. Mission of the North American people, geographical, social, and political . articles of food, our learning, and our system of social manners. As the site for a great central metropolitan city of the Basin of theMississippi^ to arise prospectively upon the developments now maturing,Kansas City, at the mouth of the Kansas River, has the start, the geo-graphical position, and the existing elements with which any rival willcontend in vain. It is the focal point where three developments, now near ripeness, willfind their Iiver port. 1. The pastoral development. 2. The gold, silver,and salt produc
. Mission of the North American people, geographical, social, and political . articles of food, our learning, and our system of social manners. As the site for a great central metropolitan city of the Basin of theMississippi^ to arise prospectively upon the developments now maturing,Kansas City, at the mouth of the Kansas River, has the start, the geo-graphical position, and the existing elements with which any rival willcontend in vain. It is the focal point where three developments, now near ripeness, willfind their Iiver port. 1. The pastoral development. 2. The gold, silver,and salt production of the Sierra San Juan. 3. The continental railroadfrom the Pacific. These great fields of enterprise will all be recognized and understood bythe popular mind, and will be under vigorous headway within the maturelife of the existing generation. There must be a great city here, such as antiquity built at the head ofthe Mediterranean and named Jerusalem, Tyre, Alexandria, and Constan-tinople ; such as our own people name New York, New Orleans, San Fran-cisco, St. V CHAPTEK VIIL THE SYSTEM OF THE PARCS. In proportion as curiosity, warmed by the expanding energy of pro-gress now everywhere palpitating with activity and fresh fire, extends ourresearches into every detail of our entire country, we are astonished andawed by the splendid magnitude of its architecture, and by the faultlessgrace and consistency of its anatomy. The Mountain System sparkles everywhere, and is checkered withthe most startling beauties. The special recurrence of Parcs, which areinnumerable, and are lavishly scattered over its area, has pre-eminent sig-nificance. These are charming valleys, accompanying the rivers. They surroundtheir sources, or expand from their channels, between the mountainbattlements, among which they flow. * Each is an amphitheatre. They maintain everywhere an undeviatingrectitude of proportion, fitted in size to the volume of the rivers andmountains. Fertility and enchantin
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