The weekly Butte record., 1867-01-12

Foa CcxGgEss.-The Quincy Lnioa. Of January
5th, expresses the hope that the Union party viii
nominate John z. Buckbee, ESQ.,, of Plunas, for
Congress. and elect him There is not question
but that the nonineeof the Union party, whoever
II may be, viii be elected from this district. 1t is
mmateriai TO Us who tia; man may be, except as
be may he devoted 10 the interests OF this Con-
gressional District and OF the State ct large Mr..
Buckbee is an able, industrious and influential
gentleman. whom should be pleased to see rep
sent this District in Congress- providing he MIL rep
resent the business interests of its people well
their political sentiments. II is easy matter for
one to sit in Congress and politically represent
district, as Mr.. shannon did, by pronoancing the
talismanic words !" John Browns soul is marching
on or as Gen. Bidwell does, by declaring that
Congress will not yield" Our representative
should do this. if the people require il OF nina, and
something more besides. And that something more
should not be confined the establishment of half
a dozen mail routes centering at his private resi-
dence. and of no practical benefit TO the public
We want representative alive to the business inter
ests of the district, and that would be TO the best
business interests Of the State, and Of the Nation
teal railroad through the mountains into Calfor
MIA. The Feather river route is practicable for a
railroad through the mountains into California
and we want Representative who will secure the
customary appropriations OF land for it, and thus
secure serviceable road. The present remnant of
a railroad from Sacramento proves the impracti
cability Of that route and establishes the fact that
another should be sought for. This Congressional
District extends to the Bay of San Francisco, and
with Representative devoted 10 its interests, and
to the true interests of the State and nation in this
respect, the great national thoroughfare into Cali
fornia will seek its natural route, and extending
through the entire district, embrace Portland and
San Francisco within its iron arms. Our present
Representative, with selfish malignity that des
troys the usefulness within him, is endeavoring to
appropriate lands along this route to other purposes
with the hope that he may thus compel the
National Railroad to seek point still farther
north and, diverging from the valley at Chico at
tempt a second Dutch Flat folly, over his tri-week
Iy stage route TO Susanville, over which mail ser
vice is being performed by pedestrians on snow
shoes, at the peril of life and limb.
How stands Mr.. Buckbee upon this question! Is
ut ittuN W scStiC tHcSt duN "
the district and furnish the State and Nation with
practical route for railroad? Or will he fritter
it away in seltishness, while the people are being
burdened with taxes for the construction of read
that can only be run during the summer season
The people of the district have right to know
what their Representative will do in this respect
and we hope they ,cW knor before saying who the
Representative shall be.
But it seems that Mr. Buckbee is not the Unions
candidate after all Another paragraph in the
same issue, says-"Our choice for Congressman
from the I II District at the next election is Greed
Raymond, ESD, of La Porte An estmabie gen
tleman, but he would be wofully cut of place, and
without influence in the Fortieth Congress of the
United States Undoubtedly there is plenty of
water in the vicinity of Quincy just now; but We
would suggest the improperly of the Union trying
to carry water on both shoulders The political
status of the next Congress is a fixed fact. A
Democrat, or Johnson man, will have no more
weight influence with it than would vacant
seat Let it GO And let bend our energies 10 the
task of securing a Representative who will hav e
weight and influence enough to secure this great
benefit to this Congressional District, to the State
to the Nation, and to the commercial intercourse of
the world.