The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-12-11

1t IS l,3lb miles; 10 Fnllanelpnla, 100 |
miles; to Baltimore, 1,108 miles; to |
Charleston, 1,010 miles; to New Orleans,
$50 miles. 1t will thus be seen that most
of our principal seaboard cities can reach |
the mouth of the Kansas river BY lines
nearly equal in length, thus maintaining,
in regard to the trade of the Pacific, the |
same relative positions, advantages and
disadvantages, now possessed or afforded
them by natural position, climate, and
facilities for ocean and interior commerce.
6. That we can see no propriety in the
construction of said road on the 48th par
allel, its whole length skirted by the pos
sessions of foreign power, or on the 32d
parallel, on the borders of a State with
whom we have been at war, and with
which only quasi peace has been main
tanned for the past twenty years. But
that the great object in the construction
of such railway should be to connect the
two oceans, and afford a military road
accessible from all portions of the Union
for the protection of all its parts.
7. A railway on either Of the extreme
routes named, would run entirely outside Ct
the Government forts, away from all the
interests of the country needing protec-
ton.
8. By any other route the people would
have to go back over a country where pop
ulation has neither demanded nor con-
structed railways, and rebuild over five
hundred miles Of railway already con-
structed, and in progress, before the loco
motive could reach its present Western
station in the wake of population and
trade.
8. 1t is unjust thus to retax the means
and energies of the people to the extent
of 100000 to 100000, to secure
commercial facilities that they have al
ready provided. By the selection of any
other route, it would force upon the coun-
try the Reconstruction of their entire
railway system, or of doubling its extent
in order to reach the great channel of con-
tinental commerce-and transportation.--
Therefore, ..
Resolved That it is the deliberate judg-
ment Of this Convention, representing the
interests of Western Missouri and the
Territory of Kansas, that justice to the
whole country, as well as the advantage
of the General Government, requires and
demands the construction of the CONT
mental Railway by the central or 39th
parallel route-the route of the Kansas
Valley. a.- 5,
RESOLVED. That we call upon our repre-
sentatives in both Houses of Congress, to
urge the location of said road upon
this great central route, as just to the
country, in unison with the demands of
the great centers of population and COM
merce, and in still farther development
of the commercial facilities already pro-
vided by the people themselves. a--4'
And Whereas, We deem it fitting Pc
Rod in the progress of the country, for the
people of the West to take measures for
the control of their own commerce, and
to provide "Ho
l. For the opening up of routes to the
seaboard, shorter and less exposed to the
distractions of climate and distance.
2. That as our nearest seaport, by pres
ent lines of transportation, is more than
1900 miles, subject to suspension by ice,
snow, aud the traverse of long lines of
rivers, lakes and railroads, and interrupted
by numerous interests controlled by COM
peting corporations, that
2. We require shorter route controlled
by community of interests, and
4. That it being but 600 miles to the
ocean at the port of Galveston, from the
mouth of the Kansas river, that railroad
connecting these points would aid in de-
veloping one of the richest portions of the
American continent, now denied an outlet
to the markets Of the world-therefore
Resolved, That a railroad from the
mouth of the Kansas river, running south
to Galveston, in the State of Texas, would
add greatly to the wealth and power o.
the Union, by opening up to the market
OF the world the rich valleys of the Usage
Neosho, Arkansas and Red rivers, and O
the great State of Texas, by affording al
outlet to the productions of this vast re
} gion, and direct line to supply our cen
trail region with the groceries of the Gul
of Mexico. +.
Resolved, That in the opinion of thi
! Convention agrant oflands should be mad
by Congress for this purpose, which gran
would be the means of opening marke
by short lines of transit between the pro
auctions of the Northern and Southern
portions of the interior of the Republic
now denied them.
Resolved, That we call upon our Rep
, resentatives in Congress to ask and urg
upon that body compliance with the jus
demands of the people in this regard-b,
, granting lands sufficient to secure tn
construction of this great line of railroad
: Aad Whereas, A connection with tn
, system of railroads entering at and diverg
, ing from Chicago, to the East, by short
| er line than at present, requires a connec
r ton north from the mouth of the Kansa
. river-therefore.
. Resolved, That road connection wit
the Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad,
9 of the first importance to the country REP
resented in this convention. 500
$ Resolved, That We will aid, to the exter
' of our means and influence, in the earl
/ prosecution and construction of such cor
2 nection.
E Resolved, That in the attainmentof th
objects contemplated by this Conveutio,
the only guaranty of success is in CON
: bined and harmonious action; and there
n fore it is most earnestly recommended
/ the citizens of the towns and districts |
e Kansas and Missouri having commo
: interest in the construction of one or moi
of the railroads designated in the for,
|. going resolutions, to render active an
}. efficient corporation and aid, with vie
s of obtaining from Congress grant ,
IS grants of land. TO aid in the building
such road or roads,
e On motion Of L. 8. Boiling, Esq, Il
preamble and resolutions were adopted /
Y the unanimous vote Of the convention.
n On motion, the following resolution
were adopted:
, Resolved, That, in the opinion Of tn
IS Conversion, it is important for the Peep
; living on the lines of the projected in
Z, provements designated by the resolution
i above adopted, TO hold meetings and tai
l. action upon the subject, in order that Il
J. sentiment and wishes Of the people M
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