The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-01
OVERLAND ExPnEss-MAII..

OVERLAND ExPREss-MAI.
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have to thank "a c. NJ for his letter In the Union a
the leth which has just met my eye light mail Goa "a
carried by dying express horses the Of eight
and halt or, after while ten miles hour s,ili ne
cessary accompaniment OF this mail part Of the plan
win be line Of coaches that go less speed carrying
the heavy mail passengers sc With line Of stations
twenty miles apart well found and provided with ever
thing needed and weekly semweekiy line Of COACHES
rolling the ground both ways that assistance pro
lection, and extra horses he supplied horse
express could 80 from Missouri TO California With The
t and nearly the CELEBRITY that Il could be Through TIE
States but unprotected BY coach line with the necc
ry attendants and all the travel il would with il ar
protective force in way such horse express alone
would be impractcabie n would he SO liable TO become
stopped by Indians become interrupted Destroyed
by various accidents that there would be neither safety
certainty in IT, sufficient force could be put on
true but such force purely protective guard would
he very expensive and non-productsc auxiliary to such
mail With the heaviest part OF the mail In coaches going
through in twenty twenty-five days aud this horse "a,
press with light letter mail in half the time several Oh
jects OF great national Importance would be carried out
chain of settlements would spring up along
the overland route California; abrng places res, and
protection 10 the numerous emigrans and the Indians
who are only taught by experience and the actual
exhibited power Of the white man. would soon lena
the futiliy Of attempting to carry warfare aud
depredasions Then any accident, to horse any,
where the road would soon be overtaken or met
by the coaches that protection would always be within
few hours distance fear sir that our government 40
show quite The sagae,y of old mother country
Great Britain We look little too sharp after the exact
qud pro quo in each instead Of considering posi-
tive national duty protect all settlers wherever lhsy
may be- Now, look at the manner that Great Britain
looks after her 0rty-thrce colonies Not single one
but provided with military protection and scarcely one
if there Is single one in any part Of the world that does
not have regular stcam-mail communication with The
mother country. The question: is not does Il pay The
colonies and cooniss her children and entitled pro-
lection and mail facilities have before me the official re-
ports Of the mail service by steamships from Great Britain
to all her colonies for the last thrtyve years Inisao
the expense Of the mailpacket servcehen carred
sailing vessels-4amounted to 100000. Since then il has
increased than ten-fold Steamers soon came into
use and in 1853 the mail-seam-packct service the
British treasury $4,looo0o while all the receipts from
hostages and other direct service for the government
amounted to less than $24ooo00 making 1t direct
expense of nearly two millions year. This charge put
down to the Admiralty and to the Post Office Depart
men The in this way protects aud keeps up
her colonies binds thea with ties OF interest and gratitude
To- the home government, and the parent country ha
national vessels always hand for any emergency
and gives that protection due from nation her citizens
and colonial dependencies ! fear air, nation
short of her duty in many See how the bones
people have whitened the plains from iue
of settlements to the collaborating valleys Of the Ynaaad
the Sacramento Weare very gad to have the sixty millions
of gold every year repenish treasury and keep po
circulation, and in fact tits commercial necessity and the
drying up of the stream would such financial
vulsion this country has And in view Of all
this in view OF the snews and the enterprise our Pa
cic coast the hearts and willing hands wishing
go there and to settle and cultivate the intermediate plains
and valleys dove do all duty nation? Csrtanyno
adequate national protection has been extended moth
ing beyond that OF two three military poss several
hundred miles apart Now that we can have collateral
aid travellers and settlers by the establishment Of Id
ma-coach and horse express shall hayeit
Certainly, sir, in my opinion at this time viii
bring direct national return and is imperavey
called for permanent, weLequipped aud rapid
land mail to California MP