The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10
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 10 lks ehiksmi Of Esss 1tsHsssse.--WiIl you per snlt ene who has lived Iohg aHpong you. and who has your welfare ss well ss his own much at heart, 10 address to yoa few words a subject Sf very great importance, bat abont which comparatively very little has beea said ia this quarter
 h maay portions of the Union. as we'll ss in Con- grrss. the subject of constructing railroad to the P4cike oceau is attracting much attention. The idaa of saeh an enterprise, Considering the vas'ness of the alflsrtaking, the immense distance to be overcome, and the large sasn necessary to estee the vbteet. would under ordinary circumstances, m ihe otssinsry mode of sceanp plishag Nike objects of less maandtlde, present tselt to oar view enveloFed in 50 much doubt aud surrounded with so many difii euities as at once almos e8sirey to forbid all hope oT a1ythiag being accomplished. But this matter Is presented to as in .eTy different altitude.
 h the Arst placr, oi us prsetesbiliy there seems to be no reasonable gvoand Of doubt In the next piarv, upon the location which am about 10 rreetn mend the proposed road would be iruRd easiest of construction, Of the shortest distance, sntch the least expensive, al all tiInes feest Gom difficulties aRd ohsinetoHs. and eHtiFey re- moved Trola danger itoR those whc may become OMr enemy And again, t will iraveese the largest section uf our avn country, aud must ultimately accommodate much the largest population And, enaIiy East Tennessee, our own home, would become by the choice Of this lncaiion the great
 
 pass the great road of highway connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific ocean, placing us within few days travel oI the newly acquitted territory o the United States and giving easy access to Cali fornia, now the great gold regioa oi the world.
 Some four os Eve roates haze beeR designated oy as many different indisblWais fer road which would al once connect our (oant,y with the Pacific ocean Each of these projects has hesh urged with much zeal xnd great ability. Coneelsing tt unnecessary to en,er into any detail at this time as to the diHef- gnt routes 1 come at once to speak ef that ohe which must pass th,ongh lhe great valley of the Mississipni embracing the State of Tennessee from her eastern 10 her extreme western border.
 The route, then, which propose, is that con- ,neneing ai Memphis, thence by way of Fort Smith, Santa Fe, toshe Bay o San Francisco. The Charles. Ion railroad completed to Nashville, as It WAT certainly be in less than two years and thence con- tjnued on 10 Memphis as must be the case forthwith, with view to the great enterprise oi which we are speaking--An anobstrnetsd eomnnnacaten and direct intercourse will be al once established be- tween the two extremes of omr Union. The con- pieion of the East Tennessee and Georgia eatfoad, of which can now entertain reasonable douot, ronaeetNg with the western and Atlantic road, brings Knox county immediately iR communication with that interesting portion of thIs hemisphere which our next Congress will doubtless welcome snto our coniederacy in view of ifths, when IS certain 10 be accomplished, what power can stay She speedy construction of railroad from Knox vile to the Virginia line, and thence on to the sea- board the ,st at establishing this in prefer cnce to all other routes.
 It is net centesn plated Fhut ts road shak be but through the instra mentality of individuals subscri- hng their names. Neither is it proposed thst the State ofrennessee, or any other State, the uni- ted States collectively, shall do it. The United States government is not to be invoked 10 contrib ute her money towards the construction of this i'm tnense chain connecting the tuio extreme sy which our continent is bounded. Bet it X propos.
 
 miles n width shall be given either side of the contemplated read. And for this we are warranted tn sayiBg the work eau be doHe For on these terms st is proposed to be done by individuals oc ample means, allowing the government at the same time 1o retaia, to a cerisin extent the of the road for the transportation of munitions of war; &cs, &c.
 Vast As ike eHterpnsse woald to be, the question might be asked w6slI propriety, why has the work been so long delayed1 For certsinly ITO enterprise of the present any former age has so wonderfully Tevolutionized the condition of a ton, so entirely changed the Of Ehe world, ss would she project of which speaking. And no one can doubt that the effect must be alto gether auspicious to the United States. For the fact will al present itself to every mind that England has always enjoyed very decided advan- tnge over tn the trade Uf the East A railroad, such has been proposed and such us we advocate, would chalge this current, and instead of enncIng tbe coffers of England would place in our own lap the trade of China and East indies, in addition to the advantages we must derive from direct inter course with that newly acquired region of gold which VIC now anxious to euloy.
 fshen assume fact, which think will not Dc cOutroverted. that an overland commu nication by railroad between the great valley of thr Missis- siPpi and the territory recently acquired by the United States the fheiFie ocean, is object of the first importance fo Union at large, sRd tbs; fbe best snI shortest ronie fortbs object, the safcst and of immediate benes, to the largest population, is the one designed hy the citizens of Arkansas, al their meeting at LittIe Rock, starting at Memphis, point near thr plsce--then running in the direction suggested by Lf. Msury, by the way of Sonia Fe 10 the Bay of San Francisco
 i'~ould respectfully suggest to the people to hold county meetings, and urge upon the Tennessee delegation in Congress to press this ma ter for ward in whatever manner they may conceive mos, advisabe--fecommending aIse, that the incipent step of location of the route should be al the pense of the Uniled States, and that this ought o bs done withoat delay and ,liat ihe counties send delegates to any Convention Wbich may be held on this subject. -Raorrils Rtoisier.