, 1879-07-29

1NTER.OCEANIC CANAL.
How It IL NeRnrl1cd in Frnnoe-Aatontah.
ncns Mt American Orposlttcn-f}e Lcs-
sepa' EntI,ustnsm-Ccrtatnty IT Success.
Cu,rtsponaenre Rt.o 1ork 7,,n<t.
pAnts, July 1l.-M. Do Lcsscps Inns worked
up patriotism IN favor Of M inter-oceanfc coH1-
municatton, via tho Panama 1sthmus, 80 c1ev-
crly tllnt when ho elects to onon the 1ubacsip-
t!on Hat tho necessary 75O 900 600 Of francawill
bn subscribed in tho course Of four and twenty
hours. 1f. Do Lcssops ID not ona to attempt
auythng which Ia anything else than Eonuiilc,
and until the feasibility OF this enterprise had
been demonstrated beyond tho possibility Of
doubt be held aloot from all participation.
OF co,irte, he expects to Enakc money, but fame
rather tlan greed tor gold Is bis Incentive. Tic
Is rich Hau 1so, a,d no tslerb financial consld-
Grafton would hayo tempted him thus. at tue
nuc OF u, to throw himself Into the vortex CT
mere speculation. Already 10 has cstab-
lshcd ono Communication which had bcan
prot,ouncod impossible b5 The great English
engineering authorities mid lo Wishes tllnt bis
Inst song Of tho swan sllall be connected with
the Gssatsst adeGkn e solnm IN o. os s
has eTer known. Perhaps some other limo tltan
tho one now selected might llavo been better;
but the Que which has been adopted united tN
majority Of tic votes Of q very. competent
body Of practical tncn; md, wllntever objcc-
tIo,is may bo urgcd by ita adyeraarirs, for whnt-
ever renaons, wo r,aY make up our minus thht
the Panama Ship CanatwiLl be, wlthin Ten years,
MI accomplished fact. N. Dc Lcsseps 10 co1i-
Is tower Of strength, the simple fact Of 'lts
connection With It will secure the ArChtmcdeau
lever Of tho Nineteenth Century, 1nonuy, with
out which nothing ts possible,
n. Do l.csscps ia astonishcd, and lnnst con.
iess thata good many olher people partaEc Of
his astonlshncnt, at the dsfhvOr With " hcll The
raiasna srhcma appears to b. viewed II tfo
United States. We were positively stupcfed
BY Geu. BnrEsldos motion III the United States
Senate. Why SHOULD tho opening Of II route
from which America bns everything to gaa b.
op,,uscd by Amorlcansl None OF us eau SEQ It,
for II eycr tliero was m undertaking interna-
tlonal in tie most extended meaning Of tho
term this ID tho ouc. it Is true that France Inns
Tint when the issue OF the stock siall bo made
about ten days hcncc-tha subseriutton will
be covered, aoyernl times oyer. by Fronch capt.
tal!ets. But It will 10 the fnult Of other nations
from first 10 last, nothing exclusively Fronrh
has ever been contemplated, and citizctis OF the
United Btatca can get tho command
oi ii. DC N,vhole business il ts,ey choose 70
the ground tint Il Is violation Of tic. Monroe
doctrine, America Tor the Americans, Is an nb-
surdity which our people. when they CONG to
think Hbout It seriously, cannot entertain. VIII
It not bo moro Intelligent to wniyo opposition to
what there Is no legal pretcxt for prercntng,
anl which is certain TO go through, whatever bo
the opposition OF members of the llotlso Of Rep
rcaentntiyes Or Of Interested fluanciers! Citi-
zetts Of the United States f1ny not consider the
enterprise Ms presenting sufficient guarantee for
tho Investment Of their caoItal at thu commence
mtnt, but what can prevent thcm going in aftcr
tic thing shall hnyo begun to paYf II. Do Les
cps's proposal That Gen. Grant himself should
bo the first Honorary President OF tho Company
ut which e Is lllo tnunagur IL sufficient to show
TINT There ls not tue shadow OF a reAson to sup-
poso that either NJ. Do 1.csseps or hts colleagues
hayo any wtsh to con!lno their operations by auy
considerations Of selfish eGottsn.
/: Tho contract WIS signed OH Saturday last on
behalf ct the new Company. Of which III. Do
!csseps Is President, rs nlso by dcu. lurr, the
President OF tl.o Company whose explorations
during thu last four years in Central America
haye resulted III the ch0t"n OF tho line now
adoptcd. Gcn. Tnrr had obtnIncd tho original
concession from the Colombian Government,
and this has been handed over for compara.
lively small Rnn,, only 1D,0000O0 franca, OF
which tll1 cash payment ia merely sufficient Il,
dofrny tho expenses Of surveys. olIlco rent, mo
printing of maps nnd documents, and other it,
cilental outlays, By for tho greater portion
being in shares Of The new Company. III short,
to the oytglual Subscribers, who arc aholit
WJsc, Rcclus, Ycrbuyshe, who hare given muuy
months Of patient labor to thu rcalfzatiol Of
their projects, Will onlT recaya very sAnll
proportion Of stock. NJ Dc Iesacps Is not dis
posed to b. my way extravagant, hut will con-
duet thIa enterprise On the sal,u economical
principles which,, during so tnany, ycars, have
proved 50 succcssful With the Canal or Hltez.
In The 4tl, July session OF tho Frouch Goo.
graphical Society, Of which havu tho honor Of
bel.g member, N. l.csscps entered Into lull
explanations With rcEcrence to ti,e Panama
Canal, whose construction hc will probnblY
faciIttnta by tho acquisition Of tl.c already or
tttinE Panatnn Hallway. AZ In the case Of Suex,
no Will ba personally responsible TO tho public
for the funds, which, to begin With, are cBt-
nlated 81 4D. Luz, ,0o lrancs; tlc caution money
OF .,0o0. .00o demanded by tho Venezuelan Gov
expenses Of tho cnnal arc, however. put down ut
75O, ,C00,000 francs. anil tho ttnlo neccs-
sary Tor tts completion ut eight years,
somewhat less thn,l had bedn originally aup.
poscd. llo considered that this difficulties In
tEla enterprise gro not so sur,otls US those en-
collrtercd In Africa, where The work WIS pruso-
cutcd through desert, without Gycu d drop OF
water with which to slako Tho thirst OF laborers,
nearly the direction Of tic contemplated ranai,
with important towns Bituat.d ut either OK
tretntty. A new exploring expedition 10 Panama
tho orAtor considered waasd Of time and
money. ~ atl TINT y necessary y already known,
appliances wAcraw1th to oYcfcnlne MI NOW ntNl
nn'ooke.l-for difficulties which may urnp Up
during thu work. Quita unlocked for, but
most Interesting, was hts '.aecount' ot tlIv
special Interest taken in tito ..quest!on Of
q ship canal botwcea tila Atlantic mud
lacias Oceans by tho lato Er-
pcrur NAPOLEON, WHO, wh!lc a prisoiitr ut ila,n,
dispatched MI otllcrr devoted 70 Tug Imperial
cause OF, IN exploring ,nsslun TO PnnaEIa, Tho
report Of this guntlotnan having becn fayorabla,
tic Prince addressed IL l0ttnE 10 lii Ministry,
promising TO rellnunce politics altogcillcr, Alit
dcyoto himself entirely TO this project, Ii ho
were released. This request, however, was rr-
fused; but. although tlla inturo Emperor soon
atterwar! nsade ILLS Escape, isls principal bIsl:
ness III London continued to lu tho piercing Of
tho tsthtntls, about which he contributed an cx-
laustvo article, In 1871, to thu itepus de- Dtuz
-lundex, llo was oVan on the cyo of hEs DEPART
ure Tor America, With u view to lie realization
Of bis during project, wlun tho revolution Of
1bis ant! h!s e'csllon to tlie National Assembly
changed alt hta plans, und tiis ts why, urged N.
Do Lpsseps, ths grand problem WAS not solved
i1fo mud twenty years ngu.
trust tl.at AtneE,cans will fully understand
what WIkn to IiAAt unQn tlQat sironxlY. Ihu