Butte record., 1854-03-18

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rival Of the Steamers Columbia and Re
public, are the warlike news from the Eu-
rope and the excitement in the Atlantic
States upon the subject of organizing the
Nebraska territory. The woolly head
of abolitionism is again raised and de-
mands the adoption of a provision exclu-
ding slavery from the territory. The
bill introduced by Senator Douglass, oc-
cupies truly democratic grounds and
leaves the question to be settled by the
people of the territory, who are suppos-
ed to be competent for self-government.
But this is not, nor has it ever been the
recognized doctrine of the abolition agi-
tators People who chose to differ
with them, they do not consider capable
of self-government, and they kindly step
forward, for the purpose of informing
them how they must proceed. Mr.. DPS
bill it is thought, will pass both houses
Of Congress, although it will undoubted-
ly meet with considerable opposition in
the lower house. The principle Of leav-
ing the territories to decide upon their
own institutions for themselves, was
established by the democratic party with
regard to California, and will not be
abandoned now. The organization of
the Nebraska territory will be an i'm
portant step towards laying the vast re-
gions between California and the Missou-
ri open to the enterprising settler.
War is still progressing in Europe.
The mediating powers have failed to
bring about reconciliation, and France
and England are once more themselves,
and are assuming preparations for the
preservation of the Ottoman empire.
All Europe will soon be in blaze, and
on the ruins of tyranny and oppression
young liberty may gain foothold on
her shores, and Poland and Hungary
again attain their nationality.
A recent arrival from Salt Lake City
shows that the Saints are fully aroused
to the Importance Of having a railroad
communication with the balance of the
world, or at least some points of it. A
large meeting was held at the tabernacle,
and the advantages of the central route
we're duly set forth. Resolutions were
passed recommending the adoption of the
central route, and showing its practical
bility. But it would seem that that it
has been the studied intention of some
Of the principal movers in the project of
an Atlantic and Pacific railroad, to car
ry its location as far south as possible,
the advantages of which are not appa-
rent to the uninitiated. The advocates
of the cen trail route are not opposed to
the acquisition of territory, whenever
opportunity or policy rendered it con-
venient but we must be allowed to ex.
press the opinion that, if the proposed
Gadsden purchase ofan insignificant por-
tion of Mexican territory, is for the sole
purpose of locating the road along the
borders of that country, the amount of
money paid for it, would have been much
better spent in building the road upon
one of the many routes upon our own
territory. If the project of ultimately
acquiring Mexico, is governing the loca,
tion of the road, we confess our inability
to discover the advantages we should
thus gain, for the mineral wealth and ag-
ricultural resources of Mexico, do not
exceed those of our own which would
be overlooked or neglected, by an ex-
treme southern location. The exten-
sive Mormon settlements of the Great
Basin, taken in connection with the or
ganization of Nebraska territory proves
successfully the agricultural resources of
the central route, which when fully de-
veloped, would line the route with a pro-
ducing class of citizens, that would rem