Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-10-29
The Pacific Railroad.


Pacific Railroad. Gen. Green takes III,
position that it is necessary to the per.
petuiiy Of the union between the Allan
tic and Pacific sides Of the Rocky Noun
tains, that the road should be built
He says no State with all the ele'
ments Of power and independence with
in herself will long remain subject to &
far distant political head, without it be &c
her pecuniary or political advantage. He
then states the Argument that will be uset
by California if the present state o.
things continues:
owe now have as many miles of sea
front upon the Pacific, as the original
thirteen States held upon the Atlantic
when they rebelled against their mother
State, whilst our possessions upon the Pa
c6c are double the distance from the fed.
eral government, and to be reached thro'
foreign countries and pestilential climes,
AT present our Pacific possessions
have growth without parallel in the
worlds history, wl,ha free trade policy
so clearly ultra that your tariff, which sc
well suits the Atlantic coast, acts upon
the Pacific like an unrequited tribute be-
cause the people upon the Pacific import
every hing, and export nothing but their
good product, which is also heavily taxed
by way Of exchange. insurance, and loss
of time in reaching the Eastern States.
"At ptesen under the operation of the
tariff, millions Of dollars are collected
from the people Of the Pacific annually,
while small fraction Of that sum is dis
tribu,ed among a few federal ofhce hold
ers, and an amount comparatively small
appropriated to works of national defence.
" AT present, California is producing
per annum, as much surplus wealth to
the world, as the cotton, Tobacco, whea,
aud rice crops of the other thirty
States of the Union, and which ma
been the means Of paying heavy
European balance against US, establishing 9
national prosperity, and in
creaslng the rates of taxable property
throughout the country hundreds of mil,
lions of dollars; for all which she pays
into the national treasury several millions
of dollars per annum, which goes to the
use of other States"
Gen. Green insists that closer and
less costly business communication must
be opened with California to preserve oul
connection with it. If California wills (
secession. we could not prevent it, for any
army that might be sent could not be helc
together for eight dollars month, in the
vicinity where they could get eight dol,
lars day" it would disappear like !
lump of salt IN a rain storm"
MIR. G. urges that the government shoul(
aid in building the Pacific Railroad by ad
vuncus in tic way OF mar couracts, AIT
tor military transportation, and by libera
land grants along the route. He says:
"In the American citizen the instinc
of home is large. and heavy tribute ma.
be levied upon that feeling, but the Govern
ment should bear in mind that in all human
transactions. reciprocity of benefits alon
can ensure permanent friendship. The
give sufficient incidental aid to companie
to build this road, and relieve the gol
digger from the enormous brokerage upo
his toil--,oil which fills with gold tn
hand of labor throughout our Unior
Build this road, and relieve the thousand
hocking to that country from the heavy ia
upon each pound of bread they consume
"Build this road, and let them hav
their bread. as do the citizens of the Al
antic, without tariff. but fresh from OF
own bounteous agriculture. Build th
road, and thereby afford cheap, exped
tious and healthy transit for the million
of honest American citizens, instead {
keeping those vast treasures for aliens {
of every cast and country, who hoar
their wealth for the purpose of carryin
it hence on their return to their homes
Build this road, and thereby counterat
by certain emigration IF our own go'
pei community, the fearful influx o
wild fanaticism, which boots at the ma
riage covenant, claims multiplicity {
wives, and advocates the indiscrimina,
llcentiousness, blasphemously called Coz
ly and spiritual. Build this road, and til
emigration of our own good citizens, wi
overwhelm this hideous immortality, whel
the acknowledged principlesof State.righ
cailnot allow of Federal interference. D
this, and ! vouch for California, my adoI
ted State, that all will be well.'
The writer also presents the question
in military point of view, hut as th
has often been stated before, it is not ne
cessary to repeat it in our columns. On
point, however, he makes Of great impol
lance. Suppose hostile force should CT
off the supply Of gold from Californi
either by possession of San Francisco, {
the route now travelled. Great CONNIE
cial distress would follow. Even nov
delay Of one day, in the ARRIVAL of
California steamer, over her usual TIM
creates nervous sensibility in the mon
tary affairs of New York." plainly ind