The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . for the admis-sion of California as a free State, and yet who dreaded the influence of the Southern oligarchyin Congress. Forty years ago to-day the citizens of San Francisco did not foresee the events of i86r,when impious hands were raised against the temple of liberty and human freedom erected bythe fathers of the republic, but when the stress came California showed by every means in herpower that the same spirit which moved for her admission into the Union, burned as brightlyfor the preserv
The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . for the admis-sion of California as a free State, and yet who dreaded the influence of the Southern oligarchyin Congress. Forty years ago to-day the citizens of San Francisco did not foresee the events of i86r,when impious hands were raised against the temple of liberty and human freedom erected bythe fathers of the republic, but when the stress came California showed by every means in herpower that the same spirit which moved for her admission into the Union, burned as brightlyfor the preservation of the integrity of that Union, and that the sentiment of secession hadfound no lodgment in loyal California. Should occasion arrive, the young men of to-day would show that they are worthy sons ofnoble sires, that the first forty years of the States existence have only cemented more firmly THE ARCH OF WELCOME. 269 the bonds which were sealed on the 9th day of September, 1850, and tliat the young men ofCalifornia know no North, no South, but only one common country, united and THE WELCOME ARCH, SEPTEMBER 9, 189O. ?^The 9th of September has come and gone, and last night San Francisco slept in the proud 270 piojYEEes of 49. consciousness of having passed through the greatest celebration ever held on the Pacificcoast. If a procession, the largest ever seen in this city — over five miles in length and numbering-16,000 individual participants, witnessed by nine-tenths or more of the inhabitants ofthe city and by tens of thousands of visitors, welcomed with a continual round of cheers fromone end of the route to the other — be sufficient to base the assertion upon, then yesterdayscelebration was certainly the grandest and most successful ever seen in this city. There havebeen several occasions upon which San Francisco has endeavored to do her best in honoring-noted guests or in commemorating important events. Among these may be mentioned theGrant celeb
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