Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-07-01
California Feature Of the COmpro-
Rlise.L

The following structures upon the
subject of the California feature of
the Compromise, are intended as a
support to Coz ITfoasdale' 5 position,
and a refutstioh Of that of fudge
Campbell and tho Lincoln JoHrnal, on
the same subject.
The first objection we have to Of
ferto the admission Of California In
to the Union, as IA State, is, as to the
manner In which her constitution
was formed. There was no law Of
Congress which authorized the peo-
pie of California to meet in conyen-
ton, no previoqs action Of the peor
pie Of California calling a convention
or expressing a wish for one But
the convention Yas called int. exis-
tence upon tho invitation of Gen
Toqzor, the EXECUTIVE of the Z, S,
and upon which the military Govern
OF Of California; appointed by the
President, called the convention, laid
off the election districts, prescribed
the qualification of voters, and to
say what safeguards should secure
the purity of the ballot box; in a
) w0gd, he undertook the control OF
the whole matter. 1t appears by
the proclamatioh of the Governor Of
California, Gca. Riley that the date
Gf that instrument was the 81 of
June, and called for the holding Of
the election on LIST pf August follow
inc. thereby allowing less than 60
DAYS notice tot people dispersed
over a territory larger than the orr
ginal Is StatesI divided into bands
Of gold diggers, explorers and hunt It
ers without organization, roads, vii
lages. or newspapers, off the sea
coast, and separated by mountains
lakes, rivers ana deserts.
/. Tn this way a convention was as
. n
sembled, which after meeting and hncr
;no their numbers so few, doubtless
concluded they would be laughed at
il they attempted to form eonshtu-
ton under these circumstances; con-
aeonently. thew concluded to dignity
and increase their numbers Which
they did by voting to receive the ae,
fcated aspirarfs for seats ~ 'ha'
convention, until there was as many
members in that body who we're not
elected by the people as OF those VINO
we're. And as regards the election
or even those members Of the con-
Teution who wdro elected by the IN
habitants, We would ask, what wa
their character3 Were they inhabi-
tants in the legE.l acceptation of that
term? We ASSERT they we're not
from the fact that they were COM
nosed Of Englishmen, frencnmen
Chinese. sandpiieh and Fejee Island
as Mex;cans.I Indians, and wild
hand Of advenkurers from all quar-
tars Of the Globe, allured by a lust
"a oold to the shores Of the Pacific
ma nv Of them without a permanent
ros;dohcp anywhere, and four-ffthS
ID them without the remotest idea o
bec corning citizens of the country
VIII se organic Jaw they paruclpa'eo
in forming. Ii proof of this we re-
fer the reader TO the message OF the
Governor of california, in which he
says Already we have almost
every VARIETY Of the human race
amongst us; a Heterogeneous mass O
l.uaan beings de every language and
Of every hue.T Our own citizens
who were in California on the day Of
election, also confirm this fact. Yet
these persons, hot citizens of the G
States, owing no allegiance to this
government, dot speaking our Ian.
apaoe even, pr understanding oul
laws, have eredted 4 sovereign STATE
.Ioat Of the public domain.
n view Of this we would ask, ca