The daily union., 1852-04-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
DEFERRED DEBATE.
TUESDAY, APRIL s. 1852.
sENATE.
,p,oRrrosMEsr or REpR HESITATION.

~. pAWSON. Mr. President, do not intend to
alsa speech but only want to state or two facts
which have before me = sappo' o. .ns posIaan winch
,.ss sa,d this morning by one OF the members Of the
."nm,ee who belongs TO the minority, the honorable
senator from Missouri. Ms GEYEa, pnng i upon the
.n,s he holds that the affirmative is the part OF
hos who are against allowing California an additional
hsr on the ground Of The returns being incomplete
isss bs same gound andl will put il upon that prac
ia aod demonstrate from table No. A. accompanying the
~. yys~,rs IL facts which am about to cite.
There are twenty seyen covnties in California, or
twenty eight including Klamath. which was NOT county
!. m ocIuded That II admisted by everybody The -
i0rns OF the come hero Mndst the awsand are
rma facie correct, until the contrary is made TO apfFar
rMr. GEYER, lin his seat) Do you deem them per-
M DAWSON CettAiuy so far as they are returned TO
As ensus Office and 8 the Census Office. or the Secre-
ry the Inieriory they sent to the Senate Of the
ijniled States as full returns And in the document In
abIe No A. find the number OF countless the number OF
mi returns the number OF partial returns. and the num-
be Of counties from which there were no returns at all
The nopua,on o those counties returned in full amounts
n sO ga the number OF counties returned in full being
twenty-wo They certified The report says that
from twenty two counties full returns were sent TO the
Secretary Of The Interior and are now IN the Census
Bureau.
Now. call upon the senator who heads this minority
report and ask him this is not prima faee and conclu-
sye evidence until you can show that there are errors IN
II! Now, where is the testimony The legal testimony
upon which you for even the presumption OF an
nri There is none sir Now sir, as TO the two coun-
ties from which there are said 10 be partial returns
Mr. WELLER. II the senator will give way Tor q
Moment will tell him where the evidence upon which
we rest the presumption that the returns inaccurate
IS to these twenty-five counties. II Is found IN letter
from the census agent to the Secretary Of State of Cali
oa in which he says that in order 10 ascertain the en-
ire population Of the State OF California you must add
from thirty three to fifty Fer cent to the returns made
Here where find the evidence which the senator asks
Mr. DAWSON. Then, Mr. President, will say that
e census agent who has returned the 10 The bu
aa did il nnder OATH and his returns to be presumed
be according 10 law The suggestion as TO The thirty
three and fifty per cent be added is not intended TO
oyer the returns. contended yesterday, which have
been made in full TO the department.; and even il he were
make such suggestion all the returns, it would
not be regarded as presumption which would shake tes
mony which was conclusive We are not 10 take this
secondary testimony in preference to that which is legal
md therefore the most conclusive, And, besides. ne
made no actual enumeration--it was made by cub
nrshals, who did ii also under oath Sir,we are bound
nder the law. TO consider the twenty-five counties from
which have actual returns as concluslve and we
have the certificate from the Secretary oil The Interior 10
that effect. @e.
There. are, then. twenty-five counties of which we
have full returns; and il 10 said that there two
M from which there partial relarnsBatte and Iuo-
hane Now, ss to Butte county. where have we got
ny simony that is c6sclaeHe upon this Pointf Why.
III. lksvery census agent in the State Of California, IN
A 1851, returns 10 the legislature OF California what
kdeems 10 he the full returns from that county But,
hfe the population OF that county put down here IN
be Census Bureau, part, al 3574 and when the mar
ai returns according to the law requiring him TO fur
the full returns to The secretary Of State of Cao
be returns Butte county entitled to how many!
will tell you. Mr. President Butte county is set down al
a7s6. That when his returns of the were
completed, and furnished 10 the proper officers Of that
Sae nearyone year after the Time he was bound BY law
oeompete his returns, on the LIST OF Jupe, 1850 There
additional thousand and odd thus added 10 the county
Of Butte.
Then we come 10 the next. the other county from
which there are not inl returns, and we hnd that when
could get the full returns. these partial returns
added in the aggregate OF the population OF the whole
Stale After stating that OF the counties not
put down 10 DETAIL he has added them up toto. From
The Census Bureau. on March s. 1852, we have this
other county the county OF Tuoumne, put down al
which also added to the other returns Here, then,
two counties md they have been returned according
plsw Have we not the highest testimony that be
obtained Of the extent OF their population How are
you going to undo the influence OF these conclusions
which least yrid fdcs evidence Will ycu over
s these and take up estimates made by our friends oil
hs House OF Representative as TO what " supposed 70
lawyer suffer such principle, vital IN ITS
consequences, and founded upon the constitution. to be
controlled by testimony OF that character Why, the
honorable gentleman from California in the House oil
representatives never dreamed of such suggestion
Then there twenty-two counties fully return
Cd two returned in part and three TO be heard from
Twenty and two make twenty four, and three make
twenty Then there remain the other three coun
hes-Con,ra Costa Santa Clara. and San Francisco-tc
accounted tor IN order 10 have the complete returns
let throw mystery about this transaction IN orde
violate duty Tor the qualification even OF our goot
trends from California How ara the returns OF lhes,
three counties accounted forl The law of 1850 made i
The duty OF the marshal 10 put set OF his returns
he Office OF the secretary OF Stale oil the State Did hs
tohi Isihefe gentleman on this floor who says tha
he did noti Il there any member of the commue-o
The majority or mnor'ty--w will deny' Where, then
you to look 10 get the population OF these three coun
ties accounted fori Why, you 10 get them from tn
agent OF California, through the secretary OF Stat
Of The State OF California What does the population o
these three counties amount toi Twenty hive thousan
hundred and twenty -four, according TO the report
the minority Of the committee. IL there any gentleman
on this floor who has even made the allegation lba
these three counties taken dishonesty or Unfair
yi None In the event that the returns should be de
sroyed las the returns OF these counties were BY tb
confagation OF San Francsco,) what was to be done
Why we were 70 get the next best evidence, being TN
returns deposited in the Office OF The secretary Of State
he State oil California. We have that information W.
have those returns from that State sent TO the Legislature
Of the State Of California and acted upon by that legis
hure; and thus we have full returns-complete reurn
llom The twenty-seven counties OF the State And arr
not all the presumphons in favor n FACT is not the
testimony conclusive And yet gentlemen seek 10 oper
hese conclusions, founded upon principles Of law AM
sound sense' For whati TO change the relative righ
oi one State toward the other Staes giving California
political power inconsistent with the constitution and h'
nU. Upon what principle do you justify IL Why dc
you undertake TO say that California, although her inhab
nns are fewer in number, shall have larger represent
auon than the State Of Louisiana. II Is upon the as
mphon not even the presumpion that the returns
Wong And yet not even the lucid mind OF my dsiin
shed friend from Missouri (Mr. GgygR has been able
make lhis matter clear still we are called upon tc
'ue two members TO California
Asl stated yesterday, il was my wish, when ! com
noed ihs investigation, to endeavor to give Cahornla
Nomembers; but find II Inconsistent with my duty
inconsistent with truth and in violation OF every mate
al TACT connected with the controversy. Where ls i