Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-03-02
TO THE EDITORS

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My attention has been called, since my return from Cali
fonia, to series Of misstatements in the Washington
Union," under the head of An attempt to conrert Cali
a to Fedrosm" The editor of the Union says, Of the
Pacific Courier, the paper with which ann connected that
subscription book for the proposed paper has been in
circulation among the Federal merchants of Boston,
posing TO commence the paper when 5000 subscribers
headed by General Taylor and his Cabinet with 5000 EACH
except Mr. Clayton, who subscibes $500 that dis,in-
gushed Federal merchant Of Boston guarantees one year
salary of S3 900 the assistant editor who is also to
have free ticket through to San Francisco and suitable
room IN that city for Office, free Of rent and that A. NJ
Ciane OF Richmond Virginia. has been designated as the
Pncpai eaor, and an individual by the Of F. w.
Rice as assistant
s hardly necessary to inform those best acquainted with
the character OF the Washington Union for yeacity that there
is scarcely word Of truth in the whole quotation have
made Mr. Crane circulated subscription hook pro
posing to raise $4,000, any other specified sum- Gen.
Taylor heads the LIST rue and his name is followed by
the names OF most not ALL of the members Of his Cabinet
but only Tor such sums as journal be reasonably afforded
them from California. No .dstinguished Federal mar
chant" any other individual except Mr. Crane ever
guaranteed So, 600 any other suns as assistant editor
Besides, $4,000 would be rather close for man TO-
live on in California. After paying his washsrwomsn the
balance in his favor could hardly be with microscope
No free ticket through San Francisco was ever rendered
and myself occupy in California, any thing but suitable
room" for else than be smoked death in twelve by fifteen
feet and for which pay from funds the sum Of
$3.50 per month and the Office intend to occupy was
bought and paid for from our money. We have large
list OF the most respectable merchants and Others on our SUBJ
scrption list in the Atlantic and Southern States but no
heads Of Departments other Government officers were
required by Gen. Taylor any body to subscribe for the
paper. Almost every who did subscribe for it, sub
scrbed BECAUSE in doing he supposed it would be the
most reliable Of information he could get at as to the
commercial social and political condition Of the State ex-
cept, perhaps, from their private correspondents in
California.
The Union says "That California is democratic the fact
that democratic Senators and Representatives from that State
in this city affords ample proof" Whether Califor-
mia is " democratic Wing remains to be proved but that
the Of democratic Senators and Representatives from
California any evidence that the State is democratic
think the Delegates themselves will be bold enough
to assert. 1t is well known that, by inudcous compro-
mise, question Of politics entertained the canvass
until the Democrats had got their trap set that they did
not spring it until the very day Of the election. 1t would
that where little interest was manifested in an
election that but fifteen thousand out of seventy thousand
votes polled it must be very difficult decide which
party is in the majority in the State.
BY what train Of circumstances the Representatives
and the Senators got Washington, will attempt to
tell knoo that the tways and means" made of were
but little credtable to most Of the delegation their
friends The story will be told at the proper time The Le-
gslatue that elected this delegation largely demo-
cratic The secret why it is is that almost every member
Of it nominated himself and that there democratic
aspirants for the honor Of seat to Wing
When is known that there three democratic papers
in California, two of them owned by Of the California
Delegates, and the other edited by Mr. Eame who. accord
ing to his showing, twrote nine of of the pol
cal leaders that appeared in the Washington Union"hat
scarcely in thousand paper from the Atlantic
States in six months-and that there channel
through which the people could be properly made acquainted
with facts you will be surprised that there should be
little ground for the Unions assertion that the Admin
istraon should be looked upon in California with dis
trust But upon these matters you well informed that
it scarcely necessary for to write upon them.
Yours, very truly,
FRANCIS w. RICE,
Assistant Editor and Proprietor, acM
Mr.. Crane, of the Pacific Courier.
BosToS, February, 1850.