The daily union., 1852-04-10
THE UNION WASHINGTON SATURDAY MORNING APRIL TO- 1852

denty an nadyerlence which he fell into from not beng
familiar with the tables. -fI -.
Mr. WELLER II the honorable senator will permit
me- will say that not aware that fell into any
error yesterday upon this subject, What said hsn, and
what say ye is, that in an examination OF the table
exhibit A-which gives returns from twenty four counties
with an aggregate OF III 3l5 found that the counties Of
Tuoumne Los Angeles and Santiago were not included IN
that list was compelled, therefore, TO go back 10 page
OF the report Tor the purpose OF ascertaning what was
adding the population Of those three counties 10 the
ll7,3ls, it would make some 10000: am MOI aware
that made any mistake in that calculation. Table ex-
Mr. DOWNS But the other one does
Mr. WELLER. They were in the other tables and by
taking them they are put down there and adding Them
to ths aggregate amount in exhibit A. you will have the
Mr DOWNS. Then those three counties are added
twice
Mr. WELLER. Not so. have taken the trouble 10
add up this table, and find slight it, The twen-
ty.four counties are put down at li7,3ls Then where
the other three counties that are not included in that
Mr. DOWNS think the matter can be easily ex-
planned by referring TO the two tables Here is exhibit
A. in which, it is true, of the counties
braced. But take the basis OF our calculations
table No 4, which ons portion OF these counties from
which there are no returns III accordance with the Sec
retarys report We take them as Official 80 lar as they
go Those counties that not returned are San Fran
clso Santa Clara. Contra Costa and klamath. Now, to
complete their table, do not take the numbers put
counties that are not contained in this one Some OF the
returns burned up in San Francisco that none
were made here. But the committee have asceriained
the number OF inhabitants in those counties from the
turns that made to the secretary OF State OF Cali
lornia Here are all the counties from which reurnf
have been made, and they amount only TO 92597 Then
il we add the number of the Inhabitants in the Other
countless will have 600 for the whole This
corresponds very nearly to the statement furnished to the
senator from California Mr. GwINl on the 25th February
1851 That was statement very similar to that made
before and those counties not embraced IN the
port which was sent to the Secretary OF the Interior
is clear then that the statements made by the committee
were correct. Here is the statement, which will read
Such return as is here required was sent by the mar
hal agent OF Caforna to the of State
Of that State il April 1861 before th last returns Were
counties, from which returns to Washington
was stated as follows;
San Francisco $1,000
Santa Clara soo2
Mtss Hsa III. ii ali II. population Of III. oAs. eoup.. % ssss
Makes the total population Of the State lns2l"
Now. Mr.. President, this makes the whole population,
taking the whole returns which have been received at the
Census Office and then adding those counties the returns
OF which have been lost from the latest information in
the hands OF the Secretay-it makes total OF l7oOO
see other conclusion. But instead OF taking this
1l7,0Oo, why are told that there are some counties
which have been created since. believe the county
of Klamath has been created since the was
taken. In the statement Of tbe census agent believe
he grouped the returns Of three counties together into one
district they have since been separated but that does
not make any material difference think then, that II is
clear Mr. President and certainly understand il
in any other way than that the ascerained population,
from the returns, taking them they given. is
lI7,000 From all these considerations the conclusion
to which the committee seems to 10 be the only
conclusion 10 which come, and the only conclu-
sion to which we ought TO come. II is easy TO form
conjeclures but must take the actual returns and ACT
upon them We have discretionary power to 60 be-
yond the returns we have received. under the idea
thrown out BY some gentlemen that i will operate hard
upon California at this time Though regret all that,
still il must be evident from the have suggest.
ed that, under such extraordinary diligence ought to
have been exercised in that State under such circum-
stances this defect might perhaps have been supplied
and justice have been done to California without injus-
others II is of the most important and deli
cate questions connected with government !; and
hope the rule will for be departed from. and that
the amendment TO the amendment will be adopted
The question being then taken on the amendment to
give Louisiana five representatives instead OF FOUR ii
not agreed to.
fro CONTINUED