Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-09-04

to this matter an article from which | vii
transcribe single paragraph explaining th'
importance which alike the Press, the People
and the Crown of England are beginning t
attach to this Northern Wilderness and thu
vast projects which are being formed to dc
velope and COLOMBO it. Says the Times, o
British Columbia and Frazier River:
I'VE confess that we regard the establishment
of this new colony one OF the most Important
events which has occurred III modern times- WIN
out the discovery of gold, the northwest coast o.
British North America. Notwithstanding its fruitful
soil. temperate climate and valuable productions,
might for ages have remained III POSSESSION OF the
wild Indian. and subject 10 the unimprovlng reign
of the ludson's Bay Company. Tie L9T@af'0n
of Il British coloHy the Pacific coast TttS He]sSSd-
rRy iedd 10 a laAd and ,rdter t0mmuaitattoH across
tt toHtin,Rt and tbs ia iSturn artL be %oya
RlWr0dd tCdich. commencing az Htfhf, "tt5 1Fm1-
NGtt az Faca's Straits. in British ColHmo'd. As
this line stretches into the Wilderness communities
ofbusy and enterprising EnGll>hnitn VIII DC formed
NJ every step OF ITS progress; ana mus VIII DC re-
allied the hope SO gracefully expressed by her
Majesty" Tina. her Majesty doninions In North
America may Infinitely bc peopled IN an unbroken
cham from the Atlantic 10 The t'acihlc by 10. al
and industrious population OF SUBJECTS OF the British
crown"
The Times further says:
Canada We MAY add. already possesses sixteen
hundred miles OF railroad. extending To the eX-
treme west of the province, leaving not more than
twice that number of miles to be constructed in
order 10 complete the great interoceanic communi-
cation along which Will pass the most valuable
commerce of the world-irom the East from the
isles OF the Pacific, and from Australia"
1t is hardly necessary, fellow citizens, to OBJ
serve TO YOU what is self evident, that the great
interests of this City and of this State, pre-
eminently lie in the construction of this Inter
oceanic Railroad, and in the full realization of
the hope expressed by the Queen, that her
dominions in North America may be ulti-
mately peopled in az u~5roktn cbaia from
the Atlantic to the Pacific by an industrious
people, though of course it is of less conSe-
quence to us whether they are loyal or mol TO
the British crown.
To realize fully the royal hope only these
steps are requircd The abrogaton OF the
trading rule of the Hudson Bay Company;
the annexation of these northern regions to
Canada proper; and the prompt building of
the proposed Railroad. Or the RaH hodd
might be constructed first, and as the Times
truly intimateS as its line stretches out into
the wilderness, communities Of busy and en-
terprising people will naturally keep march
with its progress, and soon compel an aban-
donment Of the trading monopoly by render
ing It's privileges useless, and soon demand
that the protecting a,qjs Of good government
of some kind should be extended over them :;
or else after the American fashion, they would
organize one for themselves.
That tits BRITISH -itlantic and Pacifc
RaIrotd trtN be buHt I deem tie successful
hying do,cn 81 tie 1tlantic cutie to be tie
sure .foltruIener: and beliece that NEXT to
tie Cadt It IS tie mast naaynifceat is IL tcou1d
b tie aen mist asetM enterprise Of tile age.
think the British capitalists will be found
ambitious to furnish the means for its con-
struction, especially if the British government
should do as has been proposed guaranty to
them net profit of from three to five per
centum on their investment Money is plenty
in England and certain profits though small,
will readily command its use freely And in
regard to this road moreover, it cannot be
doubted, that the onnih0atton Of distance be-
tween Canada and England, making them in
reality one country as to facility Of comlnu-
nication, must prompt the Mother Country to
draw closer the bonds of their union in this
manner; while the confidence of the capital
lists in SO distant an operation must be heartily
enhanced by the fact, that once dag if they
desire it. the Railroad Directory from their
office in London, can regulate affairs on the
line of their road. four and five thousand miles
away.
III al NOiu, lCliON -CitlLcilS, IL lilllSl DC pam
to every mind, that the success of the Allan
tic Telegraph has increased hundred fold
the prospect of seeing the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad built through the British Possessions,
and this too ere many who now listen to me
have descended to the tomb.
Imagine, then, fellow citizens, if YOU can,
the immense advantage which we of Mime
sofa would derive from the completion of such
an enterprise. Already, as many of you are
aware, line of Railroad between ST. Paul
and the British Boundary at Pembina on the
Red River of the North has been surveyed,
and that its endowment with a magnificent
grant OF land by Congress, is sufficient OF
itself, IN ordinary times, to secure its con-
SructlOn. Then with the British Inter-
Oceanic Line IN operation, and this link of the
Minnesota and Pacific Railroad that | have
just spoken of, completed to Pembina-thlls
connecting the British Pacific Railroad with
the Head Of Navigation on the great Mississippi
here at st. Paul-lt Is not hard to conjecture
J0r A'Hhesotd d(sttHy Of progress aad pros
parity, bJore ochich III oar precious gio,rth,
Ic0ndertW us it has bcea UW seem bit ylo.r
and lHaiequale liz its results. Mark what
will be the course of trade in that event
Those manufactures OF the Union in part and
In particular and exclusively the various
products OF the tropics. that may be required
for the luxury or comfort of the Inhabitants
OF the vast regions northwest of Us, or for
those residing on the slope of the Pacific
besides all articles destined for shipment
across the ocean, will seek their way up our
grand Erie Canal of natures digging. free of
toll, to be landed here, and here re-shipped for
q northern and western transit; while all the
products of the Indies and all those of British
America that may be intended FOR tie suDDJy
Of tie entire Valley IF the Mississippi 6,io~
as, will likewise in return transit, seek their
dtp0t hare, to be re-dstributed hy Railroads
and Steamboats, southwark in every direction
even unto the towns and cities on the Gulf of
Mexico. Nor should it be lost sight of either.
that very considerable portion of the heaviest
supplies from England itself which are de-
signed for her colonies Northwest Of us,
would find their cheapest transit in the return
cotton-freight ships to New Orleans; to be
there transhipped in steamboats, direct to st.
Paul; where once more the articles or packa-
ges would undergo their third and last han
ding before final delivery upon the Northern
Railroads to the merchants whose business it
Is to distribute them to their consumers.
And, fellow citizens, when-probably with
in the lifetime of those who now participate in
tins festival-Towns and Cities stud those
rivers of North Western America as they now
do our own Mississippi; when the Red River
carts are succeeded by the daily roar of the
Iron Horse bringing to your doors the pro-
ducts OF British America and of farther Ind;
Is 1t TOO much to conjecture that city will
have arisen here, embracing, with its sisters of
minneapolis and st. anthony, a population to
which only the greater Metropolis of the East
ern sea,board can parallel; another inland
Pekln, the entrepot for empires beyond and
around us. '''>'
But, fellow citizens, in connection with orr
position here, another idea of important local
advantage to us from the putting down of the
Atlantic Cable occurs to my mind 1t must