Daily national Democrat., 1860-06-19
The California Delegation.

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the iocs," and declared that California bad
"repudiated the doctrine of popular sover-
eighty"
1t will be a surprise to the Democracy Of
this State to learn that they have repudiated
the doctrine Of popular sovereignty. The
men who controlled the State Convention
which sent delegates to Charleston, doubtless
did for themselves repudiate popular sover-
eighty, but seven of the delegates they sent
misrepresented the Democracy of this State
at Charleston, and that Democracy will re-
pudate them, all in due time 1t is well
known what particular pains was taken, by
the controllers of the Lecompton organiza-
tion, in the first place to force out, (by plat
form which no true friend of Douglas could
subscribe toy the adherents of that great
statesman. II is we'll known that their de-
termination to read Mr.. Douglas himself out
Of the party, precipitated a division in the
party, and that the fear of formidable sec
ond organization alone prevented them from
openly denouncing the Illinois Senator
They shaved the line closely, and managed
to deceive the people into the belief that they
had no great objections to Douglas but on the
contrary rather liked him. After packing
their convention of 1850, by forbidding a
reunion OF the Democracy and refusing all
participation in the primary elections to at
least thirty thousand Douglas Democrats,
they succeeded in sending to Charleston q
nearly unanimous delegation opposed TO the
doctrine of Popular Sovereignty. They had
a strong notion also to pass resolution that
Douglas was the last choice of the Copven-
tion for the Presidency. but they were afraid
to make the venture. They feared the peo-
Pile But the people know that their wiA
was good, and will remember them for it.
The doctrine of Popular Sovereignty re-
pudiated by the Democracy OF this State2-
Try them Unfurl the banner of "the Doug
las" in the mountains and the valleys of Cal
ifornia, and raise the slogan which rallied to
that banner the Democratic freemen OF Illi-
nois, and see if rock. tree and glen do not re-
three papers in the State that have repudia
ted the action of the Charleston Convention.
in the adoption ofthe Douglas platform, and
one of them is defunct as daily. Not one
has reflected the sentiment Of the Democrat.
ic masses
Major Bidwell gave his reasons for voting
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ton. 1t will be seen that he imagined that
the Lecompton crowd with which he was
acting were sincere in their pretended devo.
tion to popular sovereignty He did not
know that they were sharing the line on pur.
pose to get the support of such men as he to
their schemes and purposes. His remarks
are reported in the debates of the National
Convention, as follows:
Mr.. Bidwell. of California, said California
had seen with pain and regret the events of
yesterday and to-day, and hoped her position
had not tended to produce this result He
understood the position of California to be.
ever since the passage of the Kansas Nebraska
Act of 1854, that non intervention WIS Just
and proper, but not that nonintervention
The right to destroy the rights of property of
any State in the Territories. The state Leg |
had no power to destroy the rights |
Of property. and, certainly, Territorial |
Legislature can have no such power. In |
1859, when it was said that California was in |
avor Of slave code, she had passed resolu-
ions defining her posidon which he read |
md which took strong non Intervention |
ground, leaving all questions of the rig is of
property to be settled by the courts Cali !
'ornia did not intend to destroy The rights of
any section, though she might differ in the
means hy which such rights may be best
If the California delegation had
done aught mere to bring about the unfortu-
nate events that had occurred they would !
not be held blameless by their constituents
He had voted for the minority resolution re
enacting the Cincinnati platform, and it was
one of the proudest acts of his life He had |
also supported the preamble and first reso!u-
ton in the minority platform, which had
been rejected. He had intended to offer
series OF resolutions, which he thought would
have met the views of the Convention, and
which he would yet offer. They were as
follows:
l. Resolred. That the Platform adopted by
the Cincinnati Conven in 1856 is hereby
affirmed
O. Resolred, That to entitle Territory to
form Constitution for admission into the
Union as a sovereign State it should contain
reasonable number of inhabitants, which
! should not be less than the number required
for representative in Congress
g. ResolUe9 That the true Interpretation of
the Cincinnati Platform is hereby declared
to be that the right to hold saxes in Ter
ritory rests upon the same ground, and enti
tied to the same protection, as other proper
ty.
4. Resolued, That any infraction of the
rights OF property in Territory would be
judicial question, and that it would be the
duty OF Congress to pass such laws as may be
necessary to secure the faithful execution of
the mandates of the Courts.
5. Resolved, That Congress has the power
at any time to change or repeal any Terrific
rial organic act and to revise or anuul any
Territorial law conflicting Herewith.
lie concluded 10y moving the previous
REwARD.-Wells Fargo & Co. have sent
their notices abroad, Offering reward of
$1,000 for the recovery of the treasure of
which they were robbed near Chico, not long
ago, and $4,000 for the conviction of the rob
bers. There is no doubt that men of nerve
would be aLle by little diligence, to find
and capture the scoundrels.
For the arrest and conviction Of one of the
robbers alone, or each one that may be brot
to justice, they offer $3.50.