The organizer., 1850-05-18

their neglect TO appropriate money
for the payment of the debts of the
State.
nh. Would any action have been taken hy the
Legislature, had it not have been for the leuer
Oi our Senators and Representatives in Congress7
am unable 10 say whether any ac-
ton would have been taken by the
Legislature had it not been for the
letter OF our Representatives in Con.
gress, but believe there would have
been, if the report and resolutions
of the October Convention had been
communicated to the Legislature BY
the Governor in his annual message.
and they had been referred 10 com>
mlttee before the letter of our repre>
sentatives was written.
Sh What are your opinions relative to this
matter, in all its bearings.
Let us have your opinions in full, relative to
California, her admission with her present Con-
sitution, &c, &c.
presume the public feels but little
interest in knowing what are my opin.
ions on the subject of your interToga-
tories, or relative to the admission of
California. &c.
should have preferred the Legis.
lature simply endorsing and apprOv>
ing the report and resolutions OF the
October Convention, yet can see no
harm likely to result from what they
have done. The action of the Legisla.
ture has given no new phase to the pro-
posed Nashville Convention, and those
who profess to have been in favor of
that convention in October last, and
are now opposed to it, must look else.
where for plausible excuse for their
change of position. The Legislative
resolution merely refers the question
Of the admission of California to that
Convention; it does not undertake to
determine what should be the action
of the convention, or of the Southern
States, in the event of its admission.
Ii is not my business or purpose
either to defend or assal the action of
our Legislature on this subject; il is
unnecessary TO do either, in order to
defend the friends of the Nashvi lie
Convention against unfOunded char
ges.
] am opposed to the admission ofl
California, without reference to the
provisions of her pretended consti-
tuition, for the reason that it has been
framed in lawless and unprecedent-
ed manner, without the sanction Of
Congress, and under circumstances
that afford just ground to believe, that
il is not a fair expression of the will
of the people in that territory.
The Constitution, also. contains in
trinsic objections. IL undertakes TO
prescribe boundaries to the territory,
embracing enough to form three or
more States, and to appropriate the
public domain, without regard to the
interest Of the several States, to which
it properly belongs.
Had her constitution been properly
formed, | should not oppose her ad-
mission merely because it prohibits
slavery.
You "hold that it ismy duty, as a
friend Of the Nashville Convention to
correct the misunderstanding or mis-
Of its enemies"
That was my object in requesting
you to publish Judge Sharkey's let.
ter.
The misrepresentation consist in
to the friends Of that cons
vention, Unreasonable designs" and a
desire to dissolve the Union. These
epiihets, so freely made use Of by
some Of the newspaper writers, are
in as bad taste, as the charge they in
volve is untrue. Those who make the
charge deserv no other reply than, that
il is false and slanderous; but lest 9th
srs mightbe misled by the bOldness &
Of the accusation, il was
proper that a calm and deliberate re-
fuIation should be published. That re-
is found in the letter Of Judge
Sharkey. which you have obliged me !
by publishing in your last number.
Your obd't servant,
HUGH r. MILLER.
IuPOErANr DEMOcRArTc MOVEMENT.
There is now lying at Fort Pick
ring a fatboat. which has descended {
The rivers from the remote regions Of
Claiborne County, Tennessee, freigh-
ted with no less than fifty-fOur individ
1als all democrats e. making only one {
'amily. The patriarch Of the tribe {
heads the movement. all the rest be-
ing bis wife, children and grand-chi-
a. Thmr - ..r.sfs-,. a. White Z