Holly Springs gazette., 1850-01-18

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I Mon. and tjghuul o%ucrs OF The tnri-
tory, oith" nigh; toSettle there with their
property; and continuing pcou slavery
laws establishing the Catholic religion
and prohibiting all other forms ofwoship
laws, in many respects, wholly antag-
onls,ic in their character to the laws and
constitution orthe United States, who are
tts righ'.ul soyereignS!
Iae ueNt step Of this executor of Mex.
lean law, was 10 issue proclamation
for an election to hold convention for
the purpose of framing constitution for
II State Government, preparatory to ad-
mission into the Union. A pretended
eaciion was held, where a few citizens
.ot the nitcd States, resident in Caliior.
mia and q mixed mn,jtude. composed Of
transieota' rcntgrcrs .AIcNicaQs, Ch;ianS
Europeans, Sandwich islanders, Chinese,
Nr., t~e.. wjthoUtrcgarl to natural xatIoa
tiNcI residence, or any other legal quail
JtcaJlon, were permitted to vote and lest
some Of the delegates elected Should fail
TO attend the convention, General Riley
authorized the appointment OF SYplrRn-
mef"',g mcm5crs to I'LL the places Of absent
members-a procedure wholly unknown
TO law, or the practice, it is believed, OF
any civilized people on the face OF the
ear,h? The convention is held, and the
scheme is consummaled by constitution
with the Wilmot proliso as one Of its
provisions: and to crown the whole, now,
the executive Of the United States dppre-
Gates the agitation Of sectional quest
ionS,' abiding as all know, to the vii.
mot Proviso, and earnestly recommends
/ this anomalous constitution-th of,
spring Of ridiculous farce, TO THE rAyo>
RABLG CONSIDERATION OF CoNGREssm But
it seems fundamental part of the
proposition to which it was supposed we
stood committed, in the great anxiety to
consummate this scherfe, was entirely
overlooked. The proposition admits the
right of the people OF "A territory in fra
ming a constitution, "uadcr the gcacrUi
IpriHciPlcS Of tie constitution, to determine
7 WcF o'cH dDHcStc IHtCY.
The sovereignty OF the country had,
by the late treaty with Mexico, passed
from Mexico to the United States; and no
people, whether in California or else
where, had the right to assume soyer-
eighty overthe territory. But the people
Of California have not only, without the
consent of Congress, assumed sovereignty
over the territory Of which they had pos
session, but over Il vast country, wholly
unnhabted, except by few scattered
: sayagcs, thereby attempting to forever
prevent the rightlul sovereigns, or at least
the slave States, from ever occupying the
f country purchased by their blood and
trcasurc2 Was this according to the
general principles Of the constitution
Was it according to the general princi-
pies Of the constitution for General Riley
a military officer only--to assume the
Office of civil governor Of California-ar
r Office not created by Congress, and which
the President has no power to create, and
under Mexican law, order convention
the object of which was to deprive the
United States Of their sovereignty, and
to disfranchise one halt Of those State,
from the enjoyment of constitutional
right? Was il according to the genera
principles OF the constitution to hold al
election without lcga. officers TO conduc
it and make returns, where persons Of al
nations, whether citizens or not, natural
+ i1ed or not, should vote away, not only
+ our sovereignty, but the iaes,mble right.
of American citizens? And was it &C
cording to the general principles of tht
constitution for delegates thus elected
composed, as the proceedings of the con
, vention show, of persons not uaturalize,
by the laws Oi'the United States, to die
, tate a government to citizens of the L
+ States, and one, robbing eight millions @
; those citizens Of the right Of entering up
/, on. and enjoying their own property
. And yet, this is the outrage that is earn
estly recommended to the favorable con
= sideration Of Congress"
Are you, ask, and through you, | as
, my iellow>citizenS, are you prepared t
. submit to such an outrage? | know yo
. are / OF, and that you are resolved to re
+. sist it By every means in your power an
to the last extremity.
;, At The formation Of the confederation. abo,
i three-lourhs Of the territory of the Union b.
V longed 10 the present slave States. In Il
Z spirit of conciation, and for the sake ofpeac
n we consented to a deprivation oil our right
n first by the ordinance of 1897, in reference
n the Northwestern Territory, and secondIyh
c submission 10 the Missouri Compromis
$ Here, we supposed. that the spirit Of aggre
1t sion would stop, and we might rest qlel
t. south Of the line agreed on by that compr
,p mise. But in this, we arc disappointed Til
N fell spirit now demands our exclusion fro
Il every foot Of territory belonging to the Unio
-. 1t isa universally admitted principle, til
! when one otthe parties 10 Il compact, wiho
" the consent Of the other, disregurds, and vi
" ateS that compact, the other ceases to
! bound to the performance Of the obligation
N hto which he entered in its formation. ri
i, uon-s ayehp,ding States have refused to abb,
l. by the terms Ot the Missouri Compromise. al
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