, 1869-05-27
JUDGE BREESE AND THE PACI-
FIC RAILWAY.
Illinois Entitled to the First Place In
Securing lta Consideration In Cons


Illinois Entitled to the First Plncc In
Securing lta Confederation In Cons
Erekx~
To the Editor Of 1A CAseaao Tribune:
Amidst Ill the re4o.cings to which the event Of
the completion Of The ereat Pacific Railroad n1s
70 justly given rise, ~ veil IN Chicago ~ else
where, nothing has 70 much surprised NE "a
either the ignorance or d<@n which haA 20 totally
ignored the mention Of Illinois Is being entitled to
the first place among the Bsates that originated
the design and promoted the pracueablnty Of The
greet work accomplished.
It mar be ver1 natural to expect Of New
Tork and Of Missouri that 1aey viii now
put forxafd "a Hkit1ry and Thuusss II. B<ntJa-
the-one rs haring mssle the nrst public movement
In favor Of the work, IN tS&1, while the other in-
rroduced the frat bill INTO Congress II 15ls, OK IL
But Why shall Illinois lie silent IN putting forward
her claims for 1rst having taken up the Whitney
project and reducing It u such shape and proper
tons Al nxed is ulnmate completion a. = great
rea.tzabac, fasuze Practicable tact, In ths Amert-
can public mind .
Yet, even Mr. Ogden has forgotten the report
from the Senate Committee On Public Lands Ia
July, 1s4s, to whom the memorial Of Aaa Whitney
had been zeferreI- He speaks Of Colonel Thomas
II. Benton introducing The nEst bill for national
highway 70 the Pacific In lsss, This bill he omtts
to state, however, was based upon, anil followed
natural sequence, the able aud exhaustive exam
inntton made IN the report, which uas
submitted by tho Committee on Public Lands
| two Jeara previously. Neither sne project o!
| Whitney por the bill Of Senator Benton eyer
however, became tawA
Whitncy proposed to r1Iu h!s road across Il the
Columhis Eyer from Prairie dn CHEN, on the Mis-
eiskppt River; wh1lc the bill OF the grca, Missouri
Senator held the city OF St Louis always as tae
starting point Or terminus Of this road
The Hon. Sidney Hreesc tnow Chief Justice nf
the state,, then the Chairman Of the committee
who made the Senate report, with thar saSaelty
Of tue craftsmanship which distinguished h.s
career ns Senator from the State, held TO cheaso
as the point on Lake Michigan where all the con-
Itlons Of the tnzl success Of tho project were TO
| be found.
It will be found interesting matter 10 read now
the reasons urged In that report, made . .cars
I ago. when Our 5oung city only boosted popnis-
| ton Of i, 900 p<rsons,-why poul on Lake Mich
| tgAn tnstead Of the 4ississipp! or the Missouri
| should be selected for the termination or Initial
| point Of the soaA Let uae quote few Sentences
I Of State document then regarded among the
Aasaus Of the East u the me1est Western ~ ban-
kun, " but now eaained for Their /" "eetrs'' - the
! greatest Of State prothacies;
..sss II Fl. :S< SssSs ss %ss sss
Ind :" ..1 .!n FIJI s for e,a sse prss 1ss,
e.son = e.nai md .sss ~hh here Tie
Atsste esskr ih.n al 4, atis1 peia Bce.sae ~ II IL i
e its M
l. Z, rsrr @ md ssssef Opportunity for fslr cos'i.
ss}5t'fs wss's .:s ';:.s ,h.s sss Ec:.pa
81 s;,1 70 Ii ,St a:,sa
Ill river i've nc LIZ Mie hieans '''' 81 "'"se"
ST. ;s;sIs :ss T.,
~ + ssa!4s.a ;Ra :a5 - s;nsH WI ~
ss r. 9. as a y u "a sF
ra..rnstr., but ii 1t mereh9nai4o and y
u ssa ssDs ~
gh. md hew Fo4E, nd 10 .he s-ae e,s.t Ii tho
aaS 1'' as s1s nd :" Ch. r.
scuf q =. I'd &c @ @ u ssGe Z
So ~; # Fl sss
II seems hardly possible that the Cnlted States
Senator who thus ptorheacsllS sketcheda s4srand
ce1,re,' or which Was to be brought together Ii
| four days Ill the extremes OF our yasE country
and In thirty dsJJ the very extremes Of our nn,.
we're, Is yet living among ns In robust health: and
tnat he il not now, nor was he ever, = citizen al
Chicago doubt u, n the time, he had seen the
"lnltan vilisge" more than three times Ia bis LIE
lie had, undoubtedly. great hopcA OF the 1lliaols
4 Michigan Canal doing something At this end Of
the state toward building up hero cnmr,erce nj
vast proportions; but doute even II he realized
In Chicago that grand centre which, as 1galns,
the Senator Of Missouri, he insisted should BE-, and
| would necessarily be. On Lste Mmntoap ins,t,.y
Of the Mt.,1.stnni.
! The nr.t ryrir cr aor- 10 to .ue,s oy .ht, ,-n,
/ Ts,rnr Ro.d rotr,nrtse haa nrn.1uc.d .n.t-
fh,, r-a,tcts1 =, IN ~. "a rv,na ~.,-,. :, .-.-
all the great lines Of rpad. 1t the time Of writing
this rrI.,rt under war haze unted nr rs,,,,e t,
a..h.r Tbsx r,r. nrod,cad ~. Cht.s,-s ~. 80 ~
| se'"eI' 'neJ na'e pfooaeeo tue sMea&o OF Sen
| no.r1s,. in N. rant.tv uph -htch or+ ~.,,,..,
~ ss '"ss h.a " .s.o s' ssn s neopo
v.t,ae.Ad i, th- ~. ~ enn,-a =. ~
the stobe-
| w. ~ NV" = " 'us no"aetb ~ * Ee1a'4eu
! rom the cnnpletton q the road, maa ahonlt
! read the leporf. It Is document ol t,sy-unf
paeeA II contains III the statistics
and the industries OF the provinces OF China pi
! nr...sh India nf Jenan of polxnAu4, ~ . ,.o.,
- 49, ~ - -r-s, y. ~ "osu
cnllA1ea the entire hstoTJ, soeal and tn1usts11
Of eight hundred nllfous Of people
This second cycle or age Of the ENTERPRISE, fol
lowing The opeo!nR OF tho road. Il tn nn1,ct.d
will realize create. wonders for our ns,lon III 4.
any n hsch hare evef attended the p5uvres. a
empire. hare NOT The time to esen sketch 1t /:
this article
| The report Shows that amonx the yass pop1la
lions then covering Ch1nA, Lndlz, DC, thas the
| xsrr thr., t.ttng ofr lead AMI rnn,.r INV .,r+,,
| --.-H . ..A - - - S.1FI' w ~"'+''
We coulo seao 70 soem aho's 't tne iohe tosa1