The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-08

letter from San Francisco, the writer -
which assures the Herald, over responsioie
name. of the sincerity Of his statements dis'
closing project now advancing under pro.
found secrecy, for the establishment oi an
independent republic OF all that portion oi
the United States lying west of the ROCKY
Mountains, including the State OF cal,io1na'
the Territories Of Washington ana oregon
and large portion of New Mexico 10 Oegin
with. 80
The following description of the plan we
extract from the letter of the Herald's cor.
| respondent:
Anew republic is to te formed consisting at first
ten State. three s. to 90 sa, w ts1s tine
son Territory two In Washington Territory, and two
from the western portions Of Utah and New Mexico
to yours the Atlantic side. The sre,t railroad 10
to be abandoned, and every obstacle thrown in the
way Of is construction while the argument at the
hustngsh to be made to the people, that the gov
eminent at Warrington have refused the road to the
people Of the Pacific. The question Of slavery is to
be abjured and dsclaimed until ths-plan is so far
executed that there can be no retraction after which
the southern four five States will adopt slavery
the hrst convention 10 to be imp osug Ia numbers,
members You need no information a. to the num-
oeI OF ex.Senators, exon gressmen ex-6oyernors
NOR. sDaS 10 ooI
The PrsGdenr, Senators, representatives, and cabi-
net ministry all to bs chosen by the direct vote
OF the people. The naturalization laws are to be nix
ed on severe basis The act of Independence is to
De sin utapeous with well planned and decisive
seizure OF the United States reserves with whatever
| OF moveabes or live stock they may contsin. The
Sandwich Islard are to be guaranteed their
dence, and the United States to be appealed to
| In tone of friendly goodbye
The writer says that the first public move
ment will be either society or convention,
| for the purpose of forming new party, to
| be called the Pacific Railroad party. to draw
| Off majority of citizens from all old party
alliances. They are said to be tired of send
ing their gold away and receiving no gov
ernmental protection in return.
| We know not what foundation there may
| be for this statement. 1t is not long since,
however. that we heard an opinion from
highly intelligent source, that the first State
| to leave the Union would not be South Caro-
| lina, but California. The work once begun,
| there is no telling where it will stop.
NATIONAL PoLITIcs-MR. GEORGE Laws
LErTER.-The N. Y. Herald publishes the
letter of George Law, in reply to one address
| ed to him by the Speaker Of the House OF
| Representatives of the State of Pennsylva-
MIA, several Senators and other members of
| the Legislature, propOunding inquiries of a
political character III reference to the present
| state of public affairs. The reply of Mr. Law
| is under date of New York, Feb. 22d, 1855.
Mr.. Law expresses the opinion that the Pc
Rod has arrived VIXEN, from the exigency Of
thetimes, and guided by the lights Of the Con
stitution, the people of this country are pre-
| pairing for change and re organization of
| the present elements of republican govern
ment. The old parties he regards as degenera-
| ted and corrupt, and one of themost dangerous
evils, he says, which has grown out of their
degeneracy ana corruption, is that of section
| al agitation, which he looks upon as the
| great danger that menaces the American Re-
| public, the weak point of the Union. and not
| only our weakest point at home, but one
which invites the interference of our enemies
abroad.
Mr.. Law maintains that the public affairs
| of this country, both foreign and domestic,
have been conducted with negligence and
inefficiency, both by wings and democrats,
| for the last few years. Of the tariff system,
he says that it has proved to be of such ma
| ture in practice as to create dangerous sur
pluses of millions of gold and silver in the
treasury, thereby deranging the currency,
throwing exchanges into confusion, and
| bringing bankruptcy and ruin upon every
branch of business. Our treasury and finan-
I ;pI-.
nation and amendment in all its details and
in the special working of its machinery
Tbs land system, he is of opinion, has been
equally in error and thrown into state of
confusion by private and personal schemes
to get possession of the fairest portions of
that noble inheritance.
Mr.. Law then proceeds to give bis views
upon a subject now agitating the public
mind After remarking that the first settlers
of this country, who came to the new world
to seek civil and religious freedom, left be-
hind them the prejudices and passions of
their native lands, he says:
In constructing the present constitution, the fra
mers Of that great instrument remembering the orr
pathy for all the oppressed In the Old orld, by
thorzing Congress TO pass naturalization laws Of
liberal and generous tendency But while inserting
such generous provision In the constitution as
would admit, ON brief periods of probation the op-
pressed of other countries to the privileges of this
land it was expected and believed that all emigrants
thereafter admitted would follow the example of the
first pilgrims by abandoning the prejudices and pas
sions of the Old World, and become merged in the
ereat body of the new American civilization
This great principle, with such an understanding.
has been carried out for two centuries and it is only
of recent date that corrupt men and mere dema.
sogues have endeayored to band together citizens of
foreign BIRTH according to their national religious
creeds thus preventing them from following the no.
BILE example of the first pilgrims, by mixing with
American citizens, and blending themselves with the
manners ard customs of the dispensatiou All
religions and all secs of Christians are alike protect
ed under the asis of the American constitution Bnt
when the clergy any sect either to
monopoze the political power of their locks or the
pecunery means of their congregations, il is time
for the people of this country TO take warning by the
terrible example such clerical usurpatons have pre-
duced in other lands and IN other times.
In this important point of reform. there have been
strong festatons of late in different parts of the
country. Ten years ago efforts began to be made to
correct the errors and purify the corruptions of the
two old parties, and to give high tone, American
national feeling to the action of new and eneI-
getic organization of the popular masses The effort
originating in New York and Pennsylvania and "a
dating various States within the circle of their
influence and example, was after q brief struep gle
overwhelmed by the corrupt politicians and the con-
centrated exertions OF she two imposing parties
But the evils of that time and the uecessty of res
form have grown with growth and sths ed
with atTen mil he Am bss.