Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-09

I'SA y III ~
the dodge of a South Carolina Taylorite a mea
sure would have passed the late Congress, OK
tending the blessings Of good Government owe
our distant possessions in California, calcu'atc'
10 protect our treasures there, and TO guarantee
to the inhabitants civil and religious rights
peace and social order. The circumstances Wer'
as follow The Senate had engraiied on tn
Appropriation Bill The amendment OF Mr.. Wal
kcr of Wisconsin, who, 4 native OF Virginia
has been yiliied by the Free Soil press for HI
wise and patriotic expedient 10 settle this dan
gerous question. The bill being sent 10 thu
House, was there amended in an objection
quiesce in the amendment, and a committee o
Conference was appointed. The committed
could not agree, and the subject Of their dis
agreement was therefore again thrown before
nand Of Illinois, the House agreed by a majo
rity Of seven to recede from their amendment
and one would naturally suppose that here The
difficulty was all over, and the Appropriation
Bill, with Mr.. Walkers amendment attached
,uas the laU Of the land. The disagreement as
TO the House amendment was the 0nly thing be,
fore the House, and The matter was concluded,
when the House receded from its objectionable
amendment. Not so, however, thought Mr..
Speaker Winthrop, whose sole fiat on his occa-
sion threw open the exciting subject, and fur
/ a.,kal pa,, ln,np Co. tLA III tnra nnd Tnr-
%tionists. Mr.. Thompson Of Indiana moved as
an amendment a provision very analogous to
Mr.. Webster's, which recognized, with the
exception of p:onGge, the existing Mexican
laws, embracing, Of course, an Established
Church, &c., and was, therefore, even worse
than the Wilmot Proyiso. Mr.. Bayly promptly
and properly rose 10 a point Of order. He said
that the subject of disagreement between the
two Houses had been removed by the act of the
House, that the measure was concluded, and no
other amendment could be acted on. MIR. Win.
throp, in defiance of parliamentary law and
common sense and the peace Of The Union,
overruled the point oil order-and the majority
Of the House who could not be expected TO adj
here to its accidental position in the right, were
whipped in by the lash of the Speaker, and pass
ed Mr.. Thompson's Objectionable proposition
The bill was thus again cast upon the sea Of un-
certainty, and the Senate, 10 prevent the stop
page of the wheels Of Government by a defeat
Of the bill, agreed 10 strike from it all that rela-
ted to the Government of the new territories
In this connection we have it from high authori.
ty, and we are proud TO announce il, that Presi.
dent Polk was resolved to meet the high rcspon-
sibility and veto the bill, rather than sanction
so odious and unwarrantable a scheme as Mr..
Thompson's. The Union says:
"Rad the measure been sanctioned by the
Senate, the President was prepared to do his
DUTY. as he would have done in case the Will
| mot Proviso had been adopted"
To the zone man power" of Speaker Win
lhrop, elected by Southern Wings, then, is 10 lie
ascribed The failure ot the United S!ate' G."
gross 10 provide for 40 e"-ss.-o"t Of Callfof-
| MIA. and upon his head be all the evil censequen-
| ces of a want OF law and government in Califor-
MIA. While we have strong hopes that The An
| alo-Saxon energy and strong sense Of our fellow
! citizens on The Pacific will lead Them TO adopt
| iudicious measures and a government oil their
own 10 meet the emergency, We are not without
| alarm that The infusion Of heterogeneous and dis
orderly elements into The mass OF gold seekers
NAV produce scenes OF anarchy aud violence,
and ultimately endanger the security OF our tile
10 The rich lands Of California AMI The allegiance
| If her people, Among the dark signs Of the iu-
,nre we regret 10 see the following, cited in a
letter 10 the New Orleans Della, dated at Pana-
ma, January POI:
"The excitement in regard 10 The steamer Ca
l;tornia is tremendous. She arrived m the l7ih
If January, and will leave again in a lew days.
Her commander, Capt. Forbes, received explicit
. orders not IN receive any passengers Tor San
francisco from any Pacific porl below Panama
Al VALPARAISO there were five hundre! persons
waiting. who were all refused, but al Cailao The
agents had aiken passage money Tor about my
nrrsons. all negroes. Al his place there are nv,
hundred persons who expected 10 20 upon I'M
steamer, some OF whom arc uii ny lhest
people. They are completely MED out WIZ
everything requisite Tor mining operaIlons; bu
General Smith has issued an order or proclama
linn declaring that no foreigner will be permitted
Ia work az he mines. The order was TRANSLATED
in,o Spanish and sent On board the vessel; bni IN
answer of The in,ruders was, That General olnili
and his orders might 90 10 h; that they and 81
or seven thousand OF their countrymen were 60
ing 10 California armed In The teeth, and pTepaf
ed 10 fight their way VI necessary. lhey iuf
,hermorc sent a committee to General Smith, re
nnes,ina Thai all the Americans who were soin:
shonld he sent 10 one OF the Islands in the Bay I
undergo a quarantine OF thirteen days.
"These things have produced the greatest ex
citcmen, among the Americans here, and II ihes
people are permitted 10 proceed, Inc worst cohs1
npenccs NAV ensuc. Several meetings have a.
,ncadv been held. and there will be another tr
niphi the result OF which is ahIionsly awaieu
There has been some talk OF taking possession =
Inc vessel by force, in consequence OF "hie
CaP,'. r"oes f.an',. rnGce. w"
In The House of Representatives on FRIDAY
Mr. Meade OF Virginia in a speech upon IN
oncstion before The House, "a motion to recons
der The vote of the House on the bill aPpoin'in
\ Commissioners and Surveyor Ter The Mcxica
boundary1 defended the President, against II
charges made respecting his course in relation
the contributions in Mexico.
MIR. Vinlon reported from the Committee 0
WAYS and Means an amendment In lieu oil IN
Senate's amendment. He spoke in explanalio
( OF its merits.
Mr. Atkinson then rose and made a speech, ju
,itv;no his own course and defending lha OF III
I President. lie read a statement that Mr.. Smil
OF Indiana, had made a Campaign speech at Gin
; %cinpati. declaring on the authority OF Mr.. Pre-
, ton, OF Virginia, iha, Gen. Taylor would mol "
: 10 The Wilmost Proviso.
Mr. Smith denied ever giving MIR. Preston
1 an,horiiy in the matter. He had merely stated
as his own belief. He still belicusd General TIA!
Tor mould mol Dtto the said propiso.
MI. Atkinson resumed and concluded.
i This denial of Mr.. Caleb Smith is very extr
ordinary. In his speeches, both at Wheei'r
i and Cincinnati, he is reported in Wing and D
:. mocra,ic n apers 10 have vouched Mr.. Preston
above. II he had been wrongly reported, wi
o did he no, make the denial hen7 On! no,
:.xoJ ,ha w hio cauSe and fh wa