Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-12-16

40 sound OH .tion can be raised. Happily for our
country, its Fea,eful policy and rapdy increasing
population impose upon us no urgent necessity for
preparation, aud leave but few trackess de ers be-
w,en sssaliabe points and patriotic people ever
ready and gen ray able TO protect them. 1hsse necs
'ary links, tho enterprise and ensrEy Of cur people
lre steadily and boldly struggling to supply. All
experience afirms that wherever private enterprise
gll avail, il is most wise for the Genera, Government
to leave to that AID individual wachfulness the To-
alton and execution ofa means Of cmmunica n
The surveys before alluded TO wers designed TO as
er'an the most practicable and economical route for
road from the Mississippi to the Pacifi, Ocean.
triies are now in the fad making explorations,
whe,e previous examinations had not supplied suli-
oilut data, and where there the best reason to
hope the o. j ct sought might be found The means
ADD time telug both limited, it is not to b. expected
tDat all the accurate knowledge desired viii now
be obtained; bat it is hopei that much and iu-
Iortent information will be added to the stock previ
ousy posscss, and that partial if full reports of
che Us ordered, will b. received, in time for trans
mission to the twc Houses Of Congress or b:fOre
the FIRST Monday in bru'ry next, as required by the
act Of app, spriaton. The rsguitu1e of the enttr
Prise contemplated HIS aroused, and viii doubtless
continue to excite very general interest throughout
The country. Ia its political its Commercial! and its
military bearings 1t has varied graf, and increasing
c ms sur ms ration. Tne heavy expense, the
great delay and, az times fatality attending travel
by either IF tbs ishmus routes, have dem nstrated
The adv tatsge, viii would resu from lister oceanic
| CON nuIioann by sach safe and rnpii means as q
railroad would supply.
These difficulties which have been encountered In
period O. pace weud b, 10 ag f d aud sill fur her
scraasad in time of BIt while the embarrass
mcnts already en3ountcro1, and others und:r nav
-Ontin gencies to BE- anticipated may srikingy
| TO exhibit the Importance of such rk, neitseg
these, all considerations cImbiSed, can have 40
lpprecab'c va'uc, when weighed against the obi
cation strictly to adhere u tho constitution. aud
Faithfully to execute the p2wsrs It confers. Within
This limit and 10 The extent Of the Interest Of The gov
| erument involved il would seem both eypdent AID
proper If an &c nonisal and probable route shall
81 found, to aid, By all Constitutional means, in the
;onstruc n If n road which will invite, by SPEEDY
transit, the populations Of the Pacific and Atlantic
Statrs To guard against m;seoneeption it SHOULD be
remarked that, although the power to construct, or
aid in ths construction Of road within the ims Of
territory is mt embarrassed by that question Of
jurisdiction which would arise within the limits Of
trte, it is nevertheless hed 70 be Of doubtful power,
and more than doubtful groprietY, evan within the
limits If territory, for the general government to
undertake to administer the affairs Of railroad,
,aup, OF other similar construction, sud there ore
that its connexion with work Of this character
should b, incid ntsl rather than primary. L will
only add az present, t1at fully approaching the mag
nitude Of tho SUI ct and s1citous that the Atlantic
and Pac fc sh res of the republic may be bound to-
geher by in arabia ties OF common interest w.ll
as of common fealty and attachment to the Union,
shall BE- Disposed, far nv action is concerned, %
follow the lights Of the constitution, cxpoundca and
illus.rated by those, who's opinions and exposi-
ton cJnstiue the standard of my political faith in
regard to the powers of the government. tits, trust,
not necessary 10 say, that grandeur of enterprise
and no present urgent inaucem"rt promising popular
yor, will ie ID me 10 egarL iiga,s, to de-
part from tsat PATH which experience has proved to
| be SAFE, and which is now radiant with the glow
of prosperity and egitim tic constitutional progress
We can a I'd to watt but we cannot tfJrd TO over
lock th. ark ef our security.
| / is no part of my purpose to gya prominence to
any su ct which nay properly lie regarded as set at
rest by The deliberate alignment Of the paope. Bat
while the present is right with promise, and tine fu
ture fnll Of mand and inducemsnt for the exercise
of active intelligence the past be without
useful Lessons o. admonon and instruction. If its
da1gfrs not as heacops. they will evidently fail
% fulfill ia, OH c. of ui,e design. WhcH the grave
shall have closed all who endsavOring to
IN et the Obligations of duty, the year 1850 will be
required 70 as q period fled with anxious apprchen
sion. successful war bal jist terminated. Peacs
brought With it vast augmentation OF territory
Dsturbrg questions arose. bearing upon the domestic
institutions of one portion Of the confederacy and in
voiging IT, constitutional rights Of the States Bat
tyittatasdng differences of opinion ard sentiment
which then existed IN relation to details and specific
provisions, the acQuicserce of distinguished
whose vo,i1n TO the Union can never 10 be doubted
has given renewed vigor TO cur institutions and re.
so-ed sense OF rposo and security to the public
mind throughout the cpnfcdcracy. That this rp,sp
is TO suffer no shock during my uic.l term If have
power to avert il, these who placed ne here may be
assured. The wisfoyn q men, who knew what in9..
reud nee cost who had pu all at staka upon tho is
sue of the Revolutionary strugglc--disp scd Of thu
subject TO which refer, in TIE on,y way consistent
with Ike ur5n IF these States ard with the march OF
ROVER and prosperity which has uade us what we are
1t j. significant fact that from the adoption of tho
Contitut OF until he ficsrs and soldiers Of the Ryo
luton had passed to thoir gravts or tlraugh the In
srmit5 cf sge and Wounds he'd ceased 10 paricipats
actively in public siflrs, there was not merely Quiet
arquiesceuce in, but prompt vndicaicu Of, the cor
si,u nG rights Cf the State The reserved powers
were scrupu'eQsly respected. No statesman ppt forth
/ Of tn
and agitation, but the sirit Of compact was regards
sa,rel in The ers of honr. and indispensable for
the great experiment OF civil brty, which environ
ed with inherent diieultes was vat borne forward In
apparent weakness by power superior TO all
Obstacles There IS condemnation which the
voice Of Freedom viii not p-onouucs upon Us sh u ID
wo prove flihlsss to this great trust. WEie
mon iuhabting d,ff rent parts OF this great CON
sentiment can no more be expected hold the same
opinions, entertain tho same sent mens than every
variety of climate soil can be expected TO furnish
the same agricultural products, they can unife in
o0mm,n Cljce AID sustain common PRINCIPLES essen
al to the maintenance # that ohisct. The gallant
men OF the Soutk and the North could stand together
during the struggle Of the Revelation they could
stand gether in tie more trying period which sue
ceS ded the clnngor cf arm. AS tkcir matted yaIor
adequate t. al the trials Of the camp and dangers
Of the feld, their united wisdom proved equal to
The greater tSsk OF founding, upon deep and broad
bSss, Institutions, which it la! ben our privilege to
Joy, and will ever ba orr most sacred duty 10 aus
!
asd universal, TO say TIA their sons, Whose blood
minslgd so often upon the same field during tho war
of 1912, and Who Layo norerecsatlY borno 10 triumph
the dag Of the country upon foreign SOL will never
p rmit al nation tf fsiing 10 weaken TIE power of
their united eff rs, internal dsseasous ts pafa-
", their great arm of pei1m, upfod for the vim
dicRtio1 Of self government.
! have thus bri' fly presented such suggestions a.
seem 30 especially worthy of your eonsid alton
La proyidng for the prsseu you can hardly fail to
avail yourselves of tie ght which To. exolisIce Of
| the past casts upon the future.
| The growth of our population has now brought u.s.
in the destined If our national history, to a
pout at which 1t well bebooyes Us to xranl eur vic
! ion over tho vast perspective.
Tho successive dseenrial ur,s OF the census
since the adoption Of the constitution baye revealed
law of steady pr aggressive development witch may be
stated, in general terns Duplication cyery quar-
ter-ceuury Cairi,d forward frsm the point already
reached, for only short p9;oi of time as applicable
! to the extencs of nation, this law Of pys9re:s if
unchecked will bring to almost incredible results
urge allowance for diminished proper tional cf-
feet of emigration w ui not very materially reduce
the estim.te, vhe the increased average duration
Of human life known 10 have already resulted from tbs
scientific and hyseaic proyemen's Of tbs past City
years, will tend to keep up through the next the fty
or perhaps hundred, the same ratio Of growh which
has been thus revealed in our past progress and TO
the ira aence of th mag be added the influx
OF lab)ring masses from eastern Asia TO the Pacifc
aide Of possession, together with the probable accc
sion Of the populations already existing in other parts
Of our hemisphere which, within the period in ques-
ton, will feel, with yearly increasing force the nat
| cal oh Of