Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-01-26

condition to her admission as State affecting her
domestic institutions contrary to the wishes oil her
people, and even compel her temporarily to comply
with it, yet the State could change her constitution
at any time, after admission, when to her 1t should
seem expedent. Any attempt to deny to the peo-
pie of the State the right of sefgovernment, in a
matter which peculiarly affects themselves, will IN
falliby be regarded by them an invasion OF their
rights and upon The principles laid down in our own
Declaration of Independence, they will certainly be
sustained by the great mass OF the American peo-
lple. To assert that they conquered people,
and must as State submit to the will OF their
conquerors in this regard, will meet with no cor
dial response among American freemen. Great
numbers of them are native citizens of the United
States, not inferior to the rest of our country
men in intelligence and patriotism; and no lam
guage of menace to restrain them in the exer-
else of an undoubted right, substantially guaranteed
to them by the treaty of cession ITSELF shall ever be
uttered by me, or encouraged and sustained by per-
sons acting under my authority. 1t is 10 be expect
ed that in the residue of the territory coded to us by
Mexico, the people residing there will, at the time
of their incorporation into the Union as State,
settle all questions of domestic policy to suit them
selves.
No material inconvenience will result from the
want, for short period, of Government establish
ed by Congress that part Of the Territory which
lies eastward of the new State of California; and the
reasons for my opinion that New Mexico will, at no
very distant period, ask for admission into the Union,
are founded unofficial information, which sup
pose is common to all who have cared to make in
quiries on that subject.
+ Seeing then, that the question which now excltes
such painful sensations in the country will IN the
end certainly be settled by the silent effect of causes
independent of the action of Congress, again SUBJ
nit 10 your wisdom the policy recommended in my
Annual Message Of awaiting the salutary operation
of those causes, believing that we shall thus avoid
the creation Of geographical parties and secure the
harmony of feeling so necessary to the beneficial
action of our political system. Connected, as the
Union Isl with the remembrance of past happiness,
the sense of present blessings, and the hope of flu
ure peace and prosperity, every dictate of wisdom,
every feeling of duty, and every emotion of patriot
ism tend TO inspire fidelity and devotion to it, and
admonish us cautiously to avoid any unnecessary
controversy which can either endanger it or impair
its strength, the chief element of which is to be
found in the regard and affection of the people for
each other. z. TAYLOR.
Letter from Mr.. Clayton to the President.
DEPARTMENT. STATE,
WAsHIsGros, JANuAnI z, 1850.
TO The President Of The United States:
The SECRETARY OF STATE, to whom has been
referred resolution of the House of Representa-
tives of the 3ls utimo requesting the President of
the United States to communicate to that body as
early as he conveniently can
Wheher the last session of Congress- any person
has been by him appointed either civil military Cover
nor of California and New Mexico; any military or civil
governor has been appointed, their and their
spensaton if military and civil governor has been uni
ted in person, whether any additional compensation
has been given for said duties and the amount of the
Also that he be requested to communicate to this House
whether any agent agents. other persons, have been
appointed by the President any of the Departments of the
Government, and sent to California New Mexico,
cognised in said Territories by this Government authorized
sto organize the people of California New Mexico into
Government aid advise them in such organization
or whether such agent, civil military governor, in
structed directed aid preside be present at the
assembly Of body of persons called Consention in Cali
forna, CONTROL aid, advise direct, participate any
in deliberations OF that body Of persons if any,
names of such agent agents. and their compensation
Also that the President be requested to inform this House
whether the Executive either of the Departments have
sent any agent agents the part of this Government to
California New Mexico to aid advise the people Of
those Territories to the formation of Government for
and such agent agents have been sent who
they and their compensation. Also, that the President
'be respectfully requested to communicate to this House all
the instructions given such governor civil military, in
California New Mexico officers OF the army OF
The United States any other who have been
sent by this Government to New Mexico California and
the procamaons and communications by them made to the
people OF said Territories well as the entire correspond
of such agents governor with this Government And
ALSO whether have been authorized by
this Government of its Departments to appont and
dect the elections said Territories and determine the qua
hcaons Of the voters at the and whether laws
have been created by supposed Government in Caor-
mia and so, what laws. And that the President be
quested to communicate this House all correspondence
held by this Government with any persons California and
New Mexico relative the formation of Government for
the said Territories by the inhabitants thereo and whether
Of the citizens Of said Territories has been made
and that the if made be communicated to this House.
sAlso all similar instructions that given similar Off
ces agents by the late Executive, and all similar inor
nation of which the Department of State had possession and
similar matters at the expiration Of the Of oe of the
| 'late President
has the honor to report to the President the accom-
panying papers, on file in his Department, embraced
| by the resolution. Copies of so much of the cor
respondence of this Department, during the last Ad.
minisraton, with officers and agents in California,
after the Treaty of Guadalupe, as was deemed pro-
per or useful to be communicated to Congress, will
be found among the papers accompanying the
message of President Polk of December 5, ls4s,
from page As to SO, inclusive. See l vol. Execu
tive Documents, I'd session 30th Congress. Prior
to that period T. o. Larkin, Esq was appointed
confidential agent of the Department in California
and received for his services the sum of Sc, l07.
The Secretary of State has the honor to add, that
no official report has yet been received at this De-
parment from Mr.. King, who, on the Sd of April
last, was appointed bearer Of dispatches to Cali
fornia, and agent to collect information neces
sary to the proper execution of the treaty with
| Mexico, as well as to communicate information to
the people of that territory is fully stated in the
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