The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-02-24

;. main quiet and peaceful will be considere
Q good citizens and receive protection---ibos
D who are found in arms. or iusiiguiing 9th
ere sgaiGs, the U. s, will DO considered Q
7 traitors. and treated accordingly
What was the action Of Com. Soat =
How did no interpret and understand ih
orders be had ro,eivedi Well, we have dis
,inct information upon this point. communi
Gated in the proclamation Of Com. SIoai Il
the people of Cslifornia. He says;
, lence'orwsrd California will be por
ton Of the U. Suites and its peacesble IN
habi,snis will enjoy the same rights an'
privileges they nov enjoy, together with lh'
privilege Of choosing their own magistrnie
and other officers, for administration Of jus
,ice among themselves, aud the same pro
lection will be extended to them ss 10 any
other State 10 tho uuiou. They will also
erjoy permanent government"
Again Con. Stockton Gays:
i THE Territory Of California now belongs
to the u. s., and will be governed, as soon
as circumstances will permit, BY officers snd
laws similar to those by which the other ter.
ri,ories Of the 4. States are regulated ard
protected"
! Nov. sir, il is impossible, | think, to read
what was done What was reported by our
officers to the President as having been
done by ,hem-withou; seeing that they
understood ard acted on his instructions. as
designed TO make permanent conquest OF
such portions of Mexican territory as they
we're instructed TO take possession Of
There 10 not one word said N the ins,ruc
lions nothing declared 10 the actions OF the
officers obeyiug those us,ruc,ions--"h
referred OF appeared TO refer 10 q military
occupation OF those territories, for the puf'
pose o( compelling Mexico 10 do us justice
tor The wrongs We had sustained a: her
hands These officers clearly understood
that they we're 10 take possessioa Of. and
huld. those territories as a portion OF the L.
States. VIVA, says Com. Stockton:
III, Robert f. Stockton. commander ia.
chief OF tho L. s. forces IN the Pac e: ocean,
aud governor oil the ,sfti.ory OF California,
and commander 10 chief oI the army OF the
sane, do hereby make known 10 all meo,
tina, hsving by righ. Of conquest taken pos
session OF that territory known hy the aamo
Of Uppe4 and Lower Cslilofnis. do nov de-
clare II 70 DO territory OF the l.. States, un
der the name Of the territory OF Cal'!ornis. !"
They took possession. They organxsd
sovstumen,s-and they acted 10 all respects
% lf from tina, time forward ihesc terrific.
nes ceased to bs the property Of Mexico,
and became the property Of tho u. States.
Wei. uo~ did they undsrssnd their ia
.,ruciion right Why, sir. IN the Message
OF the PfssIdeu, OF the u. States, COMM.
nicsiing those documents to US, there is
something said which implies disavowai Of
sbsi was doue. an intimstion tina, 10 some
respects tho instructions had been exceed,
ed. These documents, says the Pfesi.
dent, contain all, sc"
II appears then, upon the statement Of
the President Of The l.. S. and the Report
Of the Secretary OF War, that the organic
law established by Gen. keainey Tor the
government Of tho territory of New Meri
co, IN consequence Of lis late arrival--late
with reference 20 the ,hea succeeding session
had no, Leen read by hun aud submitted
to the P.eslden, and his orders taken with
respect to it, Well, now that is the only
one OF the documents Of which II ,s iniims
ted tia, the contents wcre not known to the
proper department and communicated TO the
Pses,den, and approved aud sanctioned by
I him. Therefore Il 10 a reasonable, JUS, and
necessary conclusion that every one of the
other documents. except the one thus speci.
ed and taken on, by the exception, has
been admitted, sanctioned and approved
And further, even 10 reference to General
k-srney's organic law nothing is excepted
TO BY the President but this: that he has
undertaken to prescribe the form Of per.
nsneut territorial government. No esccp
,on was taken BY the President to Genera
kearney's proclamation Of the Gath Aug,
declaring his intention to hold New Mexi
co as par, of the U. States, none Il
his &c curing all tho inhabitants to return ts
their homes OF pain Of being cons deres
!, traitors, and subject their persons 10 punish
nen,, aud their property TO conhsca''on-
mono to his in'en,iou OF providing civil so
. verumeni Tor New Mexico with atetritori
, al lcg,slature--none 10 his sbsulving 10 tn
! name Of tho U. States the inhabnsn,s @
( tina, country from their allegiance TO tn
Republic OF Mexico--and finally, none I
!, his claiming oil persons residing within tina
q territory 10 citizens Of the U. States, an
4 deuounciog the doom Of traitors agalns, a
. OF them who should be found 10 arms again!
;. US. To nothing that was done, by e,,hs
q Com, Sloat or Com. Stockton, in regard
IF these matters 10 any exception taken; ye
Com. Sloat proclaimed 10 the Inhabitants
]. Cslifornia--as early as July, ls46-th'
\. ,henceforwstd, California would he pc
n ton Of tho u. States, and would enjoy
10 permancnt government Aud, in his &c
to oral orders, issued July 9Th, he says to Il
10 troops who were nbou, to be landed on u
Al coast, that i, was their duty no. only TO tal
ne California, but to preserve IL afterwards
I'd part Of the U. States al all hazards. Al
U. Com. Stockton by hls proclamation max
% known To all men, that he has by right