Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-23
The NEW TERRITORIES.

Below We give from the Union some late snc
very Interesting documents, les!ity,ng 10 sill
more extraordinary COLLIDE sslopen.enls in Cali.
iornia. The last accounIs also depict meiar'
chuly scene OF lawessness, violence and excite.
ment. With these p"ent facts In view, the
Union makes an earnes, appeal 10 Congress 10
act without a moments delay, 10 organize The new
territory, throw he n,is oil good government over
their people, and meel the necessities Of the "a
pitly ausmentins population Of California. |!
they remain year longer without government,
! hey may be visited 81 the worst evils of anarchy
| and discord Inc Union refers 10 Senator
| Douglass amendment, 10 mis- own bill as being
| much more fayorabiv regarded by those who had
constitutional objections 10 The FIRST bill; and thinks
i; "p,obabe. indeed almost certain, lha, The hope
OF providing an; civil government for the new
territories al me present session OF Congress, de-
pends mainly on Inc success CT This, or 81 some
ether measure, (iike MI. Senator Downs'.) In
tls view Of The case, and also to quiet the great
and harrassina question 0! slavery in the new
territories BY referring Il to nose whom al ad.
mi, 70 be most interested in i, and 10 have under
the constitution Inc supreme control Of 1.-THE
people, namely, OF that region organized and al.
ni,,ed as S,ate-it Isl that Senator Douglass
has introduced lhis measure"
The bill, in The shape now proposed, simply
gives l.e assent OF Congress that California west
OF the Sierra Nevada shall be State of the
Union. irum ana aher The All of July next; aud
further provides, that the aciing Governor OF said
,crrliory shall call convention oi the people, 10
the end tna they may form for themselves
Constitution ans STATE Government before The
III. Of Jolly. Is language is as follows:
THAT Congress iutn consent. that, from and
AT {. he ltn acY ot July nexl ali !hat portion Of
the serfiiuIy !! the United Sia.es which is incu-
del wnnn tns following .ialils, 10 Mit: beginning
IN he Pacific vcean thee leagues from shore on
HE parallel oi 4! crg 80 min. o; nor n latitude
tnsn:e iGniEns rss! ." said D I'd Il 70 h. summit
al Inc Selfa .,evada or Ca!ueinla moun,aius;
ihsale ) atS aIuHg The SUNNI Ut sail range uI
murnta;Is, h Inc parallel oil 81 deg. ana 80 min.
OF no,,h .ali!ust, iaence IVES. a ong said pa ie
10 he ocean; ,hsuce Norm 10 be place Of begin
nine !acGGing The Islands adjacent 70 The shore
shall! constitute one Sta.e; and with he assen, ui
the peop.e thereof, ihe same IS hereby declared
10 oa one Of The States Of ias Union, from aLa al.
,et SAID Gale, On al equal ioolias with the oriei.
mai ates il ali respects whatsoever, with the un-
condiliona! reservation 10 the United States OF all
right OF property is he pablic domain and other
properly ceted &c The United States by ne treaty
ot pgac, coacuied with The Republic OF Mexico,
ID February, 1878 ifee irom taxes or assessments
OF any kind by said Sia,e, and also lie power OF
hispospg oi the same, including The right OF ac-
icstiDg ali claims aud titles 10 lalds derived IRON
foreign governments, in such manner as Congress |
shall prescribe.
"Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
acting Governor OF California, so soon as be