Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-04-19

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cations ON which millions Of dollars have
been expended. and which. when fully com
pleted under the suprrvisioa of gFssl Pow.
cr which was determined to make them sueb.
could be made a imprcgnable - the Rock Il
Gibraliar.
AT the head Of this noble bay our ensmy
would find TO tempt him q capaci"us navy
yard, rcple:e with every modern convenience
and appliance necessary for his purpose
dry dock within which TO repair his ahips;
an arsenal; barracks for his soldirrx. in shost,
everything necessary TO enable hiln to mais-
tain his position. all built and ready fitted to
his hand. Holding these he holds California;
he holds the Pacific coast he holds the gold
and silver Of the mountains; he holds the
commercial centre Of the Pacifc-the great
mart Of trade, the growing, glorious empire Of
the West. the pride Of the Union and ito
earnest, faithful adhercnt. Are these advan-
tagcs which grasping, powerful ercmy
would scom to possess himself of Is not
this prize worthy ambition Will you ex-
pose your jewels to every thief, aud them
stupidity wonder that they are stolenf
But hear it said that our Notifications
will protect this entrance. They will protect
it against any ordinary assailant; but let me
warn the gentlemen who lay that Aaftering
JUNCTION to their souls that it was also said
that Sebastopol could not be taken, and yet
it fell. A mistaken economy in refusing to
purchase a strip of ground has prevented the
completion of the full system of Notifications
designed to protect the entrance. and they are
yet incomplete. Alcatraz and Fort Point
cannot protect that harbor. You may. pile
Ossa on Pelion at those points; as long as
fort of commensurate is wanting on Lime
Point, the harbor is indefensible. But the
best Notifications would avail nothing if the
garrisons were cut off from supplies Of ammu.
nition or food.
Our enemy in possession of this harbor, Of
these Notifications, Of the navy, dry dock and
arsenal, and in command of the inland naviga-
tion, what could the people of California do
without cannon or ammunition, and without the
means of procuring them! How could they
protect tlemsclvcsl Sir, they would have Z
choice of evils-starvation, surrender to for
cign domination, or an exodus across the ST.
crras. am no alarmist, nor do l desire to
add one jot or title to the cmbarrassments un-
dor which our beloved country is now labor
ing. But l believe speak the words Of 90
Der truth when say that had the late Trent
imbroglio not admitted Of peaceful solution,
had the views and convictions of many of my
friends and associates on this floor been sus-
tanned by a warlike answer to the demands Of
Great Britain, or refusal to deliver MP the
persons of the Confederate ambassadors, that
to-day, even as we sit here, the frst blow
would have been struck and the karbor of San
Francisco sealed.
Sir, have said that three evils would pre-
sent themselves to the people of California.
cannot bear to think Of the deep disgrace
and disaster to our country implied in tho
loss of it's Pacific States, to think that my
noble State may be the appendage Of q dis.
tant monarchy. I believe the only alterna-
tive would be accepted by my people-that
they would fec from such disgrace and If
the time does ever come and finds us all un-
prepared, as now we are unprepared. to meet the
emergency, there will be witnessed an exodus
from the Pacific coast which win be ever
memorable in the history Of nations-such an
cmigrant train Gs never wended its way
across this continent. 1t will tmvsleastward.
and it's course will H. marked for centuries to
come by the whitenel bcnes Of thousands sf
men. women and children, whose last earthly
cry was for Tread. Fleeing from!.a waragai.st
which they had no defense, from starvatien
amid inhospitable mountains, they would fan
and die in the wilderness. Would you bid
them submit Sir, know the gallant hearts
of my people. know that many THOUSANDS
would contest incl, by inch with tho invsding
foc-that they would fight aud conqutr could
they but be ted and be supplied with wcap-
ons. lon need no standing army in Califor-
ma aside from small trained garrisOos in tho
forts, il YOU can furnish It's hardy sons With
the mean, Of war. But these arc not TO b oo
tanned, they would be driven back aud
starved out till they surTende, ed o. hrl, ana
Califarnia be los, to the Union. Think yea
treaty would r~torc il GN make Q tpcetv
with the vulturr! But even ia trasy weld
rrstor il. would yoa dsa-rv the sl6esiea q
California when you h4t il deleuerisss psvy
to coveioRs rnrusiss No. cir; once los1, 4
is lost forever.
Sir. have said that Z i tho auty e viss
stacsnanslip to legisla - far thu fassre q
well rs the present. We eannos n ths vii
which slArosds the cveIts Of ane&hsr yea, ~
il is our duty 10 ,ss. ias expssi~nce q thn
ass, in determining our course in ale Anuse.
AxormEs frDsK.-ihc sriel Csaeyulp
passed resolution that shry vin lxht 'ss1il
they have Inst ilr last nas. - egpea1sa q,
Last Confederate Lond. Nh thsy vin @
then. The rrpos dors NJ 50 = = stase-
They hung oas hsek fag n fas Dsas1san.
rs pledge th.t fighting vas - b auns thsss
to the last man." bat VIXEN wc 81 jssa =
al."ut twenty thossand e thaE indivi1anl .
par, Of them surrendrrsd uncoeaitiaaally, "a
'shc<salancc. took to tbs woods. eauyier ths
hast pau" with them. / i suppsssL ~
any rite he was not discowersa i ~ hN-
.Skosks CSsrey.