CALIF0RNIAN EXTRACTS. NON-ADMISSION OF CALIFORNIA. (From the "Alta California," August 17.]

New Zealander, Volume 6, Issue 478, 13 November 1850, Page 3

CALIFORNIAN EXTRACTS. NON-ADMISSION OF CALIFORNIA. (From the "Alta California," August 17.]

It would seem tliat patience in the present instance isavhtue not to be lcwaidcd. The longer we have awaited the tardy justice of Congress, the f.uthcr ofl' sec ins the d.iy when it is to he dealt out. In Congress theio docs not seem to he or to have been any unanimity of sentiment between the gieat leaders oi the Whigs and the I'lcsident, uoi among themselves, l'arly power ficcins neaily piosliate and sectional division its chief substitute. Aflcr montlis of discussion and delay nothing has been gained, and the recent foimation of a Stale government in New Mexico, deluding slavciy, resistance to it by the South gcneially, and especially by Texas, which claims the best part of the tenitory, have had an additional tendency to give California the go-by. It now seems moie th in probable that no one of the pres-ent schemes before Congicss oan muster ad hercnls enough to pass it. The session may pass away and our young State be out of the Union still. In this condition of things political, it would be well enough for our citizens to reflect upon the best course to pursue. Shall we wait another year? And if so, what are the piospects of a more favorable answer to our petition ? Some have spoken already of a scpaiatc and independent position, though as a matter of necessity not of desire. In the bieasts of nearly all foimcr citizens of the Eastern States, now of California, tlicie is a strong love lor the Union. liy neaily all, the chance of a possible breach witli the gieat Msteihood of States would he looked upon as a calamity. Jiiit no one is so dull as not to pciccive how greatly we need to know fully whit is and what is to be our position. ICveiy one feels here more strongly than ever beloic the necessity of law, and it lcquires no very wise head to sec how this unjustifiable delay at Washington is acling most mischievously on the intciesls and prosperity of this country and the safety of its citizens. This is a Blate of things that can not be always submitted to. The instinct of sell-prescivation will be obliged in sclf-dufencc to define California's position if it cannot be done by Congress. The old government of this territoiy was a kind of adobe aiFair, that with its lick of grace, beauty, comfort and cleanliness, aimwered for the hombrcs lh.it dwelt beneath it. The Mexican war unroofed it, and it melted and washed away like an old ruin. It was thought that the power which had unmade could and would re make, and that instead of the adobe structure a beautiful Corinthcan temple of government would arise here after our model at home, the pride of the Pacific, the hope of the world. But instead of this the U. S. government has given nothing. She took away all law and gave nothing in exchange. She took away all protection and leaves the people now to pi otcct themselves against the Indian, and the anarchy which her own criminal neglect has in a great measure caused. While, however, she has not ioigottcn to draw through the Custom House as many haul dollars as possible— an enormous revenue. With a mail system, until lately woisc and more vexatious than none at all, she was very careful to put all letters to our citizens at four times the puce charged in the States, and by neglect in not estaolihhing Pjst Offices about the country, obliging mincis to pay twenty times as much lor a letter at at home, or else do without it. This mail sysplanned for a scaice population on this coast, and perhups ilien necessary to meet expenses, is still continued when hundreds ol thousands have here ■ located. It would be well enough for our good people of the States to think over these and kindred items, and let their representatives in Congiesslcnow that the public at laige appreciate our rights. It would be well rnough also for us here to think of these things, not to giow bitter in leeling towauls the people at home, for they arc by a veiy large majority with us, but that we may act the more wisely under whatever circumstances may transpire, whether it be to force Congress to acknowledge our claims, or failing that, make the lest of iho position forced upon us.