Butte record., 1854-12-16
PACIFIC RAILROAD.

press and public of California, connected
as it IS with thesspproachibg Senatorial
election, As weNiew the question The
interests and prosperity of California
are, in agreat measure, if not wholly,
dependent upon the route selected for
this great national work.. If the south.
ern route 'be chosen, there is not the
slightest probability that its terminus
viii beat San francisco, but not wholly
improbable but what that city may be
accommodated BY a pug, projecting
from lis terminous on our southern
boundaries, to that city. San Francisco
viii then see, if she.sdoes not before, the
Improperly of urging the election of !!
man to the Senate whose everyact, pub
lie or prisate@upcn=t this-questions pro-
claims ingunmistakable language, his de-
cidea preference for a southern route.
Ii there are perspns in San Francisco,
yhe think that running. the road to San
Diego and Los Angeles. and thence te
San francisco, VIII make no difference
in the shipping,apd business interests ol
the latter Gity,we presume few months
experience, after having run the road 10
amore southern port on the Pacific, will
be sufficient : to convince them of their
error. On the oih9r hand, should the
road enter the, State via. NoAes' Pass,
1t wegldiPass oyer an equal extent Of
territory within the limits, of our State,
and a portion much richer in agricultu-
raj and auriferous wealth. If this be
doubted let the disbelieyer turn to the
cities and towns OF northern California,
and ask Why thsy were erected ITO our
mamoth express ,eomRapie, and BANKERS,
and ask them from whence comes the
asurewhicir makeup their large week.
ly shipments 3.7lsOnr oword for it their
answer would point to that, secti,n Of
our State ttnongh WHICH the road weuld
,ass,Isheph Nosles' Pass be selected a.
the rollte,a gaIs:nyooa1 bna .6aod7od
.oaThe DISCUSSIONS which have taken
place upon,i this subject, have caused
most olithe lpEess Of California to de-
clare their preferences OF theJroutes, .and
also the, manner in which work mag
nitude should be undertaken and prose
cu,ed to completion. The Eye. ,Jouraa
of San Francisco, ,the Sacramento Union
the MarYsville Herald, and, we believe
the entire weekly Press Of northern
California have expressed a preference
for fhel route yia,oNobles' Pass. The
iSst..e Journal. although non-committa'
as to the r,5pte, long ago took a decided
stand. against the creation of a huge and
intolerable monnpoly'by granting large
quantities Of land to those who shouid
undertake its construction Belieylns
that the route through bNobles' Pass,
would "corfer the greatest good upon
the greatest number3" we yet hope to
see that paper, and Others still farther
south, speak out in favor Of a. central
route The Gwih organ, aof San Fran
cfscI forgetting otheIsudden growth Of its
own City, aft stts to Believe that no rival
to her greatness can be built up under
any circu instances, and believes that
San Francisco will be the terminus of
the road, whichever route may be selec-
ted While thinking this, the great
object in the life Of the Organ now is
to convihce the public that he whom ii
serves is not Committed to the southern
route, and to efTcct this hcrculean task,
It's great poloer and sublimity is now di-
rected. But arrayed against what his
organs would have the public believe,
Stands the 'pri vate interests and public
acts Of the Distinguished Senator DR.,
Gwiu s map, put forth when the question
first begaii to assd,ne Importance, with
his prefcreuce marked in hugered lines,
appears Ike the writing on the wall, in
Iudsment against the efforts of the Doc
tors organ - '-1iho.l sFa ~sro.' -id
The Railroad Convention which as
sembled at Red Bluffs in June last,
adopted resolutions taking strong and
emphatic grounds agaihstishe donation
Of twenty OF. thirty miles of land on Ell
ther side of the road to aid in its con-
struetion. .9hThese resolutions were iap-
proved by the representatives of the en-
tire people, Democrats, Broderick men
IN may, conseqaentl5, be taken as
fsir,a auheedvoeali and unbiased expres-
sion Of people Of northern Cal,fsr-
uia ufon iahB sllbject. So far as we
have learn ed, afthegresolutioas of that
have met with the approval
ofthe ensifespress nfnorthern California
and. eyAent the difference of opipion re-