Daily national Democrat., 1860-04-27
The California Express.

That Buchanan-admiring Douglas-hnting
yesterdays issue, in which it throwsas many
slurs as it dnres to upon Mr. Douglas and
accuses as Of leaning to Republieani'm'
This accusation it sapiently fouads upon the
fact that we urge the importance OF the I'M
mediate construction Of the Pacific Railroad
aud declare that if any man Is nominated 'y
the National Democratic Convention not
thoroughly pledged in favor Of that greni.
leading measure of the Gay. he will he and
onpht o be defeated. If this makes US a Re
puhlican, we are content 10 he one. AT any
rate we never desire to belong to that kind
Of Democrats So frequently seen now a-days.
who run around licking every pot where the
President harpens to spit. We believe that
pripeipies are to be considered 10y Democrats
aud not the mere dictum of Presidents
We have snI. and we here reiterate it
that California should have more sense than
to vote for any man who is not known TO he
distinctly and warmly in favor Of a Pacific
Railroad. and Of extending government aid
to it 1t is the great policy for which Cali
furnia should contend Here we are thou
sands of miles remote from our sister States
Here we are ON the Outermost rim of the
continent, defenceless against any foreign
power that may choose to make aggresson-
-defeneeless unless we transcend our consti-
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powers which properly belong to the Federal
Government; and this we shall have to de-,
it Congress does not give US the protection
which We need. A grand railway trunk
from this coast to the Atlintie states would
speedily transport to our borders artillery,
arms. ammunition and men. at any moment
that they were required But. suppose We
were invaded now. where would we bO ? Al
the mercy Of the enemy. True. We could
! fly to our mountain Businesses and there hold
our ground against any power the world
ever saw, but meantime, our towns and citirs
would he sacked and consumed, our farms
desolated, our homes in ashes and all the
branches of industry and of business suspend
ed. All this would happen long before an
army Of the United States could have dragged
its slow length along over the Intervening
plains Had we done nothing for the general
good ofthe country, we would still as a mem.
Der ofthe common cOnfederaey, have a right
to demand this protection. But. we have
sent already to the different States of this
Union. several hundred millions of dollars.
and are sending them four, six and eight
millions, monthly now. Are we nobody
then? Have we right to cast our vote
against those who are against U.S. or not ?
That is the question. For our part, We think
very poorly of a Californian who will not
stand up at the polls and everywhere else for
his own State, and especially when it is such
proud, fair and glorious young State as this.
We might go on to enlarge upon the rea,
sons which make it so essentially necessary
that this Pacific Railroad should be built
but our readers have heretofore canvassed all
these reasons thoroughly, and no doubt agree
with us already. that no man is fit TO be sup
ported 10y Californians who is not for the
road. AS for the Express and its kind, they |
90 as they are told to go. They would no
doubt as soon support an Anti Railroad man
us any other.