, 1869-05-14
Reflections on the Golden Spike.
I Talk on the Alabama CIaims.
Mount Vernon For Sale.

with like zeal Ard euthuataam. In the
pestuogg1ng lawJers, who lie 1eechea at the so7-
eminent subsidy, most not hear the Arguments
Of empire and OF humao faith which rang between
the se4s suhd1ed ali local Jealousy and opposition,
and wtll be heard By posttrity the more earnest
and tesonAus. Around all hugh designs some envy.
sinopy or intrigue cFeepa. When the new
earth was nade there Was celebrated Intrigue ln
Pandenoninm 10 be t'Iet in. I" as AE. Printer saia
to Mr. Stanton, q "they would bust It." Milton
giyes the conY e1saston Of tnas ancient ring" In
sa11cxhat more elegant terms:
"Here, pezAsps,
Some advantageous acz Msy BE- achieved
UF sudden onset either VKh helE-fre
IL y oul orn Cd ds1e C. Tsse aven
The puny haiasauts; OF, z ~ dtlvc,
Seluee them 10 onr party"
rHK GOLDEN srIK
The ratsway, at any sa1e, is doDe. The golden
spike is driven. The continent mpaled upon
taose ues, nailed with that gosden toten.
submitting to that pain, Il delivered up
to mankind. Gentle and Low are
Tree to uaEerse It Between the Old aod New
Testamenta Of Asia md Europe, it u the waJ and
the Life. Il so!yes ten thousand problems and
makes much of the history Of dlmculty and sacrt-
ice no longer possible Magellan need 60 20
longer round the Southern Cape, nor Franklin
tempt the passage Of the Northwest Rsboay
road ac1oss the isthmns, revived In our time, Is
parallel Of Light and motion traverses the temper
ate Zone Cpon this narrow tsnd concentrated
the commerce that wAs didused over bounllesa
seaA To Us u the East this railway Is
Of less moment than to thst little mllI-
lon Of people who live along the Pacific
coast, and call US "the Old Fnlka At
Hune." To somebody We are Oil. To the Pa
cttc coas1 re arc Europe. That is queeser than
the ral1road-tnst We can he called By HzW-
thorue1 tile Of "Out Old Home" Tet ncrpss
the ferry, At the other end Of the eosd, live vast
people 10 whom Moses aud Joshua were young
Americans,
The railroad u up to this tine the g1c1test
achiey emcut of tta kind, but II has demonstrated
no new thing and therefore mankind Is not excited
about Il \ railroad can be carried anywhere on
the sond ground; u through The ,oi1shawkt1g s6y-
agea certainly through any tribes which Asts con-
fains, and therefore 1t Is to be apprehended that
before manJ 5eaga there will be railway con1mu-
nleation between Russ,a and Conslantnople OF
Alexandra and China. The same old questions In
every event viii cone up Of cheap transits breaking
bulk, compensa11ye fretghis etc, Who can here
after solve the great question of transmitting the
caIload to the snip4oad, and rfse rr7ao. That Is
the uext problem. aud the solution Of II ltes Ia
higher co1trtFaneea ihsn rpads, eleyators
or craues. How to make ship take TO itself
wheels-is that possible: remember in the old
days 10 have seen haryes dying oyer the
Allegheny Mountains. The c1ualboat hoate<l
upon truck, and the iruck Hent up the mountain
grades earring mules, Shippers, and all the mod
ern Improvements People who live op rhe Pacific
tel nc that the surface Of tho ksuae Il Ike an Ant
mated duck pond much at the time. Now, thef
are building shIps IN Watcr-lghk Compartments
How may It do to raise the compartments, bodily,
allied with cargo, and dstribute than to trunks
Take ship to pieces and make u t1aIu Of It un-
couple t4nin, TIE puzzle IN blocks, and ratse
| n m
locomotive to marine engine, and driving Wheels
TO padd5e Wheels! Then An engineer w!u be
human PterpdacsJl and be ashor4 OF anoas IS be
Is required, scarcely moving the difference I've
tween the eIeMent4.
All this ls merely fancttn, and the immediate
question Ii the neT railroad By the time you get
thls letter the Last spike will be dttyen. Though
OF gold, It WIS the cheapest spike ever drtyen by
California And here IN the East, there was 1lstle
rejoicing oref the completed road, because much
OF she East b fully grown and has ceased to oe
san9uiue. New York L. the oulJ city on the At
sahs'e slope *heFe thezr Is Eeaaiy strong, deter
mined and nnan1aous public Jealousy: the rest Of
the cities on this coast are accomplished and ex-
pect to grow from within, not by adhesion from
without. The Capital ctty expressed BY no sound,
nor gay bunting nor movement on the highways
any consciousness that the golden spike WIZ
driven To the Washngtontan the rhyme OF Peter
Bell we'll applied:
"a primrose on the rtyers hrtm
Yellow primrose waa 70 him,
And It WAS Nothing uore."
r5se & tbs ssa ws II m:as s e fsssss s
when The Erie Railroad ~as opened and the god
Ike Daniel rolled his sounruus cotnlnouplaCes.
Where q Dunkirk. Where Ia the E.1e Railroad
WITH one terminus IN q Fenlan Head Centre, and
auotheE In FtBkN Opera House, the paneRJnc
said over the birth Of the Erie Railroad IS terrible
rehuke to rs mans estate. like tho festivities
II the birth Of LOFTS XFL Of France, and bltte.1y
revived By hia fnmhy In pr!son,-such Is the assn-
csasion Of the Erie RaiFoada beginning IN the
minds Of its stockholders- The county Is nj thta
time 30 QbIqultously engaged In public works. c1-
pefamenttng to Bee which shoulder cAu best cAs7y
the national debt and otherNtso staggered
% nnaulfestly hefofs the tremendous dnemmas
OF its destiny thzt 1t sees the Pacific Road COM
pieted "a = daily l4borer seea the sun 10 down
upon The planning Of the last rar1ow Of grain, md
turns Into bed 10 dream Of to-moruW1 rcsponsi-
hnfeeA In the White Honte General Grant rc-
ce4Fed several visits Of eougr7tuiaNun, that during
his administration the oceans soIned h1ntis, their
coasts boted together 1t Last took up book to-
day-ti was George TuckerA HstorJ Of the United
ssa1es-and there found wha1 VIA the great
public work and the government subsidy forty
four years ago. ain 1885" says Tucker, tsa
scheme had been some time agltAted Of connect.
log the Delaware and Chesapeake Rays By 4 canal
through the State Of Delaware large enough for
the passing Of vessels OF considerable burden;
and On the question Of Approprtattax money BY
the United States In ad OF sts execution II escoun-
tered strenuous opposition The appropriation
was carried oJ ll3 votes to IL"
This was the great event Of theSe dayA now
Ike EatserIs penny seemed that s1bsldy to the
mighty Eunin credit and land re have given tho
Pscine Ra1lNaF. That the government may not
prove to be insulted IN tts generosity let II take
care 10 watch veil its tnteEests In the grand 7atl
~ay, and TIL they are proved good asainss rings
| and blAcs.nalers, to ttrtye the golden spike
against further pttlautnropttA
While good many people hive asked, "What
viii Europe say 10 the speech Of Mr. Sumner - /
! think the more incisiye question to be, NhAt
| viii Europe do now that the Pact1c Railway u
! opened befofr the saez Ca1al Shall It be steam
fet7J or an international canal boat company p
And On this sesy question OF tho Alabama claims,
| have little authority to give.
| AJAX OK TER srxNxk AflAANA CtA1xa.
| had u CONVERSATION last evening with u dlst1o-
guished publc man, Oh the At4harna matter !, ts
| always unpleasant to aak people perni8siou to
| PRINT conversations, and yet very often, truth
comes more pitnIy IN this manner. The lew sen
tences which communicate to you Of this talk.
therefore, are sent II ur own discretion. without
| the name Of my tntcrtoeutoE.
"WM yeu please tel ne whether the Abrams
Treaty was rutected on account Of NJ. Sumner
| sFeech1''
II think not" he said "Tne position OF sena~
tor Sumner thInf 70 be eIt1avzksnt and uuteus-
bic. Hts demands have made the whole Britlsn
| people unit Bright and the extreme Repuhl.-
eans arc among the foremost to ssJ shss they
| not subscribe TO Bpch teElnA. Ar. Sumner bases
his main opposition upon tbs Neutrality psocsatoa-
don Of nay and We must ba certain that this b the
| objective point Of the matter before We 70 for
| ward
II thIak," said I. "taas ne ,ase also sssued