The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-03-13

Gus 10 authorize lhem 10 be formed inla
a State. THIS was doRs BY taking cen
sus. That being done, and DE nnm'
Der proving sufficient, permission was
gained. The aet granting Il fKed al
The preliminaries-lhe Time and place
81 holding Ihe Contention: he eusllliea-
lion Of ibe voters; establishment Of rs
boundaries. and Ill other MEASURES nsces.
sary 10 be selllsd previous 10 admission.
The set giving permission neressarilI with
draws the sovereignty OF The United States.
and lezrrs the inhabitants Of The inripienl
Stale as fIee 10 form their constitution and
government rs were The originsl States 81
The Union after they had declared their
independence. Al this Stage. lhe iahahil.
ants Of The Territory became fnr III 6rsi
time a people. in legal and constitutional
language. Prior 10 this. tisy were. by
The old acts Of Congress. called inhabitants,
and not peop.e. AL This is perlsrily c"n-
sisIeni with Tie sovereignty oflle United
States. with ihe powers Of Congress, and
with the right Of a people 10 sell,gosem>
meni.
Michigan was The first case in which
there was any departure from The uniform
rule Of acting. Hers was very slight de-
paiiure from established usage. The or
dinance OF 1857 secured 10 her Inc right
ofbecoming Stale when she should have
10000 inhabitants. Owing 10 some neg
leci. Congress delayed taking The census.
In the mean lime her population increased
until il clearly exceeded more Than twice
The number which entitled her 10 admis-
sion. Al this stage she formed a eonsli.
tuition and government without The census
being taken by The United States. and
Congress waived The omission. as there
was no doubt she had more than a suli.
cient number TO eniiIle her 10 admission.
She was not admitted al the FIRST session
she applied. owing 90 some difficulty re.
speriing the boundary between her and
Ohio. The great irrsgulariiy. as 70 her
admission. took place al the next session.
but on point which can have no possible
connection with The case &c California.
The irregularities in all other eases that
have since occurred are Of a similar ma
ture. In all there existed Territorial Gov.
ernments established by Congress, with
officers appointed BY the United States.
In all the Terriiolial Government took lie
lead in calling Conventions and fixing The
preliminaries preparatory 20 The formation
OF constitution and admission into the
Union. They all recognised the sore.
reignty of the United States aud The VA.
thoriiy Of Congress over The Territories;
and wherever there was any departure
from established usage. il was done on the
presumed consent Of Congress. aud moi
IN defiance offs authority, or the sovereign.
~ ofihe United States over Tire Territories.
In this respect California stands alone.
without usage, or single example 10 CO.
yer her case.
II belongs now. Senators. for you 10 de-
eide what part you will act in reference 10
this unprecedented transaction. The Er-
ecutive has laid The paper purporIing 10 be
the Constitution OF California before you.
and asks you TO admit her into the Union
as State; and The question is. will you
OF will you not admit herr lis grave
question. and there rests upon you heavy
responsibility. Much, very much will de-
pend upon your decision. II YOU admit
her, you endorse aud give your sanciion
10 all that has been done. Are you pre-
pared 10 do SOL Are you prepared 10
surrender your power oflegislaiion for the
Terrilories-a power expressly vested in
Congress BY The constitution. as has been
fully established! Can you, consistently
with your oath 10 support The constitution.
surrender the power! Are you prepared
TO admit that The inhabitants OF the Terri.
tories possess the sovereignty over them,
and that any number, more or less, NAV
claim any extent Of territory they please,
may form Constitution ana Government.
and erect il into State, without asking
your permlssion! Are you prepared to
surrender the sovereignty of the United
States over whatever territory NAV be
hereafter acquired 10 the first adventures
who may rush into il Are you prepar-
ed 10 surrender virtually 10 tie Executive
department all The powers which you
have heretofore exercised over the Tern.
tories! II not, how ran you, consistently
with your duty aud yonr oali.s 10 supper,
lhe constitution. give your assent 10 the
admission OF California as a Stale, under
pretended constitution aud government!
Again, can you believe that The project Of
con iiluiicn which they have adopted
has The least validity /! Gan YOU believe
that there is such State in reality as the
Stale Of California! No; there Is no such
State. II has no legal validity, and can
have none without your sanction. How,
then, .can you admit il as a State, when,
according To The provision OF The consliln.
lIon, your power is limited to admitting
new Sfafes? 10 be admitted, it mus, be
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