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GENEIUL RUSK'S LETTER
On the subject of the great Pacific Railroad addressed to the
Sub'Committcefrom the City Councils and Board of Trade
of Philadelphia and read before the Railroad Convention
which assembled in that City in March last.
City of Washington March 26 1850.
Gentlemen :
I fmvo just received with feelings of the greatest satisfaction
your polite letter of the 22d instont inviting tno to participate in
the proceedings of the Convention to be held in Philadelphia on
Monday the first day of April next in pursuance of a resolution
passed liy a similar body assembled in October last at Saint Lou-
is with n view to the construction of a national railroad lo the
Pacific through the territories of the United Stales. Yon do me
no more than justice when you suppose that the objuct of the
convention is regarded by me with great interest in connection
with the prosperity of our beloved country and the permanency
ui uui viiiiuiuigu iiiaiiiiiiimis.
Whether the enterprise referred to be considered with regard
to the local adv.vitages to be derived from it or in a more ntuion-
al and general point of view as tending t0 bind together the most
distant sections of our widely spread country it must command
alike the approbation uud the admiration of every statesman and
true-hearted American. To me it has long been a subject upon
which I delighted to dwell as the source qI happiness to our peo-
ple and strength to our Government; a bond of social and polit-
ical union originating in the best feelings of our nature and liar
moniziug most admirably with the spirit of our free institutions.
Whilst the inevitable tendency of the measure must be to devel-
op the boundless resources of the vast regions through which the
road is to pass and thus give ample scope for the exercise of the
enterprise for which our countrymen are so justly celebrated its
eflect must be to draw us together and cause Us to form a bro-
therhood of freemen harmoniously united in the prosecution of
the proud destiny that awaits us. Entertaining such opiniotis 1
need scarcely add that I loolc with deep interest to the commence-
ment of this work and shall be happy at all times to contribute
to its advancement in every way sanctioned by the constitution ol
the United States- which has very wisely I think invested the
General Government with ample powers in the premises noi
conflicting in any degree with the sovereignty of the Slates and
incapable of being used to the detriment of the public welfare.
As the pressure of my publie duties will deprive me of thegra-
lification of joining in your deliberations at the approaching con-
vc.imuii turn as i iuei a ueep interest in the subject to winch they
will refer you will forgive the liberty I take in availing myself
of the occasion to offer to your consideration some suggestions
which if they do nothing else will show the sincere c7pprova
with which I regard your noble undertaking.
A road such as the one nronosetl. Avtondinrr iUnun .i.:
wide-spread Union and having for its termini the shores of the
Atlantic and Pucitic oceans might if a play upon words wore
admissible well be stvled the Colossus nf tilnln wii. i.
rnsnlfQ uliih muc-t ....;... rv... :. u i . ' . '
. .. ...w.. . o i.uui u ue regaraeu wun reference to
the commerce of the world at large or in the more limited aspect
of a bond of union between the portions of our Republic most
remote from each other they are alike acceptable to the mind of
the man of business the statesman or ilm niwi..fi....;i wi...
. 4i . . ' iiMiniiiiiii noi. ii null
we look upon this great link counectinr I miyht say the two ex-
tremities of the world and consider the approximation which it
will bring about between the members of the human family who
inhabit respectively tho regions of the rising andsettino sun the
revolutions which it is to cause in tio social and political systems
oi our race ore Devouu all ca cu ation. Hemtnfnm tli nnUmi;..o
commerce between the people of Europe and the moreeustern
portion of our own continent und Asia have been carried on at
vast expense of time and incalculable risk causing delays and
embarrassments which have necessaiily retarded" the onward
march of civilization and caused the blessings of God's bouutv
to be dispensed through limited channels and to be confined to
lsnlnlnn nnnimnniiinc ..im.. ...l.i.l - i- .-. r .
-........ .nnv.o miiuiiy wiui;.i iJuuiiiiuriues oi son or dim
ty and industry : and all this in n shorter space of timo than'has
been heretofore required to pass from Europe to America or from
one end of our continent to the'other. In thus becomino- the mid-
dle ground between the opposite ends of the earth our country
will be the recipientof boudfits too great to be estimatedand wealth
too immense lo bo calculated without cost ani without price"
other than the enterprise and toil of her hardy sons. '
But great ns the beuqfits to be derived from this undertak-
ing regarding it merely as the medium of foreign commerce con-
fnccnlltr tiro ffhnir C r... nKAH. f.l. I.. . ' t
vw.j ui mujr mil mi ouuuui me uu vantages mat must accrue
from it as the great highway of our people diffusing Iinppin?ss
wherever it pabsus. Un the completion of n rnnd hno-innin'ntv
the eastern and terminating at the western extremitv nf Nnrth
Americo all seciioual feeling must disappear and bo swallowed'
up in the universal love of our country and our whole country r
Let this road bo constructed and there will be no North and nr)
South no East and no West : but our country will be every-
where and every spot of earth on which our hardy yeomen tread
will be their home and the home of their brethren. All the an-
gry passions which have of lato agitated the public mind breathV
ing forth the unhallowed name of Disunion threatening the very-
existence of our free institutions and causing the heart of every
patriot to beat quick with dread when he reflects on the'barc pos-
sibility of such a result will pass away ond subside. Dema-
gogues to promote their own selfish purposes are willing todes-
troy the palladium of our civil and religious rjghts secured as'
they are by the contitution and based on the broad principles
of self-government. Bound by this iron band Ihe Union must
and will be preserved and fanatics whether at tho North or ot
the Suuth ot tho East or at the West will be taught the omnipre- ?
sence of Americanism. ' '
If the limits of a letter permitted I might descant in detail on
thegoud'lhat is to accrue to every Stale and every county every
city and every Jiamlet in the land from the great national road"
which you propose to construct ; but it would require volumes
to do justice to a theme which applies alike to every acre of land
and every family in the country. It is to be deeply regretted
that tho ugitotions and jealousies which have been lomen"t-
ed by politicians in prominent places whose motives I will not
venture to impugn however I may condemn their views in con-
nection with the public welfare as understood by me have so Jong-
retarded the commencement of the great work in question. These
agitations and jealousies I would fain hope are about to be speed-"
oy uiiiKjiiiMzuu mm ssuccetjuca ny a more wiiolesome condition
of ihe public mind. I do not hesitate to declare that I entertain
a firm and an abiding confidence in the patriotism and good sensed
of the American people. I belieyo that excitement has been ere- .
ated on the part of some individuals in public affairs which wilt'
not be sanctioned or sustained by the public opinion of the cou'n-
try and which must subside as soon as Lleason shall have resum-"
ed her sway and the exciting causes of discontent shall have
been removed. And I am happy in believing further that the.
tempest which hns menaced us with so much mischief will sooii
pass away and bo Miccceded by peace and harmony. ' un
There is an old and very true saying that "the first step is ovV
uiyiu.iig anu 10 no Hiiojcci can tne saying he moie properlv
applied ihan to the one under consideration. The proposed road1 '
cannot fail to be of great very great public benefit let its loca-
Hon be where it may. But 1 cannot shut my eyes to the fact that
the extent of its usefulness so far as concerns our own people '
will depund much very much on the choice of the route by which""'
it shall pass- On this point you will find a rr6at di versiiv nf .v
I kit iilllili.linl ! . ..! I n
mo may nave produced tliem. lu seeking for the teas and oilmr
commodities of China or the odor-breathing gums of the East
Indian isles the European adventurer hns hiwn famA tn iroim..
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Also that where a Sucriber lo a periodical f.iiled to notify the Publisher to
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And also ihat where a Post Master failed to notify the Publishers of Newspa-
pers that their papers were npt taken frpm the postollice he rendered himself
liable lor Ihe amount of subscription.
OWE BIVrVDRUV FAffllJLIJGS WAreTElFi
rpo AfY FAMILY who will settle on my lund. twelvo milon from Corpus
J. Christi. mi the Nuccen rivor I will Jot ihem huve TK.N COWS on slmios for
ton yonr$; will sell thorn ono hundred ucri-s of Innd odjiiininp for ono dollar por
ncro; -ONCYOKi: OF OXEN and ONE HORSE; alt to bo puld form ton yoais
wiui lnlo.-oat piiynhle nnnnnlly.
Tho Boil ond'climnto nin iinsurpinsod wnter nhiindont.nnil a market for all tlmt
can bo raised. Theio nro thrro rompnnies of rangers in tho vicinity to protoot tho
frontier and GovornmPiU determined to establish pormonont posts so thoro may
bo no apprehension of futnro trouble with iho Indiuns.
1 will also glvo one Town Lot to each fumlly on tho town plot that is tboro to
bo Inid oil
You mny nsk why this libcrnlity ? I hnvo thirty odd isqonro loaguns nf JnntJ horo
in n solidihody und 10001) cattle. I want tho land improved and it resources do-
Tojoprdjnow.
Each family should Iip fnrnisbed with tho necessary fiirtnin-r implomonts and pro-
Tisions for ono your. Fur furiher particulars apply toF. Mukoig Agont at ihe
iui. ui u. ix unnneu uuivcston or to tho subsciibcr.
corpus Liiristi uctooor U 11M0.
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II. L. KINNEY.
inotisanas ana ttioiisimcls of miles of ocean encounleiiiio- on "Tu's
way the dangers of disease and shipwreck mid nrnwirinaii. ni
jects of his search at a cost which rendered them forltiddnn frm't
to the great mass of mankind in the Western hemisphere whilst
the produc s of Europe and tho adjacent part of America have in
turn been excluded by the same causes from tho maris of p0m-
merce of tho eastern portion of tho alobe. From the unfreotion.
eyoi intercommunication between the members of the human fa-
M.y wwiuK a mo remoteness oi tnpir respective countries thov
have been estranged from each other ; and the dawniim- of the
day of knowledge religions civil and political has lieen re-
tardud by the mists of prejudice engendered and rendered more
dense by the lapse of oges whilst the descendants of the sumo
first parents have been able only to behold each other
through the gross mediivu of ignorance and superstition. Whilst
mo gamin uiuiitiice oi cunstian revu atiou ins s mr iic ni;..irt
towing light over those to whom it has been mode manifesl.tho al-
tars of idolatryand heathenism have continued to blaze with the lu-
rid fires of eastern fanaticism and reek with the blood of human
viciims. By the great undertaking to which your meeiino- has
reference the whole aspect of the social political and religion-
world will bo changed. Leaving his spice groves behind him.
the son of the east will be enabled in ilm cmit nf fi. r.J
to mingle with the hardy children of tho west and lo interchange
wun uiu ii uiocommouities pt their respective climes without fa-
tigue and without risk. Instead of sending his merchandize by
a six-months voyage round the Capo of Goodhope exposed to the
resistless violence of the monsoon the European merchant will
despatch us goods to our continent on tho wings of steam and
passing along its length' will Cause to be borne by. the same agen-
cy over the rolling waves of the Pacific to the marts of East Indi-
an commerce receive in return tho products of eastern iienui-
w .www .no jmui jjujijii.'u uiu oy wisuom. According tp mv own
views the route which shall combine the frrentPsi nfimh-rif Za&
vantages all things being fairly and wisely considered is the route''
which should be chosen. In passing from east to west great '
care should be taken to let the line be as far south as mav be con-f
sistently with the peculiarities of the surface over which it 'is to
go because as a general rule the streams tc be crossed ilpw from
the north and are so many natural machines to be made use o'f
m bringing commodities to the road On the other hand if the
road be far north aitificial means will be required to transport pro- '
duce to it. As preliminary to the choice of a route explorations
and surveys should be mudeby men of practical knowledge and
iipe experience and the advantages of each route sjiouldjjecare. '
fully ascertained and set forth with precision. Tho parties thus ' '
employed should be so appointed as to be above the reach of anv "
local or secondary influences and should be enabled as far as !
possible to form their onitiiniis vviilmnt four r -.-. .
having a single ieye to the public good. Within the States advan-
1 1 rrn iiiirnr nnvimnn .. i- :..:
"e"."""! i'-iii "u uiKuii ni axunuig lmprovementa so as to
continno them as portions of the great chain of construction al-
though as will be seen at a dance thnrn is miinh rich- r tuA j:.8
Inenco of iinproper motives in making such selections and thov "1
honld therefore be made with great caution.
I might if timo and circumstances permitted go on to show theli
sources of tho great valley of the Mississippi through or rather
:ross which the road must pass as ascertained from statistical m
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but os you have doubtless in your possession the data"'
. x-iiiuut ui wtuuiauiiu ims inuiuiinos How as laid down in a
the ordinary maps and reflect on the advantaoes possessed bv that '
immense region with duo regard to fertility of soil excellence' of
climate and facility of communication with markets will becon-'
vinced that ero long it will bo emphatically .tho heart of fie W"
piliillC
Allow me again to express my sincere regret that my public'
duties will prevent me from joining in your deliberations ahdto
.. .'.& . i"i mo imtruoi consiaeratton convoyed ivour
polite invitation.
I romainvery truly ypnrs
- THO. J RUSK
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