The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-04-11
WAKE UP AND GO I'd WORK

The ptesent il indeed an era Of action p,
spirit Of Improvement isgoinga head like I;.h, H.
ming. TIE march Of improvement Is ceasin, ~
a march is q run, a race, a rush. a a;.h,
certain something, that i y impossible 10 Loo. :,
without becoming giddy. Suffer this .pir;, :
pass and It i gone forever, You eau never oy.'
iakel. You might as well expect to oye,,l.
telegraphic despatch after Il had started. ., !.
catch another glirp pss Of the sun BY runhns !.
wards the west, after the iuninary has disano.,.
ed in the horizon. This split seem. to h.,. :,
tended itselfto all Europe. England has in a.
temptation aplan for railroad from The A,l,,,.
10 the Pacific over the continent Of Europ. -,
Asia. Rnssis, has in contemplation, the 70,
st,uction Of railroad across her own possessjo,.
10 accomplish The same object, and shall Jonah,,
be hin,Imost 10 this great race! No, never lon,
than is "wide awake and full Of notons.v
Think oftwo railroads, each crossing ono
the two great continents and their ends join.d,o.
geiher BY swim lines ofs,eam navigation ws,,
a facility Of flying round the woill! This ma,
seem ideal bu, il is practicable, and in all Auna
probability will be consummated before Ii. do.
Of the present century.
We find the following in the st. Louis Jou,,,,
Of late date, which We substitute instead Of,
article 81 our own on the same subject, le,y,,
our readers to make their own application.
CosnkKcs oy THE PAclrie, AND 1us Penn
RAMRoAp. The Washington Union, BY way Il
= ~: "a nH he ri.
pon and California to this Republic, publishes,
table OF the countries washed BY the waters of,.
Pacific, with their respective populations Whoa +
commerce may be entirely controlled BY the "a.
ted States. This table shows an aggregate Don
uation OF 439, 900 900 souls-or fully one hsl q
the population ofihe whole world.
By the building Of the Pacific Railroad The in
mense commerce ofthese millions may be bloq,b
through this na,ion-through this State-thosy
this city: The mind stagg - at the vast eohre.
ton Babylon, ancient Rome, Pekin, Lohaa
sink into insgniicsnce when contrasled vi.
what ST Louis would become with the rich COZ.
merce of half the world in her hands. Ye, SUD
a realization may be had. II ishoth posshl. AL
by proper exertions, probable Let ST. Iaua
apply all her energies 10 the work and labor q.
ceasingly until the Pacific road begins and sirel.a
es its iron arms far out into the West-le The i,
and the work will 20 on. The United States Gu
more easily build a railroad from the western bu
der Of Missouri TO san Francisco than MIssoa
and St Louis can, from this poin, to the ves',r
border Blu, no one doubts now the Ieasibillsa
the latter.
Let us go 10 wor., then. Every mile Of Il.
road we build from s.. Louis towards The ss
will be an iron argument in favor OF ST. Loass
the eastern terminus Of the Pacific road, TIA, ca.
not be fe.uted. The completion OF The railra
to the western border Of the State will present.
instance Of hard logic in our fas or that no scpts
try OF Typographical bureaus can invallda'.
mys,ify. The unbros en- line Of road will sfx
chain Of close reasoning 1.-THE s,esnest Bacpz
character. Though involving the supposed scs
istry Of the psfiho pintipii, il will stand a. IN
a. the Rocky Mountains; ihougt, il begs thege
ton, il will hold il when begged with alIlIietS
embrace OF the T. r1il. There can be no guests
but that the Pacific road Is destined 10 se baa
There can be no question but that ST | oais ts
in her power 10 become the eastern terminus
the road, and therefore the mighiisst CITY in Z
rope, Asia or America. There il no q eaA
but that the way to insure the terminus her
10 commence ihis end 81 The road and build +
build on through The whole breadth o our Sal.
pierce the W. stern wilderness, aud then az
the nation: "Finish what We have commence
Oar road 10 the Western borders Of The ID
would, al all events, be perpetual hishwN
nations, ii il went no further. But il cannot d A
will not rest there. u will 20 on till i Ink'a n
Pacific shores 10 the 81. Louis Leyee. ThenH
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