Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-02-02
Pacific Railroad. BentOn's Speech.

Mr.. Ben,on's LATE speech is said To be on,
5 of his greatest Efforts II is admitted on al
hands TO have been masterpiece Of Argu
meat, sarcasm. aud sound craftsmanship. III
commences hisspeeeh BY abiding to the three
contemplated routes. The FRS, he calls ih'
northern OF British route. The second, lhl
Mexican route, and the third the central o.
: American route. The last route Is the on,
for which hc eonieads. Amer describing ihcs,
routes, be thus remarks;
= "Sir, mako M comparison Of routes,
am willing to vote 10 a private company com
rany, which will make this Mexican road al
It's own expense, the sane facilities which ",
ask foe the company ror which my substitute
bill provides bu, am no, willing 70 make q
national read outside Of ,hc nation not will.
ing To make a private rad at public expense
not willing To give to any company the lhirly
miles wide alternate sections, the 5000 a mile
pay, and the every twenty mile military idli.
iary posts which this bill proposes and that
while going thousand miles round. and up.
ou soil not vet nnlurallsed, and through states
As we'll as icrrilorics, and across deserts In
which Will could no, make hs li,irg over
arid plains in which poisoned rat could not
cN drink Of water. and through ambulnlorI
sands in which tho army Of NcrHcs could not
leave arraes.
+ Thee are some things too lich, for reason,
: too grave ior rdiculc, too miscb.c,ous lor the
contempt of silence I; snd into ,ha, category !
pa, 40 these cSlcrrltUiill roals which seek
foreign soil. which GO where nobody lives.
which wool require a leg.onary police to pro.
iecl iu time Of peace, and aumics TO protect IN
zinc Of war, and which would be Of ma use
to oar United States either in peace or war.
Yet these outside highways seem to BE- cher.
ishcJ ohrrl' " this Administration, and 1t an
Ihc scientific corps also. II is no, only the
British load to Canada, and the Mexican road
by chihuahua and Sonora which lhcy cherish.
hu, worse sill a foreign route by Land aud
water Tho l.,hmus NJ Tchuan,rqrc-at,hc
rricc of money anI diplomacy 81 the cDs, Of
quluc's, arl even war NTH Mevcn ior a
Sloo or Glray a, the cost oC a double urcan
,oyagr, and land transit under a foreign
flag; a, the c,,t ola conqucring navy to pro.
tccl DO, and a circuit ui Eve thousand miles
round. The bare recital nj such iuIly !, thc
onl, ch.,.srmeD, g., vail endure. aud even that
much +, would De- rl.eslos, ,n awe. If the
authors ofsagl uuaJry vcrcno, uow 100 pow.
no, welding Gle .nAagncc Of Legislation, d..
?'anaey plironatraal surveys, so promotion
ot,h.., object, Su,rly tbs tendencies Of lh.s
administration arr mort centrifugal"
Nj - eurc'uir, ,hi, celebrated -rccch hy
an historical nlla,ion 90 ihc comics, Of Euro.
rcan nations fot lhr commerce NJ the Fast In.
dies llc referred 10 Tyre. Phcniriin city
,s amonr the ollS, which rnioyrI ,l., trade.
Jerusalem IN the tine of solomon and David
mex, succeeded to this trade and r.yalcl Nine.
Yah and llab,'ou. The Jews carried on his
ir,dr acrois lhc country by wha, Mr II calls
a Jewi,h route. AIgSandril, founded by a..
eN,ndcr on the Nile, next enjoyed this trade
hy 4 route up the Nile, across tie lFthmus Of
Sucz 70 he Red Sea. ari thence 20 Calcutta
and Canton. Subsequent 10 this Constants.
nople hrclme tho scat 0i empire, and by a
route Of great length acros' 'hc country -.
cured 'he East lnda Trade.
Bui a, lhc clos Of the 18th century. the
Portuguese discovered tho "occln rua,c," hy
the Cane ofGooI Hon, which transferred lhc
rl,ric, NJ Alr,,rd,i, and Constitutional, IN
Ii,lo, and o,bc, Eu,oocan ci,i,, Of,ai.
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