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


SON taught, the South sCarolinians, that
revolutions procsedinss must be met BY
- strong rsA IF the government. 4
= 9th messut3 to shich We desire
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MEASURE IF the utmost Importance, and
may with truth be ranked as an era in the
history 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 pestiientisl atmosphere makes it .
vast cemetery for the unacclimated. Now
We are able, through the fostering care Of
our government and the unwearied exer-
tons Of the President and the ability Of
the Postoffice 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. a. '.
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 moro
pleasant recreation could scarcely be found
than twenty day trip will afford across
the plains.
These are but q 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
his selfish schemes shall have been forgot.
ten. Mr.. BUCHANAN has yet two years to
serve, and it is hoped thst within that Pc
Rod the great project Of the age will have
been achieved-the location OF the great
Pacific Railroad. It is fit 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 thar his most sanguine
friends ever anticipated. Notwithstanding
the late reverses 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
fruitless 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 antiquated
and Obstructive, and defeat manifest J
awaits that party; while there is every
indication of union and harmony in our
own. that must make it nyincibe against
all opposition. The temporary estrange.
ment of Senator DOUGLAS, upon which
our opponents have counted 50 largely.
was upon single issue of policy. The
occasion which gave it existence has pass
ed by, and 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
out of Congress, will be characterized by
uuion aud harmony. ..I...