The New York herald., 1867-04-17

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universal education have enabled the loyal
North to disarm the rebellious South, and thus
was the old effete democracy displaced BY the
present republican party. Now, with the pow
erful additions to the Union cause Of universal
liberty, universal suffrage and civil and politi-
cal equality, what have we 10 fear from the
extension of our boundaries, though we ab
sorb the Esquimaux Of Behring Strait and the
mixed breeds Of Mexico! Our vast acquisi-
ton Of territory in l84s, from Mexico, was
regarded at drst as only bowling wilderness;
but to-day what developments OF wealth and
prosperity have we In the gold mines and
vineyards Of California, In the silver noun
tains and rock salt Of Nevada, in the golden
rocks Of Colorado, In the copper Of New
Mexico and in the wheat fields Of Utahl And
our fellow citizens Of Spanish descent ac-
quired with these Territories have, under our
institutions, been models Of law and order
With our telegraphs, railroads, steamships
and boats, the Union Of to-day, extending from
ocean to ocean, Is far more compact and
nearer to the centre, from its remotest oxtremi-
ties, than was the original Union limited to the
Atlantic coast between Massachusetts, and
Georgia. With connecting railroads the city
of Mexico can be brought nearer to Washing
ton than was Chicago thirty years ago. What
has finally broken up all that puzzling cata-
logue Of petty German States, Duohies and
free cities handed down from the Middle Ages? :?
Railroads and telegraphs, fusing their people
into one homogeneous mass. Under this new
age little nationalities and the dividing lines of
races and languages must disappear as the con-
Meeting agents OF steam and electricity are ex-
tended With these agents, and with an inde-
pendent press, our common schools, universal
liberty. suffrage and political equality always
Excepting Indians not taxed''), our constitu-
ton is broad enough, long enough and strong
enough to hold the North American continent
and its islands on both sides. "The Union as
it was" went down with the old democratic
party, which went down with the rebellion and
slavery the Union as 1t is is a Union of liberty
and equality, enterprise, progress and continu-
GUS expansion. The solid masses of an edu-
Gated people have taken the place of cliqucs of
politicians Our rural districts speak for them
selves, and through the mediums of telegraphs,
railroads and an independent press, they speak
the same voice from Maine to Oregon.
Manifest destiny, under all these advantages,
marks out the North American continent as the
future map of the United States. Men of tae
present generation may live to hear in Con-
gress that the Speaker has appointed a member
each from New York, Quebec, New Archangel,
San Francisco, the city of Mexico, Panama, Ha-
vana, Hayti and Jamaica as the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs. If within the last
six years we have put down a rebellion ofover
half million of armed men, liberated four
millions of slaves, reconquered eight hundred
thousand square miles Of territory, and pur-
chased four hundred and atty thousand square
miles more, how long will it take us to absorb
al North America?
Vote Of tho Broadway Surface, Railrsad
Bill--Thc Central and Broadway Railroad
BILLS Both Killed.
The Governor yesterday returned to the
Senate without his approval the Broadway
Surface Railroad bill. The reasons given for
this action in the veto message are such as will
satisfy the citizens OF New York, who will be
we'll pleased, as well as agreeably astonished,
that nearly the whole batch of city railroad
jobs have after all been defeated this session.
Governor Fcnton admits the necessity for
more rapid transit through the length Of the
island, but he does not believe that
surface railroad along Broadway would meet
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whether 1t would not in fact rather add to than
decrease the existing confusion and obstruc-
ton OF the main thoroughfare. He considers,
in addition that the large value OF the franchise
should induce the Legislature to make il .
source profit or revenue to the city. These,
and repetition of the objections heretofore
urged by him to the Christopher Street Rail-
road, form the leading features of this last
veto.
The Senate has been kept in state OF tur-
moil for several days past in anticipation
of this action Of the Executive, and by the
efforts made to combine the Broadway Rail-
road and Central Railroad Fare bills and pass
them both over the Governors vetoes. But
the pressure Of public sentiment has been too
powerful for the brokers Of the two schemes,
and the result shows that all their exertions and
all their good money have been thrown away.
The Senate sustained the Governor in both the
vetoes by the significant vote of twenty-four
to six on the Broadway Surface bill, and
twenty-thrce to eight on the Central Fare bill.
There is nothing left, therefore, for the Broad
way Railroad "ring" but to raise another
purse and try their luck again, or for
the Central Railroad directors but to
act upon the sensible advice given to them in
the HERALD and collect their way passenger
fare In gold or its equivalent in greenbacks.
This they are entitled to do, and they owe II to
the stockholders, whom they represent to be in
such bad way to do II. II they neglect the
dutx a hoard nf directors will he alacted next