Nebraska advertiser., 1865-12-01
Union Pacific Railroad.

ALA 80
licle whirh we take from a late number
of the Chicago Tribune. 1t viii explain
itself:
1.-The Montana News. Denver City,)
October 10Th, speaking of the new Sena-
tors of Colorado. says awe want men
who car procure a change in the Pacific
Road charter, so that that great Nation.
al Improvement may be built through
Colorado" The News may rs well un-
derstand at once that Colorado cannot
change the location of The Pacific Rail-
way. That thing was settled by an act
Of Congress and The selection Of Presi-
dent Liacoln, where nature lad before
designed hat II should be, ard there it
must remain. The cities Of New York,
Boston, Chicago and all the great rail-
Waw lines that connect them AID the CEN
trail belt of population that lies between
them, should be informed, if they are
not already aware, that a powerful COM
bination has been made to change the
locality of the main trunk of the Pacific
Railroad from Omaha and the Platte
Valley to the Smoky Hill Fork of the
Kansas river. Instead of crossing the
noun aims where nature has made a pas
sage for il at the South or Bridger's
Pass, a baud Of spectators have deter
mined on a more southern location, for
their own special benefit, and that Of the
few thousand people who live among the
mountains of Colorado. In spite Of all
they can say to the contrary, the noun
tains present an almost impassable bar
rier TO the passage of the road westward
to the Pacific coast. We contend-and
the nation itself has so decided, by d.
recting the road to run up the Valley of
the Plutte-that this great highway for
the commerce of the world should be
located on the cheapest, best and most
direct route between the Missouri river
and the Pacific ocean. That location it
now has, viz: from Omaha via the Plat
Valley, Bridger's Pass and Salt Lake
and the Humboldt Valley TO San Fran.
cisco. To change il would be the most
%stupendous folly. AS well might Mon
tana aud Idaho contend that it should
bend North and cross the mountains al
the h1sd waters OF the Missouri or the
Yellowstone, as for Colorado aud certain
railroad spectators 10 ruin the road By
DETECTING il to The south. and thus to
virtually destroy lis national Importance
by The steep grades. vastly expensive
tunnels, and 9oundless SHOWS it would
encounter among the mountains of Col
orado."
Colorado has Just adopted a Constilu-
lion, and will be admitted into the Union
within the next thirty days. In the Sen
ate Of the United States her voice and
her UOting power will be equal TO that
of the great State Of New York. The
first thing her Two Senators and Repre-
sentatives propose to do Is to accomplish
a ''change in the charter of the Pacific
Rail Road, so that the great Nation
improvement may be built through Colo
RADIO" And what is Nebraska doing in
the meantime. Her people have rejected
the effer of Congress, inviting them to
come into the Union, because they feared
that State Government might increase
their taxas a few thousand 60 airs Ne
braska has no Uoice nor cote in the U. S.
Senate, and nc Uote in the House ! Colo
RADIO and Kansas may unite to despoil
and ruin her AID she Is mute and dumb
because she fears ina: Safe Government
may cost a few dollars! What would The
expenses of a State Government for all
the future a AMOUNT to wGpn weighed IN
the balance against the loss Of the great
Uuion Pacific Roilroad /? How long will
cur people be content to remain the foot
ball of Kansas and Colorado, to be kick
ed about by them at pleasure Nebras.
ka is old enough, populoas enough and
rich enough TO bear the burdens incident
10 State Government, and she should not
lose an hour in debating the feasibility
and praci:cability of adopting a State
Constitution. The people are ready for
it, and would adopt it tomorrow if they
had the opportunity. Will not the Leg
islature, which is soon to convene, take
such action as will enable n, bras&a to
be heard in Congress wnen Colorado and
Kansas make the effort to take from her
the Pacific Railroad ?-OmGha RepubH-
can.
The 'point" made in the above is well
worth the careful attention IF every citi-
zen of Nebraska, a better illustration
of our position could not have Teen made.
Surrounded almost BY young States,
greedy to m~onopohze all and every en-
terprize which will bring wealth to them,
their first act, 10 Illustrate their generosi-
ty and stringth, is &c attempt to steal the
berth-right of Nebraska and parcel out
her natural heritage among them
selves. Who is to blame for this. should
they succeed Surely hot Kansas and
Colorado! In the race for wealth the
siuggard is to blame for coming out be-
hind. Can we ask Colorado 70 forget
her own nc!-rests because We are slingy7
Should success crown their eTJrt Ne.
braska would lose more han would run
State Government for an hundred years.
The Democratic party claim, the glory Of
having defeated State GoverGment in
1868 do they desire such glory for Ne
braska as that which is enjoyed by "a
poor boy at a shucking"2 If not, let