The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-04-30
gD,ToR's CORRESPONDENTS


graphic Lilac 10 The Pdcife-Pohfical Nsws.-iHlnots,
California. Massachusetts,. Intelligence, &C.
II truly gratifying TO observe, pending The present
reign OF man9uvrng and intrigue, that once In while
some practical, common man succeeds IN checking
the dull routine OF the political tread-m directs The at
tenon OF and members OF Congress IRON he'r
Imposed task OF President making and diieets H. LOT
the moment al least 10 the transaction oil the real press
ing business OF the countrywhlch startling as the as
sertion may SEEM is after ALL their legitimate vocation
Judge Douglass introduction OF bill for the protection
of the emgrani route. and teegaphc line to Caorn'a
and Oregon instance in pont and we trust that The
worthy and efficient senator will advocate and press Tor
ward that invaluable measure with all that energy and
ability which he has exhibited upon other and sometimes
less important occasions. We time since advered
to the statements made in the western, and especially
the Missouri papers, which indicated that the emigraton
from the Atlantic States the Pacific, passing through
that section of the country, and across the continent
promised to be far greater during the coming season IMAM
ii had been any previous year We also alluded 10 Inc
fact that the only provision that existed for the succor
lief and protection OF this vast migratory band oil our
fellow citizens against the perils and prvaons OF the
wilderness and the attacks OF hordes OF hostile ana muir
derous savages such could be afforded by two or
three companies of Dragons, not half OF whom were
drilled equipped, mounted and we prognosicaed then
that unless some adequate adopted by gov
eminent to aid and guide and guard this helpless host OF
men, women and children, their dangerous and dreary
way, the consequences would be disastrous in the ex-
IRENE.
Every day since that time the indications OF very ex
tensve movement in the direction we refer to have be-
and apparent, and the reports oil hostile
preparations the part OF the wild denzens OF the plains
and the mountains have become and more alarming
II was surely high time that government whose boast
il is that the very of American citizen shai be
protection to him that bears it to eahs remo,es bounds,
should make it respected upon its own soil and territory
Security OF life and limb and property, against all public
especially upon lis own domain 1t is bound to
grant to all from whom il claims allegianceto say moth
ing Of the assistance and relief due TO those in des,iuon
and distress But days. and weeks, and months, rolled
on questions Of order and privilege getty disputes on The
merits of small appropriations, and the pretenslons OF
smaller men, consumed the time, until we began 10 lear
that the vast array OF counymen and counrywomen
with their children and focks and herds, would have TO
set of like the Israees of old, for the land OF PROMISE
oay with wilder and inhospitable desert TO cross
with neither quas mamma to feed upon, and no pillar
OF cloud guide them by day, OF hre to guard them
by night Mr. Douglass bill relieves our apprehensons.
II seems SO far have been able to form an opinion
OF it, admirably adapted 10 meet the exgences OF the
and il comes not one moment too We do not say
that it is not susceptible OF amendmen-though nothing
of the kind suggests itself TO usbut certain II is that
would be much better pass just as II stands than TO
waste much time in shaping and polishing It, Its main
provisions could be carried out with vast deal
more ease and celebrity than is generally supposed The
raised in the West the tap of the drum We have
lived the Mississippi long enough to know that the
only difficulty would be whom 10 choose There would
be more competition for the berth oil high private, with
the chance being chosen officer and the certainty OF
section of land than there is for registeshp.
ceiyershp or a cerkship in the customs and then look
al the result The location OF three such regiments
are proposed and the performance OF the duty and
vices suggested the route between the Atlantic States
and the Pacific. aside from the invaluable factaton of
travel and communication, would be, If not the creation
or discovery, least the development and exploration of
a new world II would be the opening up, rendering
habitable and bringing into market waste and unoccu
pied country nearly large the continent OF Europe
Population would follow the track OF the army the
water rushes through sluice cut into lower level
and the whole OF this immense barren territory would be
irrigated as were. with tide OF humanity which would
make il rich, fertile, and productive beyond conception
Here is progress for you-and practical progressno the
underlined and undesirable progress which politicians read
abou-the ideal progress which every party processes TO
be in favor Of and its opponents OF being opposed
to-but tangible. palpabe, visible, appeciable progress
such as Columbus made when he gave New World to
Leon and CASTLE
The Senate--Las Deo!gives evident tokens Of dispo
slion 10 make progress another drecon-good appre
cabe progress, too. The vote touching the additional
appropriation for the Collins line OF sieamers-ndTec
though be-cheers with the hope that the honor and
interest OF country is TO be sustained upon the At
intense degree OF socude is felt not only in this city,
but throughout the country for the OF this great
and patriotic enterprise The hearts OF the people in
it--the victory already achieved they cherish their
own defeat they would not submit TO for ten times the
amount asked for avert it, and to retain the vantage
ground we hold nor they be brought to comprehend
the arguments OF those who would withhold the aid
CURED And yet there those who, upon the floor OF
Congress, are ready to oppose this kind OF progress
who are willing 10 check, impede, and put stop to our
counrys onward march the mighty desert and the
mountain wave and all upon the false, mistaken plea o.
short sighted economy They propose TO save few dollars
here by sacrificing the mastery OF the and resgning
the incacuable profits OF the carrying trade and mail
Transportation between the Old World and the New 10
our potent and neverng rival, and to spare compar
ayely insignificant expenditure there, at the cost
of an amount OF human suffering, less OF life, of
property and OF appreciation in the value OF the public
domain, which, in point OF momentous importance and
intrinsic value, lie TO IL as Ossa 10 a wau." Miser
able and uhwise this policy Is, or would be, the
calculations upon which il is based are equally ground
less and false The record shows that our steam com
mefcia marine has already earned for the country 10 the
shape OF posages than It has cost her taking into
consideration the California line. very much more The
Investment is and has been profitable in pecuni
airy point OF view is business which pays and will
pay And who that has regarded the smultan
and supendous advance OF wealth and population in line
and direction with the opening and offering OF the public
lands in this country can for n moment doubt that when