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| WONDERFUL. EFFECTS OF THE WESTERN RAIL


ROAD IN CASE OF wAR.-This great State railroad
| with its numerous branches, will, in case Of war,
enable us to concentrate, as if by enchan!ment,
the whole force of the State, and of the neigh
boring States, and even the force Of distant
States, upon any part of the territory of Massa-


chusetts. In connection with steanl-battery,
playing inside Of Cape Cod, and another steam
battery in Nmragapsett bay, the waters Of Mas
sachusetts and the lands OF Massachusetts will


then present the defeat of an enemy as the inevi-
table result Of an attack. This will be SO clear


to the eye of any military or naval commander, as
to amount to an absolute order by such COM


mander, to himself, not to attack people, thus


made mpregnable, by the mighty power of steam,
to the mighty power OF the mind.


In time Of profound peace, it is the part of
wisdom to place the State in readiness to disarm
war of it's power of mischief 1t is never worth
while to lull ourselves into false security
more especially while the. sceptre of the most
formidable naval power is held by woman, who,
in the freaks OF love, may, perchance, bestow


her affections upon some ambitious Caesar, or on


some mischevous man and irresponsible favorite.
History is full Of warnings, to this purpose. And


we have, moreover, on our very frontiers, both


in Texas and in the Canadas, a magazine OF
i powder, to which the indiscretion of our own


or their citizens may yet apply the match at


any moment.


4 During the war Of 1912, cotton was cents
per pound in New Orleans, and 40 cents III


Massachusetts. Louisiana sugar was worth 3
cents in New Orleans, and 80 cents in Boston,
! Flour then worth So barrel i'll the western
country, did sell for $40 in Massachusetts. Make
1.-The western railroad and cents per pound,
Ifor the expense of transportation, will give you
the command Of all the products Of the west
and of the southwest and the enjoyment of them
lust as much in time of war, as if it were a


time Of profound peace-and the seventy mil
lions annual amount of the manufactures OF this
State will find in the great west even better
Market than in time of uninterrupted peace.
j And our bay fisheries will still enable us (although
we be at wary to supply upwards OF SIX millions
of people with fresh and salted and picked fish
to the amount of many millions of dollars.


During the war of 1912, our whole sea coas
! was held in a continual terror. Adopt the pres
! ont plan and the security of Massachusetts will
be complete, without any cost of blood or treasure
Boston Journal.