The Empire County argus., 1856-05-17
r,r United states vs.. California.

Session after session of the American Congress
is frittcred away in speech and President making
and still the Pacific Railroad is not mooted or is
alluded to rs II chimera or ut best us II PROJECT for
some far hence future generation to trouble their
heads about. Not even IL Wagon Road is likely tn
hc vouchsafcd us. Congressman play with the
dearest interests Of the people to head each other
and ont Of mere personal piqur, or jealousy. or
some equally laulable sentiment, some member is
always at hand with dampcr for every move
made in this direction Meantime, the Govern
ment allows litlt. half-starvrd. pestilancc-cacn
SQUAD of tilibustcrs to blockade one Of the inter.
oceanic highways. murder passengers and destroy
property and ultimately break up entirely all
communication ON that routcthc M ationnl admin.
s,raon having neither the in lp 'nlenco to rccng-
ne the government of the invaders, nor the
courage to cxpp them laucr'y. the only remain
ing practical route for the great tide of migration
between the Atlantic and Iac;fic has been harr,ss-
cd hv the savage residents Of the county. and ,he
lives Of useful men and innocent women and chill
,lrcn sacrificed to the rarSimonv of IL Government
whose lack of protection to its ritz9nS i. passing
to IL lrovrrb. The following able article we ii,h
in exchange. C 'pel from the n. Y. 1rtbnae.
1t is gratifying to that welfare is considered
b7 some IF our fellow citz.ns on the Atlantic
coast
If the Roman Republic in the darkest days of
ITS ruthless ayanism. had conq'r'rrd and annexed
ii fertile. gorgeous region. beyond the !yhian Lc>-
crt. yet bad neglected. for ten years t" connect that
region with lis earlier p',s>rsslunS hy SUBSTANTIAL
practicable highway. have no doubt that this
neglect wnuI have subjected it To the grave re-
buke Of its historians, from P"lybiu' to Arnold
Vet it is now nearly ten years since the Am 'rican
flag has waved in undi>putcd a>crndancy over the
modern Orhir vet 1t lrn ,rS to this hour >rlarat-
ed from the Atlantic States lry drrary. inhu.pa-
Bile desert. the haunt of the wolf aud the sn>agr.
which II few hardy pioneers annually traverse wul
their families aud herds ut ihc c,iSt ri i ,itr lprl
and >uf ring. losing whole season in 4 ,utary
which might b. conn lcicI in ten days AMI should
he III lurthrSt in thirty Tu-'lay, the letter of ::
miner in Nevada. pioneer on uget> Sound. /" his
wife in Iowa or Missouri mast travel ouna dis
,ancc westward then voyage far snuthwnr,l. nrxt
the lsthmu, OF Darlrn in iurri N and semi
harharnuS country. thence take another voyage
northeast wardly To New York. and now start aIrrsh
ON an overland tr of twelve fifteen hundred
miles north l,y west to It's destination. masking Il
circuit of some six or srvcn thuu>Inl miles to
overcome II distance of less than two thuu.an.l.
And there is more need of lravtr,hg This i'm
mr,i>c circuit than of sending letters to Siberia on
their way 10 Liverpool.
One of the earliest and most practical suggrs-
ions for an overland route and mail to aiiInrnia
and Oregon was that of Mr. II. ORtiliy. the trlc-
graIhrr. lie rctiti"ncd Congress to have the u.
: DraToons employed i'll bu.lLIng s.ockades ut
distances of twenty miles each. from Weston or
Independence. Mo. to the nearest settlement in
California -cach stnckatlc to contain accolmmula-
ti"nS Tor twenty men AN their horses pir,.
from each would meet from that On either side
daily. receiving and delivering letter mail, 50
that each post w,u!l daily yi.e the hand To that
on either sI,lc of it. and tr failure cul,ltct
would hc IL slgia ct savage h.ottirS whci:
would he Immediately pno>cd along The whole line,
foil wed l,y concentration Of ",cc the uint
assaulted Each post would inrv tahly aifnd II gen
rr"us market fer the sale Of ,rycat les. game tr-
age. &c. at tLc same lmr ifkrIirg prof, ci"n t"
settlers u,d it while thc read daily iravrr>rd
hy the mali-chryng patrols W, uld inevitably he
improved and constantly rendered more and more
prrccabLr rot' cJiun being thus vuucheak'd
Mr. y REILLY off red to c'nSlruct telegraph line
along the whole route forthwith. asking no urau
OF money ur hand from The government. but iildmy
aoS'.cia'rs willing To embark III the enterprise with
II hope ut gain. ,"ng,cs, could never b, induced
t" act ON This rr jcct, though can imagine none
less ol 'cii','ahc.