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But with her complete State organization, California 

 has applied for admission into the Union, and from 

 various causes, without reason, as we conceive, has not 

 yet been admitted to her claim. This delay, continued 

 through a long session of Congress, has somewhat 

 irritated the Californians, who are anxiously watching 

 the doinf's of Conojress. The state of feeling on the 

 subject is clearly stated in one of the California papers ; 

 and it is worthy of attention. AVe extract it. 



''Shall California be Admitted? — "VVe desire 

 once more to state calmly and firmly the grievances 

 under which the State of California labors, in order 

 that Congress, in her hesitation, which may terminate 

 in ai\ open refusal to admit us as equal sharers in the 

 benefits, as we are of the bui-dens of the general 

 government, may not act in ignorance of the true state of 

 feeling existing here upon a point so vital to our future. 



" California feels that she has been made the sport 

 of gambling politicians long enough. Tliis is the uni- 

 versal sentiment of one hundred thousand citizens of 

 this State, expecting daily reinforcements which will 

 swell the number to an aggregate of two hundred and 

 fifty thousand before the second session of the present 

 Congress. She feels that such a mass of men, born 

 under the flag of the Union, have a right to some of 

 the privileges which they were taught to suppose 

 it typified. She feels that she has no right to be 

 taxed and not protected — to be taxed, and not 

 represented, to be taxed, and nothing but taxed. 

 Nothing else has been done for her. We hear of 

 no Indian agent in the country. American citizens 

 are slaughtered weekly if not daily by savages on 

 our border. An agent of the Postoffice Depart- 

 ment has been sent here, but his power to put into 



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