The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-04-15
WHOLE NO. 500

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soon a weekly mail, and it is not too much to
say that the expenditure for the mail service
VIII Tor the next two years run up to 81 500,
OOO per annum, not over one third of which
Will be reimbursed in the form of postages
Besides, the road will economize the mail
service in California itself, and it will expedite
transportation both for the Army and Cen
eral Post Office vastly, and thus much will he
gained TO both branches Of the public service.
BE il RENE mbcred that the bill provides i,
express terms that that the company who NAV
construct the road, "shall ut all times. and "a
often as required, transport onfsaid road, and
every part OF the same, the mails, troops,
'aeamen, officers Of the Army and Navy, Of
Ulcers and agents Of the Government and Of
'the Post Office Department while on duty.
arms, ammunition, munitions of war, Army
and Navy stores, funds, or property belonoinr
'to the United States free from oil charpes ,n
the Government, giving the United States at
all times the Preference" and il provides also
. Tor the free use Of the telegraphic line by tn,
, United States. ! do not hesitate then TO con-
cufe, that in the Post Office Department we
"lil s1ye enough to pay the interest on the
amount to be advanced by the Government. 6;
more than enough in the Quartarmaster's g.
Comnissury's Departments to reimburse the
principal long before the bonds for 500 .Oo0.-
COO vii! become due, ii issued in conformity
wIth TINS bill. Nothing is more certain than
mat tnis road and telegraph line need not cost
the GovernmcEt one cent, while blessings &;
benefits will result from their construction in
every way.
nj o.'-
a;5rIe from this great enterprise: Should the
ROAD ta@e its course by the South Pass and
Salt Lake, it will give permanent supremacy
TO our laws and Constitution in that part of
the continent. Some have appreherded n
trust without any sufficient reason) that
turbulent and insurrectionary power is about
10 sPring up there which would ere long be-
come Troublesome TO the country and tanper-
Gus to It's peace. 1t is certain that few
thousand resoulte men, well armed, and plant
cd IN the Ne-y reces-es OF the Rocky Noun.
tains, could not be reduced to subsection with
out enormous sacriices both Of life and mon
ey' Inc necessity OF any such sacrifices
VIII 6e oa'ated by the Construction Of this
road. Indeed its effect will be to establish
such Intimate relations between the Salt Lake
district and other parts Of the countr, US to
o1vlate glI danger Of disloyal movements in
that quarter, if any such exist.
L, On the other hand, the road should pass
through New Mexico, other advantages will
result, OF little if any less Importance. 1t
would IN short time work great moral, in
telectua:, and political revolution in that up-
fortunate country; or, in orther words. il
would Americanize New Mexico 1t appears
from the report of Colonel Sumner, of the
United States Army, communicated to Con-
g'ess by the Secretary of War ut the present
session, that the people there are BY idleness,
ignorance, and vice reduced to the loyest
stage OF degradation and inumy. lie says:
There is 10 probability Of any change for the
tsticr I"eIty-!.i;y year, hence, i.is Ter,itrv
VAL he precisely tic same il i now There new
rHh re any induceiient Tor any cass OF our people 10
come here wHosc example aI.d improve this people
Sc cu.hoT', ayenuEcrS AMI the Ike, are all that
WI come. and their cxaat.e are r4ia-. perniciyus
than bcneti isl.
no civil government emanaiinr from the Cav
eTlinrht OF the nited States can be ngintained hers
without Tie ald oi military i0rcr--n fact without
u b III" '!rn1iy I.i iiaTy government. | iT not
bcI!eY" there / an Inie gent man il! the Territory
VIZ, Is nnt nj !c pre>en line fully sensible of thi.
truth All branches OF his civil government have
sq1a!.y ialed--lhe executive for wsnt of power. the
pie in urieS, SIhe cGislatiye fom want fknoxIeiya
want Of Identity with our Institutions and an eI.
IRENE reluctance ~ Impose taIes SO much So that
hcr have never even provided the means To subsist
prisoners and consequently teoas OF all kinds arc
running AZ large
:" lhe New Me1cans are thoroughly deb.sed. and
i";aly incapable Ot sell gnScEnalrn and there is no
Iateht quality about t"fn ;ilt ever make them
rtSl+ciaDir cr.iE rs. They have more Indian blooI
! -1t Sian.sh, enl are in respects below tho
tueO!o lrdlHis iIr they are no, as honest or in.
dusrous. In tits reniarh lauls 10 the lower casse.
,Hir
lriamillGs; about enough iur magistrates and 9TH
nr official Ier,2ns. TiI-re Is not mach incrense in
Ile P'pni'h' owing To th,ir gross deprlvity.
!2u't II there Is Ii5a OF Indians OH this continent
VINO are more abandoned IN their commerce between
the sexes than The great tnaiorityot this people"
This is certainly very dismal account of
the state of things in New Mckee, but not
more dismal than | believe it TO be truthful.
state of things which will continue to the
end OF time, unless we make the country ac-
cessible to oar people by a railroad. This
would work speedy and highly salutary
revolution. It so long as New Mexico re.
mains in her present situation, we shall have
4 standing commentary on the folly of acquir-
ing so remote a country, and of bringing und-
er our jurisdiction people so truly wretched.
But, Mr.. President, now come to a con-
sideration which deem Of high importance,
and which would urge on the particular at
iention of the Senate. maintain that tho
Of this road is not only important,
but indispensable to the defense of our Pacif.
ic possessions. 1t is, | believe, within the
competency of Congress to car
ry road through even a State for this pur-
pose. When case is as urgent as the pres
ent, We can vindicate the work precisely for
the reasons which would justify the erection
Of fortress 20 bar the entrance into the Bay
,f San Francisco 1t is not only the most
,ilectual, but the cheapest measure of defense
which could be adopted What is the eondi-
ion Of the Pacific coast now, and what will il
continue TO be without a railroad Defence
ess, perfectly delenceless. And if war
we're to break out with any leading European
Power, how long could we hold those posses-
'ions! Honorable gentlemen seem to be dis
,osed to assert here what they denomnate
he Monroe doctrine, in such a manner as
would be very likely to lead to a war If