, 1869-06-15

ton In this matter. Il. ". s. CLErEL1xp.
11o Madison kteet, Jpuc II.
JUDGE BREEsE AND THOMAS H.
BENT0N.
Tho Pacific Railway AKntns
Gter1e Enarp, Editor Ai&sour4 Rspub1an:
In your paper OF receut date, "A editorial On |
he caupst1on OF The Pacific Railway wa pot.
l,sned, to which sny attention has been called
within day or two Since
Yop say tnqt moro than twenty Je3ra ago, st. /
Louis, foreseetnE tho great advantase OF rNt
route to the Pacldc, began 70 move With Vt.W |
to It's accomplishment The convention Of lsss,
tn .orr city, at which Judge Douglas Of this State
presided, Is spoken Of. And the address Of Ar |
Allen to the people Of the United s,stes. urging
cooperation ia this work, is put forward ~ hay
ing aecaded influence upop Congres, N taking |
action On the matter. And, finally, Jou Insist that
these movements Eere tho rcA ottG1n "o1 tho
great continental railway ente1lrtse"
It's not Necessary TO Say anything thai can POS
ebly defract from it, value or reputation Of the
efforts mads BY any Of the greas men assoctated
with The hstosy Ct The work. That hlstotT VII
sooner or latcr tnexorahly record and certainly
.deutty the spk Of every actor according to ths
pass he acted.
But why shooil the men Of tho same gtne11-
utn-to which viii be accredited the orastn aad
Accomplishment Of the greatest achievement OF
the if1ae-stultify themselves In talking Of noW7
Why ehoEld come Names be TsnseHosTri aud
o;he,s fcrvots.u, while there Is 20 much glory to
le anared BY ALL It Is anreiy not to b over
looked, that three {ears before the convention Of
1879, and before that eloquent addte@ Of Nj.
Allen, that the United statea Senate nad made the
real initial movement Of which the ST. Louis move
ment was the most intelligent au11lla1J rs we'll as
sequel That convention Of 1919 MS the re-
xpopse OF the American people TO tina Federal
Senate
In July, 1c.6, Hon. Sidney BrceEe Chairman Of
the Committee on Public IAnds, to whom had been
referred the petition Of ASS whitney aud Others,
together with the plan Of Nj, Whitney to bald the
Pacific Railway, made IN elaborate, able and e1-
haussive repolt In fAvoE Of sach WORT.
On that eomn1.ttee wesr, be:aAe NJ. Breeze. ths
Chairman, Nesst.. speight, Of Mississippi; Wood
bridge, Of Michigan; Ashley, Of Arfausa4; and
Governor Morehcad, Of Kentucky.
The report a4 IT was published Will be found In
sp, ., paxe 80, ot Senate Documents Of the uzzt
session Of the Tweuty-n,u Congress, and bill
accompanied the report The committee DID not
| adopt tho plan Of Mr. Whitney, and tho project
Of such work On suy pla0 seemed then NO In
practicable that the report opens with e1plana-
tions Of an apotogct!c natute anticipating the
natural surprise Of tho public mind that 70 9fars
i ~
should bcsto1 80 much >t1ue upon 10 utoplan
| scheme.
| Ar- Editor, Jou Ill 1os be surprised At NJ. Al.
1ensas-you tay OF tncm-"p prophetic statementa
| aud the future importance and necessity Of the
road 10 the Pac'fc, when yoa read this report II
Is not too much, and 1t - No exaggerauon now ia
say Of 1t, that nj . public document It IL one 0,
the most extraordlnnry Microscopes - Of the fu
tu1e national ttre ever verified BY the actual hap
hate n
! prophet or statesman 1t Is not only remarkable
for Ita predictions, but also for the argument Il
favor Of the undertaking. The constitutional dit
nculties arc examined, the tf1rultits Of route Al
| overcome on the satne nno which hi
! subsequent explorations mzde hAve demon
sta:ed to Be the moro eligible for u tEBt t1ack
| The influence 1pon our tetrltctY, our poutica
unon our industries Of nj kinds and the arts snt
sciences, Is calculated: and to sum up nj, th'
track Of our commerce rev e1ssnz Ill tho ttnea @
trnfl1c hitherto establlahed On the globe, from eaa
to west, and bringing Europe to seek her easter
markets and subject peoples In 1ndis oEer IN
aupas the great Western Hemisphere.
The history and populations Of ChtnA, Of Japsr
OF Austlal!a, Of Boruco, Java and the British IT
dies, With their aggregate md separate values /
! the commerce OF mankind, arc Ill traced ~
and the adj yau,agcs Of ths route explored In orde
| 10 dcmonst,oie N hat now would be peedtcas) It
tuealculahle ndsantuges to the American nst!on.
NoT. It Is scnexh1t singular commentary
III this that While the great Senator OF Nlssoa'
| should have = Etalue erected In St Louis 70 u
honor With face turned and 11ger pointing We6
ward, aud tnas thereon should be tusc1ioed ID
:. sqnltcan. worls There Il the East-that Is 10
: | rad TO 1ndta," and a town also Oh that roa
i | Gnou1d bear bis name-"r Denton that Asa VIII
pey md Sidney Byrese are almost forgotten
Is the more singular, hecauec Erlted states Sen
i tor Benton On the coming In Of the report, q
4 nouneed the whole project: fes. he denounc'
=. the whole thing IN thc most unqualified tesr.A
o Tnomas Il. Benton only could Ienounec ansthln
: and he hoped tho report would not De prn1e'
f1s speeches, containing the points Of bis oa}e
!. tions, mn Of sa.casm ana 7Id!eule, may noW be
fcred to In the Con9rts<foal Gtehe ct FI1t seat
i. Twenty -nit.n Congress, 1s4s, On coming In of
= Brcesc report. The motive Of the oppoelton u
n be conceived, perhaps, as asts!ug from tae II
\, that hts routc to the Pacific then, 1s well n uo
~ his decease, made St Loun he great cenuA
!. t3al point. At the time Of ihls report ne AdFoca
. ed n the only practicable route to the Pacific,
- = Missouri Rtrtr up to the head Of navigation. tn
ny macsdautzed road to the nAstsab1t wxters
:. the Coiumbia River, and thence to tnt Ses-
- win be recortcted however, that In 1s46 We
m not own California ....
Ny only OBJECT IN writing this iesser will he
:, sweSed III can only draw your attention 70
. facts n they stand authenticated In the arcnt'
& ! VI
- self VIII mo-, I an su7c, refnse TO : neighbour
II STATE that Justice 10 which one Of her great
puhlic men NAY be entitled, for whatcver Of a
In Jty, and wisdom, and s:aiesuaansaip hh my u
contributed TO accomplish the WORK which yoa
IT, eloQutntiJ eu1oEiIe.
nj Among tie ga..xy Of hfi''lsut nsue7. sd
= records Of the htghest e1tdences OF pat1iotts
81 wnca :ae report Of 1878 was nade tn the AM
~ | eaa Senate xnd 1t enrolled among III metnp
rurh men Is Veh1te1. Clay, Calhoun snd Bent
m It Is Det surrey too much 70 ak that when the
ctc Railway iS mentioned, that the name Of Sid
~. Breeze, Of mfnois, Is not 70 ba foFgotten-
Nv proposed b5 sone peeson& hero th1f the
nors Of 1915 ahau be pQr N pElot for ctrcalasi
IN The wozk tsstlg will perpet1ase and keep aiSe
rr. names OF Ogden, Of 1rutubu''. Of 1asss, And {
=, czz, con1,ecsed with lts recent e1ecudonL Its
IN ceptiou and drst Development wa the work Of
II. American Senate, Asa Whitney and sadufy Bfe
NJ illustrated By The esef memorable report n
~ from the Conmis.ee On Public Landa In 1874
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