New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-15
VOLUME XIII.
Nsm 0rlsans Bully GrtsttIt.
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH Is. 1860.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL.

ALI who have given any thought TO the matter
must recognize that the pen OF the An'efseah Joui
nalist no matter in what sectioh OF the oioh no
be resident, cannot be devoted to more import
ant subject than IN urging the passase =, ta1
bill now pending IN the congress sol @ene oli'ea
States. Inc passage OF that p'h Hli' aes.Ao @,n
bind TO the BODY OF .he uhon our nouti,nns =
cilic possessons ts aeleae WI e,'en
glance 70 remote poserniioi.' ".nen
ing 70 40 80 i'ttle iof thel, ~ ~
feeling 81 discohtehs Wli'ch z hoH Rs.4ns aDioaa
among ther peopie, wio ieei ho' e1.u -
embarrassing ls the'E coiiheeuoii iAi : 49,
ment which, winnie IL does ht.e ior 'nei ~ l,
their taxing actioh " heip 'heiihsoit -
Of another hemisphere, as " "efe anu ~ aie Son,
trolied by the same eoiets ol 10" anu
foreign relations az are 'ne o1a'es VI ..a siue "
the globe. In these moaerh ages VI a ate Hoiiu,
distance is not measured py spaces pu. W s'a,e'
and this measurement pu's sle aefio 'e.es ~ 'Ao
antpodes OF the Auah'ic. ihey are as u posses-
sions III Eastern Asih' no ''''''
80 ID the latter IN eneet aecteaseu 1uss ~ Ptopoi,
ton as rapldity OF colniiiuicas'oi - attaeu' anu
py SO mnch az time is shortehea' W ~ iiius ~ aio
we more closely ideht'ied WIN our pfethreh Vi tne
farther West. Ills due az once 70 lustlce ana 70
interest that the central shouid aia, "
oil means, measure for inc Teief q lts iaf-oH cit
izens and the advantage oi those hear-and slese
latter all men who feel an interest N the hatohal
welfare, no matter In what Northern or southern
State they reside
The bill before Congress provides aid fof TWO
routes, one a Northern and the other southern.
1t is emnently national measure, ana there Is not
a member from any section who could find a suf-
fcent pretext for opposing its passage. Members
from the South who oppose the bill will practise
very shortsighted and injurious policy however
much they many be unwilling to aid Northern
route, for bill to aid the Southern line cannot be
got through unless it is saddled with provision of
equal benefit to the former. 1t is far from being
unlikely that the present is the last session of Con-
gress which will afford chance of getting through
bill afording aid to Southern route on any con-
ditions for IL is not impossible that another Con
qress may show Northern and Western majority
80 strong as to be able to take action to cause the
construction of Northern route only, unceremo-
niousIy throwing the Southern route quite over
board. Now, then, is the time, the hopeful and
auspicious time for Congressional action. The
North and the South are alike alive to the import
ance of the matter, and neither can secure its end
without the aid of the other. There is little occa
sion for sectional jealousy in this affair, for the
routes are far removed and there is abundance Of
business for both. and there will be abundance of
business for the Tehuantepec route in departments
of freight and travel with which trans continental
| railroads across U. S. Territory can never COM
| pete, and Louisiana members need not be affected
| by any Tehuantepec influences. That interest
stands upon its own proper bottom which is quite
sufficient for its own stability and eventual pros
perity 1t is not in conflict with railroads in the
| States. 1t is the most convenient cut across the
central peninsula, and it will be forever, if the
| Northern continent were gridironed by hundred
tracks.
| And we have a word to say to the Congressional
delegation Of Louisiana especially, the particu-
| lar representatives of her citizens. Every argu-
ment at large in behalf of the bill is as cogent in
its application to them as to others; but there are
also peculiar reasons why they should be in the
front rank of its advocates These reasons are
not alone that the Atlantic and Pacific road will
| have its terminus in Louisiana, and will be like
another Mississippi dschargng its treasures into
| her lap, but her citizens already have a large
direct, material interest in the enterprise. They
| invested and paid in their money, and have legit-
| innate property right to be looked after in Con
| gress by their representative agents there. The
Ia ~ n ~ cortar D, oitio paitr,,a
/ between three and four hundred thousand dollars
| in cash and ii ia due them that no nff0rf shnul