The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25
! AIN Il PA VI.
The Pacific Mail Route ny the Forty
seventh Parallel, Compared with the
Boufh~ra Route.

ssvsnth Parallel, Compared with the
Southern Route.
hWopos Of the comments made by us
last week. on the comparative eligibility OF
the overland mail route TO the Pacific,
along the forty.seventb parallel, over the
three great routes which issue from St
Louis, and which have thus far absorbed
nearly the entire consideration Of the Gov.
ment, and Inonopolzed the patronage Of all
the Departments "A late mail brough,
us pamphlet from Washington upon the
same subject, by prominent citizen OF this
State. addressed in the form Of letter to
the Post Master General. This letter pro-
p0ses IAN Overland Mail Route from the
head Of Lake Superior 10 the Pacific, di-
vergiDg, in crossing the mountains, by two
brnnches--one 10 Pugets Sound, and the
other towards the mouth Of the Columbia.
Now, there is nothing especially original 10
this proposition. except in the substitution
OF the head Of Lake Superior for 81. Panl
"a the Eastern terminus Of the lnc--a mod.
iGca,ion which really imposes about tie
only typographical difficulty to be met with
along the whole route. II is scarcely worth
while to go oil the way up to Superior just
at present, simply TO hunt up strip Of I'M
inhabited and impractcabe country, ard to
avoid the recognition Of 81. Paul as the
starting point Of the proposed mail route.
In other respects, the episioary proposition
above quoted ia precisely that designated in
the mail proposals. advertised by tho func-
tionary to whom the letter was addressed
and which we ndycrted TO los, week at
length. Bat il the proposition must he
Invested Of is claim Of originality. some Of
the arguments adduced IN It's favor cannot
DO too often repeated.
The consideration which We then sub.
mi,tcd~- OF the greater comparative eligl.
bility Of this route over the Southern and
Central is here sustained by ample quota
tons from the elaborate reports Of Governor
SrsvEss, aud other exploring officers, in
proof Of the important fact that the route
near and above the for,yscyenth parallel
" Tue oo'y one "h'c" passes over u surface
Of continuous and unbrokcn capacity for
sustaining e'V'll1e' populations ne wei
known iac' IA alluded TO- which the climate
logical researches OF ioRis bLopdrTr have
made 'a'n liar TO the people OF The NORM
west, ana Tue 'heory OF wh'eh WAS emooo'ca
10 the report OF Tue secretary oil war ~
1893. that TAR 'ess snow 'a''s IN The North
cru than in the Southern parallels and that
while IN the moist climate which diS''n-
gn'shes the latitude OF st. LOUIS. the noun
tain passes are encountered with 'mpassa'
Die dep'hs oil snow The passes near the
torty-@ven'h parallel are always paSSabIe
without any difficulty whatever. All eli
matt, ro,siJ,r,t,,,s ;,JpcJ wbo,Ler tho q
regard the subject OF SHOWS IN the noun
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health and comfort, are entirely IN favor oil
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the most appalling aspects OF mid winter
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1t ~ true IN their summer huea which
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'f'"' '"N f'P'"" 'N''''' w wv P'S"S'
across the burning sands OF the Southern
S.h,r..
The succession oI v,rdaut plains ard fer
AZ. v,,,,ys ov.r vhi,h ,o, S,., ...-,
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on bis way from ~. faul ~ the PaSilr
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P'a'"S "e"e"''"' ''"''"S' l" ny. Pc
lures exhibited by the official aud n0n-Oflltl.
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by BurrssFtEi ENnr,ss. Tic, cpyrr
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poaueh' OF the new torR Hefd'i. thus dcs
cr,b.s some of hi, trayelliu, ,,,rr,.,c., a.
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staging across