Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-07-06


mm,,n l., Yu,.e 40 ...". 10 ,"cvry. lie vaIuc
of the reserved sections is increased, or it is not
If it is increased. the dOnres can undcrscll the
Government, and at heavy profit. II ii is not
increased, the argument is gone. A pressure
for funds will cause the donecs to sell at any
price.
1t is my faith that there is material difference
in the powers of Congress over such parts OF
The public domain rs lie within States aud i'll
Territories. A Territory continues TO be the
common property Of all the States, so long as
it remains Il Territory; and any Improvement
within It's limits rebounds TO lhe common benefit
of lis common owners. But when part OF
the publi; domain lies within the boundaries OF
a State, 1t is difficult to conceive Of any i'm
provcnrnt of such Territory which will not
result 10 the benefit of that particular Stale,
and, it NAV be, TO the exclusion Of all benefit
t. the remaining States Such 4 case might
occur, as if State WAS surrounded by Terrific
rics, which has never yet happened, but is virtu-
ally approached by the geographical position OF
California. Agan, the Territories have 10
power but such rs is given BY Congress. They
arc in dependent condition, and look TO Con
grcss for revenue. protection, and for law. This
is their only Legislature, and we should lcgislate
for their good, precisely as State Legislature
may for The good Of the Statc-boih being
subject to the provisions of their respective
constitutions.
Entertaining these views, cannot consistently
east my vote for donating lands which lie within
the limits of Il State; but when tho lands asked
for lie within Territories, organised, or not or.
naniscd, | have no constitutional scruplcS; and
a., fo tho nypn1ipnrv
of making such grants as are sought.
ExrEDIEHCY.
The isolated position of California, lying, as it
does, on the western verge of the North Amcrl'
can continent, her separation from her sister
States by drcarv deserts, rugged mountains, and
Iarrc territories inhabited by untamcd Indians
her natural resources, and tho adventurous spirit
Of her people, leave but little doubt in the minds
of rejecting men that she must be brought into
more direct and immediate communion with
tic heart of the Conlcderacy, or ultimately dis
solve her connection with it, This separation
would entail the loss Of every foot of American
territory west of the Rocky Mountains. together
with all the property Of the Government found
there at the time. A railroad communication
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans would
secure that entire region TO us forever, together
with its untold mineral wealth, and, which Is
more valuable still, our pioneer brethren, who
arc illustrating TO The world American seIf-rei
ance and American enterprise. 1t twou;d scattel
broadcast in our midst the treasures of Asia anc
Oceanira, and give US commercial power which
would make this Government the umpire o
every nation upon EARTH It's commercialadvanta
yes arc incalcuabc,and its political elects, srair
the imagination. san Francisco would become
the commercial emporium Of the eastern world
and with lavish hand pour out the wealth of tht
rcmotcst parts of the globe on every section 0
our country, upon which Heaven has benignantly
and continually smiled. a continuous line o
railroads between the two great OCEANS woult
become the highway of the nations of the earth
Our carving trade in the Pacific, now amounlin!
to about three hundred thousand tons, and en-
blowing upwards of an hundred millions OF do!
lars would Lc argumcnted by the operation O
this road immeasuraby beyond the proportions
increase resulting from the mineral wealth o
California and Australia combined and th
whistle of a locomotive heard on the shore o
the Pacific would do more towards opening tn
ports of China and Japan than bayoncts ant
suuadrons. These results are us nearly certain
us may be approached by ordinary human rca
sonin.. But there arc other considerations ant
advantages Of 4 domestic character which ncc