The Nevada journal., 1858-09-24
The Pacific Railroad.

of the party is quite plentiful. The
National wants the people of the State
to cry aloud and spare not till public SEN
timcnt is ablaze for the enterprise. We
are not so sure that this course would
add to the accomplishment Of the great
work. There are, perhaps, not a dozen
real citizens of the State, who are not
anxious to have railroad connection
with the Eastern shores ofthe continent
Public sentiment here is warmly enlisted
in the construction of the road and every
man in Congress- knows it. We have
two Senators and the same number of
Representatives at Washington who
know it well. and were elected with the
understanding that they were to do their
utmost to obtain aid from the general
government for the great work. An m
mense popular excitement by their con-
stituency will not impress upon those
agents of ours more strongly the ncces-
sity of the road OF how much its con-
structon is desired That we want it
badly every body knows. the dignifed
Senator as well as the humblest citizen.
There is no use then of making great
noise and fuss about our desires. since
they are well understood. We have
agents at Washington filled with enthu-
siasm on the subject, and painting for
an opportunity, if we are to believe
their professions, to identify their names
with the movement. We have a Presi-
dent too whose professions in favor of
the great interoceamc communication,
ought at least to be as good as those for
Squatter Sovereignty. We have even
a great party in power, one of the plank S
of whose national platform is the build
ing of a railroad from one ocean to the
other.
1t would seem with all these circuln-
stances in our favor that we ought to
rejoice in view of our prospects. We
are precisely in the fix we have been
hattered that we ought to be in, to obtain
the road. A party, its President and
four Representatives of our own in a
Democratic Congress in which there are
not altogether half dozen men who are
not committed in some way for the road,
ought to give us full satisfaction. I'll ere
is nothing to make our venerable Pres
ident mad, in the character of our late
election. His waywardness has been
humorcd to whim. Every thing then
looks smooth and encoura ing in the way
of the accomplishment of our hopes. 1t
isa piece of folly to keep continually
clustering that We have nothing to ex-
pect from the Black Republicans to-
wards helping along the enterprise. Oh
course, expectation extending into tic
future is nonsense, while we have rail
road President, a railroad Congress and
railroad party already in power.
But, we must admit, it is somewhat
remarkable, nay, passing strange, that
General Taylor ten years ago favored
the railroad, and he had Democratic
Congress to support him, but somehow
the road didn't get much of start du-
ring his short administrations Millard
Fillmore followed in the tracks Of Tay-
lor and recommended the great national
highway to the favorable consideration
Of like Democratic Congresses. Some,
thing again stood in the way, and con-
thhsed SO during the entire term of Mr.
Fillmore. Frank Pierce with his Dem
ocratic Congress failed to get the rail
rosd under way, though we are led to
suppose he must have labored severely
to .hat end. The obstacle still most
prorokinsly remained. There was a
surplus of twenty millions in the Treas
ury, but the great railroad party were
baked in their superhuman efforts to use
it for the great object it is magined
they had at heart.
But the Democratic party were bound
to overcome all Obstacles They deter.
mined to have an Administration which
could use the Treasury for railroad pur.
poses. They got it. The money was
obtained. The provoking little obstacle
that had foiled the entire power of the
Eodvr al government was gloriously con-
quered. But, strange to say, we haven'i
a rail laid yet, and stranger still the
friends of the railroad, the Democratic
party, postponed the Railroad Bill last
session and history says DR.. Pilgarlic
its distinguished author, didn't shed a
tearl
The truth is, an exhausted Treasury
I'll Eo 41,a f+or fNr 4bo,