The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-10-27

smVnyed Only one Week W hellnh upon W.
and We do not nee hat what u 10 No good
lns az some Of our States have been able TO
FORM after months 0fdelibeTaiiOn. We pro-
seed 90 give some Of he main iehin'eF a.,
ln February last, notice was given 20 hll
ha eilizsns OF lhnt portion Of Upper Calllof'
MIA lying East ofiho Sierra Nevada noun
Iains tliAt Convention would be held 90
Ihe 0roal sall Lake eiiy,On the 5lh of March
lof tho purpose of lhklng into consideration
The prophecy Of organizing peTiioTinl ~
State GaFernmanl.
Accordingly on tie day appointed, tho
Convention met, "e0nsiHllng at large I'ors
lion of the inhabitants of that phri Of Upper
California living Lat of tho Sierra Nevada
Daniel spencer was elected
chairman, William Clayton,s ecreinryJIh Thorn
~ Bullock. assistant Secretary and Horhf1
=, Eldridge, Marshal
Alier several addresses a cOhiniliee OF ten
was appointed 10 drnughI u ConHliuiloni un'
der which they could govern themselves nn,
III tho Congress Of the United States should
oIherw loo provide. Allied Cauingion, Jos,
l.. Haywood. VIM. w. Phelps, David Full
mer, Charles &. Rich, John Taylor Farley
4. Prnu, John M,Iiirnisel,and Ernstus Snow,
wera appointed said committee. Tho Con
yention Then adjourned 10 Thursday, lho eli.
when Ihoy met TO receive tho report 81 no
Committee.
THIS report was then made ~ the shape
,uf =, Preamble aud Cnpsilulinn for tie Gov
nrnmeni Of the New Stale. The hrbt clause
10 as follows;
awe, the People, grateful TO the Supreme
Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed. hnh
feeling our dependence on Hin Tor eoi.
linunuco Of those blessings, DO orlhin hhh
establish free and independent Govern
meut, hy the name Of the Stale Of D'sUd, ~
I.iI I.s.tf Ia
Commencing at the Jjd degree north latitude
where it crosses the l0stll degree Longitude,
west Of Greenwich; thence running south
aud west to ihp northern boundary ol MtN''
co. thence west To, and down the nnin chm
mel Of The ella river, on the northern mo ol
Mexico, aud on the southern boundary OF
Lower California to the Pacific ocean, thence
along The coast h0flliwesfwHrhly Ia tie llsth
degree 80 minutes Of Wet lOngitudoi thence
north 10 where said line inlersec,s the di'd-
iug ridge orlhe Sierra Nevada mouhihlnti-
thence along tie summit Of Tie sierra NeNn.
ia TdUUruIH ~ tlty,,l.''F EsaiiRe oil noun.
tniHs tlIni Fnpurutr tho winters flowing iuio
/ llo Columbia river from the voters running
, into the Grcb, Basin; thence eaSerly along
the dividing range nc mountains ihni sepoT'
ate said winters flowing into tie Columbia
! river on the Nafilt ffaH-ihr waierA- flowing
/ into the Great Basin on The SoUh, Ia tho
! summit of the Wind river cliniu of muun-
tnius: :hence southeast aud south 10y the di-
yldiug rnnge Of mountains That separate Ito
waters flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from
tie waters flowing into the Gulf of Cnliior-
MIA, TO the place Of beginning, NJ ret forth IN
map drawn Nv Charles Prcuss, md pub.
ishcd Us order Of tic Eenaio Of the Unncd
States in Iele.
! The powers Of the government are then
divided into three legislative,
executive aud judicial.
The article IN relation Ia tho Legislative de-
pnrlmeut Ia not essentially different FROM tho
Constitutions Of the sovGrpl StnIcs. Mem.
bees are required 10 be free wLlie ruHl- eli,
zcns of the United Sm,eSand To take M oath
! to support the Constitution thereof Tho
! first SENATE to consist OF seventeen mcHbrrs,
and The House 10 consist of thirty i've meme
! bcrs.
I Ia the Executive Department provision IL
made for the election of Governor, Lieutenant
! Governor, Secretary Of State, Aud TOR Of Pul'-
/ lie Accounts, md Treasurer. The judicial
mower is vested ia Supreme Cour, mud
] such inferior tribunals MS the Legislature
shall establish. A Chief Justice and Two As
socnles compose tie Supreme Court.o
Tho fifth article provides for the election
of oil The officers named in the Constitution,
on the lst Monday of May, lnst, aud i,r II
vote for or against The adoption Of Tie Con-
slilulion, "aud If majority of oil the legal
votes sbnll be in favor of it's adoption, tho
same shall take effect from and nItGT EUiy C
lection"
Ia the Declaration of Rights il is declared
"lhnt all men have natural nnd inHilcnubo
ali To AYn1-Ill Gu.l -arssEtlt.'ts ~ rtrr
tnIes of their own nUusrlrnres, aud Tie ecu
cral Assembly shall nuke no law respecting
an establishment of religion, or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof, or disturbing nuy
person ia his religious worship or sentiments
49, prori9ed he does mt disturb the tHllio
pence nor ol,slruct others IN their religions
worship"
This Constitution was adopted ON the l0l
OF March, 1919.
The first General Assembly met on the Q,
/ rJulp. Willard Snow WAS elected Speaker
Of the House; Alfred Cntringlau, Clerk; JOIN
/ Dice, Assistant Clerk aud George D.Gran
= 6urrGrttt ~ Artps,
AGcr the organization The chairman an
bounced to the House that majority ol at
the votes Of the people had been gwen Ian
the adoption OF ttIG Gunrttttt'i,,tii and Ma,
brigham Young had received n minority of
all the votes for Governor; llchcr c. Kimhnl
, for It. Governor; WIN. Richards for SecrcIn
I nv of State; Wu. Clayton for Auditor OF Pub
, lie Accounts, Jos. E.llry wund lur'TrG0sluGr
and they were severtty Informed thereof
On the 3D. u resolution WINS pnssed proNId
, ing for n Joint committed Ia ucmorializ'
: Congress Cor State or Territorial Govern
meni which was afterwards reported mud q
doptcd.
On the 5d instant. according to pre,iou
resolutions, the Legislature net III loint sEs
sion, and proceeded TO hnllot for Delrgnl-
, aud Representative To Congress, when Al,
mond w. Bhhhitt, hnNing rccei'ea H,nHJorH