The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-11
CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC SLOPE

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saa CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC SLOPE
The growth of California is the greatest marvel of
our age of wonders. She came into the Union in
1850, with smaller population than entitled her to
admission as State. Her population is now 597,
OOO including negroes and Chinese or 555 900 ex-
elusive of those races. More than half million of
white people in ten years! That is more than the
population of any of the other States of the Union
save eight In respect of white population Califor
mia ranks the ninth State in the Union The rank is
thus New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia,
Massachusetts,, Indiana Tennessee, Kentucky, Cali
Jornia, Maine, North Carolina Illinois, &C., &C. In
l847 California was a wild, desoate, dilapidated
province of enfeebled, degenerate Mexico In
l848 she became the domain OF the United States.
In 1858 she is the ninth State in rank in confed-
cracy numbering thirty-two great Commonwealths.
The progress of even our tlantic Commonwealth had
been the especial wonder of the world. In. less
than two centuries and half Virginia. Massachu-
sets, New York, Pennsylvania, and their confeder
ates had attained greater magnitude and power
than was enjoyed by half the Kingdoms of Europe,
which boast history Of thousand years. Our re-
public, founded less than century ago is the sec
ond or third, if not the first power of the earth,
in wealth and political power. But yesterday
it obtained footing upon the Pacific and already
a great State has sprnng up there, the ninth in
magnitude of the confederate States Soon, in
probably less than another ten years, we shall have
like result in Oregon and in Washington In the
same period, we shall also probably two or three
States lining that stretch of the Pacific shore which is
occupied by California for under the develop
ment which has been experienced in the ten years
past going on by geometrcal progression ten years
longer we shall have a population on the California
shore of the Pacific too large for one State and en-
titled to fuller representation in the federal Senate
than is allowed to one State. H#
3 Nor is it probable that the development and pro-
gression will stop with the admission Of Oregon and
Washington into the Union, and with the division
into than great State of what is now Cali
fornia Arizona is dependent for egress to the ocean,
upon the acquisition of Sonora and we shall in all
probability have propositions from the residents Of
that province for its annexation and from the Next
authorities for its sale to the Onion. great
railroad already commenced and much of it consruc
ted on the Texas division, will have pushed itself ere
long to the boundary of Sonora and thence north
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