Show general Wrig weights lits farewell the following coin communication man ica tion has lately been issued by general wright bilau QUARTERs di PACIFIC SAN C juno 21 64 84 J to the loyal lo 10 y al citizens of the pacific roast i on the eve of my being C relieved froni from the combi command and of the department ot of tile the pacific it is deemed a proper occasion to take a retrospective spec tive view of the three y years ears I 1 have been 1 in command when I 1 first assumed command of the department embi embracing achi all the states and territories west of the rocky tills I 1 was not unmindful of the high 6 trust re reposed in me by the government and the follow following communication which I 1 addressed to the adjutant general of the army after the ex expiration pira i on of the first year or of my iny command comm aad will exhibit the co course I 1 had thought proper to pursue and which has been persistently followed during the whole period or of my administration of military affairs on this c coast ta 8 1 I bileau TElia DEPART department MINT OF till THE PACIFIC 1 n cl S J adjutant general united states army Was washington himton D 0 sir I 1 have served on the pacific coast ford for ten tell years the last year in command of this Depart department ident my duties ditties have called me to every section ot of this great counti country y 11 from rom the sunny plains or of the south to the ihu I 1 U 11 ji founas of or our possessions in the north i have been called either to battle with our savage lovs or to aid in the preservation of this beautiful land from the horrors of civil war during 0 this long lima period I 1 have had ample op opportunities 1 0 attl til ties or of judging or of the character of the people and tile the balile value to the union of these remote possessions of the united stalls S previous to the war with mexico but little I 1 comparatively was known ot of t this his cori country corinthy 7 it a few of our most adventurous people hid had found their way across the continent and taken up their abode either elther in oregon or california fornia but when P peace W was restored and I 1 we acquired california and coeval with that event the discovery of gold iiii mines extensive and almost fabulous in ill richness it caused a large influx in population it wits was not alone i from froin the states stales of ovir our that they came caino every evl ry quarter of the globe as is well as the isles orthe of the ocean contributed to swell the nuin number ber it will thus be seen this country try wits was overrun overran and occupied by people bringing with them and retaining all their home prejudices and ill calculated to establish est aMish a colony ol 01 lit indal y al citizens eager to promote the prosperity of tile the country time and have done much to harmonize and smooth down tile the discordant elements of this incongruous population yet the outbreak ot of a formidable rebellion r in our land had a tendency to revive those sectional lymp sya ip athes and attachments which have li ave propped proul ped men to glory in the fact not that they adv are american citizens b bat UL they are from frolli sucha 0 or such a state to which their param paramount allegiance is due happily the number of men inen who thus ignore the authority of the federal government and declare their realty lenity to the state slate from which they canie came is small compared with that of the men who are americans and who love the union and art are willing to risk their all for its preservation such was the character and such stich the division ot of sentiment on oil this coast when I 1 as assumed command of the department I 1 saw at once that to overcome these difficulties cul cal ties it Y vas as necessary to be watchful vigilant and firm not nob to create unnecessary alar alarm I 1 I 1 in the public mind by hasty and i ll 11 advised acts but to pursue pur the even tenor of my iny way regardless of personal consequences cluid and feeling assured that such a course could not fail to secure the respect of political parties of every complexion and ultimately redound to the lionor honor of our Go government goverline vernine lut country an if what littin I 1 have done has contributed in the degree toward preserving intact our glorious alot union and maintaining sullied our lag flag I 1 shall feel more than repaid it affords att orda me ine high satisfaction petion to inform the general in chief that diering aring all the period ot of my command in this department I 1 have received the most cordial approval and assistance si stance tance from froin the gohei governors nors and officers oni cers as well as from the most prominent citizens very res re ply your most ob G WRIGHT WEIGHT briggen brig gen U S army com dg cig 11 acting upon the p principles cont contained affied in my letter above recited I 1 now point with pride to the happy arid hd peaceful condition of this comi try intruded ns I 1 have been with a high and responsible command far from tho ecat of the government I 1 have luring during tle the whole period held in my hands tile pow oraf peace or war had I 1 for a ed cd to the insano demands of a radical arefes iid iff it co I 1 shedd bill uty un m tl 1 n J iva forts with political prisoners to gratify peru pcr hatred cawing anch fill n outburst of in ill dig donation 1 13 nation at such a course as to render it almost m oaf curtain certain that civil war and bloodshed would f have followed N tile the union I 1 loving oving people le on oil this cot are 1 4 vastly in ill the ascendant they have bave tile thy pow er cr and the will to maintain the integrity of the j union on sheea let every it ii tempt to the standard etan dard of rebellion within your you r borders be cru crushed sheil listen not to t th ho insidious arts of a hireling radical press which under the specious garb of loyalty would not hesitate to gratify ita ii pru rieney for fop t fame m e by doing till all in its power to plunge country into all the horrors of a C civil L i vil wa war be just juat and fear not the eads thou armst at be thy country count rys a thy god s and truth s G WEIGHT I 1 fl brig gen U S army commanding Coin |