The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-10-11

urdem,n,shed, Ind the laugh ana Tue J"Ae
passed on.
The following VEL written Editorial, from
the Daily California Chronicle is 81 much to
the point. ,ha, ven ure to solici, the favor OF
place Tor il in y,ur valu tbl- columns, 1t con-
,e~irn'.
Very r. respectfully Your ott. Sev'.
JOHN pi.UMBE.
!? 8 r, rhaps aon,. of IN. I'D friends at
Dubuque can det rminc whether there is not a
II fling erro. a. I" dale # late Gen Gates
pamphlet hut that is of little consequence.
Anne leans have seine r.ph. ,oh ell proud If
their Governmcnt, 80 far as thu spin, Ut lis
institutions may sr considered, aud Even IN
regard l., much Of rs practice. Far alih"uy's
tho Government Is sutietiars heavy, requiring
an tx RI amount n' 81, from tna' c"rnntivr,
tn. Proplr, in uri.r 10 drag ta- cars along thr
ak oil emTre with speed commensurate
with the vi ,h-. and wants of the public, still
! The grand r, suits Which have followed III"
or. al ,hical and c,vii train ct our nat'"nai
prrIr. 81, have upon ihr whole proved so salis
fact nv IL the mass, aud 80 beach ial tn .iidt-
ltua ., thai Cal q and |, ,.es' observer cannot
bn, feel some o, that patriotic trrv"r IN this
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th- heroes 81 did h,'n tl,,-y exclaimed 81 am
a X. u.on CT, u.
And 50 hen considering many 1T our indi-
iduai chalac err ties. The independent thou INT
| and md, mitahle enrrgy Of the pe"p.e, have
W n from the wa Id the plaudi's which ,vtn
National jealousy aud aniag ni>tlc systems OF
| government could not suppress nur control.
Nevertheless candor conpeis an acanosi. dee
.ntnt that even III these part culars upon which
we are prcnr To PRIDE ourselves, it sometim g
happens that We on stripped by our breih-
r~m ho live under monarch;ca < vrtn n-nt.
Our hat patriots may claim this as but the fl
If our wn insiit ,.ions and character, which
Ike the lgh, by its rrtractions from PARTICLES of
fiaatins mist produce the co'ors ct the RAM
bow mnre beautifully than the original beam.
Be this as II may, he fact is We have
scted For instance Ii is now nineteen ar
twenty years since a railroad to the Pacific
was publicly advocated. Gen +. L Gainrs,
me of the best If mn, most gallant o: soldiers
aud thoughtful OF citizens. published pam
phlrt, about the year eighteen hundred and
thirty four, in which he urged upon HIS coun
| ,rysnsn the pnlicy Of uniting Inc Mississippi
with the shores OF the Pacific, by means OF a
| raj road commencing near Aienphs, Irnnes-
| see. aud extending acios the Continent For
| TIL s ,ne oil his enemies accused hun of fnsan>
"
had been The scheme oil a lunat,c, or an AT
tempt. d fraud. Time has only shown how
much ia advanc.. he was u his c"tnpainois
| Since then others have faliuw. n ms track
Mr.. Whitney, who perhaps has d"Le more
| than any other man to aw axe an interest and
create a public opinion in lis iavor, is compare
lively recruit lis the c"rps ct the good old
| General, and 20 also are they who are now ITS
NEST ard, nj support r.. here has been no
end to what has been SAID and written upon the
subject. Among the people has been
| favori,e theme OF conversation. The Pless
| has worn it tire adbare, and the Halls of Con-
uress have ech.ed and reechoed ses,ion after
session 10 the eloquence which it has called
| fortn All are united as to its ne easily, yet
facts seem to say that all this forensic display
has been, with few exceptions, merely food
| f,r Buncomt.
Excellent bills have been introduced INTO the
national CHAMBERS .oquence. argument, sta
TASTES, patriotism, policy, have all been ap
e-a!~d Ia, but IN VAN. Petitions and memoir
lals from the people, and recommendations
| from Legislatures have gone o. to Washington,
| and private companies with great men al their
heads have all oduced little more than s,n"k-
| The railroad I: Yer has been and is epidemic,
ending in cMlls and agues. Years have rolled
away in usrless-alnost useless disc ussions,
1 = 3
by. AL. this is moriifying, and by no means
credilable t, government or people, With a
/ gre at necessity aud a,undlnt means, the whole
mater has dsgracei..ly b,en allowed to Ian
gu sh.
On the other hand note how our neighbors
| on the other SIDE of the Canadian frontier have
| tax. n up, push. ahead, what in consideration
of It's Cost, extent, and impor,a ace, observes to
be considered national wnrk. Some far-seeing
| snd wise men conceive the idea that the
beautiful co,ntry lying between Montreal and
Lakes St. Clair and Huron needed OILY an
opening to the world to he duly appreciated.
II was proposed TO cons,ru.; railroad from
the city nam. d, To point on the Canadian SIDE
not far from Detroit, and year or so ago the
Hon. Francis Hicks vsi ed London and laid
the plan before the Government As with
our own, the British Cabinet moves slow,
sometimes, and did IN This instance.
| The Hon. Gentleman informed them then
that he cared not tor the Government patron
age, subn ed his plans and prop sails to cap
| i,alists, and we are informed that the entire
| stos K was subscribed for within one day after
,he books were o-ened. The entire work,
seventeen hundred miles in length, is already
under cnptracs, aud considerable portion o. It
compl, ted. ter the road from Portland, Maine,
10 Montreal, over which the cars kave BEEN
portion oft, as IT is nasrd by the Canadian
Company who have leased il tor term IF
years. This is specimen of progress from
which cur own people and Government nigh,
d a.y a hraithful lessen.
The xtent # this road is almost great as
he distance necessary to be built between
Missouri and California, and il is thought a
country which our people accustomed to
look upon only fit for he above Esquimaux,
end the cultivation of ice While we, Con-
gress and Legis a'urrs and people have been
talking, our neiyhbars over the border have
been 81 work, ana will soon have to a greatex
tent the conir Of the western products of
bread stuffs, which will pass through Montreal
| and 10 their shipping point in Portland. where
they can be- put snip board at one half the
transportation charges less than at any other
port ia The United States.
So much can we'll directed determination
| effect, even under adverse c,rcums ances
What might not already have been done with
our own great national railway had similar
spirit actuated our people? Already the steam
| Wis ie might have been startling the indian
and the buffalo, from Independence To Salt
Lake city, aud the track between US and the