New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-02


calmly in the shade or hurrypg rapidly Ia the cense
current from the bright glspces of thu sun.
The crowd Of CaliforniaDs gathered about the bs'
and sccliyitifs OF the mounds while the orator witt
our party. took bi. place uoon the summit, and Mr.
Whitewrieh t, TIE Director who represents the Con
psny On our expedition introduced Judge BowLN
the American Mnister to Nicaragua. As the speaker
sppcnt,d 10 make the address. The Judge fnen
spfie a. follows:
We meet here today 70 ccm-nemorste sa epoc7 IN
hisory destined in future, :, give ne~ ne 40 s,h '
ton 70 commerce. and by fs~i1slng intercourse ',
uatiopsl repown brighter lus'er II Is our p0os avg
rIessure 70 announce 10 the wsrc, from tue 81 MI
~ a. J.tbnns xbicb divides the two gres oceans,
,b,t The b,yrsr 70 Intercourse between them hss osen
broken down BY individual enferpn.s tns' tnew
arc link ed together by bands Of iron and ths'
dc GOV az commerce rdss triumphsntl7 from sea
.. ,,ae and uu-backled 70 the trade OF The world
TN. tho tine has coma when the prediction ot Co.
Innbus that the route 70 Iodia and her rich CO n
merce xss through fhe West is no longer soHcul J.
five tbeory but q solved pr blsn, " Tked out by
American cerius and American enterprise I, is TIE
trim Oh Of this great lea the completion Of this great
work which forms an event in The history OF cnfn-
rerce that we have this day assemblsd suitably 10
commemorate by erecting q monument, not 10 racori
military deeds and barren victories. but the lofiier
triunpbs Of the progress of civiliz son. The
men. this day lay the four datior Of perpetnte
the deeds Of men who cOurted glory, not uOon the
better the condition Of humanity through quist AMI
urobtrusve struggles. II il the spirit of progress
le trunrh of art the creations Of genius the con-
Quest Of civilization thsf this mr. M merit Is ~ con-
uemorate, Individual genius has originated the de-
pipr individual enterprise has this re,
sork OF cOnnec-ng the sess; a work which lad bat
Eco the specusiive theorists Of three centuries, AMI
nv industry and ptrseverence has accomprf1ed the
object end laid the foundation OF neT e-a n th9
commerce of the world quite az Startling, and m IRE
nrorsn no Of resust tbaa the discovery OF the )cas1
route 10 Indih. We meet here as citizens repre- 'en.
ing. in our sympsthies tro ReOublics alike neres-
% IN The COMMUNICATION o. this great enterprise ~
offend the bard Of fellorshiD, and unite in mTtr II
congratulations for the bright prospects y o2e1s IN
the future 20 our relative countries We meet So
f,ier de- sike proud Of the participation Of our ra-
specve countries and countrymen in tins unparalleled
work with no other rivalry than laudlble ambition
10 excel in fostering and epcourse undertaking
ih,. equally rebounds 10 the alOrg Of both Repu 0cs
II IL the glory Of New Granad that her territory is
the thespr of this magnificent enterprise; and thai
on her soil II planted the monument ~ record II -
future generations while We Of The coDfe1eracy feel
equally proud at our country bss produced the men
whose deed. and whose virtues ara 70 decorate the
pedests The Interest Of the respective countries IL
tqual and mutual in this new channel Of com nerce;
we can only be rivals for a reDosn that ia more than
sufficient FIR both Then, standing here upon this
Heaven erected altar whose base dashes back the
waves Of either ocean, and mutually mindful OF
our interest ard oui glory, let US determine,
by solemn resolve, that t1is monu Dent. c)n
sscrated 10 genius and IN enterprise, aud the road
it CONNIE rnorates shall alike be imp ,rsbab,e r1s
CONDITION Of this road il the virtual termnsIon OF
struggle Of more than three centuries for passage
through the West to Ipdia From the earliest periot
toe trade OF The Indas hsd been tbe great subject of
contest between rival nations and rival citiss, a1d
never failed to enrich those who for tms controlled
II. In the lapse of centuries, 1t frequently charged
.s route erecting and destroying cities IN its mtrc1,
o. il fostered or abandoned them The mercn4rts
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"nerchant princes and the ruias that have every
where marked It's course alike attes's It's power 10
build up and destroy. 1t built up PALMYRA n the
cesert and left her palaces only 70 perrin and beco ne
o most conspicuous monument in her rDu7 OF her
former glory and REL owp. Alexander the Crest, after
Cesroying Tyre a rival founded he great city siter
lie own Dame, that tbe might, IN the EN- yuent OF
tost trade, become the queen city OF the world. Aud
then che too had her sge of glory aud shsms. Con-
stanBople followed in toe train; then Venice, whose
glory vas dimmed aud then ObscGred b. the discovery
Of the passage around the Cape OF Good Hope. In7n
commeLc ed new struggle for that trade which en-
rched nations ard cities ia 's march over Irjpe LIS
bon rtaped the fir fruits of disc the honor OF
which belonged TO her country. The Dutch and En-
slth were her r ais until after conflict OF more ID IN
two centuries, England 'riumphed ia securing every
commanding point IN the route, and controlled iLs
destiny making London 10 the modern world VII st
Tyre PALMYRA and Alexandra were TO tue ancient.
In the beginning of the struggle Tor the control oths
commerce, Columbus proposed new hypothe-s-
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p'obulnr and that the true route to the east was
through western channel la his ef)rt 70 dsuou-
strs'e bis problem, he discovered to the worli
hitherto unknown hemi-pbers. He established the
truth of his position, but Continent interviewer 10
check him in nis career This led - new struggle
TO find passage 20 Iloia through thu Western Cla-
TRENT and in il, every effort that genius c)lid IN
spire or daring adventure would etemot was re-
sorted 10 10 solve the great problem of North We 4
"Psss.ge." From the frozen regions OF the Arc &c
Sea 10 Cape Horn every inlet was penetrated by tue
bold and edventu' ous navigators of every con ner
cisI n-ton each striving to give to- bis name and na
ton the imperishabe renown OF the discovery. FOR
more than three centuries this contest has been un-
cessing and while il has been productive OF some
good results 10 new discoveries, II has le I
nothing in its immediate path but monument Al
wrecks of unparalleled dsring. AT the very
commencement of this mighty struggle, mus
Isthmus where we nov stand, and with II the
great Pacific Ocean, was discovered; Balboa,
an officer of the crown. ana Francis Piza-ro then
youthful sdveI turer unknown TO fame, oui ~no vas
subsequently, destined TO ll so large space IN the
worlds history the conqueror of Peru, we're the
first to penetrate the gres; mystery that lay yond
the new continent in the discovery OF me Great
Ocean. Formal possession was taken OF 1t, rs al
acouisition TO the Spanish Crown By B1bal march
ing into its waters and asserting the doninon of the
sword over its boundsss waves. THIS dis overy was
made before Cortes had learned the read 10 Mexico,
and must have been the first. Immediately upon toe
discovery of this Ishmus advocates arose 10 vindi-
cate i's claims the great pass-Fay OF tue world
commerce. Spain, then in the very zenith Of her
gory made il the route Of the commerce OF her
American possessions, aud svished treasures Slia
lib. ral hand for its defenses. The cities of Porto
Bello on the Atlantic and Panama on the Pacific,
slrupg into existence as il by magic and Earooe
rupe with tales OF her wealth aud splen1or, more
dazzling and extravag ant thar the widest creations
of fiction They were TO the European world the
caves of Aladdin, to which every daring aiventurer
sought entraI he might possess him-ef Of their
treasures AMI yet this rich commerce was carried
between the two cities on mere paved mule road.
The history Of this age OF the lsthnus fdlly estao
li.hes her Claims 20 the highest commercial import
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