The daily Butte record., 1858-06-26
Pacific Railroad.

one that the Northern route surveyed
by Gov. Stevens, is the most practical
BILE Of all that have been surveyed
The only objection that has been, or
can be, urged against it is that Of snow
but that is not an nsuperable objection. |
Probably the difficulties to be encoun-
tered on that route, will not exceed
those presented in other Northern
States, where railroads have been in
successful operation for years.
The grade upon that route is much
more even than upon the others--the
altitude being some two thousand feet
less than upon the other routes sand
the distance between the nayigable wa
ters of the Missouri and the navigable
waters Of the Columbia rivers being less
than one thousand miles. The main
objection TO this route heretofore, and
the one that has condemned it with
sectional authorities at Washington,
has been the fancicd Instructions Of
snow, and not because it was not a cen.
tral route, for their preference has been
given to one less practicable and upon
the extreme southern border of our
possessions
The rush of emigration TO that Sec
iion and even still north Of it, consc-
quent upon the discovery that the
northern Pacific slope abounds in min
eral wealth, will dispel this illusivc OBJ
lection, aud demonstrate that the SHOWS
to be encountered upon that route are
not fatal to it, as the fact has been
practically demonstrated in the older
States.
1t is well known that the project of
a railroad to the Pacific through the
British Possessions, has seriously at.
tracted the attention Of the English
Government, and that an expedition tc
make surveys for that purpose is now
on its way hther. OF course this sur
voy will be still north of the Stevens
! route, and as the object of the expedi-
ton will not be confronted with the ri
val and sectional routes, the only qucs
: ton to be determined will be the prac
ticabilty of the route for a railroad, al
! regards tho country and climate thro
! which it must pass. The route vii
; stand upon its own merits, uninhucnc
J ed by sectional feelings and jcalousics
! The report Of that expedition may opeI
: the eyes Of our people to their section
+, al folly, prcjudices aud blindness.
2 1t may bc considered as fixed fac
2 that should tho region still north Of II
2 prove capable disappearing such pop
: ulation as California already has 70
! years, powerful effort will be mad
i to connect the Pacific with the Allan
q tic, and should it be accomplished, tn
! commercial greatness and power of th
! American people will have been wrest
t ed from them, The prestige of tha
power is now passing from us. W
,e have only left the traces of our great
!. ness on the sands of the sea shore an
the liquid waves of tho ocean will 500
close over the tracks Of Gwin's steam
ships.
l.. With a British Railroad from th
Pacific to the Atlantic, and their la
}. viaihan Steamers to the eastern worlC
:. supremacy upon the American cont
'e nent will be forever lost to the Amer
y lean Government Our tendency ma
;, be southwafd, and manifest destiny ma
ID lead us to prey upon and absorb IL
ie feebler States Of Mexico and Centr
America, until the sturdy blood of o'
or patriot fathers pales beneath tropic
y sun and becomes infected with the a,
!" archical consumption that has contri
hs uted to their decay.
We have no desire to take a sectio
en- al view Of this subject. 1t should on
ng be considered in national and undN
in ded sense. The sectional opposition
's- to this measure exhibited by Senat