Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-12-22


ployed for man purposes. me Tehnaniepsc
foats IL the shortest and nest readily protect
"a against iBteTTuptl0ns bat 4. viii BE- con-
psTangely too nsE, and the lins Of staging TOO
long % fuTuisb Hiib certainly adsqrats and
satisfactofE femmunitAiiop 0etHeel eW At
Ianue ao8 fasIfl passsssi0ns. Nhiis ~ See
tined, no doubt, % bscoms , transit q - ffs'
impsFtanss yaRd WiA dss1Ege the bighesePaafaa
sgs and acknowledgement still u cannot Egger
seds TIE necessity of one o. mQrf Eoales through
CsutTsl AmeTiCa- l4afed, esfr5 year - Dc
n0nsfrzlna that fhe tqlte4 aatsg Dsy nsec
g. oais f9s 81. 2 SGt tof . s0TPslsiat sss
%ioaies Ths Panama isibmqs maze . no4
used oaly uni-rfaniraai shl ~ EaiTosd can
paEg, Eha, ~ tl4n toi3 n by q claFier grated
by Tia local EcYsF InrHt Inis company might,
at ans iils, refuse ~ contract NlL Ne ulitte
b atss, % lts dsDauis "a lsuspoEsGo RighE
be 10 saoFbiisnt - ~ anou1t 10 pgolibHiQn.
After much contTogiTsg, he dspsItmsnt bas
DOT bssn able 20 fsdlle TIE puCe VI lssnspos-
tstion Of The msiis aHqH q belos qne haglgsd
thouHand dollars pes anagE-a Pacs telifysd
10 be entirely too hish i0f 0ajg Is mslss ID
railroad ahd there viii h. ihs ssas sxposufe
to exoIbitant dsman1s uPan 10 AicsfsEsa
route, under ;he direction ef . puFats sea
pany.
10 relieve the department lfaa : condition
% dependent, az we'll 40 10 create q c0npsti-
ton which might prevent sNt0Itioas IL % Of TIE
highest Importance that The route b hieafa-
qua should be Fe-Opened, aud its uhdiaiufbed
use for the Transportation % The mails, psssen-
gers, troops aud munitions o. war, secured b.
the solemn guarantees Of a eubiic treaty. With
out tbis, M view Of the unstable eouditicn o.
the local governments Of Central America, the
safety aad security Of transportation can hare
by be relied on. Contracts given BY these gov
eTBments 20 individuals or companies, In the
absence Of q regular treaty, under which, n
necessary, the power Of he United States
might be invoked 10 enforce fulhllment, MAJ
be irTegulsrly, II rot uujIsly revoked and The
department be embarrassed By the Iival claims
Of conteBding parties, unable TO detsFmine satf-
f~actorily with whom Il should contract
The late treaties With China and Japan, and
the rapid growth and vast mineral resources Of
Australia, have made all the transit routes of
Central America % increased Importance to
the United States b them the Atlantic see
ton Of our country would be ensbled equally
with that Of the Pacific 10 participate IN that
Asistic OmmeTe which made Tyre. Alszan-
dria, Venice and Geuoa he market houses %
the world. IL IL the almost exclusive stJ7y-
nent Of this trade which makes Great butain
the first commercial DO ser Of msdeFn times.
The United States, from Der mediate position
between Europe AM Asia, and frCm Der agri
cultural productions, particularly hose ot
cotton and tobacco, ought not to participate
j AEEAN III NC aANnuAnZE6 u us AaMHa AAAM
she would be enabled to do By The free use Of
these t~ransits, and BY the other Communities
lions already opened and IN successful opera
tiOn between the Atlantic and Pacific States,
especially when these communications are
taken in connection with the establishment Of
a steam mail line from San Francisco 70 Japan
and China. Saeh a line, it is confidently be-
heved, would draw 10 il not only the CORES
pOndence and travel Of cur own country, but
OF Great Britain aud most Of the continent Of
Europe. Iheee, with its commercial pr0hts,
would probably sustain Il without ans other
subsidy than the hostages on the nails con-
Yeyed. After the first three years, The depart
ment feels confident that no sabsidy, whatever,
would be required 10 sustain It. Before even
three years will expire, there is every Pr0ba-
bilIty that a line Of telegTapbs will bs compile
ted from San Francisco 10 New York, ahd,
indeed 10 every important city on the Allan
TIC. Such a line IS already made, as We nndsT-
stand, nearly TO The sumit Of the great Nevada.
Letters written 10 England, snd many PARTS Of
the continent, are transmitted BY steamers TO
Boston, New, York, &C., IN from uiue 20 elev-
en- days They can be transmitted By tsle-
greph 10 San Francisco b. one CT two DAYS at
most, and thence clipped by the nail line 10
japan ard CoiDal Australia, &C
i No other mode of communication can be as
expeditions as this; and such correspondence
would, therefore, constitute, with the regular
] tuii letteT correspondence passing through this
, country, no uconsidsrable element for the sup
: pITt Of such a line Il is a vsry.siBgular fact,
/ that The minister from Japan TO ne United
states, ibs-eat on coming eastward direct 10
San Francisco, and thence 10 Washington, is
expected to 90 TO gland by The lsthmss sf
Suez, and thenee 10 take passage TO the city Of
+, New York. So our ministers to China must
90 and return BY the same circuitous route.
III probability that, BY suitable exertiOHs,
much Of this trade, travel and correspondence,
: can be made to pass over this continent, is to
be found in the strenuous eXertiOns nov making
! BY Great Britain 10 secure the same through
} her own Canadian possessions This rivalry
} Of effort 10 foF The greatest Of the
2 world, and should call forth, as 1t doubtless
will, the energies OF both nations TO secure
J such portions Of It as each shall think itself
fairly entitled 10 receive.
D | have the honor to be, very respectfully
! your obedient servant, AARON V. BRowS.