Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849J. T. Towers, 1850 - 479 strani John Ross Browne (1817-1875) of Kentucky, the official reporter for the California State Constitutional Convention of September-October 1849, came to California in 1849 as an employee of the government revenue service. He traveled widely in the next two decades before settling down in Oakland. Report of the debates of the Convention of California (1850) comprises the official records of the convention. Browne had been a shorthand reporter for the U.S. Senate before coming west, and he provides transcripts of the proclamation calling the convention, proceedings of the convention, text of the state constitution adopted by the delegates, and official correspondence regarding the convention and the institution of state government under that constitution. |
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... Union , now in California . He knew no distinction prejudicial to the interests of either . He had attempted to draw none . He spoke of them as a matter of numbers ; that the citizens from the old States of the Union formed the majority ...
... Union , now in California . He knew no distinction prejudicial to the interests of either . He had attempted to draw none . He spoke of them as a matter of numbers ; that the citizens from the old States of the Union formed the majority ...
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... Union . The pro position of Mr. Gilbert seemed to him to indicate the most practicable mode of proceeding . The Committee thus appointed could report , in whole or in part , a form to be acted upon in Committee of the Whole . He was not ...
... Union . The pro position of Mr. Gilbert seemed to him to indicate the most practicable mode of proceeding . The Committee thus appointed could report , in whole or in part , a form to be acted upon in Committee of the Whole . He was not ...
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... Union re- quired protection from this class of people , it was California . It is the duty of gentlemen to make provision in this Constitution against the introduction of negro labor , as well as prohibit the introduction of slavery ...
... Union re- quired protection from this class of people , it was California . It is the duty of gentlemen to make provision in this Constitution against the introduction of negro labor , as well as prohibit the introduction of slavery ...
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... union of the United States , and be admitted at the proper time ( to be judged of by the Congress of the United States ) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States , according to the principles of the ...
... union of the United States , and be admitted at the proper time ( to be judged of by the Congress of the United States ) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States , according to the principles of the ...
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... Union . As the gentleman ( Mr. Botts ) said , we could exclude all these Californians from the privilege of voting ; but that is not our intention . It would not be right or just . This is a very important question . If we permit every ...
... Union . As the gentleman ( Mr. Botts ) said , we could exclude all these Californians from the privilege of voting ; but that is not our intention . It would not be right or just . This is a very important question . If we permit every ...
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