The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-07-15
TnE FRAZER RIVER MEETINGS.


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Mr.. r. was inclined TO believe, notwith-
standing the structures OF Mr.. Mcleod, that
the country within reach d the line was ca
pable Of sustaining ten ilourishlng communi
ties. No one supposed that the immediat,
vicinity of the road was equal to the fertile
districts Of Illinois or Minnesota. All that
WA necessary to establish in the coming
struggle in Congress upon the Pacific Rail.
road question, was, that the Northern route,
from Lake Superior 10 Puget Sound, has
immeasurably the advantage over any stint
lar proposition which has been nrged at
Washington. For one, the speaker believed
that the most desirable route 10 the Pacific
would he found in the possession OF Great
Britain, and that goat nler-occanIc com.
munication was more likely TO be construct.
I'd through the Saskatchewan basin, than
over what nay be not improperly called the
American deseft--the cretaceous and com
paratiyely rainless areas Of Southern ati-
Tides within the territory OF the United
States. The Frazer River discovery may
orernte to the discontinue Of politicians.
While Congress has appropriated SG0O,OO0
per annum to forward route near latitude
81 deg, and even in the present depleted
state Of the Treasury can spend Sl50,000
for wagon road near the latitude Of Santa
Fe, d miserable rcctionalism ignores the
claims Of nine degrees Of latitude south Of
the British boundary. The controversy
has dcgcncratcd to Capitalization on one
route, with no prospect that il will he for
the common welfare.
Hence the last Congress, brought 10 u
q, n;...ock In thcs'rasgie- 1T ,1esl'tas, fra.ic
the best possible disposition Of the Pacific
Railroad bills in postponlng them. Let the
whole subject remain in allegiance until IL
can be approached in spirit of national
craftsmanship The Northwest makes no
unreasonable demand upon the other sc-
tions Of the Coniodcracy. The debouchurc
of the Mississippi upon the Gulf Of Mexico;
the junction OF the Missouri and the Ohio
in mid channel Of the Mississippi and the
head of navigation upon the Mississippi
from each Of these localities must yet pro-
icct across the continent those c0mmunica-
tions by railroads which are already famil-
lar ~ the Northern, the Central, and the
Southern. LIST Congress determine, in its
wisdom. what aid In land. stocks and postal
bountes il will make for one route, and then
either magnanimiously extend that enc0ur-
agcmcnt to the three great routes or else
proclaim that the proposed aid Of tho ma
ton shall be- earned by that road which
first reaches the longitude Of the Falls Of
the Missouri Certainly, either course
would be perfectly fair.
But II the determination TO exhaust the
diplomacy and treasury oi the country, in
spasmodic attempts to sectionAlize this vital
subject, ia persisted in, Minnesota. Mt least
has only to reach friendly hand across her
northern border TO oxtricatc herself from all
the consequences Of Congressional injustice.
We have come 10 know the people OF Cana.
da-cqually American citizens with our
selves, ut least under the suspicious influence
OF Reciprocal Trade and future Identity of
Interests, II not OF Political Association.
English capital, also, sensitive to the i'm
mensc benefit Of attracting the boundless
transportation Of the northwest over the
public improvements OF British America,
and fully conscious that the Canadian rail
road system can never be carried to the north
of Lakes Huron and Superior, crosses the
Detroit river. builds IL railroad through
Michigan even at this season Of financial
depression and will yet cooperate with the
citizens of Wisconsin and Minnesota in
connection with British America ut Pom
bina. Thence TO Vancouver r. will he the
waichword of Progress, continental in the
grandeur both OF design and result
The time has long passed when the dan
ger Of future wars with England will deter
from undertaking and concentrating such
an international enterprise, II, in the late
war with Russia a secret compact mutually
exempted from its hazards the British and
Russian fur,trading posts oa this Continent
If We have, at this moment. an agreement
with Great Britain that neither power shall
exceed an insignificant number Of guns IN
the Great Lakes, and il the Telegraph, when
successfully submerged on the Atlantic
plateau, is unqucs,ionably to he ncutraliAcd
during the accident oi International hostili-
tics-snrely an cmigran, route IN the first
instance, and the railroad soon thereafter TO
succeed the wagon or mule track, may bc
safely entrusted to the guardianship Of peace
AMI civilization. No other guaranty OF
protection Is nccdej, than the enlightened
intelligence and moral seusibility Of the An
Clio Saxon communities. only separated by
an ocean
Believing that no was not alone in these
opinions and sentiments, Mr.. Taylor said in
conclusion. that he had ycnturcd 10 emboay
them in ~ 'olu,ions, which he would read !;
but Il single suggestion Of reluctance 10
entertain them was intimatcd by any
gentleman present, he begged leave in al
vance to withdraw them. lie then offered
the following resolutions:
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That the citizens OF Minnesota, IN
common nth the States " the Northwest, are
deeply Interested In connection between the
Northern Lakes and the Pacific ocean and II
sectional counsels shall prevail q, Washington,
excluding the great national highway between
Lake superior and Pugct's sound, from its
equal aud Just recognition by Congress then
We congratulate the citizens Of the Lake states,
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