Year: 1861

The Secession ElzZle at sacramento.


The Breckinridgers met in State Convention
at Sacramento, with about half the counties Of
the State hafrepresented.- took in everybody
that would sit in " the institution" laid out
regular work to be done, as the committee on
the order of business reported, for the nomina-
ton of Governor and other State officers,
adopted regular Secession resolutions and plat
form, and could not find any one, even in their
own institution, to accept a nomination for an
Office upon She platform. Governor Downey
said No ; when they telegraphed to him the
resolutions,-the portly FIX Collector of the
Port of San Francisco said No ol-not on that
platform.


The Butte County delegation, with their
decoy Union resolutions got the cold shoulder,
as was right, for they had no business TO play
with such dangerous tools as Union swords
and planks of Northern oak Sonoma county
did likewise and her delegates got the other
cheek smote, and then felt bad. Specimen
planks of the Secession platform:


RESOLVED, That we are opposed to the en-
plovment of force by the General Government
against the seeded States for the purpose of
compelling obedience and submission to Fed
eral authority.


Resolred. That we are in favor of the pres
ervation of the Union upon Constitutional
guarantees which will be acceptable to both
sections of the Confederacy, but if that desira-
BILE consummation be impossible then we are in
favor of the recognition of the independence OF
the Confederate States, and treaty of amty
and peace between them and the United States
Government, as the only alternative which will
terminate the horrors of civil war and bring
back peace and happiness to our distracted
country.


If these things will not suit Uncle jeff Da-
Wis, we wonder what he means by :" Let US
alone" How is it? Is not the Breckinridge
party of California Secession party? Read
their platform and be satisfied


The Convention adjourned to meet on July
23d, and did nothing but convince the world
that they were a rank Secession party, fearful
to proceed in their reasonable course, and bent
on the destruction of something even if they
had to resort to their own organization. And
before adjourning they prohibited the adjourn
ed Convention from changing in anywse the
platform adopted.


BULL CREEK, Butte County,


June llth, 1851.


EnrTop RuTrp RFCopD .-Recidinr and
being closed in by the snow in the above
place, all Winter,-on coming on to the town
of lnskip, on Sunday, to purchase provisions
was agreeably surprised, as well as somewhat
disappointed, to find the business houses, as
well as the street, literally crowded with mi
ners, and beng under the impression myself
that. in a mining and business point of view
1nskip and vicinity was gone in." l enqui
red of my mining friends, the cause of so large
and, to me, an unexampled population, and
learned, to my great satisfaction, that the re
duced prices of water and lumber, as well as
other liberal inducements held out to miners
by the present liberal and enterprising Ditcl
proprietor, MIR. Dewey, has encouraged miners
to prospect the hills and ravines more tho
roughly and extensively, and, as consequence
they have struck good diggings in great
many places. On the afternoon of Sunday the
miners held large Union meeting at Ned
Donahoe's store, and judging from the enthusi
asm as well as the strong Union sentiment
that prevailed at that meeting, Inskip would
be rather dangerous place, | think, for 8
Secessionist to utter or advance treasonablt
ideas. l returned to my cabin, satisfied thai
sufficient loyal and Union sentiment prevails
to save the country from any threatened dan
ger.


Yours, ETC.,
A SUBSCRIBER.