The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-12-14
TIE Pacific RAILROAD

. This is the $, Y, nth day of fccrm er. ~
have not it, but before now, the 'Alcs, a.re
Of the President has been every eastward
tongue. The newsboys have cri.d it at every
city corner, and he oyster house g"iGanncS have
even before write, completely canvasscd aud
dissected il We too have an interest i'll thai
document So far as il forcs had"ws the acton
of our National Assembly, there is much which
will interest orig own people Of III" Far W est, as
the phrase OF novel writers goes. The more
cas,crly states have cot their 'ssiait'' aud the
race To them has at least a be.inn ne which in
states, as well Jockey clubs is indeed 'hait
the race" We, "away out here, have yet some
! need of Governmental help, and look with some
natural anxiety 10 the grca, programme OF con
gressinnai action To sec whether are down
in the bill Among all The subjects which have
peculiar western determinations, and which bid
for western votes, the re stands one which is pc
eularly and ominously to The front. 1t is the
Pacific Railroad.
Upon the splendor and magnifcence of that
project there can be no one who would wish to
cast a shadow. 1t is the entire and perfect
generation Of the Great West, making it kim
dred with two worlds, and bidding i, shak. hands
over steel turnpike, alike with the ancient land
of inspiration and fable, and the modern one OF
practicalsm In the great strife of this age, it
would make US, the West, umpres in the rug
gle. And there is more in it than hyI othesis,-
In the commercial enterprises Of this hurying
age, the Pacific Railroad has become fixed
necessity. The times demand Mud Their diz-
w necessities will not indeed cannot-go on
without it. Trade, commerce, cApital, usually
unsensible and un enthusiastic, are now saying
in their semaphoric but most significant and elo-
quent language, tive are great nation The
cry of Young America is at last becoming ma
tonal, when dumb and selfish trade takes il up
The necessity is certain then. Now, shall the
Federal Government build it
With Wings the answer tn such a question
may be equivocai, or fatty in the affirmative
But with Democrats, as we venture TO surmise,
there will be but one answer, uidelcet-No.
The necessity is great, and the object to be
attained is indeed splendid, but we imagine that
the democratic party, whether in the west Or
east, will never consent that there shall be a
breach of constitutional duties, even for bene
fit. What the Message may say we do not
know, but we shall be much deceived il it shai
urge on Congress any measure which shall tend
towards making this Government s'ockholder
in my scheme OF that nation. We have Ger
tainiy no intention of discussing this question
now. But we have an opinion 10 express, and,
we do it without waiting for a hint from head
quarters. We feel anxi ious to at once put an
end to the extravagant expectations and hopes
Of those dreaners, who have taken many Of our
presses almost by storm. We feel bound to de
clare at once our conviction editors Of dem
ocratic paper, that any movement made by the
Federal Government TO onstruct this road on
her o,on account and speculation, will be made
across the Constitution, and in opposition to our,
paramount organic law Great its pecuniary
advantages may be, these can no more defend it
than if urged in defence of keeping house for
The sale Of liquor, or the retail Of patent med-
cines. Ayers cherry Pec:oral, and the OK Pep
sin make money, but they would hardly be fair
Government virtue.
Whatever may be the doubts concerning the
cons,iiuonaliy of Governmental action as
stakeholder, in this enterprise, there can certain
Iy nonr exist asto the inexpediency cf such ac-
tiun The past too well evinccs that state gov
ernr rents never yet engaged in suchhudng en-
terprses, without experiencinga most disastrous
result. Let every Western State speak Then
win be shown the unhappy conclusion to The
specula,ions of stockholdng states and govern
tai corporations Toombstones stand thick
through Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois
From their eptaphs, which teach the rustic NOR
J alist, let our Federal Government take lesson.
At the same time that we deprecate, as the
greatest of evil, the taking Of stock by the Gov
ment in this contemplated road, we shall be
glad to see it extend such incidental aid as may
be in conformity with the constitution and in
furtherance of the progressive spirit of the age
1t is easy to do that. Ii is easy, and light too
to emulate the Desmoines appropriation, ano
Y give aid and comfort TO the greatest enterprist
n OF the nineteenth century. But we SHALL for
i ever oppose the making of our Government
$ road building corporation, whatever be ,h'
t tcrm,ni. We have the strong faith to bcllcv,
= that such will be the doctrine of the President
= Message. If it should be otherwise, it mus
n present stronger arguments in favor of oppo
r site course than we have yet seen, to comman
: our assent. Nous rerrons.
d COMMUNICATIONS FkoM FoKr DEsA INES
1t affords us pleasure to g i've place, in our col
e umns Of this day, to a communication froEi
st thorough going democrat of Fort Desmoines S.
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