The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-04-20
From he P~iisburSh ras
Inter Oceanic Railway.

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Missouri. especially, il is the Aaron's rod,
hat swallows al other questions. COl Ben
Ton has recently addressed a long leasr 70
The People Of Missouri in reference y The
great question. whsch, Notwithstanding is
cfaracUeFisdc egosism. presents 10 a bold.
clear, and strong lighJ the advantages 20 BE-
derived hom the construction of aeeRuai
National Highway from The Mississippi Iiv-
ertq Tie Pashc. ~ ~TFa
IL appea7 qbat iva nsat routes are Spo-
ken OF otter which Il is proposed TO construct
this RAilroad-the Central route from st.
LOUIS. and the Memphis or Southern route,
OF couf9 ca. eBcnton advocates the one
epnmencing al 81. Louis pFIdSees strong
Frsameptst % show the advantages i pre-
srpis overall otkers An appropriation has
been made by sCohgress gor Lbe examiua-
Ions and ihe SECESSION q The ~rOuteis rsier-
rcd 10 The nsXt CoRgTess.s u -si-sN ws
Col Aenlon resagiss NEas pertain that
This rogl = " b. made, aud he therefore
gNeS liz ePiaiep freely oa III -impOrtaEt
Hpeslion-By whom shall the ruad be buih
and eontrplled3 lie is opposedg to all
schemes Of Masking aieb Of the work-heI Is
against mixing public and private interest
against furnishing the means Of making the
IsAd 70 ioAhcrs, and then letting then own
~ aud shsrge The people donble upon con,
,ditinn # carrying for the Federal govern
meht freesosH e SAYS 'Ihold that il shold
kemsde blythe United States, 50 far as their
tenRory extends. (which would be almost
the whole distance W the Central route, -
leaving the two ends, where it would 20
though States, tn the operation Of State laws
and State authority. This would be from
the Missouri Staisiipe at the mouth Of the
Aanzssstaa point on The California State
line, opposite the end of the Sierra Nevada
az Malkerls Pass-a distance of al4 de-
glees Of longitude, equal to aboat 1900
miles, So miles to a degree inthat latitude
with = southern deAectian, AS it won't west,
VI three and a half dnyrees." O.
Col. BentOn's idea is that the road sho'd
be buia by the United States by the creation
Of n STOCK, hypothecated upon the publ C
lands. and payable at a fixed period at the
Federal Treasury: and that an adequate
force should be put upon tito do the work
ut once. I'VE think nothing of levying an
army of fifty or an hundred thousand men
fora war.'h says the Colonel: "heFe is an
ebject of more momeI I to the United States,
and 10 the world, than many wars and |
should be in fayoG of seeing An army OF Ia
borers employed upon it at once, and the
work done in seven years, instead Of pid-
ding at 1T for o lifetime, Ana why pot?-
We can have the money aad the men; and
"a a line of 1900 miles there would be room
snr 10000 men to work without elbowing
each other. Ii would be only forty men to
the mile. The pre-einption system would
give the money and the settlers-the righ;
kind of settlers-men who would defend
themselves from Indians, and raise prov's-
ions fer the supply of the road. and occupy
Iton both sides, and from ope end to the
ether, the inst season they were allowed to
dose. The indian title should be extin-
suished Oh a breadth of fifty to an hundred
miles, q mile reserved for the different tracks
Of railroads, and for = common road and for
telegraph lines. L. is "a work for prosperi-
", and foi three continents; and we should
elevate ourselves to tie grandeur of the &C
~casion.''
Wecopybelow the concluding paragraphs
OF Col. Benton's letter:
AA'iS" ~ ShS Htd5tIluuC VI IHIS WIN
IN view of onr d mipion over the public land
from Missouri to Califoraia-in view of the
Anmcnsity Of travei and business upon it,
great at the start, and to increase for a long
err time than The pyrai.ids have stood
propose TO have the plan Of this road, or
rather the system If roads, ON a scale com
hnensurNte to its future DIES my, be that great
Ms it may. / propose 10 reserve a track a
mile wide for all sorts of ruadS, rail and ma
cadamiEed, and d plain old English road,
: vucir as we have been accustomed to all our
lives, on which The farmer in his wagon, or
IN his horse, and driving his cattle, may 80
without tax or fear, with ronc to run over
him, CT make him jump out of the way un-
der the penalty ofbeing crushed. We shall
want tracks for many railways, necessary in
future time, and all upconnectcd and indie.
pendent of each other. No monopolies on
ouch a mighty line Of travel and transporta.
lion. Two malgins Of az hundred feet
each should be preserved for independent and
rival telegrapaic lines.
Ihaye said the public lands on the line Of
tlIe road will build it. Ten ortwelve miles
On each side will do it, on the presumption
principal, Si,25 an acre; and the meritori,
Jus settlers upon that principle will BE- the
guard 10 protect il, The hands to help make
il, and tie caltiyators to help furnish sup.
plies to the Iaborers. When done, it shoe
be free; that is, no tolls upon it-a road o.
that length will not bear tolls, except slight
70 keep it in repair--a transit duty on for
tign comnerce-a slight charge, such as al
patiOns exact from foreign trav'
rrxsng is territory-wOuld be the proper
source for the repairs which would become
pecessary; and thus Europe would indcmni.
~ US for the use of our road.
CirrzEss-It is Thirty years since l first
began to write and speak on this subject o.
American and Asiatic COMMUNICATIONS, and
in favor of = North American Road to In.
diA:'' and then declared, with the confidence
wiieh belongs TO CONVICTION founded on evi
dence, that the road would BE- made imme.
diatsly, if aided bylhl Federal Government
eventually, BY the progress Of events aRd
the fierce of public opinion, even withouttha
aid" The lime has come for the ful6lmsp
Vf that confident prediction. Events have
advanced brynnd my foresight. Not only
Oregon. but al! California is ours. We holt
seventeen degrees Of latitude on the western
coast of North AmeFipa, and have u Sat
asd Territory, t~hsre--great American com
quantities, where tie idea was Tidiculed whei
first came ia Congress, Public opinion i