The Nevada journal., 1852-03-18

my surprise 10 that 40 much has bee
collected in so short time. The Re-
venue Law was only passed on the Is
OF May last, and months elapsed befor
copies Of II were received in many
the mountain counties. No adequat
provision was made for the publicntio
and distribution Of the laws, and the fsS
newspapers that reached the distar
homes OF the miners, contained but III
tie information Of the law they wer
expected to obey; and for no, haviI
guessed at what il was, and fulfilled
/ 10 the letter, he il now harshly census
cd, and 10 told he shall bs excluded frol
the pale of political civilization. SiI
there is no subject within the entif
range Of legislation besst with create
difhculties, or that has mere perplexe
the wisest and greatest of statesmer
than originating revenue system thf
shall be equal and just-than digestin
Q law OF taxation that shall ope nte mi
formly, and make every man pay in pre-
portion to the value Of his property. Ar.
gentlemen Of opinion that no improve
ments can be made in q revenue systeI
passed on the last day Of session sper
in Senatorial contests, and in wastin
millions Of valuable State property
passing Water Lot Bills? DO gentl(
men think that the ills under which "
labor are incurable that the entire p
litical wisdom of the State was possesse
by the leg slators of last winter, an1 e
hausted in a single day! ! do not
think. If defects exist in the preseI
revenue laws and gentlemen will poiI
them out | will answer for the abi
ty and capacity of the present II
glslature to apply an adequate remed
Sir, wish not to play the demagogu}
desplse his character. and have no an
bition for his laurels: but in al since
lty demand to know what becomes
the agricultural and commercial inte
ests of tho State when the mining i,
terests are destroyed IL is the min,
that has built and adorned with its ma
nihcence, your boasted commercial er
porium. ltis the miner who has cha
gsd your beautiful valleys, where, but
few years since, countless herds Of wi
horses and cattle without purchaser
roamed over vast tracts of agricultuf
and grazing land without value, in
princely domains that ii1onarchs mig
be proud of. 1t is the miner that il
opened to you the commercial rich
OF Asia, and filed your ports with :
vessels of every nation, laden with III
productions of every portion Of I'll
globe. He has toilod for you, a,
given his glittering dust in exchan,7
for your agricultural products at mo
cxtravagant prices. You have becon,
rich from his industry and labor, whiil(
he remains comparatively poor; and
because he is kept poor through your
exhorbitant exactions, You would alss
drive him from the halls of legislation
But what is to accomplished by this
ungenerous policy towards the mining
counties? Suppose you could annihi-
late them in your mad wrath-that
you could silence the sound of the pick
stop the rocking cradle-draw tho
miner from his snbterranean cavern
where he delves anil tolls for sold, and
force him, in the language of the Hon.
Member from Santa Barbara, TO
"Fod up his tent, like the Arabs,
And as silently move away. :"
what would then be the condition Of
your emporium of the Pacific? III,
trade destroyed, its "merchant pala.
ces' deserted, and its thousand ship,
unfolding their wings, and commenc
ing a voyage from which they wouls
never return! And ,he proud lane
monopolist-where would he find Il
market for the almost spontaneous pro i
ductions of his rich and fertile soil?-.
Where would he receive such price, |
as in California have given to him i
princely fortune? Have considera. i
tons of this character never entered
your thoughts? and do they weigh no.
thing against the selfish suggestions
that would deny to the miner his jus,
share Of political influence? But, sir,
l forbear to trouble you longer at this
time in defending SO large class OF
your best citizens, and / indulge the
hope that l may never again be com.
PEELED to remember, that l am less
than the representative of the whole
State and its every interest; for l as
sure you, though come here from the
mountains, feel the same pride in the
reflection, that within the limits of nj
own State rise the spires of San Fran
cisco, and spreads out the beautiful
valley Of San Jose.