The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-01

vast amount of claims upon the treasury OF the United
States in this way The senator from Missouri tells
that there persons going out to the mines with large
amount OF machinery. and when they set down that ma
chney the land in the mines they wish TO be protected
in their rights AZ The same time he says the govern
ment OF the United States sell these lands any time
they see proper Now, to me that when this large
amount OF machinery placed upon the land, and they
gel permit which would seem 10 give to them the right
OF possession as long they conaue 10 work the mines
whenever they are turned out OF possession under sale
by the United States, they will come here and say they
have become dyested q their vested rights and clam
thing. the argument OF The senator from Missouri be
correct. tt 'a.s asst Y ..sea As7s aa tA
MI, PRATT. | have modified my amendment now 50
as TO do away with all difficulties, think li rar Y
M,. DAVIS, Of Mississippi How will the bill then
Mr. PRATT, The bill. il my amendment is adopted
will read: .a .ests aas .Ws sT3R'-,.1
!" So long he shall contnae 10 work the same In good
longer" ar4as IN f0.5.l sN g5raE
MIR. DAVIS, Of Mississippi That certainly. does r..
move one objection; but il does not remove the whole
disease. But you have capital and machinery
employed upon the mountains. in the quartz regions,
Now, the senator from Ohio [Mr. EwINGl made q
strange declaration to to-day He told US that we had
given State governmental California, and the Difficult.
arose from the fact thai we had given them this State
government and they had thus lost their natural righio
establish a.. RlSyNf lsTs for themselves then
understand my remarks said that the little squads of
men up in the mines had lost the rights which they be-
lore possessed Of making their own laws That all
Mr. DAVIS. Of Mississippi, We have given a State
government TO these without giving them any pro-
lection OF the law. Now. this is strange species of
statesmanshp which has kept us here for eight months
wrangllng and quarreng about giving government TO
these people, who, that they have got it, are worse
of than they were before Instead OF giving them the
protection Of the law instead OF extending Shield over
their individual rights we have stripped them OF their
natural rights that the honorable senator from Ohio says
belonged to them. Now, if this state of things be existing
in California and you have committed the gorgeous folly
OF giving State government 10 people constituted,
then al rerace your steps, sell your land and esab
lish permanent policy get with capital to invest it
there Immediately and permanently and get rid OF
thus state of things for which the population is wholly
unfit .a
by MIR. PRATT II was agreed to. ffs 91f t#
Mt. FREMONT. | think the amount Of 500, in the
sixth line Of the seventh section, which is charged per
month for working the mines, rs much too high The
amount inserted in committee when the amendment
OF the senator from Ohio pending which allowed four
times the quantity Of land that now allowed move TO
amend the section by striking out the words "four hun
dred" and insert the words tweny- tive" or any other
amount ths, the Senate @ may think proper.
The PRESIDENT. That amendment was concuTred
in by the Senate and only be reached by reconsid
Grafton. 1.
Mr. GWIN moved a reconsideration
And the vote of the Senate concurrng in this amend
ment, in committee, reconsidered.
The question being then taken upon concurrng in that
ame ndment, il was not concuHed in.
from California Mr. FREMoNTl that the price S4oo
per month when il was proposed TO give the miner
four acres, whereas III provided to give him but
one would have the proportion kept up exactly
between the placer and the mines The placer allowed
al 81 for 900 square feet The number Of square feet
in acre is 44,loo i had been $4,000 square feet, il
would have been just fifty times much the 300 feet
in the placer, and therefore move to make 1t $50 per
acre in the mines. !,
senator from Missouri TO insert s5o il agreed TO.
The bill then ordered to be engrossed and read
third time. The third reading being asked for, il was
Pending The question on the passage of the bill,
Mr., FREMONT sad: : ! wish 10 make a few remarks
in reply TO an observation of the senator from Mssis
the senator from Ohio, Mr. Ewso,l applicable 10 the
people OF California, misunderstood the part Of
The senator from Mississippi. think that explain
extended to California, things in the gold regions
in very dsordery condition, and necessarily The
State government rather the people OF the State were
obliged TO exercise the authority there which the
United States ought TO have exercised, claiming as
did, and does, the sovereignty over these lands
As the laws Of the United States were extended
TO that country all the prevailing arrangements that had
been made previously by the people OF California TO pre-
serve order fell To the ground None o the arrangements
now existing there will stand and u will remain them
for the United States to apply TO these people some rules
OF ORDER they will have none Such IS the object oil
this bill in extending such arrangements to this country
may appear manfcsy for the advantage OF the gov
eminent in the sovereign power which IL claims TO
else over that country.
We were not disordery there any more than the cond
ton OF the country forced 10 be- The people there
what they have been clearly shown 10 be, aw-abldng
people They Obliged TO elect their magistrates and
simple laws 10 preserve order But as soon as make
the Judicial system OF the United States is extended
them these prevailing arrangements fall to the ground
Mr.. DAVIS, OF Mississippi was making no charge
against the good order the morality OF the people oi
California That leave 10 others will 90 further and
say my friend, the senator from California, that do
not believe the people upon frontiers are more I'm
moral than those the Interior and they less than
those in commercial cities said in my remarks, as
the being discussed, that knew there was
they knew between each other what was termed
'iunping their lot- and that they maintained order
maintained il by force and without law, il please
/ but still they maintained order
But The point made the senator from Ohio was n
yey different one from that That claimed that
because this country was now State, and because the
constitutional laws Of the United States extended
over H. therefore the people in disor-
tdery condition than before That the point made
on e senator from Ohiothai the fact OF their having
State organization should deprive them OF their power
10 preserve order seemed 10 me TO be very strange
POSITION thought we had 10 claim that those who so
iuronsy contended for the immediate admission Of Cali.
forna should have found that they had law and order
there and power enforce IT, before they asked Tor its
admission II seemed TO me that they had jumped ahead
OF those who claimed for this country that which, by
their own admission, II IN not entitled 10.
Now az TO the title 10 the territory: When IL was in
territorial condition, the title clearly belonged 10 the Uni.
ted States No one disputed that. But that II has
become State il may be disputed. Since have ad.
mltted them Stale, without making any compact
about these ands that may be question. Before there
could be none Then no change that is made. un.
less il he change against us We have acquired no
power over The lands in California BY her admission