The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-06

ous-moIe accessible by reads the mule
anywhcre sure of its feet, the carriage of
lts wheel and the, hunter at liberty to
pursue bis game without fear of slipping
INTO bottomless icy chasm, betrayed
by treaeherous covering of SHOW
And upon this view of their relative adj
isiantases, Lam ready to adopt the opin-
ION of Fremont, and TO go beyond it,
and to celebrate this mountain State as
heing as much superior to Switzerland in
adaptation 70 settlement as it would be in
extent--aild, to crown Its recommends
Stions, just half way to the Pacific, and
Fen the straight line.
The Valley of the Upper Colorado
would furnish the territory for the fourth
lState-l5o miles wide from. the west
fern base of the Rocky Mountains to the
eastern base of the Wahsateh and An
Iterria rangcs-and three or 400 in length,
up and down the river The face of the
country is high and rolling, with alterna-
tloHs of woodland and prairie; and open
% roads and settlement in any direction.
The soil, like much of that on the Rio
/ Del Norte, and in Southern California, is
peculiar and deeeptious-looking thin
ard sandy to the eye, but having an ele-
ment of fertility in it which water inn
pressnatcs, and enables to send forth a.
vigorous vegetation. All it wants, and
that only in few places, is irriga-
ton and for this purpose there is wa
fter enough for this valley is probably
the best watered region in the world, and
is obliged to be SO from the conhgura-
ton and structure of the country. The
VALLEY is formed by the lofty ranges of
the Rocky and Wahsatch Mountains !;
which, wide apart at its lower end, con-
verge as they go north, and unite above
latitude 42-giying to the long and
broad valley they inclose the form of
the Greek letter delta, or of our V in
yerted. The SUBMITS of these noun
Etains are covered with eternal SHOWS
their sides with annual winter SHOWS !;
and these latter beginning to melt early
lin the. spring, and continuing till mid
lsilmmer, fills the earth with moisture,
and gives rise to myriads of springs,
creeks, and small rivers, which collect
Into the two forks of the Colorado, call
Iedby the hunters Green and Grand rivers;
land, In their junction, constitute the
great river itself: for the country below,
being sterile and arid, contributes but
| little TO swell the volume of the great
river which traverses it. The climate in
this valley is mild-the month of Janu-
lary being like autumn to us. We owe
lxals knowledge to the last winter expedi-
i ton of Fremont, who says. 80 The I'M
mediate valley of the Upper Colorado,
for above 100 miles in breadth, and from
the 9TH to the 21st of january, was en-
tirely bare of snow, and the weather re-
scmbled autumn with us, This would
be the fourth State-equal in extent to
Iany, inferior in soil, superior III wood
and water, softer in climate, better in
due alterations of woodland and prairie !:
land being part of the Utah Territory, it
is now under the dominion of law and
government, and open to immediate set
tlement which in fact is now going on.
remainder of the Utah Territory, begin
ing at the eastern base of the Wahsatch
and Anterria ranges and extending 800
miles to the California line, OH whatever
breadth might be desired. 1t would in
,clude towards its eastern border) the
Little Salt Lake, which is 260 miles
south of the Great Salt Lake, and which
designates country as much superior to
that Of the Great Salt Lake rs itself is
! inferior to that large and marvellous body
of salt water. 1t would be magnificent
State its eastern limit, there the rim of
, the Great Basin, would embrace the
broad expanse of the Wahsatch and An
terria ranges, or rather blocks, as they
}, are cut up into short sections-probably
the richest mountain region in the world,
where nature has crowded and accumula-
, ted into an hundred miles square, as into
a vast magazine, profusion of her
, most valuable gifts to man. Soil, water,
grass, wood, timber, rocksalt, coal, stone !:
: due alienation of mountain and valley
, the former cut into blocks, white on
the top with SNOW, dark on the sides with
I forests, and their bosoms filed with ores
the valleys green with grass, fresh with
. cool water, opening into each other by
r narrow level gaps, or defiles the climate
so mild that animals live out all the winter,
, and February (so frosty and frozen with
, us) the usual month there for startin.
the plow L say starting the plow for
the Mormons, since several years, have
seen the beauty of this region; and
r lhave come upon it. We owe TO Fremont
G last winter expedition the. revelation 10
: public view Of this magnificent region,
S more valuable than all the gold mines Of
: | California and Australia put together
e He had seen these ranges in his previ-
!. Gus expeditions, aud given them page
!, in his Journal, and place in his map
i but il was not until his Llst expedition
e that he penetrated their reeesses, aud
$ saw their hidden treasures. He va:
r fourteen days in them-from the cath o.
january to the 9Th of February. . .
et Mr. President, and Gentlemen:
h icommenccd this discourse with under
{ taking 30 establish two propositions
ETrsf:: That the country between Mis-
S souri, and California, in the Latitude il
Y (which We now Stand, is well adapted d
r i settlement and cultivation, and capabl'
ss of forming five great States; secondly
That it is well adapted to the cgnstrue
i Ition of railway. 1 believe l hay'
0 made good the first Of these propositions
0 and that ne may now assume that tn
d line Of great States which now extent
a nearly half way across this continent, ant
e through the center of this Union-Penn
}. lsylyania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, AM
It Missouri be continued. and match
led, by an equal number Of States, equal.
) great, between Missouri and Californla
Il consider that proposition established
n and say no more about il. The estab
G Iiishment of the second proposition re
i suits from the establishment of the frs