Year: 1861

THn Sac. UNION intimates there are nu-
fnerous enemies of he American Union in
the Legislature and that resolutions to stand
by the Constitution will be contested inch
by inch. We hope the information of the
Union is incorrect, for we can scarcely be-
lieve that any considerable number of the
people Of California are untrue te the great
government under which they live and are
prospering. If the UHior reports correctly
Sacramento and Nevada are widely different
in sentiment. There are bat few here who
utter ds1oyai language and among these we
have Jet to meet with one who represents a
dollar of property Of any class or description.
They are carpet-bag men, who have lived
of the public for years and who when cut
of, or about to be cut off from the teat, like
calf at weaving, bawl Justify for any
strange horned animal that heaves in sight
1t is a strange and lamentable fact that men
who have been fed by the government year
after year, now talk treason whenever their
mouths are empty of Government rations
Shame must be utterly extingushed in such
breasts. Honor they have none or they
would fly the roof of their benefactor be-
fore plotting against his life.


There are men in the State who unblush-
ingly assert they are only waiting to learn
how their old State is going, and then they
are going with her. These men are only
aliens. They are not CaliforniaDs, neither
are they American citizens, and should not
be recognized as such. They have no in
terest in the country but to be treacherous
to and destroy it. The English, Irish and
French among US are not actuated by such
principles. They come not among US to
avail themselves of the benefits our country
affords and then turn against US for the ma
tion from which they have expatriated
themselves. The lover of free institutions
born in Europe is more of an American and
sooner to be trusted by far than he who,
citizen of California, prates of the State
where he was born and his unaltsrable fe-
atty to that State. California wants no
such citizens. Like the Chinese, they are
o curse wherever their presence is felt. We
have them in the National Congress. They
are traitors there. We have them in our
State Legislature. They are enemies TO the
best interests Of the State there. They sit
like nightmare upon the progress of our
young commonwealth. We have them in
our communities and they SOW the seeds of
corruption continually.


1t was our fortune to be born and reared
in the great state of New York. Her great
metropolis surprising any city on the con-
tiaent; her majestic Hudson with the finest
floating palaces in the world; her costly
canals and railroads her excellent schools,
and the intelligence and enterprise of her
people-these might we'll excite the pride
of her children. We are proud of the old
Empire State, and of being called one of
her humblest sons. But great as is our
pride and love of our native State, all our
affections for her are weak and languid
compared with the absorbing devotion we
have for the American Union. Sooner |
than see the City of New York detached
from the Union, we had rather see her
razed to the ground, her streets overgrown
with weeds and her beautiful harbor |
checked with bulrushes.