New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-31
n. sorrovs Of California.

ne San Fanciscans in general coancil, based
Do the failure Of the late Congre" TO establish
regular Territorial Government for California, bot
conclude on the whole that the peculiar fragrance
II the passages msditsted would not be spprecia-
ted on this side Of the Sierra Nevada We prefer
not 70 offend our friends around Cape Horn, but Il
does seem TO Us that they disposed TO make
Of molehiI. Oar sometime ( lend Hon
T. Botles King, too-ws know the depth and
breadth Of bis philanthropy bat really, We cannot
remember that ne manifested any sucn real for q
SPEEDY organization Of California in Washington
las. Winter a. he does this Summer 10 San Fran
cisco. We are some what mistaken II be did not
vote repeatedly against taxing up the California
bill. m.kins IL a special order, &c. and seldom or
never the other way. We rsther like the mar,
sod mean no ofebse when we say that we can
quite strsshten bio curse on this subject
We think our own regret at the failure Of the
Catornia bill last Winter not less ardent nor less
sincere tbsn that Of many who go entirely ahead
of O. 10 public lsmebtation over It. We support
ed every motion made throughout the Session 70
urge forward that measure. We supported The
bill as reported by the proper Committee mat on
Tsrri,oriys) resisted all propositions materially 10
amend it, voted 10 stop de bate on II, and to pass
il. NJ. Kings vote generally balanced ou's-
The bill wen. tbroush the House trium phantly aud
sessonsbiy, but ~ss never touched IN the oens'e
WHY is wss not. LIT the Loco Foco and anti-Pro-
viso msjoi'y 10 that body say.
bat the s-Dste attached substitute 10 the
General Appropriation bill. Well; the House
modified tba, substitute and sgreed 10 It and then
the Senate Il O'Clock on the Sunday morning
ater the session sbould have cosed) struck o"
the vAole matter and passed the Appropriation bill
without reference to California. Thus the ses-
sion closed with every proposition TO oresn'ze
California dead on the Senste's table. Can the
friends of the Anti Slavery Proviso be blamed for
that
Now as to the complaints from the Pacific 10
there really any great foundation for them CO.
Would California have been much better oil u
Congress had made her present OF Governor
and two or three Judges7 We wish IL had been
done-we Iabored faithfully TO haze il done, but II
was not L. The failure a serious calamity We
cAnno, zee that it is. California has now sort Of
orsanixation-sh she has more u 8. officers than her
people seem disposed to obey aud even when
,hev ace 6t TO fall in with those officers sUgges-
tions. they do it with protest-ss much as TO say
I'VE concur ith on because it is convenient, and
mot because we recognize your authority The
probability surely seems to be that she would not
b. better pleased with great deal more govern
ing from this quarter than she 10 with the present
quantity.
Territorial organizations are in their nature
provi.ionaL They are makesbihs at best, and
none expects that California would or desires ths'
abe shouId long remain under one. She is destined
TO be populous, powerful State. snd should take
that shape very soon. She 10 likely to do 1t the
sooner on account OF the defects 10 her presen'
political orssnism. What was mainly needed
wssa legal clue TO extricadon from her presen'
lsbyrinth, aud that Gen. Riley's proclamation and
the general acqoiesceDce Of her people have afford
ed. Let her 90 on, then, frame her ConstItuto.
adopt IL, choose her Members Of the House, and
knock for admission at the opening of the nex'
Congress. She may then more leisurey choose
Legislature and proceed TO elect U. g. Sena'
tors. She may thus be entirely out OF the woods
before q majority Of her citizens shall have been
one year resident within her borders. Is that
slow1
-Put Taxation without Representation is
Tyranny Soft IL. If systematic, predetermined,
ultimate policy but surely not when accidental'
fortuitou., temporary. Many an immigrant il
taxed In almost or quite every State before he il
allow ed to vote. That is not tyranny no more is
the collection Of Revenue In California little il
advance of her political organization Minnesota
now 10, Michigan, Ohio. SC. formerly were, taxed
for the support of the United States Government
before they ere allow ed voice In laying aud sp
Forthcoming Taxes Missouri was kept out Of the
Un.on FOR a season by struggle respecting Slave.
nv. Yet her People bought land and consumed
taxed Imports as before aud after
The Americans In California, ~ body, are
rather benefited than taxed by the enforcement
there of our Revenue laws They generally took
ou. something 20 sell or exchange In that Country
on which they pay no duty whatever. while III
rival goods brought thiiher nom other countries
must pay an average of thirty per cent. TINS is =
decided advantage, but for which they would hsv {
stood q poor chance against the storesweeping,
of the entire Pacific. AZ II is, they are not libel,
to make enormously on their later ventures
We do not thluk The Csiiiornians have been
treated like step. children by the Federal Govern
ment The country has paid very heavily tor that
Territory, and 10 now largely In debt. in good par
on account Of ito acquisition. Blu, for Insisting OF
its c ssion, much preci us blood might have beer
saved that was shed under the walls Of Mexie
After the Armistice The whole Nation pay 10
that Territory; q small portion have gone ihithe
to appropriate and make gain Of it. We hearth,
visn them success In their enterprise. Thr,
have the free run OF the public land and the sol'
therein embosomed they use the cod, cut th'
timber, dig and box the gold, 10 one oblec'ns
saeh government as the existing lsSs vii author
lac, they have several National vessels Ito OF
their chief port to protect it, sustain the author
ties, and preserve the pubic peace. 10 all thu
nothing Steam Mails are run thither moDthi,
at very heavy cost 70 the Nation. and i@mense
" to the advantage Of the Cshiornisns. All th'
Revenue that was to be collected IN California thu
year viii be spent in Der service. and probably
much more. Does It become, then, her people Il
murmur a, their present condition, and complain
Of the extension OF the Revenuelsws as tyranny
We trust they will think again.
A Connecticut CORES Pondent writes us a gco'
deal that We suppress as personal, sdalstsry sn'
Irrelevant and closes by asking