Columbia gazette., 1854-01-14
Total value of
exports from
the other thir.
ty States $l54932, ,147

Amount Of Gold Dust
shipped from California
in 1853, 57.3OO.399 AZ
Estimated amount in
private hands, 25,OO0,CO0 0C
! Total amount Of Gold
Dust shipped in 1858, $50, 300, 1899 AZ
These important facts obtained from
official records, and reliable sonrces, il
so presented as to induce examination
of the whole subject, cannot fail, it is be-
lieved, to secure for the claims of Cali
fornia, the favorable consideration OF
Congress.
In view, however, Of the very many
subjects, which must necessarily engage
great portion of the time and labor of
our Delegation in Congress, l feel call
ed upon to say, that I regard it as al
most impossible for them to make to in
dividual members of the two Houses of
Congress the explanations requisite to a
correct understanding of the question,
and to remove the erroneous impressions
created by incorrect stat ,ments, here
toforc made in relation to Indian diff
culties in California; and, unless full and
correct information be given and effort
made to induce investigation on the part
of those charged with the duty of decid-
ing upon its merits, we can scarcely
hope that our claim will be properly APP
preciated and favorable action secured.
The subject is therefore, earnestly,
but respectfully, commended to your
careful consideration, with the hope that
you will devise an efficient plan of CO.
operation with our Delegation in Con-
gress.
With a view to lessen the expendi-
lures of Government, respectfully re-
new and earnestly invoke your atten-
ton to the recommendations made in my
last annual message, in relation to
amendments to the Constitution of the
State, and now suggest two others, which
regard as highly important.
The first, in order that the instrument
may the more perfectly conform to the
spirit of our popular form of govern
men.; the second. as conducive to sim
plicity and economy in the administra-
ton of its affairs.
The second section Of article tenth,
which provides for the calling of Con-
vention, as the mode of revising or
changing the entire Constitution" con-
tains no provision requiring the Con-
vention, after closing its labors, to sub
NIT the Constitution framed to vote of
the people of the State, at general e.
lection.
This is certainly radical defect, and
one which should be remedied, before
clothing and body of men with the pow
er to ''revise. Or change the entire Con
stitution."
The Constitution, after having been
framed and adopted by Convention,
permit me here to suggest, should be
placed within the reach of every voter,
and ample time given to examine, care
fully, its principles, it's provisions and
its limitations, before called upon by
vote, to sar elton and give effect to it
as fundamental and paramount law. I
therefore respectfully recommend that
this section be so amended as to require
the Convention to submit the effect un-
til adopted by majority of the legal
voters of the State, at a general election.
The twenty-frst Section of the elev-
enth Article of the Constitution, pro-
vides that call laws, DEGREES, regula-
tions and provisions, which from their
nature require publication, shall be pub
lished in English and Spanish"
This section should be so far modified
as to allow the Legislature discretion
ary power as to what claws, DEGREES,
regulations and provisions" shall be
translated and printed in the Spanish
language.
The necessity of such modification is
apparent from the fact that the Section
has heretofore, in practice, been almost
wholly disregarded. And, although the
expense and Inconvenience arising there
from, that its disregard has been mat
ter of no surprise, but has rather been
considered as the demand of necessity.
In fact, had this provision been fully
complied with-had all the claws, de-
crees, regulations and provisions now
printed in English, been also published
in Spanish, the printing account, now
the subject of much complaint, would
have been greatly increased in amount,
to say nothing Of the expense of transla-
ton which must have been thereby in
Cured.
In engrafting on the Constitution,
these highly important amendments. l
recommend the mode prescribed in the
first section of the Tenth Article of that
instrument. BY adopting this mode Of
amendment, the expense of a conven-
ton, and the excitement incident, will
be avoided, and the required changes
to fee the Constitution Of Objectionable
features, secured in a shorter period of
time than by the other mode provided
in the second section of the same article.
The remaining reforms recommended
in my last annual message, with the ex-
ception Of these finally disposed Of by
the last Legislature, are also again rec