New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-15

Dissolution unless Congress viii consent 70 estao
bsh Slavery on 80 much Of the Territory OF the
United States as lies south Of 80 80
The psriae Raifrosd-Tts Necessity and
Consequences.
The Pacific Railroad is not mere idea q the
imagination 10 be realized at the end Of some in
definite and remote period 1t IS matter Of present
and increasing necessity. The building Of 1t can
not be commenced 700 sooo or bs prosecuted with
TOO much energy.
It's indispensable as a bond between tbs At'an
tic and Pacific States This continent must be one
country, under one Government with one common
united interest That seems To rs the dictate Of
sound policy Of wise foresight, Of correct spprc
citation Of what is for the advantage Of every sec
ton for the real glory Of America and the benefit
Of ali mankind We presume this Will not be DIS
puted We have never seen the man who would
prefer that the greatness 20 which the Territory
now covered by the stars and stripes 10 destined,
should be divided between two Republics rather
than concentrated in one
The Pacific coast is now settling with a rapidly
never known before in history Whoa estimate
the population and power that California and Ore.
gon will possess at the end Of the next ten years
There can be no doubt that the people OF this
new and wealthy region cherish the deepest anf
truest attachment 10 the Mother Country and her
institutions. They aspire to nothing but to be sd
mitted TO an equal position az members OF her
great confederacy. The admirable Address her
Representatives have just laid before Congress
sbundantly shows the fidelity with which Cali
fornia adheres 10 the Union
Bot such an attachment cannot always be proof
against the action of natural causes California
and Oregon cannot be expected 70 remain forever
attached 10 Government which has ts seat at
months journey from them. The bonds OF empire
must become feeble in proportion to the distance
over which they are extended. The States OF the
Pacific might long remain in this Union even when
90 remote from it, but at last the advantages to be
derived from forming new and independent Con
lsderacy must decide them to seperate.
The sure, and only sure preventive OF this result
is a railroad to the Pacific. Put the Valley OF
the Mississippi within one weeks ride OF San
Frncisco, and separation becomes impossible.
The shortest route yet proposed 20 California, ex
ccpt the Pacific Railroad, is that by the isthmus Of
Tehuantepec which requires s. 100 miles sea navi
cation and $50 miles by railroad. We do not here
enter upon the question as to the value Of that
route but supposing it to be in successful opera
ton the least time in which a passage could be
made from New-York TO San Francisco, would be
twenty-oue days. This is seven days longer than
il takes 70 20 10 England. For the purpose of "a
political bond between tho two shores OF the Uni
ted States this route is therefore inadequate, as is
that of Panama and that Of Nicaragua
Moreover il travcrsos a foreign country, whereas
the great highway must not lie beyond our own
boundaries.
The political necessity of such highway Is not
the only motive which commands its construction.
The immensely extended intercourse growing az
between the two sections demands quite as i'm
perativey the facilities OF quick, safe and cheap
means OF transit from one to the other The harbor
OF New York must be brought within ten days
travel of the Bay of San Francisco and OF Puget
Sound. This can be deue by the Railroad and by
lao other means now known to science.
IL is impossible to calculate all the consequences
To be derived from the accomplishment OF this great
work But enough can be unprecedented TO almost
bewilder the mind with thor vastness II woalo
render the political unity Of this country perpetual
il would carry civilization over regions IN the int
rior Of the continent which from their remotenes'
TO markets would be the last to be settled the
building of it would if rightly directed, afford en-
ployment to thousands on thousands OF the starving
lsboreu OF Europe.
But the great result which must with certaint,
follow the completion OF this road Is the transfer 3
n h. ID Aeta
The commerce between Europe and the East wi
pass over It. That trade h. ruled the world O
Commerce and rules it still Eueaod is suprem
because she has monopohzsd il That monopo.
makes London the capital OF the oommerclslworl'
Build the Railroad. and tho same supremacy Is N
falby transferred 10 the United States and {
New York Thus we shall become the carriers d,
the world and the wealth OF every cline vii pa
is tribute to American Labor. But this is not all
lin were, we should far less earnestly invoke tn
advent o( that day when the rails, beginning a, N
Atlantic and traversing continent shall reach III
shore Of the Pacific There are other and highc
advantages to be rcsped from this vast euterprs
than a mere increase OF our transportation.
gres; part Of the Asiatic products which Will the
cross our territory viii be paid for in America
products. The vast grain growing region Of III
West will then have China for & market Ou
Corn which at present on its native soil is compar'
lively vslaeless. will then ehesply feed the nov
starving millions Of that popalous empire. who w
thus become the s,eady customers OF the fsrme'
OF the Northern Mississippi Valley Thus Wi
despc'ie and psuper Asia be brought into dire,
and constant relations with republican America
The world will be enriched, revolaticni1ed, tran
formed.
VIII any man SAY that an enterprise, so indi
pensible and so magnificent in its results, is in
practicable because IL is stuPendous That mig
have been said twenty. 1--WE years ago but it do,
not convey meaning in the year 1850. To mat
rial enterprises. whose use is PLAIN and whose a
vsntages are certain, the words "imprscticssle
and impossible" are no longer apPhcsele II
man genius and energy have abolished them
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