New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-30
CALIFORNIA POLITICS.



al ~ bills. among which that submitting to the
people the question Of calling convention to re-
wise the Constitution; thst submitting to them also
the State Debt question and the Stamp Tax law are
the most important. The chivalry agi,atstors have
triumphed in the Legislature, and the people are
called upon 10 vote for or against Constitutional
Convention in which all kinds Of fraud and ylllany
will be- praciiced. There : no fear that Slavery
will he established in California proper by the new
instrument that may be framed. for the people would
not indorSe IT, but the State vii be divided up into
three. ard strong effort viii be made 10 engrat the
peculiar institution on The Southern State. And not
iny fer tie sake at Slavery viii the State be cut
into pieces if the people shall favor a Con-
veption. but for the sake Of office also.
Many Northern men ard many Southern
men as well who abhor Slavery will not only sane
ton but will be- eager for the division in order that
thew NAV attain office United States Senators,
Congressmen Collectors of Customs, nted States
Narshals Surveyors and Land Agents, are not IN
such bad odor here as Ia deter the c0rOrants from
ACCEPTING them. And OF course they must create
the ofces before they can hope to fill them. Spec
ulators. contractors, bankers, seedy politicians,
Slavery propagandsts, the idle lObblers, the doors
Of the dirty work in politics, and even some who
claim 10 be rcformists have united in favor of the
Convention scheme. The bankers would have that
clause in our present organic Laws prohibiting paper
currency eraoicated-the spectators want that
clause checking mou0pOleS and prohibiting the
granting Of special charters stricken out-the chy
arv want 10 expunge that clause excluding
Slnyery-the contractors would wipe away that
clause preventing the Legislature from heaping
M our debt without limit, and the office
seekers want office This combination Is
organized-t is kept together by selt-lntereSt, by
the cohesive power of public plumber; but the
Z h.,.t tnI and
the noble those who have made and are making the
STATE what she ia in wealth and morality, the bust
ness men and producers are not yet aroused to the
importauce Of the issue The Constitution of Cali
oruia aS il j. is one OF the best in fact the very best
take il all in ALL in the Union; and II were thou
sand times better To let il remain a. it 49, than trust
lis remodelnp 10 a set of legal SharperS, broken
down gamblers and drunken rowdies, such as gen
erally compose majority of the political assem-
blaccs of the dominant party few thousand
dollars vouh bride the whole crowd, or AZ least
enough of them to insert any clause capitalists might
dictate. | am inclined tn the belief that Conyen-
ton will he called The half of the people will not
understand the question, and the dominant party ~
il is one of their measures, will print an Affirmative
on their tickets. so as to insure success. III me
subject could be- fairly understood, and separate
box provided for the ballots upon II, my conviction
Is that there would be- large majority against It,
But the tricksters took that this should not be-
The bill Ito provide for paying certain equitable
claims against the State of California and To con
tract funded debt for that purpose, which
pass.d near the close of the session, was approved
ON the 29th ult., the day before the final atonrn
meut II is To be- submitted to the people Tor their
approval or rejection at the general election III sep
tei,brr next The Legislature was afraid to sub
nit this question to the people and was attempting
Ia devise ways and means To iquldate the debt with
out submitting il to popular vote, when the second
constitutional opinion 81 the Supreme Court was
given suggesting most emphatlcally that IN no 0ther
way than by majority vote of the people could the
debt be paid However reluctant they were 10 trust
the soyereigns in matters financial, they had no al
tentative beside the law. A. the Democratic party
had contracted The debt Illegally some OF the leaders
of il were anxious that it should be- paid and to make
it as sure as possible, they provided that the vote
shall be- on the ballot for State officers; that the
| words Paw the debt or "Repudlate the debt
sla be written or printed on the ballot tor state
Ulcers Some Of the Democrats say that they VIII
is.,Ie no ticket save those bearing the words Fay
the debt" while others say that they viii have them
all printed with the words "Repudlate the deDt.
II majority Of the votes this subject are IN fayor
Of paving the debt the sum to be- so paid Is not 10
! cvi,ed ~ 900 eco Bonds for this amount paya-
HE m twenty wears and bearing seven per cent per
nutum interest will be issued 10 those entitled 10
them AZ any time from Nov. !, 1851, I'll Jan. !,
1850. An annual tax Of thirty cents on each
c.e hundred dollars worth Of real and personal
property N the State is to be levied and set apart
/ for The Dayment Of the interest and the redemption
of these bends, together with all lonayS u.aF may
be received by this State from the United States on
account of the civil fund, (moneys collected by the
general Government from customs at San Francisco
before the State WAS admitted into the Union,
amounting to between $4,000, 600 and Si,OOO,OOO).
This law if it shall be approved by the people Is, 1t
saws irrcpeaable until principal and interest snail
have been paid to the utternOst tarthlng. The
claims entitled 10 be- received and funded under this
act are evil bonds Of the State issued under the
funding acts of ISL, -, 'j3 30 and %, which
which are now outstanding. Controllers warrants
drawn in accordance with law for civil expenses
prior 10 January !, Isl, and just or legal claims
against the State which accrued prior to Jan
uary |. l-j7 and which may be aH0seed and
audited by the Legislature. $39OO,OOO at seven
per cent for twenty years Will command an
interest Of 50, tGu 0O0-maklng in all debt Ot
50 300 900 The Republicans, though having no
hand in the creation Of this Illegal debt VIII at th'lf
State Convention resolve that Ii should be paid and
they will vote as they resolve. The Democrats
will be divided OIL that subject as on others; and
whether population will or will not prevail in their
Convention is yet in doubt They will take the
popular side. if they know it; and have no doubt,
If the people were canyassed that reputation Is
popular with the masses. The villalny, the bare
laced swindlpg ana open stealing Of those in power
have Disguised the thinkers with oiice-seekers Of
the Chiyary Know-Nothng or Democratic stripe,
and they are not willing to tax Themselves 10 feed,
as heretofore, the hungry maws OF public plum
derers.
The late legislature which may be held forth to
the world a. model Of corruption, passed
stamp tax. fully onerou', and II may become
rs odos that against which our fathers rebelled.
If it does not .iuh its supporters into the depths Of
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