That the democratic party recognizes the great importance. In a political and commercial point of view. of a safe and speedy communication through our own territory between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Union. acl that it is the duty of the Federal Government to exercise all its constitutional power to the attainment of that object. thereby binding the Union of these States in indissoluble bonds and opening to the rich commerce of Asia an overland transit from the Pacific to the Mississippi River and the great lakes of the North. The republican party also met in convention in June. 1856. in Philadelphia. and passed the following resolution : I Reaclv That a railroad to the Pacific Ocean by the most central and practi. cable route is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country. and that the Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient ld in its construction. and. as an auxiliary thereto. the immediate construction of an emigrant mute on the line of the railroad. Mr. Buchanan was nominated upon the democratic platform. and during the canvass.
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