Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-11
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Observation-Disclosures, poSsessitk tup etios \ Wan.
lsgSsG aqd IN tch &lles adj hlSdhO The CONSTITUTES
livu OF the, proposed RAILWAY than any other We,
Nestle - elliott from you all The
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Iphlrry Wlhrhhl ilppoH0hoe aSh4pas. ,5g
:. TLe peculiar geoggapl iual relation Of, ST. Js.
ssph lothD conter plated route, The great nation.
u considerations .inSllVed, and y60r dVh iibSi.
lion kha chardettfs Wlt secure lbttlIa 4tsifsl
communication, inlrh inlCrss', respect and ceIR.
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"a $3.50 20. ''s+y 10, ssa, June 2bth, 1850.
"A Cel. M. r., TIsaNAs,--.Slr.Y Yours eilhis date
was received thiS evening, | Twill reply ~
pbiAtink but the best route FOR tile krt,d pdeiAr
Rail Road, through The pass which I uGystIal
In $780, n :. -. ..,.,. .slk1 utsA 9t.sF
The construction Of this rOad--ths aRlpantit
enterprise oE the bge, Is RSsl In tho. Al1sr Ieuu
mind, liz Importance I'D lie grand, oelnmereul
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10 known. That II will make the American
Union the great centre md the active theatre OF
civilization, is ccrtuin. The world wide impe.
ius that Il will give 10 commerce, aud moral ami
social progress, lis alsU The rev lite Ihalit vii
breathe ipjd the iaWtN, are RpSrsiaipd. a
That ilNllll DO undertaken and cutpl NJ 4, iAAA,
certain as destiny. That una great tuslN ohs
grand artery, should be coi,sIrhcted, isN fNct u,
ak,ianNl A. Nl.f u,l HfAaAAnlVu w
enterprise. That branches pulnmeIsprala lIth,
wants Of commerce should oonusuLAvllh lhiSr |,
also evident. I The first queSiiony thersTofS
presenting ITSELF FOR eVhsid,fh,ipns II, Whtt,
shall this main trunk beY Where eummeDce---
where cross the mountain barrisrS--where Ter
Ininatep uu s'' r a 'F'N ffNs.L 'd' n
Il Ghoull be constructed where tho great tidI
Of commerce would naturally h0WI Where 4
would btneilt TIA krsAleSt humhsrI on that ronl,
capable OF supporting the largest pSpulNlloA
construction This route ] viii tSsssalo Dc
munStrate. ...., .....-..... b. .........
Take an extended map of. the United States
begin ut Tho principal GGlAmstcial 6ltlas OF tn,
Aianid, lmd trace line westwArdly 10 al,
Mississippi river. Ysu will start. ut Boston
and pursue q limo OF railroads through New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Of
from ,Rhihdslphia l6y Harhsburgh, direct, u
Pittsburgh, aud thro,ls IN Columbus, IndiSnepSli
or, S6n Gsy pIAhs Me ,Eof,hSlA lake .hUnr
route, ar thelhranoh Trsm baltimore ITO Wheel
mgc andsby CS,nmbasS ElWsas pCIly ARA /
active operation. ,WThCy ire bit different lire
Of one great route, PAsSm 4 nraf tho 4oth pQhd
lei OF Mtbdde. Tho direction az this 'f6ul
points ON nearly a, direct line 10 tho beat passe
10 the bay of San, Francisco on the raOiRo. II
cu,,rs So lies thYaughthe most densely populate
portiun Of the Union, Il IL through the heart d
the great producing portion oI, b population, &c
liva, industrious aud an eliHent, aud ina elimat
highly f,vorblo 10 mans mental and phy steal d,
vSlopmenli by'i6eldN AesmIRg MilK'rich pro
Dues by tities ana ToWns riSN, ActiyO AN
prosperous in manufactured thEottgk conml
NitiGS where art, NoiGnee and the highest civil
cation eUbelllsh aud elevata, society, while the
give HEALTH, rNigJr 'aniiael'St To .biSiness.l
There, In the ceIlteOr wealth, p6pulatiSh, b,lsl
ness and civilization, the Inc sEior, the Atiar
, tic is unerr,nglV marked 10 the Mssissinpi,, =,
Ia tho Gulf stream in the great tide Of CON
= meroe, rnp,llatiSu MId GlslMeas, (which lnov,
steadily wcstwt dth poln,s 10 the mouth ,
the Missouri, and lhs great WSssevn, sySlsn, ,
rivers, Ior a. passage lhrnn2h the barriersoE N
Rocky NInaNlNihs, ,sNVhrres 6hNit thisep, a,
ilWtefa sal tGe Ire 'be extend dtSthe'RISR,
4 Where hs.mgtl Fsint on The Mississippiy-ll
MiSNullTt ~ VI 4lg8s sHib lpd uiitgsed ltAM sdl
!. hThS Hannibal ma ST. JAsspA Nlilroaa lsl
pr A,Muetien OF this line, TbSte win be a,sSl
I sr extended from ST.. LNlit 10, KansAs, 4 .FA,
a lthos approximate towards one. lIOhIlS IN
. polnt 10 lhS valley &c the Kansas rivar,, viii
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