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It would appear by this want of attention on the part of our govern¬ 
ment, that it had not been fully satisfied that the conduct of its citizens 
had been correct ; at least, that is the feeling among them abroad. I 
have little testimony on this subject, except the protestations of many 
of those who have been more or less suspected of taking part in the 
expected revolt. 1 can say, that all the accounts I received invariably 
spoke of the foreigners as having had nothing to do with the intended 
outbreak, even if it were organized; and every one should be satisfied 
that they vrere innocent, by the fact that in Mexico they were all 
adjudged to be entirely guiltless of the charges brought against them, 
and that they were sent back at the expense of the Mexican govern¬ 
ment, with letters of security, and an order making it obligatory on the 
Governor of California to assist them in procuring evidence of the 
damages they had sustained. Although this may have been ample 
satisfaction, so far as mere remuneration goes, yet for the barbarous 
conduct shown to them by the authorities, some punishment ought 
to have been inflicted, and an example made. But such has not been 
the case, and those officers are still kept in their high places, with the 
power to repeat like barbarities. There is no other way to account 
for this not being insisted upon, than by supposing that the Mexicans 
hold so little authority over this territory as to make them extremely 
scrupulous how they take any measures that may cause the dismem¬ 
berment of the state, and the loss of even the nominal dominion they 
now possess. 
The situation of Upper California will cause its separation from 
Mexico before many years. The country between it and Mexico can 
never be any thing but a barren waste, which precludes all intercourse 
except that by sea, always more or less interrupted by the course of 
the winds, and the unhealthfulness of the lower or seaport towns of 
Mexico. It is very probable that this country will become united 
with Oregon, with which it will perhaps form a state that is destined 
to control the destinies of the Pacific. This future state is admirably 
situated to become a powerful maritime nation, with two of the finest 
ports in the world, — that within the straits of Juan de Fuca, and 
San Francisco. These two regions have, in fact, within themselves 
every thing to make them increase, and keep up an intercourse with 
the whole of Polynesia, as well as the countries of South America on 
the one side, and China, the Philippines, New Holland, and New Zea¬ 
land, on the other. Among the latter, before many years, may be 
included Japan. Such various climates will furnish the materials for 
a beneficial interchange of products, and an intercourse that must, in 
time, become immense; while this western coast, enjoying a climate 
