Eastern times., 1850-04-18

MI. Thurston's Speech.
Hon Samuel Il Thurston, the delegate from,
Oregon. and formerly resident of our State,
addressed Congress, while in Committee of the
Whole, On the 25th ult in a very able speech,
N favor of tho admission of California. He
took similar grounds with Senator Hamlin-
vlndicating the course of the people of Califor-
MIA in creating state government. as well as
the regularity of their proceedings. and claim
ing the admission of California as state with
out limitation or condition. IN relation to
boundaries, he commended that nuure designed
that the territory Of California as defined by
her Stat. Constitution. although embracing a
large area and an extended coast. should
belong to one Sta,e-that the State was not
susceptible Of a division on the line of So deg
80 min.--that if divided the portion South OF
that line could never be created into state,
but must forever remain territory, to be man
aged at great expense by the general govern
ment-and that the interests within its limits
were homogeneous, and ought never to be sew
cred by conflicting Jurisdictions. We append
his remarks upon this branch -
But now TO the point cf dividing her on SO
deg. 80 min. In this case, you not only COM
pei that part of California admitted, with less
means, to bear the same burden of State gov
ernmrnt, but you form territory south of that
line, which this Government will have to
maintain in that dependent condition for an
indefinite period, and at an expense of hun
dreds OF thousands of dollars yearly for i!
may be affirmed. with all Truth. that California
oest of the mountains, and south o.. 3S deg 80
min neUer can make a State of itself; and it is
tolly-sbsolute folly-to say that it can, or
that it should be. organized with Deseret or
New Mexico. The extent of desert between
;hcm is such as to torsuer separate them and
make them strangers. They nersr can be con-
nectcd, either i'll SfGte or territorial govern
ments This part of California, therefore,
must come into this Union with the remand
er of the State, or ii must stand isolated as Il
territorial dependency torevcr. and at t e enor
nous expense to the Government | have indi-
Gated. Every man who knows anything about
the country south of the line proposed. k ows
that the southern part of the territory has not
got and aerer can haze, the necessary elements
OF State. Had ! time, | could show this by
quoting II ON the best of authors-but have
not. Such is the truth, and as such, assert
it without fear of successful contradicton.-
Even the southern part OF the San joaquin
valley, which that line would cut Off l am au-
tho,ized to say ca,liot be reached by the peo
PIE on the coast south OF that line, where is to
be found what little land there is in the south
ern portion, except by mules; and the noun
tains are such as to defy the construction Of
wa ;on roads across them. And It cannot es-
cape the eye, that the only outlet for the pro-
ceeds of that valley. is down the San joaquin
and Sacramento river to San Francisco, which
is an additional reason why The whole valley
shonld belong to one and the same State, and
why California should be admitted as she is
Why then. when God and nature have made
ii Indispensable that al Of California as laid off,
should belong to owe State, shall it be contest
ed by the ,c1ath Of man ? Why contested at
the expense of natural boundaries, the public
treasury, and the rights Of the people there p
Let those answer who Will.
In speaking of the public land. in Oregon,
Mr. Thurston says -
Il wish the committee to understand that
although the white population in Oregon,
reaches about fifteen thousand, up to this time
the Indian title to a foot of the land in that
territory has never been extnguished. Conse-
quently no man owns foot OF land in Oregon,
but all of us are comparatively trespassers up
on the soil
In relation to which tho Kenne5ec Journal
says -
The clans Of squatters. are, however, re
>pected by each other to the amount, We be-
heve, of a section, or 6i0 acres. and are sold
with the Improvements. No doubt Congress
will make some provision for these settlers, and
protect them in their possessions. to areasona-
BILE extent
The improvements and po,sessory rights of
the Hudson's Bay Company at their stations,
are secured to them by treaty, which is said
the company will sell out for million of dol
lars. These claims must Of course be defined
and adjusted by our government, so that all
the lands in Oregon will be sold by the gov
crnment, and all the settlers get titles direct
from Uncle Sam, 1t will be very different in
California, nearly all the southern part OF
which ia covered by sIcxican grants.