The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-12-13

may despond-they are not the kind
we want among US. Give us the good
and brave-those who can dare and do
for the triumph of q principle-who
can suffer and wait until the good time
comes, and all will be- well. But
again we say to the North: Enter
into no new compromise with slavery |!
Rail Roads vs.. Dromedaries; or, The
North and the South.
The North is eagerly pushing for
ward her rail roads towards the Pacific
Ocean, with the expectation of draw
ing the rich East India trade across
the continent. In order to accomplish
this, the North will enlist in her SER
vice the highest grade of intellect in
the world. Men of profound learning
and scientific research men ofwealth,
skill and energy, will guide. direct and
build this road, from Kansas to San
Francisco. The building and trade
connected with it, will add to our
available white population, hundreds
of thousands, if not millions, who will
people the country through which it
passes, from one end of the continent
to the other The road may be built
so as to run through the whole dis
lance in two days By building the
road and engines expressly for high
speed, one hundred miles an hour may
be as easily attained, as fifty. The
track must beAaid wide and strong,
and as near straight as possible. The
locomotives must be built with large
driving wheels, from ten to fifteen
feet in diameter, with the weight as
near the rails as possible. Make it
impossible for the engine to run off
the track, Apply the new inventions
of gearing and anti-friction 70 the ma
chinery, and it would not be surpris-
ing if the distance from New York to
San Francisco could be run over in
two days.
To make this road pay, it is neces-
sary to do business on it. There
would be large way business of ne
cessity. But the through business
must be looked to for the heavy profits.
IF this is not drawn off into other
channels, by other means of convey
ance, this road would certainly have
it. The only opposition at present
anticipated. is from the Dromedary
line. The South, backed by United
States Government, intends to put on a
line of Negroes and Dromedaries and
she may get the start of us in that
way, and have her line in operation
before ours is completed. We hope
this will not deter capitalists from en-
gaging in the enterprise, as there may
be business enough for both lines; and
besides, it is an interesting experiment,
to see which will beat-the negroes
with Dromedaries, or the whites with
Rail Roads.
| There is one advantage the North
will have in this competition. All
our workmen will come voluntarily
They will be drawn to it by the at.
fractions of the enterprise. The mag.
nitude and novelty of the work-the
lenterprise and hustle of the business
the coming and going of strangers and
citizens-the glowing of FORCES and
| furnace fres-the laundering of loco
motives and rafting of cars, will Gre
ate an excitement that will move the
world. It viii not only move the
world, but it will draw the world to
share in the enterprise and pleasure,
| the excitements and profits of the
work. While all our forces are
brought together by attraction, the
South is obliged to gather hers from
t three different continents. The Drom-
edaries must be brought from Asia,
| the negroes from Africa, and the dri-
vers from North America. 1t is not
to be expected that the South will do
all this by her own energy and capital,
but she will employ the. general gov
Iernment to do it for her, as she has
already employed it to send one ship
to bring in seed. and furnish it gratis
for a principal staple crop.