The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-18

opening Of this route not 10 the jealousy Of our
four hand club to excite the unavang regrets OF
the rapidly decayng race OF english stage coachmen,
whose occupation the railways have destroyed AS Anne
RIGA is celebrated for fast trotng horses and fer fast loco
motion OF every kind the cultivation OF the art OF driving
along the prares ravnes, caverns and valleys of this
long journey may be the means Of introducing TO our de-
mocratic cousins taste which, whether arstocratc or
not still survives IN the old country and grahed when
ever an opportunity presents itself
But object on the present occasion TO show that
this postal route must In course Of time be followed ny
an extension of settlements across the continent On this
point our New York correspondent whose valuable com
muncaton we published yesterday, observes
have said that the importance OF this inauguration can
Of rs m s ue Of sse.
Pacific railway which TO give The nation possessns
MONTHS the stage line and tremendous efforts used
construction OF railway over one or other OF the routes wncn
Whatever action Congress may take we are very much
inclined to believe, with Mr. Asa Whitney, that there are
sectional differences in the way OF IN interoceanc line
which no federal legislation satisfactorily adjust Each
state through which the proposed line would pass moved
by jealousy or by some supposed interest might not con-
cur in the arrangements as 10 grants of land tolls &C
which It's immediate neighbor might deem TO be expedent
But there would be another difficulty. 1t is impossible
10 conceive that the slave and free Staes would unite in
one general and uniform SYSTEM so that the latter would
sanction line OF this national importance, which would
pass exclusively through slave territory, and thus tend
TO the extension of that domestic institution which the
people of the North view with adherence and dsmay
The the dsren. railroad the Pa
peen judges agree that the from III Paso the Coora
in
The stage line follows this route; butt mast not be for
gotten that when the Secretary of War up in its
favor such matters the military defence OF an extern
sve and exposed frontier facilities for the movement Of
troops and communications with arsenals must have oc
cuped his attention rather than considerations connected
with the extension Of settlement and the development Of
trade and commerce The only nation which can compete
with the United States in this great work England and
the most competent authorities in America nowthstand
ing the report of the Secretary Of War; have expressed
a decided opinion that the British North American
Territories Afford infinitely greater facilities for the
construction of nterOceanc line than any portion of
the United States whether the line should start from Mi
chigan to which there is railway communication from
the Atlantic start from the extreme South. In this
country we have lately read many statements the sub
jec Of Pacific railway We have heard that the royal
engineers who marking the line of boundary be-
tween British North America and the United States are
also to survey the country with the view to railway
from Fort William, Lake Superior to the shores OF the
Pacific We know, moreover, that the Legislature of
Canada by the incorporation OF the Northwest Transpor
taon Company, has taken very important step towards
opening the territory which stretches from Canada TO
the Valley OF the Saskatchewan and that the postal
communication which that company has established
with the Red River settlement is intended to be follow
ed by the construction Of a railway. AT the present
moment three members of the Canadian administration
Mr. Cartier, Mr. Gait and Mr. Ross-are in personal
muncaon with Sir Bulwer Lyton the subject of the
British North American railways The provinces of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick have depuicd certain geute
men 10 represent their interests with the Colonial Secre
tary and Lord Bury II is understood, has proceeded TO
Canada to ascertain the spot the wishes Of the colo
nsts not only with respect to uniform postal system
but with respect 70 the far important question of
that federative union which Sir Edmund Head has sub
mted 10 the home government. What moment then,
can be SO proptrous for the consideration of an inter
oceanic railway as one when all the British North Amer
colonies have authorized representatives in this
country TO their wishes and to state the amount
of support which they are willing to give to such an
undertaking. The formation of the colony of British Co
lumbia has already provided terminus on the Pacific
the abolition Of the Hudsons Bay authority in the licensed
Territories will IN few months remove the great obsta
Gle which has hitherto mpeded the progress of Canada
the West, and the completion of the line from Halifax to
Quebec will provide terminus the Atlantic, open
throughout the year and communicating with those Ca
madam railroads which reach the inland Of the
south and west Of the province The prize which has to
be won by the construction Of this nteroceanc line is not
only tho progressive extension Of British industry and
British institutions the continent Of North America
but the wealth OF India Of China OF japan of the Eastern
Archipelago, Of the thousand islands Of the Pacfc-in
word the most rich and valuable of the most
productive regions Of the earth.