Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-11-19

near the same parallel. The productive plains
of central Europe, which seem like vast gar
dens, are bounded by the same degrees OF
latitude with the rich plains of the Saskatch-
evan and the gold fields of Frazier River
The thermal lines which run through Belgium
France and England rise still to higher attitudes
toward the northern plateaus of the Rocky
Mountains. The isotheral line of our inter-
national boundary touches the Danube at Vi
emma and skirts the northern waters of the
Black Sea. The isothermal of Vancouver is
also that of the Crinea. Kiachta, NovgorOd,
and Leipsic, those -marts for fairs and trade,
| may be reproduced on this western area
San Juan may become the Liverpool of ttae
Pacific. Where the great lines Of telegraph
and railroad run on the eastern hemisphere,
they may also on the western. The policy of
Russia, which is to crowd her civilization east
ward, through Siberia to the Pacific, and
there to build up a maratime power which
shall cope with any on the world, points to
grand results for these northwestern regions.
Through more rigid climate the Czar main
tains regular postal service, which unites
Moscow with Irkoutsk, distance of three
thousand four hundred miles, which is thence
continued to the mouth of the Amoor. Along
this continental line we learn that the tele
graph is to De established; and next, rail
way will connect St. Petersburg with st
Vladimir, the great maratime station of tht
Pacific
1t is only in the natural order of things
only in the unarrested progress of settlement
Il and enterprise that similar endeavors should b'
projected here, and that similar results shoult
be reached. The advantages of the rout
which we have designated in this Article TO
.. mail service to the Pacific, are obvious. l
is the shortest, the most feasible, the cheap
,, est. 1t has but one objection; it is the mos
, Northern. The distance from st. Paul t
:. Puget Sound is eighteen hundred miles s.
from ST. Louis to San Francisco is twenty
!. eight hundred miles from Benicia to Roc
y Island by the South Pass is twenty-five
hundred miles. The time for the transpor
of the mails by the present southern route
twenty five days; by this northern rout
. eighteen days would be sufficient More tha
" one million two hundred thousand dollars ar
expended annually for mail service south {
latitude forty. Not dollar north of it. In
:. :. des; ;,otism which controls our national affair
"knows no north" The exigencies of
: magnificent empire and of an augmentin
= population in the high latitudes, finds no {;
. vOr with a government which lusts ate
:, y Cuba and the annexation of slices of Mexic'
II The ''irrepressible conflict between freedol
: and slavery secures defeat for appropriation
. which would so decidedly benefit the fire
states. But our next election, seating in tt
= chair of Washington man of broad patrio
. ism and securing legislative bodies which Wi
: hold to the nationality of freedom, will date
e new era for our Northwest. The Unite
; States service will be naturalized on tt
= northern boundary. The keels of mail stean
ers will pow through these inland water
- :, from ST. Pau! to San Juan andGpostroat
y will connect them from river to river. An
then population will swarm along these natl
:, raj routes of trade and emigration.