Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-12-02
Ieath of William R. hing.
1 Gigantic PrDirrt.

railroad from Minnesota 10 New Orleans
competing with the great Father Of Waters
throughout its course, and Joining In close
fellowship the six months SHOWS of Lake
Superior with the perpetual summer OF the
Gulf of Mexico That is the latest project
20 which the eNhaustiess enterprise of the
Republic has given birth, and one which in
It's gigantic proportions j. lille likely 70 be
paralleled. Mr. Whitneys scheme for uni
ting with iron bonds the waters Of two great
oceans exceeds il in immensely, but VIII bear
no comparison with it in regard 10 feasibility.
His route for the most part runs through arid
wastes. now and for generations 20 come de-
void both Of necessities and facilities for an
undertaking Of the kind. J he plan of which
~s speak is dissimilar to il IN all respects save
one. In proportions the line from the ex-
IRENE north to the far south yields the palm
10 the Indomiable advocate OF the Pacific line,
but ir every other particular 1t Is lmmeasuTa-
bly, superior. Ii starts from point just ope-
ming 10 civilization. Il Is tue, but one that Is
maniiesily destined TO achieve an unexam-
pied growth; and thence, running southwark
II opens to market the broad prairies of Iowa,
exacts tribute from the fertile soil Of Missouri,
and having stopped for breath al the CONNER
ciaI emporium Of the West proceeds TO ira
verse the gorgeous sayannahs OF Arkansas and
the rich plantations II Louisiana, finally pour
ing its accumulated Treasures into the lap of
New Orleans. A route, IN round figures, Of
some three thousand miles. already possessed
of an enormous river traffic, and more or less
settled at every important point!
Wo are not dreaming dreams, OF indulging
IN fancies az lance with facts. We record
= project now occupying attention along both
banks Of the Mississippi, which has received
the cordial approval Of cool business men, and
which will shortly be presented TO the coun-
try in a plain bust less aspect. I he merch-
chants Of ST. Louis have taken the lead IN its
behalf with 4 spirit ta2t betokens early and
coed results; their efforts must command the
assistance Of New o leans. which Is at length
awakening 20 a sense of ihe necessity OF land
as we'll as water communication; Arkansas
Gnd Iowa are pledged by their action Ia other
matters to a cordial cooperation while the
infant giant. Mianesoia--"the New England
Of the Northwest"-enters into il with spIr-
il al once characteristic and hopeful.
The project is pregnant with great consid-
erations, political and commercial. ItwIN u
mite climates unlike IN their nature and pro-
ducts, and will give a common aim and inter-
IS, 10 peoples differing widely in their circum-
stances and pursuits. II will form a new
guarantee for the perpetustY Of the Union, and
viii contribute more than legislation 10 smoth
er sectional strife. X viii secure 10 the ex-
IRENE Northwest lis leg innate markets, and
will more rapidly attract 20 II the capital and
the labor that arc needed 10 develope It's mag
nihceut resources.
4 convention is 10 be held a, 81. Louis IN
December 70 obtain the practical co-cpe alton
Of the North and South along the Mississippi
Valley. We look forward to its deliberations
as 10 the beginning OF new era IN the COM
mercial history Of tie SCalh aud West.