New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-20
Nffu Orleans 4ailp Crescent.
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MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY TO- 1860.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.

THE spAcyErrc R.npo.n
| we notce that Mr.. Fish, Of this city, has intro
duced IN the House resolution calling upon our
oeiegalioh IN congress to use their utmost exer-
.,oila alu ,'iuencs 70 secure the passage q lne
''Ana way p'i' iaeeiY Alluded 70 py US. ih'5 M
-. " coliiehdation, and y q ~
~ Aopse vna' NV iesoiunoh VIII De UNANIMOUSLY
auopleu s. ~ ~ legislature. ~ Is admitted on all
n"hus 'has ~ aoho Aairoad Is necessity q tne
s'iae ny II" he''ei regarded IN commeIciai'
Pon..oA. Z. i's,tsaiy poiaI Y view. IL Is #orh
r' ~ ..e ss0st apillcai sep a.ioi o. l VI
sne ~ sieat sepsioils ~ ouf nanonal territory
~ 80, - - ~ 'iops y i'ia'ii.ai'i pe'iia''o'i'
P Aoi n 4" ~ ~ sMo, uless some CLOSET
/ slan now now eAasss. =. .ne
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-. ~ r" ~ hia'.ers ol poicy aoou.
i ...s- - Soass ' y 81 PIooaphisy Mouio
| ar.e,-s wv ae'is oes States NOUN w
i 49,, 49, "naaesef asaihst as.aeA'
4 ia.'i'a'es ior transporting tfoops'
/ .' so'ia MY W 70 sos " oaihorma orm IN the oi
. 1S's 49, g lnohsils ai.er 1hey set oub 70
/ ~ p'a'aa ahu oeiore that tlhe she cues
n, ~ 500 .ouu ~ ~ ooniDaraed
-- WI w. "nu ''e J" ioie iano aio uhder tribute
Il g ~ iiom, leils can the federai 6oy-
" feeaii ehose states permanently,
uhiess II y py tie construction Of those means OF
rapla colnfhulcatlon ana 10 aetes for transporta--
aon INA. are heedeo % tle these two extremes Of
~ oon'insh. soge'hefs Ine Atlantcs discovered
noin ene aoiiic py mountain ranges and deserts.
\ nen pesire to nalllly these boundaries that mark
ous 's minus u inuepehdent NATIONS, they must
prhg the resources Of science and art TO the task
1 oi deieaihs nature. Ihe mountains must be
p,etou = iese.eu uo"n aiia the deserts must pc
spahhed py roaas thas Will dwarf their weary dis
uahces. III otner WORDS II TINS nation is to main
I'hs si's integrity q lerritory, It must bring its
aoiiio possessions III nearer cohhechon with the
East' ~ faliroads ana other highways we must
ao ehis, or MAKE up our minds TO an independent
hepupiic On tne racine. Al the elements are gra-
sitatig 70 that result now. Love Of eastern homes,
ana respect ana anectlon for the early traditions of
| .iie pssI' are powerfully combating against the
laws OF rade ana interest that tend towards sep
arate organization IN the far west. These suffice
| 10 make Inc Union dear above price, and to rem
Il i
lasteIni ana unpopular at this day in that region.
- L inus' hos " oVeriooheu that these sentl-
iiiei's oahhot eiuufe longer thah single genera
| uon "hen 'le cniiaren porn on the Pacihc grow
| y pe men, utey Will know no other country but
.nen oWh o'a'e, ahe nave no actlve aiiecfion for
dstaht parts q me Coniederacy, from which they
are separated by oceans, deserts and mountains.
lhelr hinds will pc ready 70 hear arguments ques-
4 in ftnV Vfasrv.
ahu determining upon such according to the pre-
pohuerahee q iacts ana reason. II IT shall be
aee as ~ surely Is now clearly TO the disadvantage
y siie faclhc states 60 remain IN the Union, they
WIN 20 oue; anu tnere Is no power IN the Govern
ineht that Is capable of preventing them. But if
'ne government would az once set Itself about the
TASK OF removing the distance that separates the
East lrom the west, and thus render intercourse
easy ana iamiilar, ana encourage the development
q ,htlnase business and social relations between
tue TWO seetons, in little while the interests and
ieeiihBs " potl would become identiied each
Woula oe, IN measure, dependent upon the other; I;
anu heitner could afford 70 harbor thought Of
separauoh. we conclude, then, that railroad to
the faclhc is a political necessity of our country
bat, even II the commencing of this work could
not be urged on such high national grounds, we
score of economy alone it should not be DELAYED.
It is calculated that the Government has paid an
| nually, for many years past, an average Of from
twelve to fifteen millions of dollars for the trans
portation OF troops stores and munitions to the IN
dian territories at the West, which expense could
be reduced at least twothirds if there was rail.
road. This expense has been incurred in time Of
peace, and il alone would more than pay the in.
terest OF six per cent. upon the entire cost of the
road from New Orleans to San Francisco. But lei
US suppose that war should break out between
the United States and England or France and then
| calculate the immense expense that our Govern
ment would be put to in trying -yainly in all proba.
bity-to defend the Pacific coast Sending an
| army of one hundred thousand men across the
plains with artillery, ammunition, horses stores,
forage and subsistence, would cost more than
building railroad and then these troops would
get there, perhaps too late and would be lost for
service on this side during the war. With rail
road they could be sent over in a fortnight at
comparatively little expense; and, if the exgencies
of the war demanded could be hurried back to the
defence of New York or New Orleans in ten days,
time. Thus, besides being a thousand times mere
efficient in defending the Pacific, the same army
would be in practical reach of the Atlantic and