The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-28
A Letter from General RILEY,
TO the Editors Of the Washington RepuJlie:

To the Editors of the Washington Repull,c
"eot'emen-My attention has been directed to
an editorial In your paper of the 10Th ut, headed
Inc california Constitution and Mr.. King" in
winch Is quoted an article from the New Orleans
Delta on the subject Of Executive interference in
the formation OF The State government of Califnr
MIA. This matter | supposed had been mt 10 res,
long ago, by the publication of the California cor.
respohuence; nor would now notice it, or do any
thing which may have the appearance, or he ron
sidered as an attempt 10 revive conroyersv nn1n
a question winch has already been settled II, The
minds of The intelligent and unpreiudiceJ nor,on
Oh all parties Were Il not for the grave and positive
assertions made in this article confiic,in, Win raw
own previous statements, and published as they
have been, on the authority of a person Who a.
ieeses That he acted as my legal adviser" and
tneieiofe, u Would seem, must speak Knowingly
ana by the book" The Delta, in commenting
"n ,he sta'N'ueht 81 Commodore Jones, in relation
to the time my proclamation was issned calling The
Convention, says: ''e
" Il is true that Gen, Riley's proclamation i, L.,
fore The steamer which Mr. r. Butler King was Try 9e
Gsn R Rss a Ss Men ss and d
Hey s s the Of Stats
sek Barry ras o %as the Kan a to Nj
OF this state ana oho acted Gen RaeyS TgGi ody
the hands of Gen Riley before e =, n. Ii,
nch b set was well known Mr. King and we
which he denies that he any influence in liza r
uo" Vi 'he Stae government OF California - ~
The whole of this statement, which T .,vr -
your paper Tor the first time few DAYS since is
untrue, from beginning to end, and so I no,s n,o ~
nounce 1t. How Mr.. Patrick Barry can reconcile
the information furnished by him to the Deli, viii
proper regard tor the truth of the case i ma
ter which shall leave him to determns III.
paragraph quoted bears evidence within itself Of H.,
falstyi and how so keen and discriminatipn law
yer as Mr. Barry ought to be, and as Well ac. |
quainted as he should be with California could ae,
up his story SO clumsy, is to me matter of grsat
surprise 10 prove that did receive instruc1ions
from the late Administration, and got them. too
oetore Mr. King (who bore the new, Of Con Taw'
iors inauguration) arrived at San Francisco NJ
francisco, Mr.. Barry tells the editors of ,bs naI,.
lna' 'hese instructions We're landed at San Diego,
and sent to me at Monterey Now, to show how ev,
perfectly absurd such a statement is, will merely
say, that if there had been such instruction. ror No.,
and such course had been pursued in ssnd;nn
them to me, 1t would have required from e;oLt 70
Ten days Tor me to have received them a, No
and they could not possibly have reached me mil
some to"r or sac days after Mr.. King arrived at
San Francisco, This would have been the case
or the simple reason that by the steamer the trip
rom San Diego to San Francisco is usually four
DR. at most but five days, while by land il requires
journey OF eight or ten says to reach Monterey
AS to Mr. Barry's ever having seen anv instruc
ions 70 me from the late Administration, in regard