Year: 1859

The organ Of the Express Clique, which


seems to control the whole Leeompton rarity


of this section, declares that the Leeompton-
: 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


many have threatened to make their termi-


nus at q point altogether outside of Marys-
willie, and that there is still talk Of making
that terminus somewhere in or near the foot
bills. We have even heard it strongly as
serted that the Lecompton candidate for May.
or once said to resident of this county that
it was very possible that 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-


mento and Folsom Road, they would leave
/ Marysyille entirely out of their course and


run along the foothills The friends of the


San Francisco and MarysvilIe Railroad told


them to go on and do their worst that they


were not to be driven into the support of a


work which would make Marysville 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 d.


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 unccmpromising hostility to the Folsom
Road" This is a 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 fits citizens seeks an in
vestment in that channel The hostility, if
such it be, of the Douglas party, composed Of
the great majority of the people, towards the
Folsom Road is defensive hostility. The
stockholders of that road have commenced
war upon the San Francisco and Marysvlle !
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 a decision unfavora-
Die 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 q
ing the San Francisco and Marysville Rail f
'oad Company; for the purpose of retardng +
The work upon the road by all sorts of hin $
droncGs 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.
" 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 soH Why, the enemies of the
San Francisco and Marysville Railroad, by
attempting to enjoin the Board of ofSupervisors
from issuing their bonds to this road and by
nominating for the Chief Magistracy of the
city man who is party to the adverse suit
now pending in the Supreme Court. BY the
nomination of 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 ene-
mics of Marysville will triumph.


A CnANGE.-It will be seen by reference
to an advertisement that L. Meinzer has be-
come sole nrnnrintnr nf Ahnt rnnnlnr ortnh |