The national Republican., 1867-12-27
THE UNION PACIFIC RAIInoAD.

THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Men have achieved Immortality In the world
OF letters by a single, and what might at the nrst
blush appear TO be q simple utterance. In illus-
trstion Of this declaration, we have only to
allude to Q single epigrammatic line from the pen
Of Bishop Berkeley
westward the star Of Empire takes Its way"
But this prophetic uttersnce was given to the
world long before the days Of railroads; and the
good Bishop could not have had In his mind any
such contemplated enterprise as the Union Pa
clae railroad. II may be . question whether
the people Of this country have come in any
considerable numbers TO consider this vast enter
prise from its conception, progress, and Anal
consummation, as the mlghticst undertaking
OF modern times, and We much doubt whether
there has ever been commenced an enterprise
more magnificent In conception, more herculean
In labor, or one that promised such grand results
to the nation and the world. Over ave hundred
miles Of this Toad Is now completed, and the
steam-whistie 10 now heard amid the fastnesses
Of the Rocky mountains. We are just In receipt
OF a letter from . son Of ours who resides at
Cheyenne, the present terminus Of this road. He
gives US some account OF the rapid progress
which Is being made with this great work. Its
progress toward completion, considering the
obstacles which intervene, 10 one Of the msrvels
OF the nineteenth century. The achievements
already made over mountains Of dificulties, give
assurances that this grand enterprise will be
carried forward to Its complete and perfect end,
and that what was began In faith, carried for
ward with mighty energy, will at no distant day
be consummated In perfect triumph.
Ten thousand Chinsmen, directed by compe-
tent and experienced engineers, are now making
the crooked places straight and the rough places
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MIA are yielding to the mighty and perpetual
blows of these staiwart children of the East. and
the towering peaks must fall before the force
Of modern engineering, and the deep gorges Of
the everlasting hills must be Allied up, and there
must be a highway for the nations, over which
not only shall the people Of q continent travel,
but all the inhabitants OF the earth, even from
the rising to the setting sun, shall go up and
down on II, and "Hole ir the Day" "Crying
Wolf" Dancing Grizziy," "Jump-oif-a-log,
"spottcd Tail,n "white MAn Kuler," and all
their savage race shall not have power to pre-.
vent 1t. The tide OF an enlightened civilization
shall now on, and II shall not be In the power OF
the red race nor OF savage beasts or more savage
men to stop Its progress.
Let US look for q moment at the manner In
which this Union Pacific railway 10 being con.
structed, and take glance at the means which
Its projectors and builders have at their com.
mand. This railroad 10 progressing to Its com.
pletion under the supervision Of Eve directors
appointed by the United States Government, and
these gentlemen have the authority to inspect
all the affairs Of the company. When q sectiss
oftwenty miles is completed II 10 thoroughly In.
spected, and when pronounced perfectly built
and completely equipped the Government bonds
to the extent provided by enactment are issued,
but not before. The company also issues its own
hrst mortgage bonds at the same time. Thus II
will be seen that its securities may be set down
As possessing all those requisites which belong
to hrst class guarantees.
We can doubt no longer, but must accept the
true state Of the case, The Atlantic and the Pa
cihc slopes must soon join hands the East ant
the West must come together. The universe
Yankee nation has decreed II, and It must be. Ii
1870 we will be able to take our breakfast Il
New York on Monday morning and our sappe
in San Francisco on Saturday night OF the sam
week.
''The world moves"
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seen in another column.
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