The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-09
The Railroad Trouble, At Erie.

The Railroad Troubles at Erie.
3HB OAusEs WHICH LED TO THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IN TEE OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA LEGIsL ATUREs-
PASSAGE or THE OHIO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR
COLLECTING DAMAGES.
Prom the Cleveland Herald, Jan51
In our last We mentioned fact touching the extent OF
Ahe commerce carried on by the Lake Shore Railroad be
tween the Western States and the Eastern sas,-its sud
1sn violent cessAon-the weakness or hardness the
IederAl arm TO interfere.
We now give two or three extracts from ths Cous,itu
lion OF the United States. The preamble sets forth
We tie people Of the United States order to form
more perfect union, establish Justice insure domestic
guilty, promote the general welfare co ordAin and
.Ablsh this Constitution Article sixth has tho follow
All executive and judicial eicers both Of the Untsa
States and of the several States shall be bound by oath
or Affirmation to support this Constitution" Article
scurth declares The United States shalt guarsues to
every State in the Union republican form Of govern
nent and shah protect each OF them agantt invasion
and plcAtion Of the Legislature Of the Execu
tive (when the legislature cannot be conyened) against
domestic violence
said that the President has Teen watching things
81 Ere, NOT ooniiceng them quite ripe for his inter
Ree and that further acts Of violence must tanspire
before he could call out the troops.
The following Is extract from the call for public
meeting Of the citizens of Erie, in ,hs public papers
Citizens you love your city, You wish its pros perity
thi away the scab,Ard The JudAses At me and the
enemies from abroad mt at be This bears date
Nov 49, 1853 The JudAses" hera referred to old
residents Of Erie AID have since at the earnest solcit
tons Of their families fed to other States TO save their
and the delayed. The President thereupon sends
two special agents e to attend TO the conveyance OF
not out with laundering proclamAtions, . cou rse
not ques toned since the days of Washington How was
then 10 the famous whiskey rebellion in Pennsy vana,
IN 1894 81 Psburs and vicinity, the first outbreak was
on the l6h July 0n the 9TH Of August, in the short
space of three weeks Washington issued his pro;lamA
ton for the SUI gents desst, the time Wash
tDgton ace rtquti;ion the Governors o: adjoining
States 1870 militia. II compare the facilities
for unlcstiIg in'ell'gsn at that period with
Sh,aa NJ .ba VIZ IA thA
ton, the history stat.s acted with great ciioa
energy pro ptnets Equal pronptness on the part
week after the mails stopped a. Ee Besides,
The cabinet at that time divided lie there colli
10 what would he the bes. to pursue Some
men bers tim and sppreheneed that any severe
measures adopted tne insurgents would cot ell
euppise ing forward to the troops proceeding against
me Indians in the NOS tn west 10 the meantime while
.hs troops being mustered, special fasteners
deputed and sent out to persuade the rebels to
yield. Simultaneous with Washington proclamation,
Cove Miin OF Penn lvania issued two proclama
ons converting the legislature and the other COM
mAndng the rebels to deast On the 2ith Septemoe
when tLe troops ready 10 march, Washington issued
still another proclamation wide Hildreth's History of
The United Sates II there Is any hlhbusefing move
ents suspec ted proclRmstions forthwith evoked;
hut State mob holds states in allegiance. The press
Of differ ent States Chicago in the Lead
held urging the President and requesting members
Gong act-State Il gsstures moving but all
is still a. the heart Of the nation. Or resol lton is
introduced into the House o. Natives il is seat
10 sle. in the Commit or Naval Affairs. II come
trivial point International law arises the Office of the
Department, Of State grosns under the weight OF um
berpg .oos. Is there not something rotten in Den
mark
During the month that Congress had been in sessi it
Is not known that the President has made any special
comm unication 20 that body this most important
subject. An eminent commentator on the constitution
Of the United States r.wsrking on the power Of Con
sress To establish post roads, says the more prababs
opinion Ia that Congress may make or repair roads
wherever whenever the same shall be necessary for
the conveyance OF the mails" Suppose that Congress
the President besides sending the two spe,ia NAL
agents had also sent sufficient force to have repaired
and watched the railrosi brokea up by the mob and
thus restored the mai facilities tina, had for long time
prevailed.
On the subject OF among the several sa.es
ehe President that the value of property traus
ported the lakes yearly is counted by hundreds OF
millions and he must Also have been apprised that the
vast commerce in the winter Transporting large guam
titles Of sotds to and from the Eastern and Western
States Quantities are now lying in Buffalo aud DunkirS
destined west and others in Cleveland going east These
Foods lie at these points, two hundred miles
DER till the lake opens in the spring to the great da
mage Of owners and consgness. OF conieq uence all
further shipments from the west from the east by
this great avenue OF commerce, are suspended. The
President oubtless with the extrao binary
geograpt zeal that in going eatward by this high
of commerce, tide water is reached without over
coming axy higher elevation, while other routes
elevations 500 ard 600 feet higher 10 resch tide.
1t Of the Inns planned of in toe Declaration
OF Inde ndence that England had "cut off our com
nerce from all pArte of the world" Commerce Among
the Ssles in restricted sense, the little that
carried by States lying wholly on the Atlantic coast
broader view IL includes interior states using tns
railroad IS its mighty instrument
has Governor Bgei cared for the general welfare ~
Rave AL his Efforts been to particulA--a
very minority welfare Has he not bean guilty of IL,
grant ainst the rights OF all The pie OF the
United States Indeed has he not sided with mooY
my sympathy is with the people OF Ere Have no: the
people o, Erie been Ike children pAyg with torches in
the midst of kegs aud magazines OF gunpowoer WnsIe
is vernon g!ers ind gnaht Wners his
states Aud yet 1t questioned whether the cons.u-
zion mpesch him. The Legis allure, too, OF lennsyl.
vsnia their oaths swear to maintain the
Of the United States Judge Story, commenting on the
sonsti iop remarks las il sinking at the violation OF
law, and negecng to assist 10 it enforcement, we're
not among the greatest Of ole nceso
The question OF damages for oetenti OF Pre- per.y
ths great line of commerce may be raised whether or
the clause wherein the United States guaranty against
domestic violence well the whole subject ge
seraly, will not permit citizens OF State Who have been
Aggreved TO though their own States against
the Uni ed States We have spoliations foreign
merce redressed and why not the internal asof o.
thus suffering may they not through their
States proceed sgsinsE he cix'-s O. Pensyvana, and
attach iocom vessels Rnd cargo any other pre-
perry without the limits Of hat State belonging to her
ci.rsisf
GLANCE AT TaB CAUSES.
from the Boston Herald.
Before we proceed to the uhlmen' OF our promise in
yesterday EXPOSE OF tn, position OF the authorities OF
the city Of Erie in the present railroad war; we win
ats the boundaries OF the Ads which are parties 70 the
quarrel The lice between Buffalo and Cleveland
have before stated hundred and eighty four miles
in Sl0 thi, line the road o, tie Buffalo and State
Line com pspy sixty miles, thAtof the Erie
and Northeast nineteen miles that Of the Franklin
CANAL twtnty miles that Of the Cleveland gainesville ard
Ashtabula seventy miles. The roads Of the sEre and
Northeast Ard the Franklin CANAL company both ter
inmate 81 Erie At point eighty miles vest OF Buffalo,
And ninety six miles OF Cleveland With the eKcsp
ton OF the nineteen mile track Of the Erie and North
east company the gauge OF which six feet the uge
Of all the roads between Buao and Cleveland is four
Set ten inches which corresponds with that OF the moet
Of the Ohio reads
The question in controversy is sim ply this the
nineteen mile track being six feet IN width two
unnecessary breaks which severAlly transfer of
passengers and their baggage and OF all the goods which
pass the read To avoid those tranfers contract
VAS entered into between the "BuAlo and State line
and Northeast paner that The gauge OF the latter
road should be changed 70 four feet ten inches TO
conform the gauges Of the railroads east and est OF It.
In pursuance OF that cont act the Eie and Northeast
opary 10 change the gauge AMI impedee
BY the heries of Erie who caused rails to be
and bridges which crossed the streets of Erie TO be de-
noshed, and also destroyed bridge ak miles east Of
their city.
Apprehendirg this difficulty, the Buffalo aud State
line road hes have before stated, in the United
States Circuit Court OF the western district Of Pennsyva
MIA bill Of plant against the Erie and Northeast