Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-06-12
From the New York Sun
ReMiblic Of California.

From the New York Sun
Republic Of California.
| The Mexican newspapers are dress
ed in mourning on account OF the deatf
of Jose Maria Santiago, president o
the Senate.
The revolution is progressing in Up
per California, and, asSwe have before
stated, the Mexican authorities have
been driven from that portion of the re-
public. The revolutionists were or
ganizing republican government with
a President and representative legls'
la,ure modelled after the Legislature o1
the United States.
Thus speeds the cause of popular
government; despotic systems are fall
ing all around us by the force Of public
opinion, without the aid of war or con-
quering armies.
The revolution in Upper California
is said to have commenced without the
loss of single life. The people in
formed the Governor that his exactions
were cruel, oppressive and contrary to
those principles of enlightened govern
ment which prevailed among the most
intelligent and prosperous nations. They
asked a withdrawal Of certain procla-
nations and laws issued by order Of the
Mexican government. They, had had
no part in the enactment ofthose laws
and could not acknowledwe the right ol
any body of men to impose laws upon
them without their knowledge or con.
sent. The Governor treated the peo-
pie with contempt, and threatened in>
slant death ifthey persisted in their de.
mands. Alarmed fol their personal
safety the settlers resolve to risk their
lives at once in a struggle for independ'
ence: the government herds, cattle,
horses, &C., were drivn from around the
Governors dwelling or Fort; scouting
parties were stationed at a distance OF
some miles 10 cut off all supplies, and
after lapse few weeks messengers
were des patched to the Fort to ascer.
tain the disposition of Governor Mich
eltoerena and his army. The armed
settlers numbered two to one Of the ar
my. Resistance useless, and the Gov.
ernor withdrew with his forces, leav-
ing the country in possession Of the set
tiers, who had proclaimed ii independ.
ent, as the "Republic of California"
The President OF Mexico in his des-
patches 10 Congress relative to raising
three millions Of dollars to carry on the
war against the United States says:
"The dismal question Of Texas, the au.
thor of so many calamities and misfor-
tunes to the republic, has arrived at a
point at which its resolution is inevita.
bic; and the solution of this most i'm.
portant question, ought 10 be useful and
honorable to Mexico. The future wei.
fare of the republic, her dignity and her
independence, imperioasly demand that
she should never recognize or sanction
the annexation of Texas to the United
States. Such recognition would be
the preliminary step to the rapid and
progressive occupation Of all our terri
tory by the ambitious and enterprising
race of the North. Mexico would loose
all by this occupation: her nationality,
her independence; her name, her char
acter, her creeds and customs, every
thing most dear to man, and all which
constitutes the power, the glory and the
pride of nations"
The ageny of the republic in Lon
don has been taken from Messrs Lizar.
di & Co. and given to J. Schneider &
Go. .
Santa Fe and New Mexico are ag.
itated by popular movement the dis
lrict governments have been menaced
by the people.
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