New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-16
TEE PACIFIC RAILROAD PLAN or THE AID.
uINI.THaTION.

TEE PACIFIC RAILROAD PLAN or THE ADJ
uINIsr8ATION.
Dor readers bavr already been spprised Of the new
impulse and direction recently given 20 the Federal
Administration the subject Of tire Pacific Riir
Upon Gen. PieIce's arrival at Washington last Fe5ru-
ary me Of the cour eTs who wished scent oIt AID
so se ID 10 anticpa the Presidential leabiug With
gard to tie greet question Of The day took occasion 70
Ssh leading questiObto which the prompt reply Of
the President elect vas to this fee -tha, tbe People
Lsd cbOsen him Presd~nr If the Un,ed Sts'es, Dos
PrefdeIt OF Railroad Company. This gas naturally
derstood t. imply Indifference if not hostility 20 the
Rsilrnad aud the bu textiles who bssk in the sunshine
Of Executive favor took their bearings accordingly.
But when the Presidential c8valcade visited this city
month ego, the War Secretary Col. JEFF DAVIS, took
occasion to declare in taror of She Pacific Road as
National enterprise very clearly intinating that the
Presdelt God with him iais question. And there
fore The Union OPEN ia favor Of tbe Rsilroad,-cau-
tousy and apologe icay but still significantly, aud in
defiance Of the grumblnRs of me Old FOgies Of tide
water Vir.ina, who fancy they have patent for Dem
Ocrac orthodoxy and prescrP'iSe righ to lead the
opinion aud rule the rulers Of the country.
We exposed the true impulse and drift Of this new
demo nstrstiJn some days ago Briefly, it is a Slavery
Propaganda dodge, intended to secure row Of Slave
States from the Rio Grande to the Pacific, half wreted
af esb from Mexico, with the Pacific Railroad running
through their center and rendering them the focus Of
the Worlds Commerce The North is TO be told
"Ycs YOU can bavc Railroad TO the Pacific; but only
con condition that it shall run along our extreme
Southern border, partly through Mexico aud render
necessary further Annexation then consent to divide
California make the Southern half a Slave Territory;
"let two more such be established the CHA and the
Colorado, and the Resolutions Of % shall get out Of
"tbe way of your Pacific Railroad" Such is the
taLleau to be presented the ringing up of the Execu
tive curtain next December; such is she meaning of
JEFF. Dsviss Dtimaton
The Ireemdn's Journal Of this City has the follow
ing:
HIeHLY IMPORTANT FROM wAsnlN0roS-THr MEXICAN
WAsHNeroS Aug. r. 1853
am enabled TO put yOu in possession WY mp snt
inf III alton VIII, have lust obtained aud on which
need not fay you may place the mos implicit rellan
The greatest anxiety has been manifested to know what
the Instructions taken out by Gen Gadsden ~ hs
rule Of his conduct in settling the many questions tbs
have occurred to compliese our relations with MeIico
ID. right of way fbusnepec the Mexican hCunds
~ quesir n irdian oepredstions on ihefrouier, &c
Having obiar ed an authentic outline of the Instructions
given 10 Gen Gadsden fud the mefhOd OF solving all
thtse questions, well Of promoting toe railroad TO
The Pacific, adopted by the Administration, to be AZ fol-
low:
Gen G,dsden is instructed to ask for and insist the
grant BY MeAco 10 the United States of free right OF
way railroad Along the 32d parallel of latitude The
United States, IN return agree 10 thbQuish all clam 20
I, busDtepec to give Mexico certain as iuienDify
lroisi depredstons and to share with Nrxc, the sd
Nsntages and Of the road Tbs arm cement is hop
"a VIII practically annu thu nth ar Gle Of is GraialaUe
Hdago Treaty. rendering the keeping up line ol i a
~ poet al ~ the NJ xican border .lonSer necessary
Thus Cabinet hopes 10 settle tire conflicting interests
respecting Northern Southern Route lo: TOE Pacae
RsilSaN The nth viii not dDd here the norh-ra tor
minus f,r the road that she d,ses add, thu other
lsnc the anti sla, ey dnd comfort "a the ac.
thai most part Of this will lay through free territory
Mtlico, cabinet hopes, viii End in the nd ssusyes he
Ior hon Siatee all reap from this road an IN the pros
ptcg spe Oy grSn Of Indemnity money i0G Indian de-
prtdatOns motives p0Werul enough 10 induce ler 20
otpt tbe proposal held cut 10 her
The first reflection suggested by perussl of the
above is the enormous usurpaon of power by the Ex
ecutKe which il so coolly prccaims The Nation rep
resented in Congress has not determined TO
stIuct a Railroad 10 tbe Pacific, much less what
route TO construct il. In this stage, the President
steps iD-Dot to recommend the project to Congress,
nor Yet 20 suggest the most advantageous IOure oa
which 70 build the Road-but absolutely to settle the
whole mat or and decide not merely that tho Road
shall be but trhsre il shall be built What does the
man suppose We pay Congressman s. each per day aud
such immodersre stearngs for Surely nobody else
power when be ancies anything 10 be made b. them
Mr. Jt ierson the founder Of the S,hco the draer
Of the fret Of 20 Resolves aad he was the very
nan to vio te, defy and laugh them to scorn by the
purchase of Louisiana. He not merely outraged them
to tie utmost, but he avov and glo-ied IN IT, Not
one sticker for the immortal Resolves objected for
the usurpaton was suffered 10 be advantageous TO the
South. Ard so the Virginia Romans viii be soothed
into acques nee in the new game whenever they shall
feel assured that il opens new and improved market
for Virginia negroes
The joke about settling the conflicting interests
respecting Northern or Southern route for the Pa
cifc Railway" by locating it further South han
country extends, is really too good. Why lot carry
it twenty degrees further South, and make it through
New Granada We can bribe or bully the Govern
ment of that Country into selling land for ii quite
easy as we can Santa Ana and if We sre 70 have
southern route at al, that is the cheapest and
quickest.
Tie Fireman. Journal comments as follows;
Our este emed correspondent informs thsi he desgRof
he AdnsiRE alton seeking line so far SoH 10 obi
ate The political difficulties a likely 70 gror 0Et Of The
location Of ne terminus ia ae West Hence, in selecting
Mexican SOIL II is hoped TO satisfy the Of the South
who are coniendng for extreme Southern route and al
the same time crafty the Anti Slavery party of the North
who would accept the compromise on condition of the
road passing through free Territory The parallel of 80
5eg would bring the road in the valley Of the MssA along
he northern slope Of the Florida Mountains Balls Run
low depression 10 the chain that presents but few sug