Telegram-herald., 1888-08-20

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sound juds ssnL A cbsrtss hss Bees es-
tanned N Cslorsss ~ TIE prsmstsrs of the
enterprise vA0 wsrs weary Of wsiu1s 80
Tia soatheFs Democratic representatives
IAs asal sarveys Esse bees nuished
sas HOst VI tse meIseens of the
engineering party have returned
L. thslr hsaes lie route kss been mapped
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the ususl "a peTlsacc. careful stady has
showa the obstacles " the undertssiHr ~
De less formidable tssn w@s st nrss be
levsd. The distance has bssa sh0rtsso o.
from that of fsTmef survsys Ii Las been
ascsrtaisss that for 1883 siles OF the eDt tire
route here will be free ssslsation through
the ckssnel 81 the Ssn Juan river and oss
deep waters OF lake Nicaragua, while only
y miles remain TO be eIcsvatcs, aud thus
through q region which Offers none ui The
difficulties which prevail a. Pansns. TIE
estimated osst OF the UNDERTAKING. is
Sc 0OO. O0O--iess than one-sxth OF
tss present Indebtedness OF DE
Losseps' scheme. An important sd-
vantage which the Nicaragua route pos
sesses lie that IL lies in the zone of the trade
winds. which blow steadily st each OCEAN
tsrminus and purify the inland atmss.
phere. Though during the progress OF the
tpsl survey the men we're eIpssed TO sun
and rain, and som-tlmes worked In the
swamps ann rivers up TO their waists ia
water. there Was not q single case of serious
illness. The Jamaica negroes who accom-
panied the American engineers as lsborers
were returned TO their native country in
better health than when they started out.
aud eager to 20 back in the Autumn and
engage IN the actual work Of excavation
This is very different from the experience
OF De Lesseps wretched lsoorers al PAna-
ms. where il is said that every foot of
progress bss cost a human lie.
These surveys, which have just been
completed, have been characterized by
scrupulous attention 10 details Taey were
earned on at the direction of Thorough
business men, and ssord an admirable
example OF what American method. pluck
and tenacity can accomplish in = country
which, along the route Of the canal, IL
almost wholly an unbrsken tropical wilder
Dsss. American method pluck and
tenacity are behind the taaHcisl portion Of
the Undertaking also. II is, as il has been
so far conducted. . sound business % eject.
as well as one which will be Of vast politi-
Cal importance 10 our nation. Whether De
Lesseps or the French republic ever
succeed in cutting . waterway at Panama
or not. there must be . water rsuIe across
the isthmus ia American hands. and our
political relations with ths Nioarsguan
government are such as to guarantee the
Nicaragua route forever against European
interference.
The Republican national platform sr-
raigns the Democratic party for its failure
10 properly assist the enterprise, and Justly,
for Democratic House of Representatives
has thus lar refused TO give the company
the charter, which was all il asked. But
there Is yet time to prevent the canal from
becoming an object of partisan TivAly,
which though it could not prevent the COM
pletion ef the project might retsrd il. The
better class of Democratic Journals and
Democratic public men nave il In their
power to steer their party right upon the
question. which il one where Americans
OF ali shades OF thought should stand to-
gether, and there are indications that this
may yet be done-BoSton Journal