Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-05-24

troops around hini, with territorial Gov
eminent fo,med by his owD act, absolutely
bad the presumption TO * tile time, place,
and manner, and actually prescribed the
! the conditions of voting for a convention,
to form constitution for thy State Of Cal
ieornial Thomas Butler King was still
there and how she came into the
Union, and why she came in, we refer to
The record Of the debates in hat yeyy Con.
yehtioH TO show.
Mi. Semple, the President, in dtbate
said "There Is distinguished ,heiRbar o:
Congress who now holds his seat, from enc
OF the States Of The Union, nov in Caitor-
MIA. With a desire to obtain all the inior-
nation possible IN reIa.ion,to the state oil
things Oh the other side of the mountains,
| asked Fin what was the desire of the
people in Congress. observed TO him
that il WAS not the desire of the people o
California to take larger boundary thai
the Sierra Nevada, and that we would
prefer not embracing within cur limits the
desert waste TO the East. His reply was,
for God S sake leave us no territory to leg
islate on in Congress. He went on to state
tken, that the great object IN our formation
OF State government war TO avoid further
legislation, and there would be no question
as to our admission BY adopting this course
I think it M duty to lrnaaIt thi. infoTma-
ton. The conversation took place between
Thomas Butler King and myself" Cali
lorna debates page 1S4.
Mr.. Shannon sale: "Vhen the Presi.
dent OF this Conyention stated this alter
noon the expression Of Mr.. Thomas But
lei King, For Gods sake leave no terrific
~ i'll California to dispute about, he did
not speak the SentIment O. the entire Con.
gress Of the United States. The secret ol
i, is this. The Cabinet o. the United States
have found themselves in difficulty on
this question They are in ad,lEicully a.
bout This Wilmot Pfoyiso, aud Mr. Thos
Butler King is sent here, i'll the first place,
Tor the p2tposc Of influencing the people
OF California to establish a State govern
ineni, ana, in the nett place, % Include
the entire territory. No man here wishes
to include the whole Of il. We are .old
| by these very gentlemen. that it il toe
large it is unwieldy it includes an enor.
NOUS barren ;rae. Of county ; but, sa, they
we will briag it all in, not for the pnrpos,
of retaining it thin the State Of GaliIor
mia, but for the purpose OF settling til,
slave question at home Same, page 1S9
As our chef object in these articles is &c
ptesent something tangible III the shape o.
facts which can be used and made availas
be BY G large mass of new voters, we can.
not DO better, perhaps, "a, this point, thar
to present portion of a speech BIZ tll,
Hon John NJ. Bolts, Oh June IS, 1850. II
powhatan {. H.. and which makes on
the very result we wish 70 establish.
u venture the opinion, Of all the prom
ises and pledges contained in the hume
rous letters of General TAYLOR. there wa.
act one more extensively ahd successfully
employed by the public press and The pub.
lie speakers thau the one IN which he
depieeates in tile strongest terns, inter-
ference ON the part of the exrcriive with
the legislative department o! the govern
ment. Such interference, diIeet and in-
direct, had been fruitful source Of con-
plant for years with the Wing party.
Yet. what are the faets-tbe stubborn, un-
deniabe faets-preSented before is ut thi,
time We find General Iayoi S olieia
organ in Washington eXe.ting all IFS pow.
er TO press Gu the favorable consideration
Of Congress the Ereeuiire plan, and dee
nouncing the plan Of the compromise pro.
posed by the Senatorial committee. w.
see, moreover, General Taylor and ma.
jority OF his Cabinet bending every eneia
~ OF the administration to force the Tx.
eeutive plan through Congress, in despite
CT the acknowledged wishes of an osei.
whelmlng majority OF the people. When
we see him who could, by acquiescenes
III the plan OF the committee, settle all the
difficulties that agitaie the nation, re-unit,
diserense sections Of tie country in the
bonds OF fraternal concord, no, only with.
holding that aequiescenee, but eagerly
pressing plan Of his own, | must sa,
that, IN my opinion, it is time for every
man to speak Out boldly in rep.obaslon Of
the course. Ithat does the Executive
plan propose to do? Why, 10 admit Cal.
| i5ornia, end do nothing upon tay ohe,
subject. In gross neglect and violation
OF our treaty stipulations with Mexico, I,
leave the inhabitants of Mexico under
military government until they can pre-
pare themselves to he admitted as IA State
which may not be Cor many years to come
Utah, too, to be left In state of anaIch,
and confusion. Texas aud New Mexico
lighting, as they are now perhaps at thi,
very moment, over their disputed bouuda.
r.. The recovery OF fugitive slaves
which presents at lat the chief true issue
between the North and the South or, il
other words. to do noihing or tie slavery
question until it can be brought TO beal
OH another Presidential election. Let Ii.
now look al the effects that have b-er
produced BY The election and admin6ra.
lion OF General Tay Tor. In the first place
it has broken up the Wing patty from be
ing in u clear majority, as was proved b,
the fact that we carried the fISl.se o
Representatives by handsome maioril,
in the middle of Mr.. Polk's term, Will
we are now in a lean minority ,reIv-
where ! believe the Wing party Ina
beea considered successful but once sine,
| November, 1913. and that was in ca.iyins
one district i'll little Rhode Island. /, i
useless 10 deny the fact, there is no nation
al Wing party NOW p
Ne must, fer Tx present, Dese al Thu
poiut leyelying othafyiews ior subsequent
numbers. Oar chief desire is, TO pfesen
IN an authentic form. such consideration: