Show SECESSION ON THE PACIFIC U anere has been much said salt concerning th 1 recession pe cession element lement e existing on the pacific pa cefic coast since the south rebelled and separated from i the union of states particularly on the be eve of 1 elections either municipal state or federal Fe derai deraS 1 and from the cries of alinn al inn made unionists it would seem that they ibey greatly feared defeat by those who favored the coni federate cause that there is a stron feyling 0 e existing on that side aide of the cont n nj i t in favor of the south smith and against the north aily aly in californi Cali call forna there cm can be no doubt and if the result of the ibe late election may mav be taken aa as a true index to the relative strength of parties on the t h e secession v question the fears feats of the th e unions a that they may be found darthg ln numbers err erl erelong iong long on such occasions are certainly well founded sin since e ati commet commee commencement emerit of the existing exl exi existing stin 9 war in the east hundreds eds have left california Cah ornia I 1 and oregon for dixi to jow their friends minds and aid them in their se secession cesal on movements but their thel r caara migration ca gra tion lion has not if it reports be true I 1 I 1 materially lessened the number of southern sympathizers on the western elope slope and probability is that there are or will be when all the emi emigrants e katits who left thelast the East last si a ring shall shail have arrived at their destination more se ceders from the old union in the gold golden en state than ever before and f 1 is not improbable b I 1 e ah ou I 1 I 1 the confederate congress annex california to the southern confederation as it is reported they have the stale scale of kansas a majority of the dwellers within its ils if s borders may accept the act and make an a n eifort I 1 whether wilether wll Ali ether successful or not to substitute the stars and barb bars for the S ars are aud and stripes I 1 whatever may be thi the future of california or the course that may be taken bv her citi zens in relation to the existing difficulties be 1 I 1 litween tween he north anel anil the it is certain roin froin roia their own a that their power poirer to suppress sur sup preas insurrection or repel re pel pei invasion is but limited and ana why measured meas raea urea aurea are n t taken to insure greater greaten becu security rity in the event that such exigencies should arise might be considered sti strange ange in other days than these brhen n thel the wisdom of 01 the wise seems to have perished peris perls heill heili and the understanding of tle the prudent bid for time that th the e first overt act of secel secession was announced to the worl worp but few of ithe the offensive movements of the confederates have been anticipated anticipate and in ganv indian j i ices ces they have accompli tied lied heir their purposes before the first effective ef le step has been taken to prevent then thema from carrying c their evident designs into execution the r e city of sin francisco is said to contain a population of eighty 11 thousand but according to published stat statements emente time timm as assor Q as per pier report returned only about fight tight hundred b und red men fit for and subject to military duty how kow i many of those were or are ere t aizers thi has not been stated but if jf he the truth has as been told as to the number of ders tiers which throng the streets of thit city no in co to sid bid erable portion oe of the eight hundred warriors roust must bs its oe of that class under such circumstances it would not require much mu ch of an accession or of seceding element to gire g ive lve re t e enemies of toe old union the entire control of the city and of the state which some believe I 1 will wiil be the case at no distant day if the I 1 necessary measures be not taken to prevent such buch an occurrence before it be he too late it has been stated frequently in ili the course of the past summer by gersoni whose I 1 tunit ies iea for knowing the facts in relation to the be poetical poi predilections of the emigrants I 1 who have passed from the eastern to the western slope this season that a large majority jori alty of them hope to see the confederates triumph and the independence inde penu ence of the south acknowledged by the principal nations ot of the earth whether those statements be true or false faise we know not but if the facts are as represented there will be more secession votes cashat ca stat the next general election in california I 1 than there was at the one which has recently been held |