Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-12-19

any regular organized COVE rnment.-
Since that time, very limited power.
possessed BY the Executive, has been ex.
ercised 10 preserve and protect them from
the inevitable consequences Of q state OF
anarchy. So -.- ID ~
The only Government which remained
was that established by military authori.
ty during the war. Regarding this rs a
de .facto Government, and that by the
presumed consent Of the inhabitants, il
might be continued temporarily, they
were advised to conform and submit to il
for the short intervening period before
Congress again assembled, and could leg.
islate on the subject. ....
The views entertained by the Execu.
tive on this point, are contained in com
muncation to the Secretary Ct State, da-
ted on the 9TH October last, which was
forwarded for publication to California
and New Mexico, copy of which is here
with transmitted. The small military
force Of the regular army which was
serving within the limits Of the acquired
territories, at the close Of the war, re-
NAMED in them, and additional forces
have been ordered there for the protec-
ton Of the inhabitants, and 10 preserve
and secure the rights and interests Of the
United States.
No revenue has been, OF could be, COL
lected at the ports in California, because
Congress failed to authorize the estab-
lishment Of Custom Houses, or the ap-
pointment Of officers for that purpose
The Secretary Of the Treasury, by cir
cular letter adore ssed to Collectors of the
Customs, on the seventh day Of October
last, "a copy Of which is transmitted, }
exercised all the power with which he
was invested by law.
In pursuance Of the act Of the 18th Of
; August last, extending The benefit Of the
Post Office laws to the people Of Caliror-
MIA, the Post Master General has appoint
cd two agents, who have proceeded. tie
one to California, and the other to Ole-
gon, with authority to make the necessa-
ny arrangements for carrying its provis-
ions into effect.
The monthly line Of mail steamers,
from Panama, has been required to dciv-
or and take mails at San Diego, Monte
rev and San Francisco.
These mail steamers, connected ut the
lsthmus Of Panama with the line Of mail
steamers on the Atlantic between New
York & Chagres, will establish a regular
commercial route with California.
1t is our solemn duty to provide, with
the least possible delay, for New Mexico
and California, regular organized gov
ments. The causes Of the failure to do
this, at the last session Of Congress, are
we'll known and deeply to be regretted.
With the opening prospects and increas.
ed national greatness, which the acquisi-
ton of these rich territories affords, how
irrational it would DO to lorego, and to
reject, these advantages, by the agitation
Of domestic question, which is coeval
with the existence Of our government it.
self, and to endanger, by internal strifcs,
geographical divisions and heated con.
tests for political power, or for any other
cause, tho harmony Of the glorious union
OF our conlede ra,ion-that union which
binds us together as one people, and
which, for sixty years. has been our
shield and protection against every dan
ger.
In the eyes Of the world ard posterity,
how trivial aud insi gnifcant will be all
our internal divisions and struggles, COM
pared with this Union Of the States with
all its valor and al: its countless bless
ings. No patriot would fomcnt or excite
geographical and sectional divisions. No
lover Of his country would deliberately
calculate the value Of the Union. Fu-
turc generations would look in amaze
ment upon the folly Of such a course -
Other nations, 81 the present moment,
would look upon it with astonishment,
and such Of those as desire TO maintain
and to perpetuate thrones and monarchial
or aristocratical principles, will view it
with exultation and delight, because in it
they will see the clements of faction
which they hope must ultimately over
throw our system. Ours is the great ex.
ample Of prosperous and free secgov-
erned republic, commanding the admira-
ton and the imitation Of all lovers Of
freedom throughout the world.
How solemn, therefore, the du;y-how
impressive the call upon US, and upon all
parts Of our country-to cultivate patri~
otto spirit Of harmony, good fellowship,
compromise and mutual concession, in the
administration Of the incompatible sys-
TEN of government formed by our fathers
IN the midst Of almost insuperable diff
culties, and transmitted to US with iniunc-
ton that we should enjoy its blessing,
and hand it down unimpaired to those
that may come after us.
In view Of the high and responsible du-
ties we owe TO ourselves and mankind,
trust you may be able 10 approach the ad-
justment Of the only domestic question
which seriously threatens, or probably
ever can threaten, to disturb the harmo-
ny and successful operation of our sys-
tenn. -,
The immensely valuable possessions of