The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-30

And from the Pacific to China but $780, or but about 900
from any Atlantic city to China, and less than 1000 TO
| japan.
| Can il be expected that route could be found so
equally distant from oil the Atlantic citIes-equally
that South Carolina and all the States south would have
great advantage in the grade OF these roads connecting
with IT, being able to JOIN 1t on a maximum grade Of
thirty three feet the mile, while all north excepting
your State the maximum grade through which would be
but fortyfve fee) would be compelled to overcome
grade OF eighty feet per mile, which would add i'm
mensely TO the cost of transportation. locomotive of
power the latter could not popel half the
number of tons of fregh as on the former.
has been said that the States must all first run to
some point the Mississippi, centre between the
extremes OF North and South, and make that the starting
point for this road; but can object in
sity for grand centre to start from On the contrary
many objections to it. In the first place, the
| Pacific bound and it is very important that
uninterrupted intercourse may be had from each and every
Atlantic city, TO avoid delays expenses OF ranshp
ment &c, which often expensive than the
freight itself and besides, subject decay, waste and
damage of merchandise; and, hesdes any grand
would draw some of the Atlantic cities far out of their
proper and natural course and the whole distance
The ocean would not materially benefit any
There are two great objects which we aim at in this
proposed work and without strong probability of u-
mate success, the work could be of further benefit
than that of settling and rendering productive and useful
large amount of wilderness lands otherwise forever
useless.
One of the great objects TO change the for the
commerce and intercourse of Europe with Asia, and
force from interest TO pay tribute The other, also,
vastly important is TO establish transit convenient
and cheap would enable take our products
from the soil and manufactures to all the markets of
ASIA 80 that the great Mississippi basin would have the
Atlantic coast and Europe, with two hundred and fifty
millions OF souls the side, and the other side
The Pacific coast and all ASIA with hundred mil
lions OF souls, ior markets Unless these
two intellectually important objects, any communication
between the two oceans could not result IN any good TO
either slope OF the continent because each producing the
could not exchange with the other, and seek
markets opposte-the one in Europe and the otner in
Asia and the islands of the Pacific the avals of labor
returning TO each where produced, and there consumed
communication across at Panama or Tehuantepec
could not produce the results DESIRE because ii would
increase the distance from Europe China and the i'm
porant Asatic cities beyond what 1t is around the
Cape OF Good Hope, AMI the climate would exclude
destroy almost all the articles which form the Asiac
commerce Teas, particularly, would be subject great
injury; and the products both animal and vegetable, of
the Mississippi basin, could be taken any part of
Asa, or to the islands in the Pacific, through such
climate
have devoted several years exclusively to this sub
Ject and believe have examined every part of it, with
no other object or motive than that of the full
plishment OF the work and believe there can be no
other route across our continent that would insure TO
the great results we desire from it.
II woad shorten the dlstance from what ii is and
give other facilities which won ID force the intercourse
and nerce OF Europe with Asia it. The distance
iron Lonion to CHINA would be reduced about eleven
thousand miles, and at the present of speed could