The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-01
THE UNION.

for charges the whole time and more but let US not
anticipate events let the narrative ahead OF the
proofs Let us return 10 Los Angeles, about the middle OF
March, and see the rumors which began circulate. and
the which began TO develop there, and to spread
alarm and CONSERVATION among the people. These
events and four The payment of the
public debts contracted by Stockton and Fremont for the
conquest and government OF the country 2. The vio
ation Of the caPIlplatiSn OF Couenga g. The march
a. The suspicion Of violence upon Fremont By the
middle OF March these events and rumors in full
progress and the country veTgng to Instruction. and the
whole influence of Fremont required to prevent
break The whole force of his character was wanting
TO keep down revolt. But here il becomes necessary
proofs for without proof, II will be difficult
prehend to what degree and with how much Justice
the country became alarmed and excited by the accession
OF Kearny to power and by the first weeks operations
under that power-for he had assumed all power civil
and military, by proclamation of the LIST of March,
He had acquired the right to be governor of Cali
fornia, not by virtue of his War Office instructions, not
by virtue OF the conquest OF the country, for the first
time, by the troops under his (my) command" by the
surrender of it to him by Stockton, any other naval
commander con has demand :; but by virtue of the de-
fntve instructions of the 9th of November, 1885, con.
tanning the Presidents ORDERS through the Secretary OF
the Navy, TO the naval commander the California
tion to 'relnqush" the military command and the civil
government to Gen Kearny or Col. Mason. Here he
acquired his right and not until then did he acquire IT.
These orders carried out by Col Mason directed
Commodore Stockton, but delivered to Commodore Shu
brick, who had superseded him repeat it. by virtue of
these orders Kearny acquired the right to be governor OF
California; that right to be carried into effect by commu
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and regularly relieving him in the post which he held
We will see how he relieved him, By virtue of these
instructions Shubrck and Kearny divided their powers
and issued circular that etcct Kearny also issued
proclamation, dated the first OF March, given in
script TO the printer at Monterey the 9TH, printed
the 5th and promulgated afterwards" the instructions
his return to the United States, concealed from Fremont
The date and PRONUNCIATION OF Kearnys proclamation,
assuming the governorshiP, should neither have been
false nor uncertain Ii the accession of pow
err, making great changes in the laws and government
affecting both persons and property and with provisions
highly penal. Such proclamation should not have
date and PRONUNCIATION false uncertain in either par
tcular; it in both this evidence before the
court-martial-pp. 90. loo-wll show;
"Gen Kearny Crosse examination continued.
"Queston You say the circular of yourself and Com
modore Shubrck drawn up m the 4th of March, and
dated on the first Of that months now, when and where
Answer. stated no such thing.
Question You state in your letter of the 10Th of March
that you Issued proclamation the 4h dated the Let
of March; now when and where was that proclamation
promulgated
ANSWER. 1t was promulgated throughout California it
given in manuscript the printer the 4th OF March
many cope. Of printed and distributed Immediately
alters the copies were sent by the printer 10 and Mr.
Larkn, whose house was staying, took them from
to distributes the printers as understood him. distributed
believe they printed the 9Th If the object
of the accused is TO inquire of me whether Captain Turner
when he went below, took copy of that paper, will say
that he did not
"Queston. From what point was the PRONUNCIATION
ANSWER. 1t was made from Monterey, where it is
dated"
We will now the first operations, the first weeks
work, under this governor, thus invested with the
title which he had sought through SO many offences 1t
is admitted that he had the right to be governor
land to the office after relieving the actual in
assumed them under these orders, and by virtue of these
| orders, thereby admitting the egality OF all the grounds
on which he had previously soughtit The legality Of
his right to be governor, and to act SUCH is admitted
Save the relief OF FremonD from the day OF the promul-
CATION of that proclamation, and from the day of lis
reaching, having time to reach the different parts of
"a w ~ hplU hn al
and no established communications Los Angeles, where
Fremont resided, four hundred miles from Monte
ernor but his proclamation false in its date, and
certain in the time OF its promulgation and nth
held from Fremont. This fact appears in the last part
part which shows the withholding the proclamation
from Fremont. 1t Is this part:
III the object of the accused is inquire of whether
Capt Turner, when he below, took a copy of that
paper, will shy that he did not.'
Captain Turner the assistant aduan general after
the return OF Emory and in that capacity carried the
ders OF the first of March to Fremont; and wit
against him before the court martial The prompt
and categorical manner in which Kearney answered that
Turner had not carried ga copy of the proclamation with
himso different from his usual rttOrdO answers
clear proof that he had carried none; and that for
purpose II not for purpose, why not take that good
opportunity to promugae the paRer-tS send to the
tray, not copy carried by that official messenger
not one Not only none to Fremont but none TO the
peoples for the evident fear that Fremont might it,
| Entrap him, was the plot.
Now for the actsthe first weeks acts-of an authority
legal in itself, il legally assumed by relieving the incum
bent but of such ominous and sinstrous presentation
First The non payment of the public debts incurred
by Stockton and Fremont the conquest and civil gov
eminent of the country and which their successor
lust much bound to pay themselves. Rumors be-
gan spread that Kearny, affecting consider Stockton
and Fremont as "mutneers' in revolt against himself,
would pay nothing of their contracting and this rumor
at first incredible quickly acquired consistency and filled
the country with CONSERVATION Events justified the
mors II soon became notorious fact; and, not only
but that Keany openly and publicly deprecated the value
OF the certificates given for service property, for the
of the United States by Stockton and Fremont and
which he ought to have paid in full in one instance 60
ing so far as to fix, in public company, the value of one
OF these certificates tor considerable amoun al aquar
ter of dollar! The facts were these merchant in
Monterey came to Kearny, in public company, to ask
him the value OF one of these certificates which he
about to buy, and OF which he wished to know the fair
value and for that purpose applied Governor keany
The paper was handed to Kearny, (which he took,
looked and then asked bystander if he had quarter
OF dollar. The person applied produced half dol
lar That is too much, said Kearny quarter of dol
in this city, had from gentlemen who witnessed them and
one OF whom was part OF the transaction But why stop
to prove what was notorious and gloried in The
non. payment of these claims became in short time the
subject of universal complaint in California: complaint
in the public press, well in all conversations and,
among the articles which appeared in the papers, will
read notable for its moderation of STYLE its strength
of facts, and the responsibility of the that vouches
it, 1t is from the Californian Star of June H. ls47be
ing after Fremont s the country but going back to the
origin OF the complaint read it,
"SAN Francisco, June IL, l847.
"HARp Major Hen.ley, a highly respec-
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