Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-18


clon,aton OF Dec GOTH 1919, by which he elnqushed
h administration of affairs in California 10 the Executive
of tho Government organized uhuef Tic PROVISIONS o Tile
constitutiop" &C.! Dir. Mason says:
uAnj thus without warrant OF law, In violation OF the
,n latter of Constitution and OF the not less plain Exc
ruys iu. was the dominion OF the u > over large and
ar,ble Territory the property OF all the States quietly
handed over to the first occupants who went upon it, and
,ho were melted Ind stimulated 10 take H. and sport
with 40 grave occasion, The General ends the BY
agreeing to defray all the of the convention Of
hs pubic money in his hands Sse his letter hs Hon.
C. T. Bolts chairman" &C.. dated al Monterey, Sept, l3,
ISl9~
The time has bccn 6essrs. Editors when sllch acrsut
srpaons Of power would have aroused the whole nation
shall Indignation now be less excited when their object
is to delraud Of rights! Fur, as Mr. Mason usy
saws tho report OF the debates of the California Convention
shows chat the polar which guided their deliberations
on all the great questions 10 be determined was adjust
them would best ensure speedy admission Of their State
into the Union. On the question OF boundary OF domestic
ser.ildc and OF the exclusion OF the African atogeh
from California; thing have been effected,
and 10 some extent CONTROLLED BY belief in the necessity Of
popatng the MINORITY in Congress the subject of A.r
can slavery" Mr.. Mason adduces many from these
Mr. Ssnrle, the President OF The Convention, who
that he had convcrscd with Dir. Thos Butler King (tne
avowed agent Of The E1ccuve) the subject OF bounda
ries and that Mr. King told him. "For Gods sake leave
territory lesislac upon in Congress" Ito then
state that the great object in our formation OF Sa,s
Government was 10 avoid further legislation"
Ii does appear after ALL that the population felt any
great interest in this military drumming up Of a constu
tona Convention. Mr. Bolts sksd in the Convention (as
quoted by Mr. Mason,)
" Do YOU know sir bv what Of my constituents Fit
upon the floor will tell you received Dinctysix votes
Ny colleague, il is true received some twenty or thirty
more, and a. for tho remainder Of my colleagues believe
they of than | am"
Randolph of Roanoke has already shown in your pa
per- Messs Editors tina, tho people South of So deg 50
min much opposed 10 being included in State Gov
ernnun aud that they preferred Territorial organization
Mr. Mason rpeats the fact and presents abundant evidence
The meetings this spring in Southern California provo thar
their feelings still unchanged
~, ir,h Al r,-ie hn nj
ed right in tho inhabitants OF portion Of the territory
OF California; They have no authority whatever, none in
law and ittls in Justice assemble themselves upon the
property the Goycrnmcnt-thc common property Of all
the Statesand 10 pass law, which shal integdic from
that territory the citizens Of onehai Of the States OF this
Union unless they leave their valuable property be
hlnd teH and that property which of all others would
be valuable 10 them in the territory 1t olow. that
whenever the Constitution Of California is ratified BY
Congress the clause prohibiting slavery will become law by
hs act of Congress, and alone" None would advise
Congress 10 raiy such awless usurpaton by admitting
California, but as means of settling the slavery ques
oh and - that reason 10 recommend the TO
southern iavohr 1t Is such peace in its effects
minds of what acitus says of the conduct OF the Ro-
mans IN their conquests NH soiudnm aciunt iii pacen
roran which may be freely translated where they leave
no room Tor solitary STAKEHOLDER 10 enter they call it
Gdjistmenk
The first proposition in Mr. Cays territorial bill is there
fore neither less than adoption by Congress OF
this military usurpaton il is Tor The Congress Of all tho
United States 10 snncIlon, confirm and take for their
act, this Executive Proyiso'-th, masked Wilmo; Pro.
and the whole Pacific As Mr. Seldom SAYS tho la
Dor OF tbs Southern States is the only labor in the world
excluded.
Surely if we give mp all this we shall find some conpcnsa
ton in the next proposition And yet what does it give us
what does 1t call upon the North 10 give up, Ibsoiie,,
,oHiing View in il best light and il only
the Clayton bl applied the whole territory but 10
the more barren portions while slavery in,erdctc in all
the richer part and the the closed up Here
Of least we should have had the full OF our rights
oi all that va claim under the Constitution. Ii give up
Tie gold mines all the land known be rich all The sea
csast and permit ourselves 10 be rauducny ousted from
their enjoyment and slave property excluded here az
least might justly demand that the North shall in hsr
turn surrender her claims, that Congress shall fulfil its duty
under The Constitution and remove every obstacle
free emigration with our property by aboiehn. tho local
or MEXICAN laws If any smra exist since the conquest The
North could the better afford this single Compliance with
what We believe our strict right, because she Processes
ihlnk that nature herself has ineIced slavery in these
.ions. But she refuses rather Mr. Cays Committee
hers and though she willing for the present not
pass the WiImot Prorso because rs the report Of that
Committee il is useless yc, she ready the moment
the Courts decide that the Mexican law did survive tho
conquest il appears that slave labor is going there
act the prohibition. Mr. Masons quotation Mr. Win
hrops speech and other Indications provo that such her
design.
II compensation offered the South in the second pro-
position - ius deltI1iYr the third is actually mons.rous
II proposes ID convert l23,uU0 square miles u Texas
slave territory beyond any OF CONTROVERSY debac
a5l= land sc the rest and Tor This privilege Of creatiu
new rec so nn of her own limii,of 5uyin. guar
1.-The south I" her share Of t. Is millions dol
larsa .hate which! could ssli ba less than 10 IL
than such proposifion
VIVA, then is the sum Of tho whsO bil To sanction all
tho injustice and consu,ionaty involved in the prece
Dent al the Executive Proviso and nerdct slavery
whole coast aud in 59 500 square miles of tho best land
and richest mines; Ia Leave the the territory ex
acy where II Is already rs far the slavery question i.
concerned 10 open 900 square miles of country now
slave territory 10 irseso agitation with the chance of il.
making two new free States Of the largest class III.
North and West Of Texas and fora these Loors South
is y pay twelve millions of dollars,
have always understood that compromise upon
the gre ad take principles that II was barsain in which
each party gave up soasng they thought their right
and profit II Mr. Fuotc very properly objects thi.
scrnle being called compromise. His name for adus.
suitable for mpcs nothing more than
nse,ement; dispute MAY be adjusted, when party
gets all tho profit, and the otlisr all the dshonor.
Now ask, why should We submit 10 such adiustnenp
Am told We get nothing better answer rel
nothing sorse We have Texas already who take
third OF her territory without Consent, aud
why should we over consent Even The North would blush
aempt To force Us that And for the Of the terri
tory California bo but admitted with her present boun
darss that the worst, and that is part Of tho adj
jastmen Az Tor Utah and New Mexico do not receive
single security Tor rghsrght u introduce
slaves.
Ana told thu, it is useless resist. because Caorn min
must be, hy nature free territory that slavery
flourish there! dispute the fact.
of those, Messrs Editors who believe that slave
labor is profitable than Free and that every advance in
the science o agriculture enhances It's superiority 1t is nj
said TO DO least suitable grazing country yet
Australia is chiefly grazing country and the British jour
mails concedc that lis great prosperity has been due TO
nk history proves that il would be this ay existing and
orIsing in the North Western States but that fatal
ordinance OF LEI. But apart from these considerations.
could understand how slave labor could be nprot
able the Pacific in the attitudes in which il flour
sicd most on the Atlantic especially when considered the
admitted fact that tho Western much warmer in the
parallels than the Eastern Fremont says fo
idea OF its genial soitness and warmth These doubts
confirmed whsn read tho authors Geographical
description oi California. Ie says that lis wroche
Jinn the time OF the conquest Of liz capacities
that III 1892 Vancouver found in latitude 81 deg 10 lnn
apples, pears puns fgs oranges, grapes, peaches
poncgrsnaes, growing together with tho rana;n banana,
nut Sn"nr and ndio all Welding fruit in abui
Dance and Of excellent quality. Humboldt mentions III.
olive oil OF California equal To that o Andausia and the
wine like tina, Of The Canary Islands. Surely these
the productions Of climates and soils suitable slavery.
The lands Of North California very productive in
WHEAT, and ! think none who acquainted with
tide water Virginia | may say, vino have
lied the statements ot Mr. Edmund RuiIln. or Dir.
Newton irmngcan doubt that slave labor sill paw very
high profits in the wheat culture. Bu hear what Fremont
OF South California "JoJacco has been recently in
roduced and the uniform heat which follows the
wet season. and Is uninterrupted by rain, would make the
southern country we'll adapted to co0n" Mr. Butler King
that is great mistake suppose irrigation
cssary large product and BY the way, Emory tells
that irrigation never be successfully pracsed wticu,
peonase that H. white iarey Mr.. King also says that rice
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