, 1853-12-31


lly and freight reaching the Mississippi al
that point will have to be transhipped =
VIII 1t stem The current of that stream and
seek an Atlantic outlet from a northern
port or will it follow its broad and sweep.
ing current 10 the sea? Yetif that freight
crosses the Mississippi, and again is placed
npon The rail, will Il then go moth by long.
er distances 10 the ocean, or will il follow a
due easterly course, and borne on Tenncs.
see AMI Carolina, gladden. tho hearts and
Y Strengthen the purses ol the merchants Of
Charleston by its presence 3? And if this
city is not TO profI.b it, it need not yet 90
north. Norfolk is nearer, far, 10 Memphis ;
and Baltimore has railroads that connect il
\ With southern and south western states, be-
sid that great Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
with which il aspires TO drain the valley, ol
ri1e Ohio. .---,....-
II may be said that il is not'possible 10
build these roads, ;hus 10 nterScct the great
Pacific railroad. II is moi only possible, but
probable, that these roads, Or one of them,
will be built. The obi ct TO be attained is
too great not 10 be struggled for, and short
ness Of distance 10 the sea board too i'm
porlant an item of cost, ever 10 be lost sight
Of. There roads, too, are now spoken OF /;
some of the routes are being examined and
the great prize, or portion Of It, may be
drawn by southern port over their north
cru competitors.
Would road to ST. Louis wholly secure
this trade 10 the southern drpots! AT ST.
Louis it encounters the unbridgcd food Of
the Mississippi, and thero il must be tran
shipped, and when transhiPped, may find
water transportation down the Mississippi
cheaper, Than another transit pment 10 a rail
road car on its opposite bank, thence 10 find
lis way to New York and Boston, either by
way Of Lake Erie and the Erie canal, or
pass on continuous rail to those CONNER
cial depo;s.
We may safely say, then, that this great
object Of securing the India trade 10 the
great centres of commerce, win meet with
dificultrs if it depends oil railroad TO SIN
Francisco alone.
is there any way by which this can br
rendered certain To US out here in Wash
ingIon Territory it seems that thlre is
We all Of US believe railroad can BE- built
by northern capital, through northern states
and territories, by northern men, TO nnrih-
ern hsrbor on the Pacific, which shall bear
the produce of China and the Indies 10 the
northern ports Of tho Atlantic, with 400
miles sho;ter railroad travel than il can be
borne TO ihom from Sun FRANCISCO.
trust that may not be accnstd of sec
'ional irrlmg. speak Of this northern
route as being attractive TO capital in pc
cuniary poiEt Of view, and without reference
to sectional pride or sectional feeling. Hsre
at least we should be free from il. see
before me men from every portion Of this
vast Union, from the pine forests of Maine
to the fertile Sayannas of Louisiana; from
the south west and flom the west; from
that portion of the west, too, where for
many years il was my pleasant fortuneto re-
side, the memory Of which ] shall always
cherish and may my voice be ever lost, ere
it be used for augIlt else than 10 praise thai
section, and that people, among whom !
came stranger, unknown, unassisted, and
who foslered and sustained me.
We ere all citiEsns Of the United States,
all of Washington Territory, all cmigrants
nay, more, all pioneers. Jealousy, disirtisi.
sectional feeling, all should be abgent, for
each, all, and every one Of us, is here with
one objrct in view-the advancement and
welfare OF this our chosen portion Of the
Union.
And we all, loo, agree that the true route
to the Pacific, is what is called the north
ern route. That is route, that starting
from the borders Of our western states or
territories, finds its extreme western lernli-
nus on the shores Of Puget Sound.
We all believe from the clear, full, decid-
I'd statement made by Governor Stevens on
the day he arrived among US, in replying 10
an address bidding him welcome 10 ibe Ter
rilcry of Washington, that as he said, the
route over which he passed from the North
Western Territory to the waters Of the Pa
ci6c, is eminently feasible and practicable
we must rely upen this as the report Of a
man competent TO speak on this gred ques-.
ton, from PEI sonal examination, and as that
of one moi likely TO lie mistaken. But We
arc not compelled 10 rely on this extreme
nmtheTn route alone. Should difficulties
p. csent thens,lye in any way, or from any
cause, there are other routes yet TO be found
northern or northern cenlral--that can
only find their fitting termination on Puget
Sound, north Of San Francisco. No har
Dor can compare with ours. Here rests the
northern Pacific railroad, when that railroad
shall be built. This is secure. s.
How, then, stands this northern road ter
minaiing here, and resting by connecting
roads either on Lake Superior or Lake Mich
igal, or on both. What arc the advantages
il holds oul 10 public interest and public
view Ito commercial interest, il you pre-
fer that term. Does it avoid the possibility
of the trade Of the Indies passing to south
ern in preference to northern Atlantic porls!
Most certainly il DOES. The freight carried
over this line cannot be inken to other har.