The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-10-27
A Highway to the Pacific.

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/ We some days since received a copy of
a pamphlet entitled ga Few Remarks on
a Railroad to the Pacific" by ga member
Eof the Philadelphia Bar The subject
is treated with much ability and many in
1teresting facts are stated. Several pas
sages arecquite eloquent. After review
i ing the-~hole ground, the writer gives the
lsnbjoined .asademonstrated truths in the
contingency Of the successful construc-
ton of a great highway to the Pacific
Gin. Eng. ~
! /. 1t will necessarily secure to us vir-
tual monopoly of the Chinese and Japan
ese markets. .. ..-s.s...f all, }.-.,....
2. Besides the Mails of the continent,
those of all Europe, for all parts of East
ern, Middle and Southern Asia, and of all
European possessions in the Pacific, will
be carried oyer, this equally safe and ,ex-
peditious route, and this mail service will
in itself constitute large source Of rev
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3. The United States Mails between
! the two great sections of the Union will
be carried over this road with great
saying of expense to the Nation and
! of time to tho Commercial community,
and ID with a certainty that cannot be other
wise attained. tog nj b3dtai3 ,s3-il 1.y.
A. All the travel of Europe for the
. larger portion of Asia, and all the East
ern Pacific Islands, will pass over this
road, both going and returning.
j 5. twill be.a cheap and safe medium
of oflconyeyance Of domestic exchange and
) commerce, to the amount of millions on
millions every year, between the great
regions Of the. Pacific and the Atlantic
Il States. a.l s51
! g. 1t will afford an outlet to the shores
Of the two oceans for all the productions
of the Mississippi Valley States, and ena-
BILE us to supply with bread the crowded
d population both Of Europe and Asia.
i 7.gItwill largely increase the business
of all railroads running through The
!. States, from the main trunk to any Allan
4 tic seaport. ssssA IL
8. 1t will employ, during the yearscon
sumed in building it, thousands of oul
laboring people in a healthy climate, an(
will Offer. facilities to emigration, and will
be the means of carrying population tt
d. our territories, and of creating new ant
d happy States in the vast wilderness of tn
] Continent.
9. 1t will be a mighty bond of union
of safety, and of peace, between our owl
: American States and with the world "a
10. It will enable the Government t
discharge certain constitutional obligation
: of defense and protection under whicl
: the United States exist in relation to eacI
: one of the States, and which, so far a
: California is concerned, cannot be proper
: Ily discharged without some such mean
of speedy and direct communication be
tween herself and the other States of tn
: confederacy. $50 . n 54.s4
: II. It will act as powerful stimuli
: on the industrial prosperity of the whol
country, and particularly on the bushes
:. interests of our great Pacific and Atlanti
: sea ports. sA sfaa 80
$ 19. It will be the great world road {
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