The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-15

cT0 TD1Ie ana now 6Vcfy CD0greas. gr0nt
ard small. from tho halls of the Legislatures to th.
village tea table, is v0cGerouy discussing the project
That the thing IL to be done NJ quite settled and
everybody nssts that the no less decided
The mere settlement Of the country along the route
will pay for the road and "plaHt ;" and the good,
8Bd passenger traffic will be all profit. All that il
disposed Of, with all the antecedents and conse-
quences OF increased production Ia the Southern
bog- killed by millions in Ohio more grain grown
in the West than Tambof could ever boast visiters
from Kamktschatka, and Shanghae aud Batavia. to
.be Virginia Springs the transit OF the Aragos, and
the scientific meetings which will be held at Pekin.
when the Chinese get their own again: toll taken
from the world in passing this new bridge over the
gull OF barbarisul-these results are all clear and
all the serious argument of the case In ali sober.
ness, It is serious question: more serious one
than 10 often offered to mans free choice. When
We state what the question is, namely, which Of
the three proposed routes shall be preferred, the
doubt is not about the difficulty of hill aud dale.
rock and swamp, nor even about the depth of the
SHOWS and the intensity of the heats. Serious rs
such matters are to the engineer the merchant and
te emgant there are graver considerations for the
statesman to weigh. In . word, there is deep and
spreading feeling among tho Americans that the
completion Of their Pacific railway will bring to the
test the stability Of their UniOn and the apprehen-
sion u seen by those who best know their country
aud their politics. not to be unreasonable. If the
northerDmost rorte is chosen 1t will be sustained
by the whole force Of European immigration, which
certainly would not be the case with the southern
moral constitution of the Germans, Dutch, Swedes,
and Britsh who are continually passing to the west
Of the States. The delegates who met at Mem otfs
were charged with the advocacy Of Southern
and come out on the Gulf Of California The
most prominent hope from the latter scheme
is that the South will OF last flourish like the
North, and have what the planters call fair
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derence Of the South Ia Congress has not avaied to
give her prosperity and she low demands another
chance In the first possession Of the grandest railway
IN the world It's interesting to all the world TO
in general VIC believe, that railroads and their acti
vty, and slavery with its anomalies, cannot co exist
That is our opinion. We should apprehend that
there might be some extension southwestwards Of
from the activity which would DO created along the
line and it the end Of it; but VIC have little doubt
that slavery would cease in the existing American
states which are seizing on this new method Of max
Ing 1t answer ana ts introduction further down the
lire would hardly perhaps, be aggravation OF the
present condition OF those who would then be
slaves add to which, there would be a Ger.
taihty OF a speedy emancipation. from the
We should heartily wish success to the South in her
struggle for the road il did not believe that tho
same results to her would follow in the case of the
read being anywhere, while the danger Of the exten
SION OF the area Of slavery is less in the case Of
northern route. Either way-any way in which q
railroad is concerned. with all its influx of ntelli.
gence and sympathies-the transmutation of slavery
into higher order OF productive service IL secure as
the South will find in her own case-will find, We
trust. with q satisfaction she little anticipates.
Meantime, the contest about the route Is likely to be
very serious one; and, when that ia settled, the
working OF the project will be attended with extreme
anxiety, till it is seen whether the interests and tho
views and the temper of the North and South can be
SO reconced a. that time and art shall consolidate
and not explode the Union, which can hardly DO moro
dear tt American citizens than it Is interesting to all
true citizens Of the great empire Of civilization.