The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-01

iOutC Voc W bC surrey III q c /.
Fremtnt, who, having passed ever. III 4 e
different routes, had given his ppil "a = n
favor Of the central. But The SeeI- j y
OF War declined to give that etaple,gt - il
to Coz Fremont, on the groand, az 4 Ssr.e
understood, that he was not item II iii
Ger Of the United States army. He trw-
ever, placed Mr.. Stevens in cbsrge oi. he
survey Of the northern route, slthoae1e he
was not then, / believe, an officer OF the
army Captain Gnnnison saS plaza in
charge of the survey Of the central tie,
but lis Instructions expressly limit . ,im
to survey of, a part of. the foute. d lN;
and This officer, without previous La AZ
edgeOf the country, or experienced adj
road engineering, made the >host ,e-
giou blunders in the survey 81 tia 4 irt
of ting survey intrusted to hif., asI.s. lill
presently show, and reported i in-pf: j.
cables Il is natural to suppose ti'F F.
newsd efforts would have Seen Z. lie
to fnd practicable route On this s. E.,
whic, was the only one which acc1r D.
dated the entire people Of lie Cot. ( y.
Notfsng Of the sort, howev.r, II
temIsed; it was condemned ~ Il J, 80
ernn ant, and its condemnati n h, I'D
as Siumph.
Bns on the extreme. souihe IN Z a
diffe rsnt conduct was ob.er, ed. = ). in
it was discovered that there did NJ st
a practicable route on the tlirty15 I'd
parallel, within our territory, In asaE d a.
dor was sent Immediately to M ;xic. ..e-
gotiase and purchase a strip of - cry
from hat Republic, where il a2s 81 j, I'd
that a7oad could be made, and 1riz Il sas
purchased for $40 ,000, 900. .eSiinds = tat
watet was not to be had to luesc, the
thirsteven of the Government part - ent
there TO explore, military c. nm =, ,ad
Typographical officer hav'l b'.g de-
tainei there ever since, to ore%i .;ian
wellsfn order to overcome 4 is d>q~. lily,
and hips have been sent to STA nc.Af
RIGA 80 buy camels and imp 1T tenn for
the 1rpose Of traversing tn salty des-
erts II these southern parable. :, thsd, Two
and Iiirty-fve. 1t is said tb I VT has
been discovered by means = the tlIs,
and uiat the camels have bee SUI sfuI
in ira {-slling ten days without watsA The
fact that the camels can end ire m Gays
thirst will hardly invite to ths coerltry in
which; such endurance was in posi- upon
them. ,the people necessary 20 bf-Jd aud
maintEin railroad, nor will the ~ gum
stance that artesian wells are beiGt bred
for acsupply of water, rec( mm,B the
those wells ar, ne AIRY,
over the central route in VIII eh tst : has
been FOUND an ample SUPP y f9s irty
thousand emgrants in one ear, the
armies. which have been re.e lily li# , out
10 Utsh. <o
WIZ was it that an app Opri,, of
$40, on 5000 10 purchase All iona - oro-
priatidls to import camels, 10 DO { rte
sian wells, and to print an eadless !, ,res
Of the, most costly books look hich
will c. st, understand, a ilioI, ID
half o, lwo million dollars-.c Auld II ,ade
urias The dominancy Of he 81 lied
DemosIacy, and no effort W iateves ,ade
10 find a line for the ceuirsl rot = liter
the report of Gunnison is n. ed?
Thc.reason is transparent. was the
object of the Government 10 ind atrial
route ;Ntheir effort was. and as bees and
will continue 10 be, so long Us the .uth-
ern interest dominates the Cover ,ent,
10 condemn that route, AMI larry & rail-
road, if made at all, to the e;;trene,s. .nth-
ern verge of our territories. r. .aher
confirmation of this view JyinstEL 7. the
action of the present Cove nmens sJpon
the overland mail route. his nv {. was
authorized by Congress uPoj the .espress
understanding that the contractors ,Ssould
select the route upon wbicA TO c:s-y the
mail The Postmaster Gen ,ral, ,aJ;l the
sanction of the Cabinet aid, Presis. Mt, in
of the express teri, Is Of =. law,
refused to give the contrac to as one,
unless the contractor would agree carry
it on the route along the M, xican Sontier
on the thirty-second parable
| assert again, in view IF thes facts,
that it is the Democratic orgs,f cation,
and its instruments in the Goysnment,
which constitute the onle >bstrij ion to
a central Pacific railroad; Gnd II .e who
desire to see this glorious FORK ~.hieved
must first displace this % ,struc: on.
shall therefore propose hat Congress
should take from the haAts Of ne Ex-
ecutive, which has shGwn il II un-
worthy of confidence in his INF Ter, all
power over the subject, an pass an act
to build the Pacific railroad betwce-a some
central point in the Mississ ppi ~ ey and
San Francisco, and name, in thu ody of
the act, commissioners whl have con-
fidence of the nation, me 4. havinG COM
petent and practical knowledge Of aroad
engineering, to locate ta.a road, the
best and most practicable e ,ound tween
the points named. The Resent smin-
and indeed any ldmil sation
dominated by the same ihi ne mes. asnnot
be trusted to the -executioi of 4 $ great
work, and therefore Congr IS sh1- I'D take
The matter in hand, and Co: fde ,te execu-
ton TO friendly and faithful hand,
While, however, the rIeudo -emoc-
racy, through its chiefs, y ,der i-.nalign
influence, have betrayed TAI great erests
of the nation, and strivea 20 co RI this
great national work. into ) ectio~ affair,
happily for the nation h IRE his been
those who were prompfet by =. lofty
motives of patriotism, AMI the le sof an
honorable renown, 10 gi7f thense yes to
the task of achieving this reat e.. rprise
of a continental highway Amos ehese,
the youthful and intrepid Freme.>, who.
having led the way by all sxami;s ON of
the whole region lying te ween4~ Mis-
sissippi river and the Pacific, an sexed
up that vast country t. The "a ished
vision of the civilized s,rld, who,
having added California 10 ous npire,
determined, although no longs. N the
service. of his country, to open e, road
to the empire won by b s.own sr. 1t
was in the depth of winter and + bis own
expense, that he deterrl ned f.,sttempt
tins new labor, and enc s7nter perils