The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-01-19

extent OF water but your engineers have re-
ported each one OF these three routes practi.
cable. railroad can be built on any of
them, and built with the means OF the people
OF the United States, ms IL beloved bv the
members of this committee, within the period
Of ten or twelve years, without seriously de-
ranging the great commercial and financial
interests Of the country.
As before remarked, there arc ad vanta-
ges peculiar to each of these routes; but when
we compare them they are very evenly bal.
anced The route near the forty seventh
and forty ninth parallels, from ST. Paul to
Vancouver, thence to Seattle, is estimated by
the engineers at two thousand aud fifteen
miles. The route near the forty-frst and
forty-seoond parallels, via South Pass, from
Council Bluffs to Benica, is estimated by the
engineers at two thousand and thirty-two
miles. The route near the thirty second par
allel, from Fulton to San Pedro, and extern
sion TO San Francisco, IL estimated by the
engineers at two thousand and ffty-eight
miles.
That which is usually denominated the
central route on the parallel Of Al deg. or
AZ deg, is little too far north to traverse
the center of our possessions, the extreme
north beng 40 deg and thu extreme south
i
ii all tse nearer thelcentcr Of population and
wealth. IL may have been observed by Sen.
ators that south of Mason and nixon's line,
in 1850, according to the census report, there
were but little over six million white people;
north ot that line between thirteen and four
teen million. This relative proportion Of the
white population Of the two districts has been
increased largely in favor Of the North since
that period The country that | represent,
IN part, the great Northwest as we some-
times style 1t, including the FIVE States north
west OF the ohio and Missouri, Iowa, Mime
sofa, Kansas, and Nebraska, now contains,
probably, third Of the white population
of the United States. They cast at the re-
cent elections about million and half of
votes, representing probably about eight mil
lion of people.
what is true OF the growing population OF
the Northwest, is true, to some extent, of the
States immediately east, so that none can
ayoid drawing a conclusion that the center
OF population has been steadily travelling
northward since the taking Of the last census
Then, II forty-one or forty 1.-TWO be little
north al projection Of a line from tho geo.
graphical center of the eastern portion of
this country, it brings it oil the nearer TO the
center Of the line of population. All things
else being equal, no just Senator can decide
IN favor of an extreme southern or On ex-
IRENE northern route. That road which
traverses the Republic nearest its center is
the one that il demanded by justice to the
whole country.
The people that | and my colleague here
represent are vitality interested in this sub
Ject, admit; and this has induced me to
make this rapid statement Of the reasons that
will control nv vote. If left TO them, how
ever, and it should be clearly demonstrated
that the great interests Of trade and COM
mercc. our postal system, the public defenses
by sea and land, required road on a differ
ent latitude, believe they would Join with
me IN It's support in opposition TO their imme-
date local interests. cannot believe that
the vote of the Senate will be controlled by
local interests and sectionalpiews, in viola
ton Of the great interests IT the nation Mt
large.
slow spirits estheir Creature tenn
forts,
The spiritual intercourse is certainly en-.
largIng. A spirit waited on Judge Edmonds
not long since, and wanted him to take
drink through an earthly medium. The
Pawtucket Gazette relates the following in
cident Of spiritual communication, which
exceeds the Judges story;
SAN enthusiastic believer was relating to
skeptic she spiritual performances TO which
ne could testify, and among other things he
sad that on certain occasion the spirit of
bis wife, who had been dead several wears,
returned to him, and seating herself upon
his knee put her arm around him and kissed
bin. .Yoo do not mean to say remarked
hat ha re r..