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tion of a territorial government in the southern counties of Cali-
fornia under the paternal guardianship of the General Govern-
ment."23
Upon the necessity for a division of the state to insure justice
to the southern portion, the convention was unanimous. The only
matter upon which there was serious division was that of exact
boundaries. After discussions and divisions which nearly broke up
the convention, it was agreed to recommend to the legislature that
in designating a boundary for the proposed southern territory,
the line should run from a point not farther north than the north-
western boundary line of Santa Clara county, nor further south
than he northern boundary of Monterey county, east to the main
coast range of mountains, thence along said range of mountains,
to a point due west of the northernmost point of the great Tulare
Lake, thence due east to the point of said Lake; thence northeast
to the eastern boundary line of the present State of California,
thence down said boundary line, in a southeast direction to the
boundary between Mexico and the United States ,thence along
said boundary line to the Pacific Ocean, thence following up the
coast to the place of beginning, including the adjacent Islands on
the coast-and that only such agricultural and grazing counties as
are identified with us in interest, be included in said boundaries.24
The general unanimity of the convention, and the frank, full
statement in the resolutions of the conditions which were regarded
as existing, made the people in the northern part of the state recog-
nize the movement to divide the state as an important one. It was
seen that questions had been presented that must be met by the
legislature; and it was anticipated that they would be among the
most important to come before that body at its next session.25
2. Misunderstanding of the California situation in the East.-
After the admission of California and the beginning of agitation
for a division of the state, there was some discussion in eastern
papers as to the significance of the movement. Rumors from the
East in September, 1851, indicated that agitation was rife in certain
quarters for securing for slavery more territory, such as Cuba and
certain provinces of Mexico, together with a part of California,
" an Francisco Daily Herald, October 26 and 28, 1851.
u"San Francisco Daily Herald, October 26 and 28, 1851; Los Angeles Star,
November 1, 1851, in Hayes' Constitutional Law, 29.
"Daily Alta California, October 29, 1851.116
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