The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-14

cointeligence unity Of interest. and cooperation
among all parts of our continent wide republic The
network Of railroads which binds the North and the
South the slope Of the Atlantic and the valley Of the
Mississippi together testify that people have the
power TO perform, in that regard, whatever it is
their will to d. We require railroad to the States
will come when shall have need Of two or three,
1t may be more Because of the desert character Of
the interior country the work will be difficult and
expensive 1t will require the efforts OF an united
people The chickering's of little politicians the jea-
ousies of sections, must give way to dignity of pur
pose and zeal for the common good. II the object
be INSTRUCTED by contention and division as to
whether the route to be selected shall be
northern, southern or central the handwri-
ting is on the wall, and it requires little skill
to that failure is the Interpretation OF the inscrp
ton You are practical people and INC. may ask, how
out Of the hands of politicians altogether Let the
government give such aid 1t ia proper for it to
render to the company which shall propose the most
feasible and advantageous plan then leave 70 capl-
talists with judgment sharpened by interest the Sc
lection of the route and the difficulties will diminish
as did those which you overcame when you con-
nected your harbor with the Canadian Provinces. 1t
would be to trespass your kindness and to violate
the proprieties Of the occasion to detain the
vast concourse which stands before me, by enter
ing on the discussion of controverted topics or by
further indulgence in the expression Of such reaec-
your city in quest of health and repose. From the
moment entered it you have showered upon me
kindness and hospitality. Though nay experience has
t ught me to anticipate good rather than evil from
my fellow man, it had not prepared me to expect
UGH unremitting attention as has here been be-
towed. have been jocularly asked in relation to my
coming here, whether had secured guaranty for
my safety and 10, have found it: l stand in the
friends neither distrusting, nor apprehensve,
of which you have proof in the fact that brought
with me the objects of tenderest affection and soil.
citude-my wife and my children; they have shared
with me your hospitality, and will alike remain your
debtors. II at some future time when am mingled
with the DUST and the arm of my infant son has been
nerved for deeds Of manhood, the storm of war
should burst upon your city, feel that relying upon
his nheri,ng the instincts of his ancestors and mine,
/ may pledge him in that perilous hour to stand by
your side in the defence OF your hearth stones and
in maintaining the honor of flag whose constela-
ton, though torn and smoked in many battle by
sea and land, has never been stained with dishonor
and will. trust, forever fly as free as the breeze
which unfods it. stranger to you, the salubrity
of your location and the beauty OF its scenery were
not wholly unknown to me, nor were there wanting
associations which busy memory connected with
your people. Yol will pardon me for abiding to
one whose genius shed a lustre upon all it touched
and whose qualities gathered about him hosts Of
friends wherever he was known. Prentiss, native
of Portland, lived from youth to middle age in the
county of my residence, and the inquiries which
have been made show me that the youth ex-
cited the interest which the greatness of
the man justified, and that his memory thus re-
mains q link to connect your home with mine.
cursory view, when passing through your town on
former occasions, had impressed Inc with the great
advantages of your harbor, its easy entrance, its
depth and its extensive accommodations for ship
ping. But its advantages and its facilities, as they
have been developed by closer inspection, have
grown upon until realise that it is no boast but
the language of sober truth, which in the present
state of commerce pronounces them unequalled in
any harbor Of our country. And surely no place
could be more inviting to an invalid who sought
refuge from the heat of Southern summer. Here
waving ems offer him shaded walks, and magnif
cent residences surrounded by fox ers fill the mind
with ideas of comfort and of rest. If weary Of con-
slant contact with his fellow men, he seeks deeper
seclusion, there in the background OF this grand
ampitheatre lie the eternal mountains, frowning
with brow of rock and cap of snow upon the smiling
fields beneath and there in its recesses may be
found as much Of wildness, and as much OF soil.
tude the pilgrim weary Of the cares OF life can
harbor, studded with green islands Of ever
varying light and shade, and enlivened by
all the stirring evidences of commercial &C
tivty, offer him the mingled charms of busy life and
natures calm repose. few miles further, and he
may sit upon the quiet shore to listen to the muir
murng wave until the troubled spirit sinks to rest,
and in the little sail that vanshes on the mitable
sea may find the type of the voyage which he is so
soon to take when, his ephemera existence closed he
embarks for that better state which lies beyond the
grave. Richly endowed as you are by nature in all
which contributes TO pleasure ana 10 usefulness the
stranger cannot pass without paying tribute to the
much which your energy has achieved for your.
selves. Where else will one find more happy union
of magnificence and comfoyt-where better arrange
ments TO facilitate commerce! Where so much in
dustry with so little noise and bustlel Where, in
phrase so much effected in proportion to the
Employed We hear the puff Of the engine, the roll
Of the wheel the ring OF the axe and the saw but
the stormy passionate carnations 80 often
mingled with the sounds are nowhere heard. Yet
neither these nor other things which / have men
toned, attractive though they be, have been to me
the chief charm which / have found among you.
For above all these place the gentle kindness the
cordial welcome, the hearty grasp, which made me
feel truly and at once though wandering far, that
was still ut home. My friends, thank You for this
additional manifestation Of your good viii.