF the United STATES the Atlantic and the ports oil
the Pacific BY the way Cane Horn, while it had Of the
through the shmuS OF Panama the advantage of1G
miles. This something o. a gain in the huuying and
busting live M LaTue spoke OF the position
of New Oreaus placed at the outlet of the valley OF the
Mississippi, which the OF 20 years more, would
perhaps 40 600 coo of inhabitants and the body
of its flowing through different channels must
here-GOd and nature had wiled it. and The puny et
forts Of could the law The speaker theT
dweit length and with much force upon presen
prospect and future greatness and urged decisive action
the matter before them BGg the Atlantic and Pacific 70
&c her by this means said Mr. l. and whist the result
Place population here a1d the miners in California il
close contact and what it would add to the Go
vemmeDt of the Unled States. 1t would bring wealth
oOtfss and the followers of the plough and those tina
WELD the shuttle at the loom would compete with tn
| gold diggeTs OF the West.
| The Island of Cuba must form portion Of tn
country Oud appause the pear almost npe-t will dro
into Jap in time and this in possession and tn
Gulf of Mexico becomes great inland sea, New 0reaI
will be the AL Xandra of the New World. With
road TO form Of this great system how would this
be ad, anced Europe is about to become all COsHCk
America would be all Repubo Let strengthen ouelve
by pOwer-gasp shield Of detsnC
every weal of attack
One will the commencement Of the Tehuantepe
road and three its completion. We oppose
Northern bethen-we wish them every success; but at tn
same time here is work in which think that CA
achieve something Immediately.
| " No pent Utica contracts our powers,
But the whole bOundiess continent is ours"
Mr. LaTue CLOSED, and Mr. Sigur not being present. tn
meeting adjourned