New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-14

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will not escape attention that the enlightened states
men Of the early days Of the republic saw me Importance
If creating perpetual school fund.- which has arelly
reached more than ortytwo millions of acres FOR the wise
purpose of the continual diffusion OF kno"iedge as 'he
sustaining principle OF seligovernmen'' AZ INC SAM a
fine thev oncrafted upon school system principle
FIAT will carry il. with the progress OF settlement ana sur
,ev over e, cry Of territorial surface to the "a
cfc shoros They have literally and paiTiocay dealt
With the veterans who defended country in time Of
war lv orents To nearly twenty six millions 10 those
States portions cf which are subject to nunda'on ana
overflow from the Mississippi ana Its tributaries ana on the
the crea; lakes they have already conceded nearly
tirt,siN millions of rs swamp lands, III ofuer 10
foId Tebue disease ensure larger deVeoPen'
ofloca and establish ready and permanent hlgi,
WAYS Of communication. The ability OF Congress to do all
Ills is express in the instrument: under which we are as
senbled IN these hes The practice which conforms to 1t
las crc since been established and that too, under the
Recommendation Of Administrations of different potctl
tonets embracing prominent statesmen OF the sic'es o-
Tiicai scloo and who have eIoyed i'll an emnen! de-
gree, the confidence OF the great Denocr",c iay me
warrant of authority being und0ubCd let us brehy ad-
yer: to the extent of the work and the means proposed 10
be employed. Its details must OF COURSE he iel 20 iho
6stpeuse cd Con miitee in charge OF the SUBJECT ana 10
other practical gentlemen. who will that form
Of enactment is drawn IN proper and ehecuei TENS
The views now proposed to be presented must
necessarily be general, and not in advocacy OF de-
tails simply in fact suggestive OF Few prominent
considerations which should control WHAT Is the ProDa-
DE extent al the cOnen plated Pacific Eilr0a that ~,
fro some point the Mississippi 10 the Pacific
Assuming the iritisve in tie latitude Of New YORK ~
- N. and in longitude 81 W. from 6Ieenwich me diS,
tarce in direct line would moi exceed seventeen hundred
ard fifty miles; assuming another point, say from ron
Gu Lac tic west end Of Lake Superior, in latitude 10 3d.
70 fs is n
tnen the distance would be about fifteen hundred miles
Taking eoulhery latitude, say in 3th or 33th parallel IN
due west direction and the distance would not exceed
sixteen hundred miles There is no reason TO suppose
hat a route would be selected, even making que
allowance for reflections TO avoid natural opsta-
cle in which the whole distance would exceed two th2-
sand miles. Are not tie enterprise ana aplty oil me
American people equal to this task Sr. whol h's mo
Sn:e Of NogY ork alone done The cicia census SHOWS
that on the January 1888, she had III operation l%J
miles OF railroad and 924 in progress making total oi
8 O47 miles and that the 3ls December, is5 she had
oxroTded in railroad Investments in her own limits,
SD Geo OOO Other official returns TO the Isl June s1J
show that she had then expended So ana wiz
be moderate estimate TO that her pres nj cNpeh-
diiur,s in dis respect are 6oOoCco beng a9'I oae
SIKH of the whole railroad capital invested III me DNleq
States In ihis work she has dehea all na.i i
iuterruVtiops hewn her way through mountains,
bcrire their bases of solid rock, bridging s,reimS
for fit iron lire and overcoming difficulties moi to DE met
with either on the Rocky Mountains or the more aOrdp'
o ors rance of the Cascade. The people Of the
United states have expended over SIX hundred mohs o.
dollars in constructing over 90 OCO miles OF raEo hTos
he
western they have been literally AIDED by donations rom
the Government. They have constructed rairoals N
every direction within their own limits WEIGH hulilh
veui could suggest They have crossed inc ME'sslpP,
ord mo oaly and waiting unite with the grcat Iach
railroad trunk at whateN may he It's starng point oS
at the extent Of country east OF me MSsi'sP1 IN
bnt norton west of IT, and will find tina! the nlVd-
NIL ndhodes of less than twoftths oil eur territory nave
doro The work of interesting the country IN snch
manner a. 10 reNoluiunzo the mode OF trINe ana
fo,m new era in the march OF improvement .he
,rent landhoder the United States VerAmeht - uie
UuCsputod proprietor of public lands III more Hiah
fuls of our territorial extent lying between nc NN'SiP
n,d ,Le Pacific ocean, Within that region there are over
one million nine hundred and ninety t1ousahu STa,m i
mice composing the greater portion ol "l.1so' 80.
,c,v and The tier of States ranging along the western
Lr ~ the Mississippi to-it: Iowa, Missouri Afttus
Iouisiana Beyond and adjoining IS The St@ie Oh leAs
Tben we have Nebraska and Kansas Inc ihuah couu3
and the Territories Of Utah, New-MeXco O,eSon ' I
Wob;nc;on and the great State of Upper california, oy
Which il is proposed to bring us in easy ana rdPi io
course by the road under eons9enlen isate.nan
Icud rrcposed by an able and distinguished sale ,1
:; o;l,r side of the Capitol and not materali! I'lel
enf in the aggregate from the bill before t'c
proposes to grant an area Gi"" on ~ e.ch sdc of this
r,oJ through the whole extent. Upon me e''iu1eu US
rance of two thousand miles and twenty square l o
eocb lneal one of route we have fcrty ihousar &c
S 81 -; bundred and forty acres each, resulting III an
area Of twenty five million six hundred 'housonu l
acres This is ten millions less than the qtah! ~
Granted 10 Individual States Tor purpose no 60! ~
SSso,e mro,,nrt than tine work proposed ihe reaNVn
which prompted the grant oi 0'eiuY"e.i i" t "a a
and benevolent No VIII deiy thai INC P'o'0.', -
don este measure is not dictated by huiilie -
$50 Over the breast of the continent thousands OF our
countrvn,n have toiled their way for months c's
evidence of suffering and not unireqrenty 'hei
Graves 10 point the route TO future traNeiefs
Cir can cfeck the onward march OF settlement II - 10
lew of this continent, reslstless rs ues.in!.
/; Int ius,ice TO people to smooth the way ioi ~
mont in that vast territory, watered by the
Tiur,b;s tle Arkansas and the Colorado inns region
equal in extent TO empires Is soon 10
- Of centuries lis features and natural chlracieis
nro az singular grandeur and immensely III i HaN 80,
- 10 Confirmation that cham OF mountains iui n
&c tbe North American Continent, running rom lie
f Dsren four thousand miles, TO the frozen o0.ai'
:. - IN the Mexican Republic the general name VI N
b,acvith us the Sierra Madre ana isoexy
s;de the Columbia takes lis rise, erces ne
VIZ VI. - ,n;es 10 the westward runs course .,
,tssnd miles rouring liz immense volume mo uo -;
~, tream within mile of the Coumbi1 rises
~ N;sop,i and trayeTsing three thous"he 'l',S
tIe Missout - tLree times the area OF the hs'lssipP
an vNeh' u - is floods with the father oil waers.
rbo RocLv Mountains. with base III pla,os VI -
bnndr,d and forty miles, rise WIN s!'u % ,ra
~ sr surveys from their summit the "aer' VI T'e
Columbia and Missouri, sweeping pas $50, rnon an
tant lands and in contrary directions. ve the
= &c srom seven to twelve lh0usend iec' ai''c VIZ -,
sea vet only half that distance above 'heI
most unconscious of the presence OF hcse sccn,. and
of nature where instead Of easy ana Il? ,-aa,.d
Stones nud dwindhng hills his imagination n1u Fa.Ls
ruceed uorpendicular sides and abrupt anu v! ,oon
The reverse of all such impediments II every u'! ,
inc apparent 10 western people ana sact IN,
are becoming familiar with their Topography In i.
hand of civilization has already begun TO scael
e.ds on valleys plains and mountain Scien,c " o.
80 be.itanc mockr and defes all diihcniteH: ~"
Ia encountered time and again greater obstacles IN ~,
,x, state and her triumphs there have es"p''S"e" ~"