The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-06-13

4ng-the-case. The great whirl OF wa
tiers, circliLg in a vast current through
that ocean, flows from the southwark,
and trending along the California,
Oregon, Washington Territory gnd the
British and Russian possessions, finds
Its way into the Polar sea through the
eastern shore of Behring's straits,
whilst II counter polar current flows
southwark with tho Pacific along the
western shore of these same straits.
The consequence is, on the American
side, fertility and miidness, correspond.
ing to a similar state of things on the
Norwegian coast, resulting from the
same natural and physical causes,
whilst on the Asiatic side Is all ice and
sterility. The effect OF this great
gulf stream" (f I'VE may so call it) Of.
tho Pacific, as there is no considerable
local obstruction to moulfy its influence
extends far into the interior, and rem
dcrs the country fruitful and mild, far
beyond anything that could have been
expected in 80 elevated a latitude, even
to the base OF tho great mountain
ranges. The face of the country is
covered with giant forests, and an al
must vernal verdure.
The British possessions, sandwitchod
between OAR old and newly acquirec
country, will not fail to fall into our
hands. And should Lower California
follow ,in1ts turn, weshaii have a mighty
empire on thePacifc, extending from
the Polar Sea to Caco St. Lucas, and
giving us the command Of tho Vermil-
lion sea, or GulfofCalifornia, the nat
ural outlet to the territory hitherto ac-
qui led from Mexico, through the Rio
Colorado and Rio ella.
The possession of the Gulf of Califor,
ria is, in itself, nc mean acquisition,
atiording as it does on the Pacific the
only sea entirely safe as q rendezvous
for large and formidable %navies, with
an outlet sufficiently commodious for
fleets emerging In order of battle. The
Bay of San Francisco has, perhaps, too
contracted and dangerous an outlet,
and would not admit Of any considera-
bic number Of ships %debouchlng at one
time. The Gulf Of California would
become 10 the American Pacific what
the Baltic is to Russia, and a system Of
Notifications on Cape st. Lucas, IN cen.
nectIon with q feet ofiron clads, would
completely command the whole Of the
gulf. Here could our navies ride in
security to reft and victual or water,
and when necessity arose come forth
in line OF battle, throwing the cole.
brated advance of the Spanish armada
far IN the shade.
Tho essential elements of strength,
acquired on the Pacific coast by such
a unity of possession, cannot be over.
estimated. Secure in the strong posi-
tiou of the Gulfof California at the
south, giving an extensive water-base
OF military operations on the western
flank Of Mexico, with the Polar sea as
nm eternal barrier on the north, with
strong Qualifications on Juadra and
Eancouver's Island Off the coast, we
may safely assume that our position
on the Pacific would be impregnablC
and tho command oftho ocean secured
III connection with tho influence o
the great oceanic currents, we may al.
so call attention .othe equat
orial atmosphere currents of warn
and moist air. Descending to the eartl
about the region of Oregon and Wash
ington, they afford abundant rains, fer
tllizing the land even east OF the Rocky
Mountains, and giving rise TO the Mis-
, Sour! and other great rivers whose wa
ters flow into the Cult Of Mexico. Ii
, consequence of tho bend in the coas
Of Russian America, these southwes
wluds strske the country fairly, ant
= the vast amount Of vapor with whicl
, they are charged being condensed en-.
: wolves q corresponding amount Of cal
+ oric, which heats the air and moder
| atcs the temperature Of the climate.
When we take into consideration til
, warning thrown out yeors ago by Pro
{ lessor Henry, ofIhc Smithsonian Inst
- tute that the agricultural portion c
country between the Allcganies an
Rocky mountains had at that time
j hecn nearly all taken up, the remain
der being desert and barren. the i'm
5 portanco Of the purchase of this vas
T. agricultural tract Of country cannc
fail to become Approximation
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