The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-05-29

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IL was impossible 10 as certain lhe po-
pulaiion Of California. by any OF ihe de-
rennisl enumefaiions Of The inhabiisnisof
the United States. She was bus shnrs
sime part OF This Union. and the increase
'of her population had been sudden and ra-
1 pid. The only mode Of arriving at The
probable number Of her inhabitants was
such evidence as circumstances afforded.
What was the course adopted in the hrst
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS amongihe
several States Of the Unionf There had
been no federal enumeration ofihe Inhsb-
ilanls. Some OF The States. particularly
Georgia, were allowed more reprrsenia-
tives Than her population ennlIed her to.
They followed such esidences as circum.
stances afforded. and that was the only
course they could adopt II was well
known That Georgia had not that popula.
lien which would give her The representa-
tises allowed 10 her by the conventions
But il was said that she was a new and
growing State. that emigration was rapid
ly flowing in. and that If she had moi the
requisite number. she would have sufficient
by the time her representatives took their
seats. The same principle was followed
in The case of Texas. No one supposed
that Texas, when she was admitted into
the Union, had population sufIicien, 10
eniiile her 10 two representatives, but it
was known that emigration was rapidly
filling up her territory, and when the next
census shall be taken he had no doubt but
Texas will have population sufficient TO
entiile her TO two. if not more than two
representatives. He said that, in The re-
marks oflie Senator from Georgia (Mr.
Benien) on this subject. on the day The
report was made. that Senator had made
a mistake in supposing that 10 enlille Ca
hfornia TO two representatives she must
have double that number of inhabitants
made necessary Tor one representative by
the act Of Congress regulating The appor-
tionment representatives. By the law Of
Congress, IL was expressly enacted that
any State having an excess over moieiy
Of the NUMBER iixed as the basis Of a re-
preventative, shall be entitled 10 a repre-.
sentative for that excess. 80 that Callor.
mia, 10 be entitled 10 two representatives,
!, was not required by law TO have l4l,
600 inhabitants, as the. Senator supposes.
From the best evidences in his posses.
: ! sion, and from The address OF The repre-
sentatives from California, itappeared that
! the population OF California, on the Isl of
, January 1850, was 100000, more Than
! enough to eniiiie her TO one representative;
, sirce that time, and up TO The 9Th Of
March, the arrivals there by the sea were
16,057, and from other sources over, IL,
0e0. The increase has been going on
! ever since, and he had not the slightest
; doub, but That there was a, this time in
e California population sufficient TO entile.
: her 10 two representaliS es, even If there
were no provision granting her member
for any excess over moiety. II had been
said that the people Of California were not
citizens OF that State, but adventures after
gold. They were principally from our
own States; they were bone Of our bone,
and had not lost any Of their intelligence
i by emigration. He found nowhere in the
/ Constitution any time Of residence fixed as
a qualification for representation. 1t was
!. also said that many of those who were
> there were foreigners, ignorant Of our
laws and customs; but by the treaty Of
: Guadalupe Ilidalgo, The foreigners resi-
dent there were TO become citizens Of the
United States within one yeai, unless
they chose The alternative Of returning to
4 Mexico. II was said. also, that thousands
:. of those who had gone there from the
!. United States intended to return. II was
: the same case in Louisiana; thousands GO
r there for the purpose of making fortune,
!. and with the intention Of returning. but
after being there awhile. become pleased
with the climate, and become permanent
|. :, residents.
. The next objection 10 California is her
j boundary. Il was proposed, in commit.
n Tee, TO divide California into two States
d by the liue Of 36o go. but the majority
!. Of The committee defeated the proposition
IT Tie thought il strange that this design Of
d dividing itinto Two States should originate
5. with The South and be so violently op'
IS posed by the North. when it was evidcn
8, that If California be divided into two or .
I'd half dozen States they all will be wha
e. is called free States. Slavery could
IN not be carried into any new State 10 be
IS, carved out o. California south Of So
,g go. There would be California, fre,
is. State. on the one side, Mexico and he
of mountains on the other; or, il slavery coul
he be carried there, il could no, he maintain
he ed. All the inhabitants Of California, I
in her convention. were in favor of NAL
ee ing il free Stale. The effect of carvin
lat new States ont Of her would be 10 increa.
,st the preponderance Of free States, whic
IA has been SO strongly objected 10.
ms He examined the extent Of the seacoa
as, Of California. and conlended that The co
'as dition Of The interior country was such III
ier no new State could be formed there III