California Threatens Secession

Uongress ñaving passuu tne anti-jmnese bill, Califoruia is up in arma over the matter and threatcns to secede if tbe President doesu't sign it. The sand lot orator is in his glory aud KearneyUrn for the timo is onjoying itself hugely. It is not long ago since threats of a similar nature carne from another quarter, a quarter where it il generally believed threats of this kind ouly originated. Bat in California - a state true to the Union in the past - we are reminded of the bloody days of the rebellion, if the national executive vetoes the bill. We can not spare thu Golden state of the Pacific slopo. Sbe is too bright a star in our firninnent to lose trom the ijalaxy of state. Much as she threatens, we will not consent to a divorce, Chinee or no Chinee. We rathor have her with, thau to lose her without, them. Lat the hoodluins yell ; Kearney gestioulate, and the sand lot orators grow hoarse in deuunciation, Califoruia must and will keop step to the uiusic of the Union. A gentle reproof from Washington uiay be necessary to remind hor that she is nmking a fooi of hersolf. That she is setting hevself up a laughing stock for the world. That she must live quietly with any race tliat eeek her shores. However we apprehend no trouble if the President vetoes the bill, which he will probably do. There is little danger of tho necessity of opening recruiting offices throughout the land to raise troopi to subdue California's spirit of secession. Wives need not fear their husbands will be taken from them for three years or during the war. Sisters may rest assured their brothers will not be torn from the flreside by the ruthless hands of provost marshals. It is ouly the effervescence of sand lot orators spoiling for trouble, and iu danger of being forgotten unios by some sort of agitation they can keep the kettle brewing. Eace prejudice is a fortúnate theme for them to dilate upon. California is to be pitied because she shelters them and is obliged to withstand the sueers of the rest of the world for the boastful Vhreat3 of a clas3 of tramps who have by the peculiar circumstances of the times been permitted to secure the attention of the public. The fact that the incomo of the current fiscal year will be less by $27,000,000 than the estimated receipts isuot apleasant financial prospect. To meet the deficiency three romedies are proposed : The first by the anti-resumptionists in Congress, who propose to use part of the gold accuniulatioa in the Troasury for this purpose. Judge Kelly of Pennsylvaiiia, has tumed a rather remarkable sociersault for even a Pennsylvania politician ; at the last session of Congress he was sure that resumption was impossible; at the present session he is sure that it can be maintained without any gold accumulation. The second plan is that of increasod taxation, whicli inight bo the wisoBt wore it poostblo for Con gres's to adjust the necessary taxation with wisdom. The third plan is that of the Secretary of the Troasury, who proposes to sell four per cent. bonds in sufficient quantities to meet thedefioiency; that is, to run in debt. This plan is only defensible as the least of three evils. General Shields made his maiden speech as Senator for Missouri, last week in behalf of pensions to his former panions in arins in the Mexicau war. - t The General (who has heretofore f sented Illinois and Minnesota in the 8 ate)hoped that this nieasure would paus before all of them were dead. He is the last of the general officers, and but few of the soldiere were left. Of one South Carolina regiment that joined the army eleven hundred strong, only two hundred and fifty survived the war, and of those only eight now rumain. The virtues and valor of the army in Mexico were eulogized in glowing terms, and the story of their ad ventures and their claims on the gratitude of the country wae listenedto with close attentionby a large audience. Sucha man is au interesting . figure in theSeaate, althoughitis abrief hour he is permitted to be there, histime lasting altogether hardly more than thirty daya. ' The New York Chamber of Commerce bas sent to the legislature its , ruignnient of the railroads of the State for " unjust discrimination" in freight rates, etc. , and the memorialista ask the appointment of a special committee with all the necessary powers, " whose dutyit , shall be to investígate those and other allegad abuses, to inquire into and , port concerning the power, contracta , and obligations of the railroads ed by this State, and what.if any, legisltttion is neoessary to proteot and extend the commerce of our State." Attention is called to the fact that the railroads 1 are more than ten timea as large as the 1 eutire revenues of the State from i tion, and they hint that some ' sor regulation of this enoruious interast would be eminently proper. Congress doesnotlack for exciting ; terest just now. Little Hale, of Maine, grows more ugly as his sands of official life are the more nearly run out. The Demócrata are not, however, to be bullozed. The idea of Garfield i ing of " caucua dictation" ! Has he forgotten how Itepublicanscracked the party whip over their members in the days of President Johnson 'Í Michiganders in Washington desired to give Zach a rousing welcotne. He doclined ; told them to save their money, and when he got to keeping house, would invite them to see him at his own expense. Strikes aud failures are the daily allowauce ofnewafrom England. If there is auy oonsolation in knowing that the times are harder elsewhere than in this country, that consolation is surely oura. Two important bilis passed the lower House last week. First, a bilí prohibiting the immigratiou of Chinese to this country ; Becond, a bilí reducing the price of tobáceo from 24 to 16 ceuts per pound.