The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-08
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20 the Pacific.
Much was said and sung during the
last Presidential canvass. in pl0rifca-
tion Of National Democracg" The
Republican party was met everywhere
with the arguments drawn from the as
sumption that only the Northern peo-
| pie aud the Republican party as their
/ representatives were liable TO the
charge Of "Sectionalism. Whatever
| the South dcmanded-whatever princi.
/ pies we're uuciated-everythiug was
done in tho name Of Notioaal Democra-
cy. They claimed that they only truly
represented the national sentiment Of tho
peoplc-that they were the true protcc-
tors of our liberty and independence
But now we behold all the strength Of
this party used to extend slavery over
our free territory, and to advance and
strengthen the interests of section.
All the predictions and warnings ut.
tered by the Republican party are in
course of rapid fulfllmcnt We now
sec the once great Democratic party
PROSTATE at the feet of slavery and op
pression-their present leaders forsak
ing the principles Of Liberty so sacred
.ly cherished by Jefferson, and selling
their birth-right to Slavery for a mess
of pOttage When will they permit
the scales to fall from their eyes, and
pcrceirc that they have been deceived
/ by spCciOUs promises and led to believe
q Hel
Wcwere promised a national admin
, IistTation, which would know no North
-nO SUuth-but regard the whole
. country as a unit--bound in the same
bundle Of dcstipy. The administration
Of Mr.. Buchanan is gradually but sure
ly developing its policy---cOntrolled as
1t is by majority Of Southern men
lB regard to Kansas, they are cautious
| ly but surely throwing the meshes Of
. slavery around that devoted territory
D by placing and keeping the places of
y power and trust in the hands Of pro-sla-
e very officials, and by playing a game Of
S fast and loose through Gov. Walker.
e But the most decided and outspoken
- demonstration Of what this admmistra-
De- ton intends to work out through its
o power and patronage, in favor Of sec
:. G0ual views and purposes, is the sclcc-
u ton Of what is called the border or
'- Southern route for the Wagon Mail
D.; Route to the Pacific The Southern
d border route passes along the Mexican
n frontier through an unsettled country,
o and crosses seven deserts orsandyplains,
'- in extent 429 miles The whole route
II is subject to intolerable droughts and
heat. 1t has never been used as an en-
y igrant route--it is not settled-nor is it
- ever visited, except by the prairie wolf
'- or Camanche Indian Nor has this
It route the advantage of being level and
k Of easy grade. The surface is undula-
g |ting--cOnstantly rising and falling, rare
Il ly horizontal-thc grades varying from
I'll to 24O feet per mile
The route direct from St. Louis, ON
the other hand, is shorter by four hund.
C rcd miles 1t passes through the Cher
% okee settlements, where supplies can
lie always be obtained 1t is the favoritc
s. cmigrant route. 1t is for the most part
so well watcred and productive The eli
j. mate is as mild as that of Washington,
al there being onlyon3 dry plain o. 4O'milcs
VI extent st. Louis, the starting point
is the terminus Of the great network
'r Of Railways, which distributes the do
'e nestle commerce Of the Northern and
- Middle States. These railroads tran
L. sact at least threc-iourths of the whole
'y Railroad business Of the country
u This route passes up the valley Of the
IN Canadian, and thus opens up to settle
or mont the richest unsettled portion Of
I'd tho United States The region lying
te between Kansas and Texas would make
Or two States with more arabic land than
G. Georgia The country lying to the
ar west of it would make a State Of tho
ar size Of Pennsylvania, and Of about tho
in climate Of ~ Carolina
st Regardless of the manifold advanta
ty gos of this route, the President has as,
so sonted to the selection of the former
S. So much for having Tennessee p. NJ
2p and five members Of the Cabinet repre-
senting Southern interests, with a sub.
tie servient President Thus has the
IN President, for merely personal and self
D. sh ends, selected a route to compel the
he trade aud travel of California to st trt
r- from Momphis--several hundred miles
south of the line which would best ac
or commodate three-iourths of the people
a of the United States. The people OF
lie Memphis themselves, aud the South
oy generally, in common with the rest Of
ne the country, have been in the habit
ct of travelling this Northern route for
h. % years.
q Why was the Southern route chosen2
er Merely because this Wagon Road would
W prepare the country between the Mis-
to sissippi and California for a Railroad
he lead to knowledge Of the resources
as and situation Of the intervening terri
P- tory-attract omigrants along the route
who would ultimately assistin building
operating and paying the expenses Of
such a road So much for a Southern
ys' sect0Rai President
nd The Northern Democracy will open
-- their eyes 10 the policy Of this admins
ed tration when il is too late. Evidences
IF Of all the facts above stated were before
of the p. Nj General, in the official surveys
ri and confirmed by the concurring opin
I'm ions Of the best engineers and most OK
I'm perionced travolers-yet the influence
of of "Sectionalism" prevailed.
ld, We are enabled, In tho light of this
en- action and Of those facts, to soo how
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