, 1879-07-19
THE DAnIEN CANAL.



Construction.
Ia tbs Editor Of TAt 7-rt1tne
FAINnuRr, ILL.,, July 1S.-lfowever much VIC
mar he invited to view nrd ndfnire the erCc1-
lcnce Of flnEncal theories ntil systen,s, und tho
manipulation ot notes, bonds, ctc., ai rcahon
nlsi experience tcurll that VIC need tie best
utilization Of tic actual resources u our coun-
trs provided by Creative Wisdom {ani to be
developed by Intelligent ctIort) tlat Is obtain
ubIc.
II is This knowledge that makes the subject Of
navigation u: tlis time one VI extraordinary tn-
tercst u thinking mctl. aud invites Liz br.t ef
lorts of Intelligent patriotism. Tie subject Is
great o,lc, itdrell, and tntrrlorkel from tic
dawn Of history with the laborh Ut tnanktnd,
u,ul 1rc t1nl on this planet no INSTANCE of my
nation or peuolo nrrlylnE At IL Iigh degree Ut
prosperity, intelligence, liberty, power, wealth,
Md advancement without all tts varied a!ds 4ni
benefits.
Peculiarly Is this illustrated in tho history of
the hutnuu race around the Afcdlterrnueat, III
a1Adrnt Egypt, Greece, Italy, Casthugr, Tyre,
Rome B5zautuEu, Venice, n1d In all th,,sc-
splendid countries nraund that great basin fto'n
Gibraltar to tho Eurine, aud throughout the
whole perivd IRON the .lawu of history to the
present hour.
Akkt AlU&S uehtAGAt - POoe'U'%3 % +Ato "h~' -
passed the pillars Of Hercules uud Lcca,l to be
developed io the north Of Europe-iu Frallcc,
England, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, 1,A land,
Germany, antl Russia.
As nf old So!ouIon coE,l not build the racrcd
nI..l splendid temple without tllr af of nav!ga-
ton. su nowhere in uncfcnt Or modern times hn5
the temple Of human liberty nINt n high dtErcc
Hf human w,tl intellectual ndvanceinent cenit,s,
independence, und power bren buslded Without
It..
And rs power, Eenius, liberty. md ctr!llka-
ton L4ye been iNterugkeu with II, ~. tou. from
the first, nini inevitably, have the wide aiyuuce
Of CAristlanitY mid the sprcad OF civilization.
And moi since thc discovery of America by
Columbus has there bccn II tii: wheiI iiic vel.
turu and advancement VI tnnnli1ld lnorc nret1eh
an advance IN navigation than l,,w anll GLpcc1A.-
" an advuner IN w,lat Wa%hn4totj rcfcrA to as
't.t.c general mass of navigation" " vi thesu
United States.
great click of ths world. n1rked by ttlc i!ngur
0t God France. alter d eantury OF herotc baeri-
fees for liberty unt humanity. wholly ub-
parallclol on ah!i rarth.-havns .,s,uurd tlle
ercat Eastern gateway OF tic worlds navlga-
tfot n, Suezt-coInes torwart! nuw to open the
great Hcst.rn gateway ut Dartcn.
tirute[nly AMI lovingly let us receive her. n1ll
Nicely, lnithful1y, nin efficiently a'd her IN hc'r-
lug nli.
And Let Il he ours tu crown her b1ows with
the laurel wreath 50 nOby H0n; HI c!Iurlishly,
basely atnl trearllcroikeY Withheld bs tint leud-
nl.in wlI0so root Is ruhtry asms fulse Erutc'Ise,
n,u which. liavE crossed thc oveuu. has Ennrd
q lo1Etncut hers, nlHl taYors. i1 lic American
press, Imperialism In Francc, wi,ilu falsuiy
Haunting: thu M0Nr0o doctrine flcrc, III order TO
ptustrntc aild hinder thu Durlcn Cu.ul, aEa the
advance Of our eountry'a welfare, navigation,
commerce, AMI wealth which will result IRON It:
Gen. burnside nar inralI vol, and 1uav htIi-
self bo hunest md patriotic. but honest aud
patriotic sncn ars often wrong. anl ure ottu1
iwIthult knowing it) tn: mere Instruments Of
external inllurncc. In frustrAtin. the intasutes
tl!At would adynncR our counlrY's Interests.
And 1t Is difficult to understand how 1n Ancsi'
call statcslnn faithful to hts country ln orests,
cut opposo tho DartcN Canal. -.-
Fur, by uicn1Is Of It VIZ can snVc over 10000
niles dlstaiiee III transpottatlotl ffuHl nur AT
luntic aid uuif ports tn tl.t pounous countries
to our own pucllc coast. In o.lsrr words, with
1hu Durlrl, Caua' VIC tan trAue With tlGht hun
dred millions Of people, ~ far better tertsls fnr
them mud lor Us than lavu cycr yct lrcn iMsalbte,
tho overland railroads will enabls US IT, oxtunI
our trat,e slightly Without Tho canal. hut this
extension would nn'y apply to valuable artielcs
vi snail butk md weight. II would DO wildly
absurd 10 ustgmpt thus lhu movement OF rt,cnp
a,ut hulky articles, rs IL tue we'll kuown n1H! uiI-
s!rcy Ton Obvious fur any arGumcnt Or dtacHs.
alou.
And as to the Monfoo DOCTRINE requiring: US
to hinder alnl opposc rntl,er thau aiu the eaaae,
1t IL III argument altogether hAsclcss 9l,Ii
without niIy solid foundation whRtcrer. For
tho Mu,,1oe dnetrEnr WIS deslgue,l tu opt,t,se
tue sprcnd Vi European nlona1cl'cs nm thls Coll
tnent. u, frsnro u. a1'd tloul'slcss viii eu'l.
tnuu 10 bo, q laepuhIl:, Hut cven II y were
o,lrrwlsr. thu doclrna would not up!lyt for
she requires no territory. ntNl tho eunFI Will lM
tho property Of enlnpahy rcpreacntltE nlt
nati0!Is A,ui I'LL forms Of go.erntlgnt,-nrohah'y
ttlIrs ns a,Acl. Or more thai' any n'her. AND uo
pUnpuny will be II canal company onY, aud Will
nut urtIllirQ &rrrltufy nttl 1oniiu1Oil llkn thu
l'r!l!zf. East Indsa co'npany. ,.o,, .
canul To grcat .legrcc, an.! ~ cunuun with us.
but thr henvAls Will bo worla-wIdr. alNl Will lic
condurlyu In h,plu teErec to u'e welfare uud
real a4lvaneeIncutof all nations and pcoples. -,
bs W 10 Us Of III uuitci States particularly, All
NORTH. South, mud Cenral A!ncritss WIZ quickly
feel tic friendly and esn!al bcuctlts, untasnsed
with iiIlbustpr!bg. ..----
mcrcu III tic basis at ucsrc, mutual benefits,
and tustlCe, And X 80, yood-Wtlt ,uul frtcnt-
shtu will result, nsitl u l,cAtny Impetus VIII 10
felt from tho iryttc t1 the Antarctc fcg'ans ~
AnerIta. Thu lnca of ocean navigation and
commerce between all tlesc coasts Vt North md
Sdnlh America, tnstcad of having 70 70 !9ound
Cape Horn M now, viii cross Ut n,e l.thmus.
tte st.HTe llsies Of tho double continent sots,c'
what resembling figure i.
And when thu mystery OF fatality, lncou'pc.
tencu, ur srcaeflers, that has ~ 'oilK broodeu
OYER part q our hou,o inland aaylsalloa ss -
ui inculculablp tost and upknowb results aFb
required to give tho best practical RESULTS;
0reatcr engineering DOM betoro TIC time VI
tnan than uyer man conceived 0f Is Wilton ~
all the lae from Chs4so to tt,e Huli' 'iA CNl'
caeq Will lu' the axlA VI ln'alni navaeaunh ~
tween the ureat l-aku ss1 1lss!salp;a systems;, ~,
Aul ler interests whru rightly uttlsFstooA VIII
hc LIQUID tu bo tn hsrlrsunf WIN ts,oao q nl uiS
other cities VI ins intodor, md 1u citles on III
our cuasts. What IL nocdsd, 10 to estao-
Iii au etliciont surylcu Tor keep
ins i tas. cGaaueixuys u tho rvet.
cleared of such snlgs uni wEccka ~ ooatEuct
yleatlul., uud ee'npleto suitable connection
tIssaVo or sIdppluS from thu lakes, far which
thc rtyurs ate uut atuptet, but fur tl1c passaGe
OF boats from tc rivers. t!Iat they may meet
the lake shlppiuE a.,'l complete tic connection
vi pl.r t,.tcriur navigation, thus doubling tta