The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-03-09

featured string of hypocritical policy? We may
be wrong in believing the latter to be the fact but
somehow il strikes us that such an inference is e-
ultimately deducible from the I" circumstances' Of
the case.
But il is urged that if emigrants from the States
alone were responsible for the California constitu-
tion the outrage would not be outrageous II
is the alleged fact that "aliens and strangers"
permitted TO have voice in the formation Of
the constitution that causes 30 much affection to
the party which never fails, about election tines
to yearn towards foreigners from every cline be-
tween Lapland and Japan. And, doubtless, If Cal
ifornia be admitted State, this same party will
be 80 changed in feeling and opinion by the next
election over on the Pacific, that it will then seek TO
embrace in the expanded arms of its benevoence
every man of the now denounced /" riff raft and
scurf of the earth who may happen to be entitled
to vote.
We see no evidence that the foreigners exercised
any influence at all in the formation of the Califor-
MIA constitution, and certainly they are not repre-
sented among the officers recently elected to carry
out its provisions majority ofwhom are natives of
southern States. Governor Quitman says that
" some" of the California voters were emigrants
from the States, and that many Of them were
natives of California, and adventures from other
chimes. If this be true, it is remarkably strange
that Hottentot, atea-drinking, rat-eating gen.
tleman from China, specimen of that 'prepon-
derating colored population" about which Gen.
Cass told when he a candidate for the Presi-
dency, should not have been elected to one of
the offices created by the constitution. The truth
is, all this talk about foreigners is sheer humbug
the emigrants from the States immensely in the
majority in California, and control matters accord
ing to their own notions. The sons of Uncle Sam
the trainers of the much abused constitution
and very fine piece of handiwork it is, worthy of
comparison with the best now in existence. We
could have wished tosee slavery restriction in it,
we hoped there would be none some time since.
and were then told by the central organ of Locofo
coism in this State, that "thc free white pioneers of
that newly acquired territory would never degrade
their labor to level with that Of the sooty African
We still hoped on, however, although similar pre-
dictons were made by such men as Lewis Cass,
James Buchanan, and Robert ]. Walker. We
have been disappointed; and we are surprised to
find that the same trumpets of Locofocosm which
heralded the doctrines Of the Nicholson letter, in
regard to California, only few months ago, are
now swearing vehemently, in effect, that if their
party could have its way California would surely
come into the Union slave State. We do not
see how this can be accomplished unless that party
is better able to overcome ''natural and moral i'm
possibilities than it protested to be during the last
national canvass. Still We perfectly willing to
give the bitter enders'' fair trial this point;
they are, indeed, in position to make it without
the consent of the Wings or the Administration.
Congress has the power to admit new States, and
the Locofocos have majority in Congress. Cali
fornia cannot speedily become member of the
Union without their consent; let them withhold it
and keep her out of the siserhood until. in their
opion, she may be admitted without violation of
southern rights.
We cannot believe, however, that they would
attempt this, even with the best prospect of sue
cess, except for the same real purpose which has
induced them to raise the present issue-that is,
the manufacture of party capital out of bolster
GUS and hearess show of superior regard for south
ern rights and interests.