Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-12-09

the lesson mas Deen repeated which JACK
SON taughts the South Caroliuians, that
Revolutionary proesedirN must be met BY
- strong nA q the government. A
y oth messut to shich We eesiss
bid to nudssis BE seccesfal eecom.
pliI nentSf ovErIael MAJ connuui-
Eeatise y San Ftsacisco.a TIM is saply !.
measure IF the utmost importance. and
may with truth be ranked as an era in the
hiatory of our country. Hitherto our
Western possessions could only be reached
BY tedious and perilous journey of two
to three months through wilderness, or
by a voyage Of thousands of miles, and
through an inhospitable foreign country.
whose pesdlensiai atmosphere makes it .
vast cemetery for the unaeclimated. Now
We are able, through the fostering care Of
our government and the unwearied exer.
tons Of the President and the ability Of
the Postofice Department, to herald the
weekly arrival at Saint Louis of the mail
in less than twenty days from San Fran
cisco. Now the traveller makes the trip
without any detention, in the most approx.
ed style Of post coaches.
The scheme is no longer an experiment
lit is one Of the permanent fixtures Of
our country. Troops are withou, delay to
be stationed along the line to afford the
necessary protection against Indians. and
but few months will elapse before more
pleasant recreation could scarcely be found
than twenty day trip will afford across
the plains.
These are but few Of the measures
which are identified with the first two
years Of the present administration. They
are important, and will be remembered
long after the mere political agitator and
bis selfish schemes shall have been forgot
ten. Mr.. BUCHANAN has yet two years to
serve, and it is hoped that within that Pc
Rod the great project Of the age will have
been achieyed-the location OF the great
Pacific Railroad. # is ft and proper that
the mail route should be but the torerun-
ner Of the other. The public are every.
where DESTROYS for the accomplishment of
this great American enterprise, and it
needs but this and the acquisition of Cuba
to make the administration of JAMES
BUCHANAN all that his most sancuipe
friends ever anticipated. Notwithstanding
the late reyerses in some Of the States.
the present is an suspicious moment for
the Democratic party. Our foes are with
out a single Fixed principle. A further
revival Of dead issues is impossible. The
people are Disguised with an eternal and
lruitless agitation Of dis;racting questions.
barren of good results, aud there is every
where a feeling that the interests Of the
Negro should now give way for time to
those Of the white. man. The doctrines
of SEWARD and LINCOLN are condemned
by their own disciples as being antiqnated
aud Obstructive, and defeat manifest
awaits that party; while there is every
indication of union aud harmony in our
own, that m ust make it inyincibIe against
all opposition. The temporary esirange.
ment Of Senator DOUGLAS. upon which
Our opponents have counted SO largely.
was upon single issue of policy. The
occasion which gave it existence has pass
ed by,snd it cannot in the nature Of things
be revived. Upon all other points this
Senator has sustained the administration.
and We have not the remotest doubt but
that the future action of our party, in and
on; of Congress, AL! lie characterized hy
UNION aud harmony. .t.