Year: 1862

After a struggle of twelve years, Pacific rail
road bill, which in our judgment will insure a
completion of the road, has passed both houses o.
Congress. 1t will undoubtedly receive the appro-
val of the President, as he is and has been foi
years strongly in favor of the measure. Itpassed
both houses by large majorities. In the Senate
the vote was 80 to Sin the House, 104 to 81
in each case over a two-thirds majority. The
consummation of this act during the adminstra-
ton of President Lincoln will mark it as one o.
the most enlightened as well as patriotic which
the country has ever known. We have had re-
ty on the subject when in power, but that party
was so greatly controlled by ultra southern dem
ocrats who are now bitter rebels, that no Pacific
railroad bill could ever pass. We said, in 1852
that no railroad bill would ever pass Congress
while the democratic party in the south was in
power. That prediction became history; no bill
ever did pass until after the old democratic party
was destroyed by the secessionists of tie south.
But during the first session of an anti-democratic
Congress, and during the raging conflict caused
by the old southern democratic secessionsts, a
Pacific railroad bill has become a law. 1t is an
event which will mark the beginning of an epoch
in our history. 1t will be chroniced as one Of the
two great events of President Lincoln's first term
the other being the rebellion. The passage OF
such bill is glory enough of itself for any one
administration.


The bill is of very great Importance to Califor-
MIA, and particularly to Sacramento. Its provis-
ions are such as will be likely to cause the work
of building line across the Sierra Nevada to be
entered upon Immediately. 1t will practically
cause Sacramento to be the western terminus Of
the road for a series of years, as all the material,
provisions, ETC., for the road must be loaded at
this point. Every section of few miles of the
road completed will add to the business of this
city. We congratulate the people of the State
upon the enactment of this bill into law. 1t is
a consummation we have devoutly wished and
earnestly labored for in years gone by. We ad-
vocated it long before we became citizen of Cal
iforna, and from 1852 to this date have urged it,
as our readers can testify, in season and out of
season.


The people of the State are deeply indebted to
our senators and representatives in Congress for
the success, under the present circumstances, of
this so much desired bill. Particularly are they
under obligations to Messrs Sargent and Phelps.
1t was gloomy time at the opening of the ses-
sion to introduce railroad matters but Sargent
boldly undertook to arouse an interest upon the
subject, and by dint of untring and judicious la
Dor, aided materially in bringing the House up to
the work. In the Senate, too, McDougall and
Latham seem to have done their work thoroughly
as the vote in that body was overwhelming. Much
credit is also due 7. D. Judah, who has for two
sessions labored arduously and with marked in
telligence in favor of Pacific railroad BILL The
passage of this bill is an event which ought to be
celebrated by public rejoicings gs.-Sac. Union.