This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...largest concessions could unanimity be reached.4 The dignity of the occasion, the gravity of the task, and the importance of the result were appreciated by the delegates. Mr. Gilbert gave expression to a common sentiment when he declared: "The people will consider our acts in this Convention, and if they ratify them, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...largest concessions could unanimity be reached.4 The dignity of the occasion, the gravity of the task, and the importance of the result were appreciated by the delegates. Mr. Gilbert gave expression to a common sentiment when he declared: "The people will consider our acts in this Convention, and if they ratify them, those acts will go before the Congress of the United States, ... and before all the nations of the world."5 The Hispano-Californian delegates, seven in number, were treated with a high degree of respect, and to them were extended special courtesies.8 The proportion of native Californians to the Americans was about equal to that of the respective populations.7 General Vallejo, a man of commanding presence and dignified expression, was better acquainted with American institutions and laws than any of his kin. Of good Spanish family, educated and liberal, he enjoyed great popularity and was for years after the Convention known as "the most distinguished of living Hispano-Californians."8 1 Browne's Deb., 38. Of. Editorial in Bulletin S. F., May 23, '78, II, 1. 3 Cf. Frost, 125; Browne, Anniversary of Territorial Pioneers, p. 56; Taylor, Eldorado, 148-150; etc. 4 " No cloud ever cast its shadow on equal incongruities grouped in cliffs and chasms, pinnacles and precipices, without having it broken into a thousand fragments." Colton, Three Years in California, 410. -Browne's Deb., 149-150; cf. 58, 122, 141, 371, 424, 434. 8 Ibid., Bott's remarks, 371; el passim. 7 Cf. Taylor, Eldorado, 148. 8 Shuck, Repres. Me n of the Pacific, 225, et seq.; cf. Taylor, op. cit., 157 j Fitch, Century, XL, 787; etc. Perhaps none was more accomplished or better educated than De la-Guerra, of Santa Barbara, who afterwards became a State ...
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