The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-11-26

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caro- and consideration in excluding the dread
ful scourge from our inland towns and coun
try. May bis alIpowerfll arm stay this pes
thence.
In the communication which I have the hon
or TO addrcss 70 the legislature on the pres
ent occasion, II occurs to M that Y will b,
most copsonant with your Views, and cquall,
subscrvc tho public interest, 70 limit myseI
to subjects clearly Of immediate and pfcssins
importance. Tho various contingencies du
ring my administration which gave rise to tn,
neccssity Of conycning the Legislative bodies
Furnished tho Executive with ample opportu
mites for celebrating his views and making
recommendation upon tho many prominent
leading questions connected with our State
affairs. To present these subjects again IN
full, would be but occupying ground previous
" assumed and unnecessarily consuming your
timc 1t will be my main object, therefore tc
cndeavor to give plain bat explicit statemcn,
OF the operations Of tho government since the
last biennial session, not doubling but that tho
unfinished bills upon your tables, the various
suggestions in my former message unactcd up
on, and the several recommendations contain
cd IN this communication, together with sucL
local matters as your own Judgements may
suggest, will fully occupy your time, until the
inauguration Of my successor.
is one that isnow engrossing tho attention Of ov.
cry part of our widely spread Union. To none Is
its location fraught with more important coli.
sequences than TO our own State, ant therc.
forc again, briefly, but most earnestly, recon.
mend 1t to your serious consideration.
The General Government has 80 far rccog.
niscd this measure as ono Of national impor-
tancc md necessity, as to mako an appropria-
tion for tho survey of three distinct routes,
with tho Wow of ascertaining that which is
most advantageous and practicable. The sur.
voy Of some Of these routes has not yet been
completed. It's believed, however that enough
is known, derived from the investigation thus
far made, to satisfy the public mind that a
southern route recommends i.sSii 10 general
favor by every consideration Of national adyan.
tage. ltis matter Of serious regret that tho
route leading from tho Mississippi through
Texas, should not have boon selected as ono
Of those to be surveyed aud reported ON to
tho next Congress. s,ia aaj as.-,,ifl IS
Tho omission to cause q reconnaissance to bc
made in n moro southern parallel, Inns been
construed by many rs having it's origin in tho
existence OF an undue bias, entertained by the
present Administration for = moro northern
route. In this opinion I do not concur, being
satisfied that when tho timc for action arrives,
II will be found assuming patriotic and purely
national ground. asrr y,
From my own knowledge of tho country,
and from information received from tho most
reliable souraes, am convinced that by fai
tho best track will be found To bo from Mem.
phis, or somc other point below on the Missis-
sippi, entering our State about tho 32nd de-
gree of north latitude, and pursuing that line
to III Paso, or its neighborhoo6 thence in tho
direction OF the head waters OF tho Gila river.
aud down the same by the most practicable
routo to San Diego on the Pacific. This isthc
route that nature indicates by features so OPP.
parent that neither party bias nor sectional in.
tercsts can conceal them Even In the most
rigorous winters thcro would be no SHOWS nor
loo Sufficient to delay or obstruct the progress
Of completing tho road, or at any time to IN
tciTupt its regular communication, nearly tho
entire reute; but particularly that portion b.
tween the Mississippi and Rio Grande would
pass through q mild and genial climate, over d
country level or gently undulsting, and rich
and beautiful az any on the North American
Continent
With the great advantages thus afforded her
by nature, would It not be = species Of mad
ness on the part Of Texas, TO disreeard her
rich boon, and allow tho opportunity 70 pass
by without using every exortion TO accom-.
plish an enterprise more stupendous IN its rc.
suits than any which has hitherto engaged tho
attention Of mankindS
A railroad botwoon tho waters Of the Allan,
tic and Pacific oceans, upon the track indica.
ted, VIII so far TO divert tho comincrcc Of the
world ifon its ancient channels Tho woal.ls
Of California, China and tho Indies, instead Of
passing 20 maivpo and tho United States by
long and hazardous voyages through tho In
dian and Pacific oceans, around Capcs Horn
and Good Hobo, would pour in ceasclcss tide
over this great national highway, passing
through tho entire breadth Of our State. and
world nom the great Atlantic and Gulf ports
Of our Union. Evcry State would hc IN sonsc
degree benefited by its cxlstsncc. hut to Tsx.
a. tho advantages would be iaealculsh,e. Her
public domain lying north aud west of her
present populated limits, now ~aslc, and COM.
rarativcIy worthless, would, In . short psriwi,
be dcnsely inhabited; the value of rsal estate
throughout her whcle icagsh and hsvadti,
would be vastly enhanced, and all the rescurs
COS of the State, agricultural, ccmmtNlsl and
miaesal, te developed with wvndcysh, rasssixy.
To specify one striking source of svyenuS II
the many which the farming Interests cf the
State would derive ffcfn the construction of
this vcAi. I viii oaly mentica that growing oat
u the production ef wheat Il Il we'll estshs
hsasa from successful experiment.. that thew
a sn extensive srsst Of ccaussy In our State,
lying On 18th sisles of the pss,,s<rA ruate. AL
msrshsy adapted 10 the esslssvatsan IL sAsx'.s--
new 10 he rasksa amcasst cae ef the great
staple pccsssseticns an4a Ia = iasitaae where
this gssin sleens fsen thsws - xix weeks ear.
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