The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-12
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TORY or NEBRASKA.
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acas. expected by you that, In compliance wit
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AWE indu.a the hope up 20 the arrival Of the II,
saa, 70 'se sSss and being unvilns sad unable
ira,csS. Iba nn,i ssother to The various spccis
subjects sommit.ra 70 'ur legislation shall mit my
SELF in tins hurried srsA al uan. 20 lev
rest,d by the ..,ndtos N our Territorial affairs an
tho iupressiye cireums,.sf-ss under which you hay
The sdmissos cs our Tcsrts,nv, aitsr 70 memorable
atrugse has addes, AZ IL wee, ie si 20 tne oharte
o. pop.r fights ,na Is aSrna ,bs lns, sam ,
Congressional term, IA whoI your .ei stofy mas peer
sdded to the rpublic,) the rscr y.ar early and har
You hare thus given surry of .Dur' faithful ant
seaious discharge of es Dc upon
Justified tbs trust repo,so you by tisris nos OF eiv
zton ana Of the unity sAd progroes@of our beloved
BY tie Intervention Of Divine Prov.nre, it hns been
my duty 10 assume the responsibility Os the atiye
acts incident n your inaugpsson Wernay be III ank
full that the arising fro sectio al
strfes which have retarded or arssed this interests of
nearly every territorial government, have. been msS
within BRET spscc, BY an individual vhose humble for
tunes are relatively OF little moment AMI tsst the Ier.
msnent executive Of your Territory elevate above the
scene OF heree lo,ai animositc and popular turmoil
viii bltnu dignihct oisinterestc'hsss with anprcia
ted ehicenrya position OF eminent aspect s,sctul
ness wellbtht'ing e chief msg,trai- Of the largest
commonwealth OF fresmen within TIE limits Of tl,Jnpn
or OF the world.
The brst oacia &C, within our Territory has besa In
deed mournful one-the Transmission to berssved
vile aud orphan,d children, in South Carolina of all that
mortal Of our late smented Governor Francis Burt
In mis- death you have suffered oss-the of
man peculiarly quaised by his public experience and
M
ness tor the satisfactory and courageous discharge Of
Ills official duties. lie spent but few weeks Of suie.
ing among as and his grave, in far OF State II only
another tie of union between communities widely severed
who will revert 10 his memory with raternAi price and
unpleasant to subtract from the
universal esteem in which his manly
South Carolina has given Ms one OF her distinguished
sons, s accompanied upon record by the express
sion % Of your undivided respect and affection
terest To which, next to the enactment Of your
laws, your attention win be directed this winter Is
that OF Pacific railroad. You acquired Ia respect
to this acknowledged and the presson
In your representative capacity OF the wishes Of your
constituents throughout the extent OF your
tory, may have potent influence, together with the
Efforts Of Jour friends In promoting the construction Of
such a road up the valley Of the Plstte
Many esops lead TO the copclu don that such
mortal from you will be Of practical efficacy coatrbut-
ing TO the speedy co summation OF such enterprise
enterprise Of such absolute necessity OF
unicaton between the Atlantic and Pacific
states. and the purveyor OF lucrative commerce
with India, China and the Pacific Islands. Among these
the facts that the valley Of the Platte the
est and most direct continuous ue from the commercial
metropolis OF the East by railroad and the great axes
through ths practical mountain passes 10 the
tropolis Of the West; that II IL fitted BY nature
easy Iads and that is central and convenient the
great majority OF grain growing states and OF the north
ern portion OF the mon being situated In latitude al
degrees north while the majority OF the people Of the
whole country are between the 3sth and 10th de-
gIees OF north httude II TO that
II will b. the desire Of the friends at this great
prseoIe Of the most prominent and important of all the
measures Of national deveopsu upon this continent
under the consideration the people OF the ned
b atesto act Immediately in the selection " and
20 ssiaosn m permansns pSey ,he aetas o. which
sincerely hope and believe that your legislative
rial in Congress may have its legitimate weight In the
decision OF a question Of such uiomentous interest.
In view, however, of the aiaty arising from the
stcional conflict with which the subject Ia surrounded
would respectfully suggest that such memorial should
vstn fIom granting which the general will
sesrcey BE- deferred by considerations ot policy
nomy. rcier 70 proposition presented 20 Congress-
eight years sgo Photographic aud Letter Mail com
munc~ion with the Pacific = including the pro section
route through Nebraska, Utah, California and Oregon
The notion OF amicable relations with the Indians
and facilitating intercourse tue American CONT
nens, between Enrope and Asia and tho islands and
American coasts Of the Pacific.
ihis plan Is substantially, that instead or In adm
ton 10 gsrisons Mt Isolated points parties OF twenty
dragons shall be stationed at stocass twenty 30 thirty
miles apart ona route designated by the executive Of
the United states, pastroad between the Missouri
the Psc6c; that express mas shall be carried
BY sad Dragons riding each way aud meeting daily be-
tween the stockades and aordng complete supervision
AMI protection Of line OF electric telegraph constructed
by private enterprise.
By such an arrangement, In which every detail ssub
jet 10 FREQ public composition. line OF telegraph may
be opened within one year 20 the Rocky Aouuains and
largely incfesse msi transported half the time
por squredi and With perfect security, between the
Atlantic and Pacific states; NJ the time giving
complete pio:s ction TO the thousands annually ira
vel on the route and conducting only 10 the settle
nent Of Nebraks, but of the vast regions between
such an emgrsnt highway would Afford one of the
best and spc.diest mail lines in the world giving EN-
cheney 30 troops already In scrvc TOR purposes pro.
teetCn; encouraging emigration, aud making contin
uous series oi ,ettemsns and cultivated farms around
the stockades between which individual corporate
enterprise Will the speedily construct the long de
.iied and expected Pacific Raiirosd.
The location Of Nebraska, remote from but intsrnsdi
ate between the Atlantic and Pacific indicate. ihs
cersiy Of facilitating intercourse between Its nbabl
ants and their fellow citizens the shores Of both
oceaps IL 10 the duty OF governments TO defend life
and properly and protect and quicken communication
between all portions Of their domain and this require
msnt il especially imperative upon tho federal and state
OF our widely extended Union respect
territories where civilization struggling for foothoi1
and the farm and hresides of whose pioneers have just
claim upon th. protection of power whese fleets
aversipg every for the dsfencs Of its citizens.
Aside TOO, from the direct practical blessings Of such
syttem, faithfully carried out in all Its details, and its
immense effect the correspondence and business of
the world, the project acquires additional importance
states Tar separats and Of diverse INTEREST," In this
msreisl fraternity and sympathy Of az inssparsbls
union
W. may reasonably expect that memorial advocating
the advantages OF The flstis Valley route for the
Pacific RaDrDsd. and urging especially and strcnuousy
the Immediate adoption Of policy similar 70 the above
would not be without its influence upon the del
of Congress.
By letters received from the Department Of state Ne
informed that the united states laws and other
cufrcnts usually sent 10 territories rdei in
August and ssptsmber last. Az yet Of them have
reached us, but vc may expect them 10 the coming
.prngtogsibsr with the library purchased under the
inscuon of The secretary OF ths Interior under the
appropriation ~ s5 CO. 81 the arst session of the pro
sebt toDgrc@.
In the enactment however, of code of Laws, and the
esisbishent of public institutions yo have th- benz
~ Of an ample fund Of expsrsnee treasured by nehbOr
ING states which have passed through tho ordeal
u - believed that, BY eomTsri,on Of hsir statutory
pfovison-, and sith the operation Of the Territorial
Juoicsfy, system ~ lzv and practice may b. irs~f
.u GENTLY nmetrIcal and eompes V neea ba. LLls