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These titles are all to fail under this new law. To make or give the 

 idea upon which this proceeds full scope, all foreigners, at least those 

 whose acquisition will be of any advantage to us, are to he driven 

 from tlic country, and this is proposed to bo done by the inhibitions 

 relating to business. No alien can enter into, conduct, or be inter- 

 ested in any business of any kind here. Every banker — numbered 

 by scores — must withdraw every dollar in money — measured by mil- 

 lions — whether vested in banks, loans, mines, or ditches, must escheat, 

 unless the owner will abjure his native allegiance. 



A ship of war comes in, and desires to recruit her crew and refit. 

 She cannot buy a roi)e of a British subject. Nay, if she sends on 

 shore for a crew an alien to her country must be informed of her 

 destination and purpose, and must do the enlistment. If she 

 wishes new armament, or new ammunition, she must trust to 

 the honor of a stranger, an enemy, instead of the loyalty of one of 

 her own nation. Indeed, I do not see Avhy her men must not be 

 taken from the natives of this country, if they offer, instead of her 

 own subjects, for no employment can be given to a foreigner if a 

 nativ(3 wants it. In short, under the new order of things, we shall 

 only have one further step to take to drive off" the ships, and if a ship- 

 wreck occurs, as was the case of the Nerick, the Labouchie, and other 

 ships, we will pillage the ships, and kill and eat the crews, and reach 

 the liappy state desired. 



A large share of our grain is exported in foreign ships. Will it be 

 a desirable state of things when freights are increased one-half from 

 what they now are, as will be certainly the case from the absence of 

 all competition? 



With the characteristic prescience it seems to have been entirely 

 forgotten that there are to be two parties in thisrearra^gement of the 

 law of nations. The nations from whom we have extorted a recog- 

 nition of the right of expatriation, and with whom, I suppose, we 

 expect to keep up commercial intercourse, will be likely to be heard 

 from when their citizens are subjected to such fanatical and barbaric 

 treatment. There will be more treaties than the Burlingame to be 

 reviewed, and we shall find blows in return for blows. If Mr. Pea- 

 body had survived to this new good time coming, he need not have 

 troubled himself with any testamentary disposition of his property. 

 The treasury of the Queen would have swallowed it all. When 

 American shii)s take our wheat, our cattle, and produce of any kind 

 to Europe or Asia, our treatment of their commerce and citizens will 

 furnish the rule for our reception. Before your grain reaches the 

 foreign consumer it will be so tolled tliat its California producer will 

 squeal when he hears the fate of his grist. 



This matter particularly affects you farmers and grain producers 

 of California. Your produce, already enormous, is to be almost 

 indehnitely increased. Your market is to be necessarily abroad. 

 Anything which disturbs our feelings and relations abroad is, and 

 can be only destructive to your interests, and nothing can more 

 directly produce this effect than the schemes I have attempted to 

 state and expose. 



There has been a discovery made among us lately. Some men are 

 too long and some are too short. Procrustes has come with his bed. 

 Some are to be stretched, and some are to be shortened. If the prop- 

 osition was to diminish diameter or circumference, I should submit 

 without a word, but my head being the best I have, I do not wish to 



