New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-19
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 49, 1850

dlgtdnce 70 espHlHeo ny cScihHsu uh IA
V.pn and otiIsr conqlstadoIes al oOb leagues
Guch wfrc the roads constructed on our own
continent before the discovery OF the Ne" World
md bv a people whom we consider uncivillzcdt
and who certainly hBd but few OF the helps OF CIV
ilzation--nn knowledge oi lron-no mecnhnical
noyyers-no beast Of burthen but sort OF sheep
The lama. too light Tor the draaght aud too weak
for the burthen, only carrying an hundred pounds
ten miles In day and yet constructed t~o f0ads
each near about as long as from Missouri % the
paciGc-ope at mountainous elevation ohiy
about thousand feet lowerthan Mont Biane, and
the other IN the arid sands OF the 10" landS, under
n tronical heat. and both in a direction TO cross
tnountainso or rivers, and both executed
IN a 81, le OF accommodation that we 90 not Pre-
tend ~ rival: military pfctcctlon sale 0I5la4,
yyater bathg sbnde lhe perfume 81 Ouoq4f0us
shruhs and mails messages ana smal burdens
TRANSPORTED upon them Mt the rate eioae hundred
and Gfty miles day, without norscs ana without
steam, by men running on foot alone. Aiter gee
ing such a system OF rJads on our own continent
devised and estab she'd by such people, what
il there to prevent us. the vanguard Of the Anglo
cavop. rare and the Descendants OF the elite OF
Europe to open the system 81 roads "nlch my
bill proposes-a common road on #hlch tue nali
stage il to run one hGudred mics ia the twenty
jonr hours. and letter horse mail two hundred
mics IN the same time-a railway On winch the
cars are to ly ike the express trains In England,
foftv a,o miles 10 the nour-an electric line, along
which and across the continent, people are 10
communicate Is they would hold converse across
a1oom.
Mr. President IL there ever was time Wnen
,o,ic,sIitv and ceutrai,rv should tulaeutiV
govern ne action Of Congress IN great measures,
ibis is that time; aud the system Of roads pro-
pose is one OF those measures
now ask leave to bring in the bill.
Leave was granted, and the bill was read
Etl opn ot the ostqn aud Goa,'taa9n o. Ia. cs9i, =.
r 1911 b., he coIte o5i {I8grr Of Representatives.
5t f1fd Ct1fes0f 414erI C0dgFls assembled. mat
dtict al territory one hundred Inlies VIDE. and eXeud
u r Nv " 10 49,, frrr o Missouri 10 the PlcIfc
md CORRESPONDING as nearly rs may he the
mai rs of Tie United Stes together with tie rege
nue. from lads aud CUSTOMS in California Oregon, New
49, a. T-fsI ~ fr AZ not REQUIRE for expenditures
Mn tI he et aoart and RESERVED for opening
ricafif15 win aefnia Oregon New" Mexico, and Utah.
~ ~ C,.rtral N,-oi1I NJ Jl,yy,v from 81 Louis to
Inc BAY o. 9aH ldhc'Scp' - en- N sn,a ~ in
~ III" o - te3 IN ,ia IA. water reYon of the
y ,j a. TO- ca,,ner, ,y, ocean rayiCation al
HoiI'lA l.l' ~ " &c ~. Cir, or hs. reat Salt
ihai pom, h.1 aifo "a @ -, T., 1fooer cer.e
pass HAT CITY, and Detni Oh MY Lhes sun 1c SCI s
ana FcteINeo TOT u!g ioea''o au0 ''ii''' ~" "
bfshcH Ioaps ~. enacted That the said central
orc :; ana oe - ,, ~ syae,n of parallel roads
national hlgAWay shd' CoIs4el " - I',.i ~ l 49,
adapted 10 dinerehl htueh VI a.. .l .lare
alo d mar s! lo e J i rotlEasd e5a he i,nmedi
one colia4 ioai an o o rer4s from lime 10 lime
aeiyopene1 ana cosuceu d -, "a o .I ri
may auhof,zG ana u! "!It1 , ' % it,
NV a lS ~ I,,t ,[,a5fs Of present and future
lHpot1aiiGe' aH1 o'.o'' ~ 80 "a E - ali ito nor
time and IN oToeT 10 5iiov d ~ ~ ' ir
!lLos ii,, e ~ IN he po,,ad hrou OH the
reserve of one hundred mites anu saa polga 5oau
sHhi equaAy coDals " ] -. f5,l, I'm. IN lt an
sucl ole oauo as f5r r. Inc Of eIecfoele-
lboi4@e anu ueSt ',i no 20 ~, t-,sand to- o,J ba
swed through the reserve OF fig miles such branch
roads tach respecuyeS an. t - IL 5 10 az
entitled TO space OF Que halqLc teo ~ %' r ;
graph me space oi one Ipq, b nger he snect
lsled the shd ron ~ o ~ : Ia M 1e.eas9ry 10