, 1869-05-11

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Paet1e her doWrJ Of c0nmeree On that great sea.
Ts are tse only nation fronting which !. c;,l,
shores Of both the American continents, North
and South: 20 down the Asiatic ehore thas fronts
I'd sne eTa saeS 1aa sae III e ss os on 81
a.ss,,.s .as fssss ftssl?''''e9s " ntass said
the world. and The commerce Of those great na-
ons =! fTo6smnSi fss upon enriched ny he s1ae
enoysd Il o. safsd Il ,ts sdss5,,aa ss0n 'as' e'sf
rrueMber what Raleigh wrote Tong ago IN the
pess, and Wrote most u1tnfuny. thsf these who
command the sea command the trade Of the world.
and those WHO command the trade Of the world,
command ha rtchea OF the world, and thus CON-
mAnd tae world " !tselI. lGreat applanse1
NJ "a IN end yo5r q eo@e;.en S,ea se1. se1
ernor Boss, whom am proud TO call ny l1eud-
he and have slept together many lime With
lin hare spent nonn asf mouth On the l uaes ass.
ne. , u ne nowels Of re ean be remembers how
a The mystery OF climate that we 8aH before rs.
There, u thai strange compound, the tropical and
temperate rome seemingly united; the ou!e and
peach and cherry With nature, here IN her season
Of rest nnt there never resting, ever jabant ever
yKoEoHs EYER ever frncul!.n9; With Strawberries
every u1orth In the year, and with bootulng ont
door eardens from December TO Oocemoef-snis
Is the dowEJ Of climate that we receive to-day A
aau a1TSl ~ o4t !eLtato35. and 1ae famous
north Of ua, the eTnas grons su Winter.
But, 70 drop his metaphor, or perhaps TO con-
more more tsuabf Il lo ons aox se 1nsn e,ne
wealth, commerce or cl!mste. 1t Is the dowry o.!
national strength, in the consolidating and
[cheeIs.l When Governor Dross and l crossed
THESE 9,ooo miles on the stage coach. the Pacific
coast wns at that time far distant from US, almost
inaccessible Dy vur a.mies, by our munitions OF
war, and py orr supplies, sh4t Pacific coast,
proudly rs We boastei OF It's wealth, was the
Ash!lits i hesi ~ republic Nations g! ,he M old
aul every one who shares in the conduct OF ana!rs
At WASHINGTON knew night well that whenever We
u sps Ta sa4s asns ~
there would he tire nrst s-!oke .hat our enemy
wurld lnattt upon II. Thank Heaven. that day u
The complexion ,o-lay OF the great ro,a give,
10 Us the facilities By which in time Of emergency
SSot national pssil, we can send thousand: upon
If the dark dsys shal come again TO this !anl
when dislosal hands shsu stab Al the heart OF the
5spuss .ss ,oya, States q sas facias, unlike The
Ten thoEsands to rally round the insulted Dag.
tLoId cheers1
alnanss aaxut to aay win reverence the creator
Of thts vast interior, 80 Large portion Of which
Indeed, tie re-creaior-aa It spans ths continent,
with its 400 miles Of connectel rail- Bangor, IN
Maine, to San Francisco. in California, with unn-
tes.up1ed railroad communication, with rails on
niles per hour, with rs branch extending up to-
ward Oregon to Otovelle. IN Central California
II has already proven It's power - the annihlla-
tor OF the deserts Of the interior OF country.
At ene single stride It has pnshed back the Auert-
can desert, "a Is Vas called upon the maps Of our
sse as!s Of n1 ~ eoysooa Enrai WENT 70 1ndan 1a
some thlf7T years or more 1~o, that we were told
that no one could inhsnit The grand prAlrtes o.
llnot@ except aro,.fi'l ae borders OF the fores1
circles OF thai vast and host ill'mttable expan.e.
10 uEe now speaks Of 1::at unlnhab!tahle desert,
Whal more has that thirty years wrought: We
we're next told that Iowa. beson,l tho Mississippi
WAS, large portion Of It. unlnhahlt1hle; aud that
"a a, nj rs Ss s1 ps
t.sckiess plain, the real American desert. All
Who has set n Fhai We have seen, that wherever
or at least In nlne-tenths Of that vast exIiasss
E!a.nszwhcseveE water touches the soil
I the wonders Of Ala.dns lamp ven
| wrought, and fron, tic dcsola,ion has sprung
| Platte With q descent Of nye or SIX feet to the
/, mile, II would, with iHtGntinE canals, be very
S.le for II thas region = mafs { blossom = tas
desert use hundred miles further aud believe the
| time Will COME when 1t will neasurably disa p,
! pear. ...
do not wish 70 be considered an enthusiast,
| but having travelled over th1t land, AMI having
contemplated, IN ny taouRntfnl hours, the grand.
eustaas steme4t en- TO me 70 he he pron'se Of the
faithful to duty, to principle, 70 Justice and 10
| right, And thus win the approval OF Him who
holds the desttny Of the nat!on In thu hollow
| of hts hands i ttleyc we have scarcely ret
dreamed what our elimination nay I've And
believe that this remaining desert, Is Ii Is called
| Will soon almost entirely disappear, Astesian
wells II they are pracricabic ends and solves the
| entire question OF the American desert, Tor wheE
ever !ater has touched the soil of that re
the rich md the fat p1atries and bottoms Of oul
| own Atsstssippt Valler.
aSnT sboot ,h Tntne 81 81 tss G
| on which always eudearor to restrain my tongue
for would SPEAK that sober language that voult
have too large conceptions Of lie maruloccu
future for this country, but believe It's past hts
for. prosea thai this people are, iA this era, til.
regularly blessed people Of God, and that We an
Snit 10 staoa ~ rt&nh rsgErd!esS Or pEcluasee, o
@ nnsn!'IS ann ot nae hna Me saal e blessed a. q
,n Ana Isn great w Whsa y bond
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te n;nh xn2, aH svoa 70 youI r.
s,csion s T lapplsuse1. nA'e gwen 10 '' III ''S 'oo
wnstst th,s noaa : quite equal 70 ne IaNe shot'
soes a1a sarlrnsnts &c, railroads oa1 !esu!e!y
taes should e or rayeers Taen IL ru,
ia have thought th.t 4 Ftsthaps Is ma. bs % !n hi,
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