The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-30
THE UNION.


L nutA<E hluMD Report. tt.t ~ n Z
The report OF Mr. King, the late extraordinary agent Of
the President in California appears In the Republic OF
this morning, and desire to invite attention 10 two
points which presents Mr. King says: arrived a
steamer in which took passage was the first tonUeyancs
that reached California with the intelligence OF the in
auguraon Of President Taylor and the appointment oil
his cabinet and thai Congress had failed to cid the Ex-
ecuye in providing government for the people OF that
Territory" II will be remarked that Mr.. King here says
that the steamer in which he went conveyed the FIRST
intelligence that Congress had failed to provide govern
ment for California. "The greatest anxiety naturally
felt and manifested" says Mr. King, to ascertain the
OF the neglect the part Of the OF the
United States and what steps duty to themselves required
them to take" &c. In the second column OF Mr. Kings
report he says "A few days after my arrival his Gen.
Riley's) proclamation calling convention TO form State
words "daied the third Of June Mr. King aliclses 10
give them peculiar force Now Messrs Editors, turn your
attention 70 Gen Rleys proclamation, and read the first
line of IT, The General says "Congress having failed TO
provide government for this Territory &c. &c. How
did Gen Riley come to know, the third day OF june
Of this failure on the part Of Congress-. II the steamer
which carried out the first intelligence did not reach Cali
fonia until the 4th day OF June! How came Gen Riley
to proclaim this intelligence about which "geat anxiety
felt and Expressed" day before first reached
the country One OF two things IS ceraineither that
Mr. King is mistaken as to his being the first arrival or
that General Reys proclamation is erroneously dated
When that proclamation was written, the author knew
that Congress had failed provide government for Cali
fornia" This failure did not until the last hour
Of the sessonnay. it did not until the morning Of
the 4th OF MARCH, te very day On winch Geneal laylOf
nauguated. BY some means this intelligence, say
again, was conveyed to California in advance OF Mr.
King, who did not reach there until the 4th OF June,
else could not have been positively set forth in Gen.
Reys proclamation of the Sd OF June Either this is 90,
or my other hypothesis true that the proclamation is
enormously dated Ii the first is true, then that
the same conveyance which carried out the intelligence
that Congress had failed to establish government for
California might. and probably did, convey also the
views Of the President and cabinet for Gen. Riley says
in this proclamation: The President and Secre-
taries of War and OF State approve OF this policy &c
If Mr.. King is right, that the steamer in which he went
out conveyed the first intelligence to California that
Congress- had failed to establish agovernment for the terri
tory and that he did not get there until the fourth Of
june then submit that s impossible Gen. Riley could
have known the Sd of June, of this failure; and he
stated fact not known to him until June 4, in procla
nation dated the Sd Of June, then say the document
is enormously dated If the steamer which took Mr.
King to California did, in fact convey the first ntei
gence Of the failure OF Congress to establish govern
ment for the Territory, may not assume that this same
Secretaries OF War and Of State; and if General Riley
stated the failure OF Congress the authority OF this
arrival may he not have stated the views OF the Presi
dent and his ministers on the same authority Mark
Iyou-Mr. King got his instructions on the Sd Of Apra
one month after the administration came into power
and his was according to his showing, the first
rival in California after the 4th Of March-the day
which the scheme OF providing government for the
Territory" was finally defeated.
throw out this reflection; and may, if it is found
necessary in vndicaton of the late President and cab
against the charge OF Mr. King and others, follow
them up with other remarks on this singular report.
Mr. King has proved too much to authorize him to
exonerate President Taylor and Secretaries Crawford
and Clayton from the charge of prompting Gen. Riley
his He certainly far short in his evidence that
the late President and his Secretaries are the persons
President and THE Secretary of War, and Of State.
who approve his course. M. G.
WASHINGTON, March 81, 1880