New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-02
TIE PACIFIs RAILROAD.
WHICH II TIE BEST ROUTE AN ARGUMENT
FOR THE NORTHERN ROUTE.

| FOR THE NORTHERN ROUTE.
| To he Editor Il IAs NJ L. THINE
Sin: Ills evident :hst the de Of emigration, which
heretofore hsg fi)wed 10 California s to 20 tafned 70
| the No..b-Wes. Already California hss been en2@sd
into the Fiase. River sec:ion. Bu' even trough tae
mining there nay Iot be equal 70 ths. Of CshioTo', i
s certain thai sod e1.:ts, lot only in the British
dtmiuions, but in Oregon and Washington. Three
yeaYs ego Cahforis miners prospected 10 th.t Hson
Of our territory with good success. AT For. Co.ve
JIudsors Bay establishment the nortl fork Of the
Colombia, % miles from the boundary, AID aba. 6eV
from The Pacfe several hundred were engaged
in mnhg & snd found the yield equal 70 tue average Of
California degrgs. LAST yeas they were driven OF o.
the Ibdians Sr RodeIick Murcb,on has demonstrated
that from the general formation Of the Rocky Nom
t.ns god will probably be fcGnd through ali tais
region but Il there hsi no. been an ounce IN s
the territory, agricultural chsIsceristcs It's situa-
ton resr one ., the best harbors in tae world lie n-
nerse cotl feljs, i.s position ia regard to Europe,
would nave made It attractive and emigration would
| have goIe there.
| The discovery Of gold hiss cpitsted evepts.
Twenty five thousand persons, al the lowest esnmse,
have gore tbber from California. Tne fever has be-
CUR, ard it will be likely to continue. large over
lard emigration nay be expected from the States Al
ready trains are entering the Sauth Psse, bound for
the Columbia. II lie long and tedious journey, shd
the public are inqdiEoe how It car be shortened, AID
are turning their atte1on to the facilities afforded by
the Upper Missouri, but the hotties Of the Indians
will prevent emigration by that route for tae present.
and tie tide vii probably set st farther north, snd
reach the Pacific through BIitish doInioona by the
| Red River route.
WHAT ENGLAND IS DOING.
The discovery Of gold in British Columbia, ds the
new bin before pslamenI names the new province, has
created an interest in England sscord only ID the lr-
dis question, for gives her chance to make bod
stake in csnyiD out her systsm Of colonial policy,
and in consolidating the British Empre-in the words
Of Lord BIcughsm to preserve tie connection Of the
different component psts Of great and scattered enl'
"pIe, ard to cement the whole msss.' " mast have
".hips colories, erd commerce. said NopoleOn, when
he wss SEEKING the overthrow Of E1glacd. Render
the colonies Of EpgSnd useless deprive her Of them
"snd you break down her last wall yoa f up her last
"nost," said Tslleyrsna Eoglspd understands her
dspfer. She Knows that her life depends upon her
activity. She is the heart Of great empire and is
her policy te draw vital blood TO herself To do that
ste must open arteries, which shall be nerer 70 her
OWE than to any other system. To this end che fos-
steam marine, ard opens likes Of iLter muni-
cation. Mr. Roebuok in the debate on the charter Of
Tie p,strt state e the North American Coatineu. is mat
ter q srest Diee,t Eps and II something doas
s.Hd ~ he Whole enih II Ers and would Ilt c.y o.;
'yuA psn OF coorizson 10 the northern ps't Of Au..
the AZ llossNon in Lhe ueied States. lie believed
that eady pared ot Ding railway on stately
TIE Coniip that direct couueA;5n wo1.l se
essb,he6 between Ee ALd vancouver s,nd wsy
Hs4K Saeb scheme w0s3 ure England with China, aoa
hy would te ersed widely to eAeLd tAe c'1Aon Of Ers'
This is evidently 10 ide dresID, for tie spr. Of
the debate was u socorisnoe with these rsmIks. The
pre- u a great one Chns, Jspsu, Cockin Cor > snd
Ssm cortsin resrly one-hali Of the population OF
the globe, whics, il the language Of NJ Martin the
Queens late Treasurer .. Hong kong, are scarcely
known to us but our possessions in the Pacific and
"ihe Ineisr 0cesn msy be t0e mesns ef opsuirg ths
"doors for extensive ibtercjufe with those vast re-
"sic1s.' British lrdis, says Mr. NJ. again, hiss
"lemited 70 England, during the last fly yesrs in
"bulioD ard produce, $4,000 Geo. Anl s,ys Sir
Charles Forbes: The wealth which England mas 90.
"ared i!om the natives Of lniis would at compound
interest psy off the Laoral dsbt. II comnIni. s.
! tim is opened across the Csnadss, she vii BE B.;
sesm from Chns, by tie different routes, is;an! fol.
! love-:
From ShfDshse BY Pas ANA es day,.ls soo r.ts
From sh.- ease b HsiaX,..........5d dlys.QG cl. g.
These are approximate figures bUt they are SUI
fcieIuy accurate to slow ,hs. EeeEui csn afford to
enter upon the construction Of railway line ssros the
CsDadss, when the westh of Ch.ns is the prize.
OUR POSITION.
As Amtrcars--ss citiZsus OF 8 country which has
VITA interests a! s,ske-the ms.er csins oIrs,tsnton.
| IIss ErglsId more TO SAN thsn &c Isi wisdom 20
be Indifferent to her scheme ior mskpg the world pay
tribute TO her c1nneicil policy Sooner or ls:er We
sbs have srsros3 10 ne Pscfc, ba' uples' re s.op
| taking and commerce tie construction Of "a Inc We
sbsn loss tue prize. Ii se spresi Oh. the mp O.,
The Psc hc COST, see ba. tso good hs5ors tae
whole Ire frvm Pansma % tie Russian posssssicns-
San Fiarcisco ard lie Strait o: Fuc1 l. is evident
therefore teai whatever rslosd nss are cons.uc.el
must conysIge 20 these tso points Taey q ths eoa-
Ne5sn points OF the only two river sytters on the
western coast, where ell the wealth that travels 70 ara
heln the i2'tfor must psss, Ic either OF the bsys al
tie 'es'es Of the world sbtii;e surely md locked
Here, thtr, a. these two points mus. the fleets ot the
Pacific, IL al corrg time, receive sud discasres tber
csIgoes, AID here must great ciies exist Alt adv San
Francisco has become one ba. shall Engaad or Amsr-
ics claim lie metropolis Of the Northern Pasfc, 81
with II the lsde Of the Columbia ysl,y aud Of all
the northwestern quarter of the Northern Hemiphe
and the Asistc trade FOR the Mississippi Valley and the
Northern Atlantic slopsl Which country, We ssk
sgsir shall hsye IL l. sil hangs on one coniI gsney
he ps'ion ina, first carIiss rarosd from Lake Ss-
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