The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1853-05-28
California i'm Washington.

From very interesting article in the AAa
California, under The above head, we clip the
following:
The great want of knowledge among men,
bers of Congress both of the House and Senate,
respecting our State. her resources and necessi-
ties, the laws she needs and the destiny that
awaits her. has been astounding TO those who
have boon in the habit of looking upon that body
as the concentration of national wisdom. And
It's sense of justice has been as tardy as its COM
prehenson was dull. For years, nearly every
claim OF California and her citizens who had bat
tied In her acquisition and defence, was looked
upon as an attempt TO rob the public treasury,
aud consequently it was opposed, it was
viewed with indifference coming from very
distant colony and was therefore neglected. For
thus has 1t been-California account of her
isolated position was treated more like Pro-
Consulship under Rome, than sovereign State
ofihe Union.
1t is more than five years since the treaty of
peace left California quietly in the possession of
the United States, but still we look in vain for
the lighthouses and bnoys that should long since
have given warning 10 the mariner-in vain seek
any means OF protection against foreign invasion
in vain enquire for land Offices and other usual
mediums OF securing certain homes. and thai
which shall fill Them with happy and permanent
inhabitants. There are no lanthorns in our light
houses, no cannon in our forts, no prescriptions
in lands, for the houses are not built, the
forts not erected. the lands not surveyed.
Nearly everything has been < iven grudgingly
-grudgingy by Congress, grudgingly by the
people. grudgingly by the press. While Cali
tornia has stood between the business men Of
the other side and bankruptcy, those who We're
saved from ruin by the steady semi-monlhly III
pouring of her golden millions have growled a,
our wants instead Of supplying them, and neg
lected the very means best calculated to ensure
the constant supplies of that gold which is the
| life blood of their business and hopes. At the
very time when the telegraph from New Orleans
| announced as the way from Aspinwall to
| New York only one and half millions, when
two and a half as usual had been expected, and
stocks fell at once in consequence from two Ia
three per cent. California, which supplied al
this treasure, was looked upon as beggar be.
cause she asked few thousand dollars, neces
sary to develop the sources and supplies of the
| precious metal.
But brighter day has dawned upon u.s. a
new dynasty has arisen, and hope comes with
its advent. Ii gives promise of better things fol
| California, better know ledge of her condition,
a better estimate of her future history and i'm.
portance more energy in the supervision of her
| Interests, a better selection OF agents. All this
is matter of hope and expectation. Certain ii
is, that we cannot be more essentially neglected
| and abused than we have been during The past
four years. Congress and the Cabinet will work
together, being of one political faith. And some
little appreciation OF the vast destiny and import
OF this western slope having at length found
way into those bodies we have reason to con-
| graduate ourselves upon the first rays of light
| from Washington.