Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-05-20
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thio lower route with St. Andtewe rosa az.
sending from the town Of st. Andrews, situate
On the Pasamaquoddy bay. eighty or ninety
miles north to Woodstock. The travel Of the
valley Of the Upper 81. lsAn i'to be brought
d the &c. Andrews a1blifoad To the tide water
I'D then acrosp pAp4ljde wsssr BY the Calais
route, through ~ihsrness COUNTRY. ninety
miles .mrshcs iato our State. Sir this House
viii Judge Of the probable success Of such an
tspsriment. The 81. Andrews Railroad is to
u built from Sc. Andrews to Woodstock. and
vhs principal part Of the entire route 10 slong
De watsf-shed which divides the streams
which Sow into the st. John from those which
Dow into the St. Croix and the Penobscot.
through . wilderness, without inhabitants and
with no roads and no valleys pointing to it;
and this lower route prppases another road
miles in extent. and near another watershed
which divides the water flowing into the
Psnobscot from those which aow through
Hancock end Washington countries to tn.
oesan. am willing this House shall judge
oe this plan without further comment.
Dir. shall speak freely of the 81. Andrews
3ailroad, and the more 20 a. regard It hostile
70 our State-hostils to the valleys Of the
rsnebssot and the s.. John-io our railroads
$50 the Gsand Tsunk-to our growth and
1svelopment-to our commercial unity-to
the increase Of arnieable, social and commercial
Intercourse with the British Provinces east of
deadly hostile 70 haf eystenf Il railroads-to
st. John city ssFrtk srnse9pwAa intrcourse
BY sssam and r.ilr.s6 6etwseh Canada and
the Lower Provinces, ,aad to their future pros
psgity. I also regard this road ~ founded
upon principle which has never yet succeeded
In this country. and never will. With the
railroad proposed by this bill. the 81. Andrews
road is harmless. Without it. all the trade
and travel Of Afoostook-ot the entire valley
Of the ST. John-of our entire frontier one
hundred and 6fty miles in extent. watered
BY the river ST. John. will rass over it to tide
water out of the State. Without it. Aaoos-
TOOK will be condemned to slow and feeble
growth, and q coarse population. Our state
will lose its commercial jurisdiction. which
We might perhaps retain. is valueless. With
out this railroad. and with the St. Andre ws
road. and with the St. Andrews read, none Of
the trade Of that territory will pass over the
railroads Of Maine none of the vast travel
from those Provinces will pass over them
There will be no commerce and trade between
Us. ..a-.
Maine is a frontier State. In this respect
she Is less fortunate than her ce.tral sister
States. On the EA4 we com nerciallv Y
change our position We can commercial,
abrosata the dividing line between US and
these Lower Provinces. All along our Allan
tic seaboard long lines of railroads have been
extended T., the srea, West to bring her trade
and traffic into Maine. Massachu~ New
York, Peunaylvsuia. MARYLAND. Virginia. and
even North Carolina has made An efor, LII
1hat direction II q tor our inter est and for
the interest Of those Provinces to promote
mutual social and commercial intercourse. -
It 10 for the interest Of this gr At Penin<aipr.
lying bet ween the river St. Lawrence and the
ocean and extending fro u our Western bn md
ary to the Gulf OF the Si Lawrence. to he
come conn pact, uuitci. Ard commercially one
people. 1, is for our interest to extend a
ralroad TO bring the trade aud travel Of those
Provinces into our 81 ate.
Tn. ST. Andrews Ha,iroad attempts to erect
barrier between US. repeat sir.it is hostile
to US and to the Provinces east OF US.
Mr. Sp .ak-r. l have said tha, the 81. An.
dr4ws railroad was founded upon a principle
Nh n rarely has and rarely will snceeeis 1t
can he iliustrt;ed IL our own Sta'e. m by a
IN ,rc cx;endc Application TO the eitire coln-
try Ifm IN had beerlctt to IN Ike the rivers.
perhaps they would have t,sed eat and west
tough the same parallels of ialitade. Ne
exchange would have been made By the in
hsb,tAuts GA their banks. for their productions
would have all h.ch the same. The great Ar.
ch,iect ha, male the rivers TO run from north
% s,ith II oi;h oiferett degree, OF lau
,u,e. In the carly settlement Of the country
,bo.c jncs of communication were si.kc,ent
for Accommodation &C and progress The Con :
uect,cut. the Hudson, the Su,a ueh anna a. the
n no the Mu,kin,hum. the seioto and the
Mi,.is.op, run from nor,h TO SOUTH Thp
early settler, in the We., located On the bank ,
of the rivers. and exchange Their wheat and
the various .,he, s.ric .l:sral productions for
tAr cotton. r,ce ,o1acco ani various other ar.
t,rle, vhien their necessities demaded. a,
New Orlear, rhe vas, plain extending from
Of ,uppo,,,n. one hundred millions Of propie
Win the multiplication o. inhabitants it va,
!ef, to MN to c'uneet these valley. together
by r..lroai. Wherever ,hi, law ha. been OBJ
served railroads have oeen successful .e
rairaad' THIS c'un'ry nam ea,' anu "e'''
eonne;uns valleys tose MT nave oes" sue
cess. while those running horth A'o s,''"'
dpwn valleys. nave untotm's pee" 'a,'u'e'
The great limos Genital running ho'.h a'S
scuth through the state "' iiino's' ai'""us'
bac Aed BY an e.orn"us grant OF 'a''d o! 'he
General Government. has been conie>sed'y
failure as an investment. Would fa''r"',
running n"ith ana sou'h' from ho'seae"u .,
Lake TO Bath. .even through TINS popaiou' va'.
ley. succeed It's obvious 10 every man Una,
the country whose trade ana ,raSet ~ou.u
command must be limited ana e'nnhed 20 'ne
vicinity of the road: The passengers travel
ling from the 'est to the east would only pass
acro's it; the passengers from the east 20 th'
vest would only do the same But reverse
the same extent Of roads md make ru" ron