Butte record., 1856-09-06
The Pacific Railroad.

The last steamer brought us the intelli.
gence of the introduction of bill bv Mr.
Denver, of this State, in the House of Re-
presentatives, for the construction of three
Railroads across the continent. There can
be no question of the fact. that one Railroad
would be sufficient for all practicable pur
poses at present, but if the sectionalism
which up to the present time has done so
much to retard the construction of the great
work could not be propitiatsd in any other
way, let US have three hnes-Northern.
Central, and Southern. We have no hone.
however, that the bill will become law at
the present session of Congress, and our
reasons for thinking so are briefly as follows ::
The Pacific Railroad question is one of the
issues to be decided at the coming Pres-
Dental election. 1t is now one of the planks
of the DemocIa Iatic platform, and we have
shown in former articles that this being
great national party, and that the only true
national party now in the field is the old
Democratic party. To suppose that the
mushroom party in the nominating conven-
tion of which but sixteen States of the Union
were represented, can further this measure.
if 1t should succeed in grasping power. is too
absurd to require argument The party is
one simply of pretence. 1t pretends to be
III Ass'OA VI anu ~ bS dDlt u carry through
Congress great national measure, when it
is only a mere sectional party composed of
the rag tag and bob tail of all the isms of
the day. 1t pretends to be in favor of the
perpetuation Of the Union, though its prin-
cipal lights are Greeley, Seward, Wendell,
Philips, Sumner, Beecher, and Parker The
Pacific Railroad is the hobby upon which
this m0ngrel party EXPECT to ride into power,
and it is therefore but natural to suppose
that they will, in the lower House of Con-
gress, oppose with all their might the set
tlement of this question by the passage of
the bill recently introduced at the present
session of Congress. The bill was introduced
by Democrat, aud if passed in the House,
would undoubtedly meet with the concur
renee of Democratic Senate and the ap-
proval of a Democratic President. and would
therefore be always claimed as a Democratic
measure and n Democratic triumph From
this view of the case, there is no doubt, in
our mind, but that the bill introduced by
Mr.. Denver, will meet with the determined
opposition of the Black Republicans and
Northern Know Nothings in the House, and
that no efforts will be spared to prevent i:s
transmission to the Senate previous to the
adjournment. The debates to which the
bill will undoubtedly give rise, will however
reveal who are the true friends of the pro-
ject,.and will display to the people of the
country at large, the hollowness of the pre-
tensions OF the new party which, under the
guse of professed patriotism, seeks the dis
olution of the Union. Is. +. Herdid
GERMAN VoTERs vs.. GERMAN PAPERS.
The Cincinnati Commercial (Black Re-
publican) enters its claim for the the Ger
man citizens in that meridian, after this
fashion;
. In this city (Cincirr itD four German
papers--two dailies and two weeklies--op-
pose the nomination of Buchanan
This claim is thus disposed of by the Gin
cinncati Enquirer:
eyes, and the same papers supported
Chase last fall for Governor, who did not get
more than one-ffth of the German vote in
this county. So it will be this fall the
masses of our German fellow citizens are
altogether too intelligent to be seduced into
the Know knothing Black Republican ranks
by unfaithful and treacherous Journalists
who are working to deliver them over to
to their enemies, bound hand and foot. Our
friends abroad may put down Hamilton
county as certain of a Democratic majority
of ten thousand over the Black Republican
candidate, and of this majority our citizens
of German birth, will contribute their full
proportion