, 1880-03-27


'tk and rnplstca Or 1S Tic ca;,ni Ts 1t s,ex @ [Hp.
sss ro IT, r n h. b csn 1s tn ,hnt anS hs
uther tvn nr six cenurics III n,,r, knuwlcsiEi.
Among t!.S things dons n this wnrld. and n1nag
S'seryl t% Gsal sreal fenchss' @ sso $fe
ss ss mad "a IL Ssss %s"T sT srr4 r ~ % %Ksy KH9yso Ho
hS's'roycr IT, o;sr, aa cf Of K!nsans int T,
Hss " %sea nsss ess. sP%ssh ahe !sttsss:
x II ta1s Eth eftsss ss1 o Sfsss tsoss
srn,es IT., r',ry eeatnr,ss' A w what lives
wayc II i t naS ,,sss ~ NJ h.;nry M 'n + H. H.
Iut yn,. slr not BY Tho sword, hit by tho rlu|
farty centuries TINT nro past are 10 ltok Upon il,
but 70 forty gcHt,,ries Of tic future. [Appfaaae.1
tho rast mo ship Of tho. .aesert-tho ruling
to tr,,o ship of tho son to sail, and 10 sltti safcy
WhDro nattrc tnd crHutcl Il continent linked
Ry ~ nro etso ss 5 ypa eress ss X Hfaa a
ICY; eut n, ma r. GaIl TINT 1 %hs w. even +.
wrarpfnE tho rabea ,lrs,,inl us .,fcr. d
ss ox@ nnns aby xii re sn ovIs peshas S
i,ae pt tho Rran,t1est unleriakinss that nan bis
over over n attttHsmr,cdm,to tsr bFeaS through tue hack.
ESps ssp f ts' Il tsisss Ats 70 tss nsss
s S Il. s"ss e y t. tGst sss Ss si liz Sss sosy yhS S
,nay Interfere, wy n CIfeago aro not afraItl to
hnyS fS1, You build tie catna Mooyes
aii'srs ti%t tho hi %ns q your cn,iai nay !ns in
t3HnnteltG{1. fiji GhIC1UO h;ltO drnnI 0f H.
fon build tho canal, and VIC will pr9'tect our
Fikeis a,s af.srwar.ls 5a'Kher Y and nppase
possc FIJI seus @ to law o i's ieen ys,,r III 't IT,
E,sincars, ssI t was iniE9asIb|o 70 l,aiitl Tic
t%ssiSic. lApplansc.t Fh'anoIsra s saia III you you
en.;ta not s&ise The money ev.,, Il T. was mute.
x sSat fr"a ss fs' pn'!ss e 5 s il nscsssry ns ~
f.r tho Ialalna Chnal md Tint you Gun r'.ise t
y s ,% 5 shiis "a. ~ srs ss rs|sns 'so %
Ss s s III Ill., a9x s2 b%. !" .cgeas9 Il a1a s
~ tho s,tc1 Canal. ll.oaewod laushtrr.] Wo
viii ri With YOU hsrcaftcr, and no otstacio viii
.s sssG s y Ss s Il cRsxs r sea Ss
~ COUNT In 1EssEps
had listened attent1yoly to tho two welconl-
ns h a1Sfsgs 1;, n,l MS k;1wieIGgY of Egis
Icctly. Ills limited faclIty In speaking the
!angllage, however, illatlo 1t necessary fur
liIl to reply IN Ills native tongue. This lte
tllll with Gnnsluerable animation! anil fntlnft
words for the. benefit Of tic iloll-Frenu'l-
speaking nlc1ibers 2f the compuny, who,
however excellent Mr.. Appleton's abilities
ns M Interpreter nre, evidently regretted t!mt
tho tungue In which tho distinguished en-
gIMeer spike.
Coantic Leyscps began by saying that, on
arriving IN Chlcngo, lie was struck with tho
west. Ill, understood perfectly what the
Mayor Ind just said that tho word l,npus-
slble" tl'd rot HXis' IN tlle al,glingc, especially
ns apRfleGd q to ClienEo,, T!erS tIhtnEs wl,!el.
places:: llad bcen accomplished IN tho last
eight years since the lire. [Applause.l
A1ter l,i!ytiiE gong ncross TIE continent mud
he lintl ever seen or llenrl of elsewhere, md
hAvtng seen tho maryelnus growth Of Sun
ErtnGiaca, g'ld tlle Intelligence OF tho people,
he lI Mmitted tIat cl!icag9 was tho plaee wl'sro
EEnuSe. Hel0rU proceeding to eXpln[n why
the PAlamn CNtlnl WIS mol HO difficult IN rlll-
tertakng ~ tho Suez c'Inl, c9unt de Les
ss parsars sef Fl s cSry 5 ooS e wDp of foG e ae 5 rs
met HIN even before liz reached tho contl,leso OF
ule city, uru lie wished 10 Aay that ,e constd-
cred tho system OF reportlhk tM tlts country
Way. ,ils l!al net tLo reporters Iii every ely
hH !Ial yEs!ted. nntl cnull henr witness To
their intelligel,ce md fidelity, [Snlles.l
Some might smile Mt this, but 1t was true,
nble faet, fer tho reusou tint III Europe i was
very l!tl!enlt To get inali sntll correctly
published ~ tllc newspapers. The nnes-
tlons asked him by tlle reporters nfter his
usked l,lm by tl.s most Intelligent citizens of
Chicago, who nls0 called upuil him ut hia
hotel: (Lar,gltcr.l. ::Tlo first question was
whether lie believed In
THE POSSIBILITY OF THE ENTERPRISE,
and his reply WHY That he Iteyer went Into IN
believe. 1t hal taken many years Of his life
t0 conyincu peorlc TINT tho 0nly canal that
woul!l meet tho tlelllatHls Of commerce was
s9 n9 t cut froH oeea ,H; t. H;ce;, ~ IN ths
possible ]ustice to American explorers, lio
the tAes, ai,tl that they did not recognize tlle
K14eHy tsy iyedtho y p povs4 sg0 Of In dvnsafs wsh
for INSTANCE, and other, appliances Tor
forinlng = peti for great calln'; As to the
Suppressed difference III the levels, lie dtdn't
believe 1t existed Or over would exist, " be-
cause" ns Mr. Appleton explained, - II there
wns ailch II difference 1t would interfere with
tho conditions or the globe, which yoll knUw
Ietweel, tl,e l,ai,allta mid N1cnra9ua caii.ls
was simply y difference ot length, tho former
being forty-fye miles long fl,steatl Of lBO,
although 1t was to be remembered that tho
Nlcaragua. rontc would require Il grent
almost unttrely Interfere with tho
quick navigation OF vessels.-7cspecfa'ly
500 feet anil nore fong. Ip ills coil,iection
the Count proeeetled ,glve On outline of
speaking of THO engineers selected to lake
observations along tho ling, referred espo-
Gially to G9l; G. n. Totten, the builder Of the
spenkcr rrgnrdct rs tho renl originator of
the cn1lal, Col. Totten having selected t.o
road. Tho Count also reiorrul to j.
n!rks,,, t!!e ,Dutclt engineer; Gen.
l,outal1l, A. Conorcnx, Pedro l)n
Sol'za,, nll members Ut the International
| Tcch.Ilca! Commission apINIlntetl to assllt,lu
the tctnit work required fur tho co1lstruc-
li0n Ut the callnl,-anl STATED that they