New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-14
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ksoBG THE Run. March 2. 1879.
I petoe:se 'ts, you are 10 have New Ycik o.
e@Iv.iOIy 10 toe Cesus Psrx ard Ooe Of It's SC o.
tito scyoCsts- sies sitcsl claim that i, shal
tsb,xl IIia.e Ief.ian OF lis, Oai CCEl.;eut IL
deco Ell American hi .i6 81. Ths is patriotic, IL
deed. Soch sa attempt St scientific independence
might, Ike strvgse for ro''c. inieperisnce, iu-
voys sope trouble slch a he bc,der.icn Of keeping
tc't CT Ius ebd minus Caiccstcn OF east 81 west
iouei.nde counting both ways from the Huds0u River
sud perpering TO the SAILOR aloDg the JeIsey shore,
also There would AsO b. az ILdchrlte expenditure Of
shat oLe q jour oo;eDpoisiJ Jouinss cAas "hssrs-
tor in attempts 70 reduce o0e kird Of longitude b
slolter to 6Bd cut o9 rstsro~, where the lj7ta de-
gee wt.t sew style, could be, according 20 the la.
yerssly known ola styie Of Gfeenvich, or ese there
would be required perpetual parallel statement tbs.
,uch longitude y. Y. ,uch longitude from
Grtsusich, &c tie French, when dating rom their
national ,IOch had to make themselves Ineligible t,
the rest Vi tbs wOn0 ty reducing their dses to ne
OLD "a. hicuCd ALno DomlIi. But the glory Of al
Am, riosu eIidsh would pay for al this; and would
fugf ett ia ADDITION that reform be instituted Ia the
ATTITUDES o. we'll as the lot gitudes TIE tropics. and
eouetoris hres quite Insignificant, the rus parade
or which westward the course OF empire takes it, way
teirg tie latitude Of New-Yorx City; snd that poin
is the true uInbcus Of tue globe. Let then setab
iish prime Ire OF latitude nter-ectbg the prime ne
Iioian some Rhsre the Receiving Reservoir. Toe
astronomers at this oeDtTs, spot therefore will occupy
q controlling position, ust ii the critical point where
tie girole Of the world buckles together as well az
where II vertical sutue buttons up and practica
sults Of VAT importance vii he st their Disposal.
advise prompt acton. The managers Of another OBJ
sefvaiory who bsg.n with mutual admiration aud lsu-
dation and high hopes Of unfolding celestial glOres,
were st last account absorbed in reciprocal abuse,
and II .kpg sfidsvts e. 70 which party TO the st,ry
controversy LEFT that dirt 10 the sub.csusr. While
they are of their balance il tie time fix the inter-
section of the crO,s. belts Of the globe for, when
arous.d they will maintain that, while the Hudson
indeed il the true meridian the prime esst and west
line OF earth il the Ere Cara and that tie two prop
eriy meet IN tie c,ptsi Of the Empire safe. BE
wise in time; you know tie rect.
From pure scitroe let US down TO practical opera
TORS or tie .arths surface fer have IDEAS Of our
own in the rural districts the-c suhjecs others.
Reading Of the Atrato Canal, and the Belly Canal,
the Panama Nicaragua ara TehuGntepec routes, |
see that statesmsn has yet taken broad and pro-
found view Of this question. Lsten Tee Gulf
Stream is formed " the great equatorial current,
which is thrown OF lis com north yard by the pro-
ieopg cape Of South Am',ios, pouIs into the grea.
reservoir Of the Caribbean and the Mexican Calf
whence its warm waters escape only by the Strait
OF Florida which directs them to the far region Of
Britain and Northern Europe. Tie whole affair, a.
now arranged, is obiy huge hot water apparatus to
VAIN, by American cslorc, those regions which ale
TIE only important competitors and rivals Of our
country.
Now the construction of an interoceanio canal Of
proper magnitude controlled by suitable locke viii
PIT in our hands the stop cock and regulating valve Of
the whole Of this vast hesrg apparatus. Let Us open
the locks, and the Caribbean pours straight through
into tho Pacific the Gulf Stream stops flowing, and the
isothermal lines come southward al Toe climate
OF Hudsons Bay down 10 the corresponding lati
tudes Of the FL glsh Cha1nel-ScotlaLd becomes Ike
Iceland, England Ike Labrador, the Mersey aud the
Thames freeze up, aud nval empire is prostrate.
II would not be polite 10 be too su iden about the mat
ter; gradual refrigeration Of Europe would be bsst,
for it would give time for emigration, and the whole
eecty population of the British I-les could be driven
by slow stress of weather % happy shores. Ony
Il INK how the lands Of the Illinois Central aud other
con panies would aeil how Chicago and Detroit would
grow how the transit OF such multtudes would raise
tie long depressed railroad interest! | need not en-
large further the hrt is given, ami the vast results
are evident to any thinking msu. Here is Fog land s
real extremity and Iresnds long waited opportunity
Ihberria, with her pick and shovel, can ayenge the
grorgs Of Cromwell sword aid brand, and the grudgs
Of centuries can be paid on the iSthmus Of DsIien.
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