The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-29
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TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA AND THE
PACIFIC. "DETAILS OF THE NEWS BY THE IL
LIMOS
The California mails by the steamer illinois, which ar
rived at New York from Aspnwall Monday last,
reached this city yesterday morning Our San Francisco
dates the 9Th instant inclusive We copy the fol-
lowing from the San Francisco Bulletin of that date
OF the members elected to the democratic gubernato-
rial convention but forty understood TO be fla
vorable to McCorke, while Weller, his opponent, has
1884, and Nugent IL friends. There is little doubt that
Weller viii be nominated the first ballot Of the
venton, which meets on the l4th July.
The republicans have also begun to elect the delegates
10 their convention which is 10 assemble at Sacramento
the 9th July Captain Thomas Gray, Edward Stanly
Colonel T. d. Baker and several Others spoken of as
the gubernatorial candidates of this party.
Besides the nominees of these two parties there
talk of running third and independent candidate by the
sreformers'' peoples party
The stamp act passed by the last legislature went
into effect the LIST of July BY IL all exchange, drafts
etc. drawn upon parties out of the State, are taxed by
stamps policies of insurance, passage tickets
abroad professional licenses and like documents. The
bill Is very obnoxious TO the people in this city.
Business continues to be unusually depressed in San
Francisco and several of heaviest houses have been
forced to suspend In these times of difficulty the
rgeous features Of attachment nsolvent, and home
stead laws have been prominently brought into notice
and general determination to have them emeded has
been awakened. At present they but offer opportun
ties and premiums for the preparation of scty and
fraud.
Considerable attention is being attracted to the Grand
State Industrial Fair which is to be held in this city
the It'll of December.
Our from Oregon Territory is to the goth June
The vote in favor Of State government fully confirmed
The policy of making Oregon slave State is zeal
ousy urged by party in that Territory, and the prospec
us for proslavery paper has been issued Some little
fears entertained of further Indian difficulties at the
Dalles but nothing definite has transpred
THE CONVENTION QUESTION IN OREGON.
We copy the following from the San Francisco Herald :
The convention question has been carried in Oregon
Territory The people, in pursuance OF the act passed by
the last session of Congress- have at length to the
discrimination of assuming the responsibility of sefgov
eminent The question carried almost unanimously
1t be said that the people of Oregon have acted
without due elaboration. For the last three years the
question of the formation of State constitution has been
submitted to them at every election, and often de-
feated AT the last it carried almost without dis
sentent voice. Our neghbo in all probability to
be commended for the caution which has marked their
in this matter. Oversanguine individuals have
frequently endeayored push the Territory along at rail-
road speed but the people resisted the pressure till such
time they thought they would be justified in taking
momentous step as that of forming State government
That time has arrived, and Oregon by the votes of
its citizens, is to be State and two and
representative in the lower house will be added to
the delegation from the Pacific coast in the next Congress
That Oregon is to be State Immediately is fixed
fact The only question TO be determined at this time
Is to the character of its institutions The question of
slavery entered more less into the late Gen
Lane who has been reelected to the position of delegate
to Congress by handsome majority is understood to be
In favor of the establishment of slavery and since the
suit of the election has been declared find prospectus
Of paper favorable to slavery in Oregon has been
issued. From it we extract the following:
g Not wishing to occupy equvocal position on any
question: here distinctly intentions in favor
Of the institution of slavery and in the formation of
State constitution will yield ardent and unwavering
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velop its agricultural resources believing that it would
add guarantee to the permanence of glorious
Union But upon this upon all other questions we
shall address ourselves to the and intelligence of
the people prepared to abide their decision whatever
may be.
In this connexon we give below extract from the
Times, of the leading democratic papers of the Ter
ritory. 1t breathes the right spirit:
g In accordance with resolution of the democratic
territorial convention of April last the question of slavery
viii be submitted directly to the decision of the people
clause will be appended to that instrument he const
tion establishing slavery and another providing
prohibition and in that way the question will be dis
posed Of ut the ballot by the people, who alone are
interested in the prohibition establishment of slavery
in Oregon The convention to which alIude regard
ing this question of purely individual action and to
remove it from without the pale Of the political arena
unanimously declared against making it, under any cir
cumstances, test question 1t is therefore, as the
democratic party of this Territory concerned
upon which its members will vote their honest
present or future their standing partisans SO much
for the noble attitude assumed by the democracy of Ore
gon If the issue is determined in favor free State
none will more cheeruly acquesce in that popular de
cson than the most ultra proslavery democrats among
U.S. They mean what they say when they talk of submits
sion to the will of the majority but is not with the
black-republican enthusiast He must though he be in
hopeless minority rule spread his puny hands in
vocation to ruin
THE ELECTION IN OREGON.
The Oregon Times IF lima 9TH cave
Although, thus far, returns are very incomplete
and to some considerable extent dependent upon rmor
enough certainly known to warrant in assuring our
readers that General Lane the democratic nominee for
delegate to Congress, reelected by majority
greater than that of 1855 that the convention question
has been carried almost without opposition that to the
constitutional convention haveelected overwhelm
ing democratic majority, and that the next legislative
assembly is also democratic The people of Oregon have
spoken and their voice. condemnng does the cha
otc elements Of black repubicansm at this early hour
gives welcome presage of what remains be effected
when, with their contemplated thorough organization
tho negro woshppers shall hoist here in Oregon their
disunion banner inscribed with but sixteen repre-
senting alone the free States of confederation In
this result rests for long years come nmistakabe evil
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