Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1850-03-02
Id ADMIssIoN oF cALIFoRNIA.

ti0n 20 the Wlo'e proceeding. The convention 20 form
state constitution vas 20, up through the pr1c.ama-
ton ola miiitry commandani, Gen. Riley, who had
no more auih,rty to act in the mater--lo order e.
Ccticus prescribe tie mode IN which ,hey should BE-
held and The TINE and place ior the meeting Of the
convention, tan the Emperor Of Japan had- The
cry irsi steI N tie proceeding was ega. and extra
constitutional and every thing that followed Parook
o. the same character Il was all without precedent
without law, wsou, Formally and We are astonished
that our correspondent, who We know Is vel read
in municipal ami constitutional law, and who u we
mistake not is stckler flr the observance OF forms
and the authoriis Of Drecedents should in his COM
munieation, whith we give on our first page today
seriously & witheyden earuesness argue in favor o.
the admission OF California as sovereign State
4 into the Union, With her constitution formed and
and adopted in te manner that il has been. 1t
would seem, that overlooking the objections TO The
mode Of applicatoI to be admitted INTO the Union,
on the part OF the sJorHrs-we cannot properly
call them the people or ,hecilzens Of that territory
in California, he hascomc to the conclusion that the
thing has been doneand cannot DO undone---that we
must admit Caiornanow, or forever reject her, and
let her set up, for herself ndcpenent state, for
he's avs, "he whole power Of the federal government
could not annihiIate her present constitution" In
all this we think he is greatly mistaken,
Congress can, and we think ought under the
circumstances Of the case, to remand California
TO the territorial condition. We have a case ia point;
a precedent to Justify such course on the part Of
! Congress. Some few years ago Wisconsin APP
piled for admission into the Union under crcumstan.
ces not half 50 Objectionable as those connected with
the present application Of California; for her consu.
ton had been formed by legal and regularly or,
gained convention, and was as conlormable to
republican principles as the constitution Of any other
state in the Union, yet Congress refused her appi-
cation and remanded her back to the territorial con.
dition merely upon the ground Of objection to the
lImil6 and boundaries which she had prescribed for
herself Her Senators and Representatives elect
were not allowed to take their seats in Congress
until that obectiona bic feature in her constitution
was "annhiatcd" II Congress could SO act with
regard to WISCONSIN, with infinitely more justice
and propricy can it reject the application Of Caifor-
mia and "annihate' the proceedings gifts SO. called
convention.
California presents herself and knocks at the
door Of Congress asking to be admitted with two
members to the House of Representatives What
right has she TO make such demand, or to fix the
number Of her Representatives; no census has been
taken within her borders, aud il is OF course mpos-
slble to say whether, If admitted, she would be
legally entitled to one, two or three members
According to the largest estimate we have seen,
the population in the territory, including Mexicans
and foreigners Of every kind, does not amount 10
one hundred thousand, and according to the appor.
tionment Of Representatives under the last census
she would be entitled to only one member in the
| House, and she demands to be admitted with two
/ Why should she have the advantage in this re.
+ spect ever Arkansas, State which certainly has
more legal voters than she has, and which has been
IN the Union now some ten years with only sin.
| gle member in the House. This is another obec.
ton to the admission Of California upon the terms
which her constitution prescribes, and which it
would seem, the managing politicians who controlled
her anomalous convention, overlooked in their hot
haste 10 come into the Union.
Our correspondent asks "what would the South
gam by opposing the admission Of California; We
answer everything, perhaps that she demands. II
she succeeds in her opposition, and California i.
remanded toa territorial government, it is probable
that satisfactory compromise Of the slavery ques
ton may be effected by running the Missouri linz
Of 81 deg 80 min 70 the Pacific & conining Califor
MIA with her Wiimot proyiso or slave restriction Il
the territory north OF that line But II california
admitted into the Union with her present constitution
aud the boundaries it has prescribed, then win tn
. south lose any thing. The fatal precedent vii
: plcad-New Mexico will follow the examplc an
will soon be found knocking at the door Of Conrres
4 demanding to be admitted upon similar terms wit
California. We except Dcscrct-she has alrcad
tormeda state constitution without the slavery r,
stricton. All California, however would certainly
lost to the south--the principle of the WRmc
, proyso would be extended over that territory in 4
i whole length and breadth, and most probably ov,
New Mexico.
The free soil papers at the North, We observe a,
all in favor Of the present admission Of Californi
for they know that they win goin by il all that IN,
: have contended for. The California restriction
u slavery is good enough Wilmot proyiso for mo
e Of them.
o. We will close our hasty & desultory remarks up
n this subject to-day, by inviting the attention OF
: readers to the suboined extract of letter from
Hon, A. G. Brown which we find in the Nississ,
plan Of the 25the ut 1t is to the point and sho,
y what our Representatives, in Congress think of :
IL admission OF California as State INTO the Uni
RS with her present constitution.
a. WASHINGTON, Feb, 9TH, l. 50.
!. GENrs have not word Of news. II
!, California Constitution will be accepted, thin
: and the State admitted, against the united va
II Of the South; this at least is Identification no,
on Watcher phase the question may assume an
lie a few months discussion am, Of course. unab
Il to say, The Nilmoi proyiso, Qmean the o
p.te, !, l,sk r.