The daily Butte record., 1858-05-04

xculpate himself from any participancy Ell |
her by counsel or otherwise in originating
he bill which has recently passed the Leg
stature, and which | will name the Rail
Road and Wagon Road bill. Esteeming Mr.
Farley as do and having enjoyed his highly
social companionship for several days at Sac
ramento while honored there with q seat in
the higher branch Of the Legislature by the
favor of my fellow citizens Of this district,
candor and fairness compel me to entirely
exhouerate him from any participation in
the matter above referred to, or any other
matter Of Legislation, SO far as my action
was concerned. To his credit will here add
that he evinced a most prai. ,Njrthy zeal for
the welfare of Butte county AMI her citizens
and could only regret that hi zeal had not
been equaled by his wisdom.
To such expressions in hi, commu nication
in relation to this bill as "sinply ridicul Gus"
down on that kind of dictation," aud speaks
Of the good times in the future when the in
terests Of the people will be better guarded,
or aoythng else which he may now or at
personally would not feel called upon to
make aiy reply whatever: but fearing that
u wrong impression may go forth concerning
n matter which believe TO be of vital i'm
por.ance to Oroville aud the citizens of Butte
county generally will pay Mr.. Farley the
compliment of saying that while he has been
delving deeply into Blackstone and Coke
thereby cluiring profundity of legal lore,
fear that he has not acquired a vast ability
TO comprehend the question Of adapting
means and such ends as the building Of Rail
Road with all its conconltant financial ques
tions. fear also that petty malice and pri-
vate pique may have somewhat dimmed the
brilliancy of his imagined results from the
building of II Rail Road, if be would allow q
matter comparatively unimportant butwhich
he himself must concede has some power to
move him to throw the crushing weight of
his Influence upon the whole project.
l acknowledge the paternity OF this bill !;
and to me belongs the credit or blame as my
fellow citizens see fit to award it. A bl!i
was just put into my hands aud pressed up.
on my attention by Mr.. Fasley, which my
own judgment did not approve in several
respects but one of which | will mention
here The bill provided for loan of $780,
600, TO a rail road Co which | believed
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while at the same time, we would be obi ged
to expend large amount on wagon roads ;
and besides, the bill was not properly guar.
dcd in other respects. While am chosen
repr preventative of the people, substitute no
mans opinion for my own in any matter OF
legislation.
Since this matter is introduced, it might
be we'll for me through the columns of your
paper to give my views briefly, relative to
that Rail Road and Wagon Road law:
The location of the town OF Oroville, the
res uroes of Butte county, both agriculture
and mineral, and the intelligence and Ell.
tciprisc of her citizens, place her in the front
rank among the counties of the State. Orc.
vile should command the trade of all that
vast portion of coudtry lying North and
East OF the Southern line Of Butte county,
comprising agricultural lands, unsurpassed
in fertility Of soil and the abundance and
variety Of Is production, and mineral lands
unexcelled in richness of deposit, by any
part Of the world, anI efficiently extensive
TO form State of magnificent proportions
Now why is not Oroville the emporium of
trade for this vast and important portion of
country Only because we lack the ade.
quate means of communication.
We must connect 0rovilc by rail roal or
by rail road and good water communication,
with the city of San Francisco. We must
penetrate these gold bearing mountains with
| wagon roads and open up these highways of
| trade and commerce Then shall we be
worthy citizens Of Butte county, possessing
heritage with advantages of position and
opportunities of enterprise, which are not
excelled by any other people.
What does this law propose to do ? To au-
thorize thu citizens Of Butte county to loan
her credit to the amount of 5000 900. to help
build this Rail Roal, and to issue bonds 70
the amount of 10000, for wagon road pur.
poses ; 5000. of which is to be divided
and applied in building two wagon roads
one on each side OF the main Feather river
commencing at Oroville. and running in a
Northerly direction to Piumas county line
over the shortest and most practicable route.
There is no provision in the law to favor
anyoody's bridge, or ferry, or public house,
or any individual interest whatever, for
when we seek to promote great public good
VIC must ignore private interests.
In order to remove the exact location of
those roads beyond the possibility of any
squabble in our local elections, TO secure Ell
ther the ends of private malice or private
advantage, three gentlemen are appointed
by the law for that purpose, of too much in
tegri'y Of character, and Of too high stand
ing as citizens 20 be swayed by any regard
for the private interests of individuals.
Our Rail Road aud Wagon Road interests
are intimately connected in their beneficial
results; besides We must have money from
abroad to build our Rail Road, and nothing
will so we'll gain the favorable consideration
of capitalists as to show, that we, as u peo.
pie, are guided by enlarged aud correct
views Of public policy and evnce proper
appreciation of our own advantages. Tue
Honey Lake route, possesses advantages
over any other emigrant route entering the
great Valley of the Sacramento, and by tax
tug the initiative step ourselves, by expend. /
ing a few thousand dollars on that route. l
fully believe the State would make such an
appropriation as would secure the compile
tion OF a good stage road to that point.
N,.u hal xrl.,lH hn Z fhn ras,,lf Of narruirs.