Butte record., 1856-08-02
A Black Republican Railroad


excellence, the friends and advocates of n
railroad across the continent, uniting IN.
Atlantic with the Pacific Ocean. Conhden,
of the weakness of their sectional cause.
they we'll know the powerful influence Of
this subject upon the election in California,
and they seek TO beguile democrats who IA
vor this measure. into the belief that the sc-
complishment of this great project depends
upon the election of Mr.. Fremont as Presi-
dent of the U. S. They have inserted a
plank in their platform pledging the gov
ernment, if they succeed in obtaining tho
power, to construct the road Their or
gans gravely tell us that the resolution
adopted by the Cincinnati Democratic Con-
vention, IS not binding upon the party, be-
cause it only pledges the party to do all tha.
can be consttutionally done to forward tbi,
important National work The Republican
resolution is not thus qualified. The Con-
stitution is no barrier to them. They even
say ''let the Union slide," when their sec
tional doctrines jeopardize its safety. OF
course, such party are prepared to make
unrestricted pledges. Their principle is to
obey such laws they like, and repudin,e
those they do not like. They claim protec-
tion under the constitution and refuse tn
yield obedience to it. Here in California,
they seek to hide their sectional deformi,y
by manifesting infinite zeal for the Pacific
Railroad, and exalting that national proicc.
above all other measures and consideration,
All this pretepsion and the Inference.
ght to be drawn from it, is untrue. The
election of the Republican candidate, would
destroy all hopes of national railroad
1t is a project which requires the united
energy of the whole nation, and that can
never be brought to bear upon the project
by the triumph of the Republican party.
The idea that party whose very organiza-
tion is a sectional one, and whose strength
must come wholly and entirely from one
portion Of the Union, can unite the nation
upon any project, is simply ridiculous The
authentic announcement that the govern
mcnt was no longer National but mere
/ sectional government, one section waging
open war and perverting the whole power of
the government to the injury of another.
would be considered ipso factO a dissolution
of the Union, as fourteen of the thirty -ono
States have already declared, and instead (
engaging in national undertakings, the sec
tional party would be obliged to add another
plank 10 their platform, and "let the" Rail
road "slide" with the Union" At the
best, scvera.. years must elapsc before its
completion ana even if the election :. - -
Republican ticket did not lead to dissou.
tiUn of the Union, is it not apparent, that /,
under the auspices of its fanntical Leaders,
flushed with their long covered and just ac-
quireI powers. measures would be taken Ivy
them in consnmmation Of their plans, and to
carry out their doctrines which must inevit-
ably lead to the same awful result before
any railroad could be built. We're tho
Black Republican,, the only party that build
the Pacific railroad. and the question should
:
nation would be obliged to choose between
Il railroad to the Pacific and n dissolution Of
the Union. What would it profit Us to gain
the Railroad and lose the Union
The construction OF the Pacific and At
lantic railroad does not depend upon tho
success of the Black Republicans. That
party never yet conceived, much less execu-
ted any national project. The bgutry and
narrow minded sectionalsm of the part
incapacitates them for any national under
taking, and all their zeal in favor Of ma
tional railroad is done for the purpose Of
concenlng their sectional deformty The
hopes for an Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
rest alone with the Democratic party The
party, by the resolution adopted Mt Cincin-