Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-01-04

he grant much every settler, and then he
10 have five sd0 five tracts Of league square, for every
hundred families that be could get to settle upon the land
So anxious the Spanish Government to forward the
tement that far from selling the land to the settler,
only given TO him. but he induced to take by helps
given the poor the way Of exemption from hes to the
years and them after a there would be class of contrac-
employed get people to 60 and settle there paying
them the Of five leagues square for every hundred
families procured 10 settle upon the land.
Now, sir when have got possession of such people
this how strange is find ourselves arragnng
every title holding every title to be fraud against the
United States until these parties shall prove in three different
courts, and Of them the Supreme Court Of the United
Saes that they not frauds against the United States
Mr.. President, when California settled. About the
time of the commencement of revolution. speak Of
Upper California not the peninsula. which settled long
before that day. But speak Of that California which is
settled contemporaneousy with the break
ing Of revolution, about with the
settlement OF Kentucky Now suppose which might
be analogous suppose Kentucky had either just been
acquired cesn, that she bad joined Texas
did that she had been cedd by foreign Power
In either suppose any Power should undertake enforce
upon Kentucky what propose undertake enfoc
upon California requiring every citizen to before tribunal
and make good bis title to his land, and then before
other tribunal and make good there, and after that make
him before the Supreme Court of the United Sales
and if he did make good in all three cases, take away
his land and give it the public Suppose undertake to
do such thing that in Kentucky Sir, would have
revolt in which the men of Kentucky would quit these
United States. That what would have Yes, sir, they
would quit the United States, the whole Of them. say then,
sir that such system this cannot be carried out except
is against feeble people, too feeble to resist such may
be unable resist the power of those who want their sub
and may be crushed by the Government. cannot
be done with respect to any other people than those thus
situated ~
The question comes up for the United States to decide,
whether not they will undertake to against the interests
of the people of California in that There may be hun
phn
lands of the few, and they may outnumber them. The
United States strong enough to crush man within the
State Of California, and that people cannot help themselves
The only which they have that which have seen
too many have to in the State OF Missouri, when
hassed by such boards the United States have eabshed
boards who pay the Federal Government ensurng
their promotion by raising the cry Of frauds against the
United States in grants made before the United States were
born That is what have there Sir the question
has to up, and make it before the American
people, whether they to be served in that way
do how few they who have claims now, or how
many they who want their property for one mean to
make stand for them and put them to the of
flying for grants Of land from Spain have seen them
do with and execraons upon the American Govern
ment telling them to take the land which the King Of Spain
had given want to whether the United States is going
sustain them mean to bring the question: that may
be fully and entirely settled. Mr.. President, say that no
people, unless they entirely too weak to fight would sub
nit what PROPOSE aud who have been too weak to
light have revoed under such circumstances nay, under
slight suspicion that such things to be forced upon hem
Sir the most terrible revolt seen in the annals OF the hu
race perhaps that which occurred October l779
the city Of Cairo, revolt against the power of the French
That revolt which ragged during four days. when the
French assailed in their houses many OF whom were
killed. and which required the artillery force of the greatest
general in Europe quell it. What did it from 1t
from merely request the people to give in list of
their titles in order that they might be registered This was
consequences Of intention the part of of the great
generals and greatest elevate hem by causing
he
the tenure and dignity of the feuda tenure in English which
would be advantage the landhodes Of Egypt for at
that time they held them not by feuda tenure only TO be
forfeited by the sovereign but they held them at
the will and pleasure of the sovereign, who reclaimed
them when he pleased without assigning any The
design Of the ntendan who able man, was to raise
the dignity Of these titles that of the feuda tenure that
they could be forfeited only for treason. He who the
greatest statesman well the greatest general hestaed
long ,ime before he consented He his ntendant
stating to him how difficult would be touch the titles, and
saying that there knowing what degree the country
might be excited and alarmed by merely asking f register
OF their titles without bene6ting themselves Every thing
turned out that feared The peop locked upon that
call to register their titles than taxation The great
est revolt ever known sprung out Of that and by single
city The great Emperor might have ex.ermna'ed them
but ne pted hem and peace and did not put sim
gle indvda to death for he knew they alarmed the
deepest extent and he knew there for hem
and that they had suffered enough without putting any Of
them to dea b. Now, the people of Cairo were in Cafor
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bring revolt but hepeope Of California may not revolt
They but few their will be to fly from the
country, and that will be done.
Mr. President, what must be the effect the people Of
California when the of such thing has arrived among
them What must be the effect upon the people who have
been some three generations possession OF their land when
they find they have to the gauntlet Of three lawsuits and
have the greatest lawyers employed against he many
the wealth Of the United States engage try them be-
fore American tribunals What can be their feelings, ex-
cep that their whole property is to be inundated All they
have to do IS to give at for nothing would remain
to them but disturbance, discouragement and despair
throughout all that part Of California which have acquired
We strong enough crush them Shall do
so We are strong enough to make them fly Shall we do
go That is the question.
We have presented to minds in some Of the public
prints the idea Of possessions in the hands Of private per-
sons in California worth millions, thousands Of millions
When these hundreds and thousands Of millions be
weighed and measured apprehend they will be found be
but q poor remnant Of these immense
intended as gave notice the last session that Ishoud
do il, to bring forward plan different from all that have
been proposed. There then passing through my mind
plan which have drawn up and which think has some
system in it, some equity in it, and which, If 1t be pro-
pey explained to the people Of the country, will them
from that alarm, agitation, and despair into which all people
be thrown upon the apprehension Of having their pro-
perry taken from them Let any of US be informed that
hole has been picked in the title by which hold pro-
perty at home that have lawsuit to test title
Every thus situated would quit his station here in this
chamber and home to attend to and he would
not until his title made But here
going to strike whole Province people who speak diff
ferent language people Of different religion and lately
brought under dominion by tie power of the sword
To prevent this have brought forward plan which has
system The first feature Of the plan to collect the
evidence upon which the claims and for that purpose