Year: 1859

The organ of the Express Clique, which
seems to control the whole Lecompton Party
of this section, declares that the Lecompton-
ties in Convention assembled "passed resolu-
tions in favor of extending all lawful facili-
ties to any railroad making Marysville its ter.
minus" Suppose they did, what of it? 1T
is well known that the Folsom Railroad Com
pany have threatened to make their termi
nus at point altogether outside of Marys-
vile, and that there is still talk of making
that terminus somewhere in or near the foot
hills. We have even heard it strongly as
serted that the Lecompton candidate for May
or once said to a resident of this county that
it was very possible that a depot would be
located at the Empire Ranch, and that he
went on to describe in glowing colors the
benefits which would accrue to that section.
were such location to be made. The infer
ence was, of course, that he was in favor of
having the terminus in that vicinity. We all
know very well that serious threats were
made by that Sacramento and Folsom Rail-
road Company that if the Board of Super.
visors of Yuba county did not subscribe the
much talked of 100000 to the said Sacra-



Marysvile entirely out of their course and
run along the foothills. The friends of the
San Francisco and Marysville Railroad told
them to go on and do their worst; that thev
were not to be driven into the support of a
work which would make Marysville a mere
tributary to the business of Sacramento and
cause her to play second fiddle forever to that
city, by any such threats that the San Fran
cisco and Marysville Road would afford di.
rect communication between this city and the
Bay, and this was what Marysville required
and what she was determined to have.


The Express clique, through their organ,
say, that the Douglas Democratic Party of
this city have taken "a position of extreme
and uncompromising hostility to the Folsom
Road" This is mistake. They have no
objection to the Folsom Roads running the
full length of the Sacramento Valley or in
to the very gorges of the Cascade mountains.
The Sacramentans have right to build up
their own city by as lengthy an extension Of
the Folsom road as they can compass, but the
interest of Marysville lies in different direc-
ton. and the money its citizens seeks an in.
vestment in that channel. The hostility, ifl
such it be, of the Douglas party, composed of
the great majority of the people, towards the
Folsom Road is a defensive hostility. The
stockholders of that road have commenced a
war upon the San Francisco and Marvsville
Railroad and are doing their best to break it
down. So far from being in favor of "any
and all railroads" they are endeavoring to
kill off every other enterprise but their own,
and are spending their money literally for
the especial purpose Of giving the San Fran
cisco and Marysville Railroad its everlasting
quietus. We do not imagine that they have
any hope of obtaining decision unfavora-
ble to our road from the Supreme Court, in
their present application. They make the
application and have instituted their several
suits in the Courts for the purpose of annoy
ing the San Francisco and Marysville Rail
road Company for the purpose of retarding
the work upon the road by all sorts of hin
drances and delays; for the purpose Of pre-
venting outside capital from being subscribed
to it, by sending the impression abroad that
the enterprise is laboring under legal dis
abilities and for the purpose of interfering
with the negotiations of the Contractor in
Europe by the transmission of the intelli-
gence that the Supreme Court is about to in
terpose in such manner as to give death
blow to the whole undertaking. This system
of warfare they hope will quietly and sure.
ly undermine the efforts of the friends of the
road We believe that they will find them
selves mistaken, but their intentions are none
the less worthy of the reprobation of all good
citizens who are friendly to the growth and
prosperity of our city.





The Express talks about this having been
made party issue 1t is party issue. But
who made it so? Why, the enemies of the
San Francisco and Marysvillc Railroad by
attempting to enjoin the Board ofSupervisors
from issuing their bonds to this road and bv
nominating for the Chief Magistracy of the
city man who is a party to the adverse suit
now pending in the Supreme Court. By the
nomination of a candidate who is largely in.
terested in the other Road, the gauntlet is
thus thrown down to the friends of the San
Francisco and Marysville enterprise and the
Douglas Democratic Party and the Douglas
Democratic candidates are even such friends |


We shall see whether the friends or the enc
mics of Marysvle will triumph