The daily union., 1852-08-04


May 1924. Qlh seclion) ior tue adjudication OF claims
by the courts; extended by the acts Of the 23d May
s25 and nth June. lSia. in the second section OF the
&C! Of s'h 1856 The last acting directly upon 'ne re- 3,
sales BY this government, and certain locations "nn
their limits. This is the principle recognised IN ohef
ton OF the act OF 81 March, 1851. for the adjustment
OF land claims in California which provides thai The de-
crees. &c. under il shaIl not affect the interests OF
third persons"
Now what are the '.inleresls OF third PERSONS"
isng when this law passed. which this government IS
bound 10 projects Among others they are those inter
which grown up by reason OF The actual settle
men,s OF hardy Industrious emigranis, who occupied
small lots OF land Tor which the legal title has passed to
the United States BY virtue of the treaty but which
now clsmed by incomplete concessions ior immense
quantities. Of land, with loose and indefinite ims-con
cessons which Spain Mexico could have rejected
any time and which this govefnment, as their success
could reject but which, 10 the fullest extent OF their
equity should be confirmed, yet subject to the superior
equity Of the settler whose labor and industry have given
IhOusand-0ld additional value to the unoccuped and
upcuItiva,ed agricultural lands ia California, the most OF
which 10 covered by these concessions.
The bill ! have already presented, and which is
before the Senate. supplement TO the act OF Sd
March, 1851 for the adjustment OF California titles, Is
designed Tor the protection OF the actual settler IN the III
lie spot OF earth they have made the home OF themselves
and families made valuable by the labor OF their hands,
and upon which they have earned subsistence by the
sweat Of their brow. Ye, desiring to deal with the own
ers original or present. OF these grants N spirit OF JUS
ce and libcray, propose that provision be made Tor
equivalent in public land elsewhere in cases where
their equities justify confirmation
1hs equivalent which this bill provides is in accord
ance with the general precedents of legislation, by re-
quirng ii 10 be taken lands subject TO entry at private
sale avoid interference or conflict with settlers
who may be pre- enplos with selections under laws OF
Congress- in satisfaction Of grants for the benefit OF the
whole State The large sums that have and will be ap-
proprattd for surveys IN California will bring immenre
amounts OF land into market, out OF which those selec
tons can be made.
Lei this measure be adopted, and under energetic
administration OF the ACT OF Sd March. 1851 and of the
md claim yri ha iiy
settled aud queted and the whole energies OF our people
will have full play when released from the incubus whcb
now hangs over our tlties Ihe settler VIII get hls nome
in virtue Of confirmation from the board, and patent
from the government, instead OF being pillaged and
driven from it by the remoseess specuiator The land
claimant himself will find that this measure will
difficulties otherwise insuperabe to him, because, By
dealing in tenderness and justice 10 the rights OF the se,lis
the latter, instead OF resistance and controversy IN bat
ting for bis homestead, will have reason to inter-
fcre, but will leave the claimant the lberay of gov
ernment disposed to pursue generous policy in The
recognition and confirmation OF foreign titles where the
rights Of private individuals are not preudced. But let
the injustice and cupdity OF the monoroiist spscuator
under pretext OF law and cf right bu in violation OF
boh attempt to seize upon the fruit Of the honest labor
of others and appropriate it 10 himse let him seek 10
expe and drive of the settler from his cabin and take
away his home and then he will find the giant awakened
in bis strengh-he giant c: enlightened public opinion
which will deal with him according to his deserts Then
he will encounter the resistance, in ever form, OF those
men who, smarting under sense Ct the injuries they
have sustained, will demand of the tribunals rigid dis
charge OF duty IN the alton of such titles when in
prejudice Of their rights and will take prophet TO
predict their doom in the fate OF the enormous grants OF
Bastrop and others, which, having been suspended
the country for half century, retarding and repeng
settlement at last have fallen under the DEGREES OF JUS
tce, rghuly administered by the Supreme Court OF
the United States and by recent acts of Congress the
lands covered by them in Louisiana and other States
at last laid open to sale and settlement
One Of the resolutions adopted by acclanation by the
late whig convention iii California denounced this bill
as an attempt to rob the citizens Of California OF their
property. The author OF that resolution is the nominee
OF the wing party Tor Congress- and thus oy adopting The
sibe Tor his opinions This cry OF robbery is raised
against an effort on my part TO prevent spectators from
laying hold, under fraudulent imperfect titles, wth ILL
defined, vagran floating limits Of the land made valu
able by the industry OF the unway and industrious set
tiers TO drive them from their homes and despo them OF
their properly The robbery" consists in the recognition
of the rights of honest settlers to the small spot ground
inhabited and cultivated by them, and to protect them
from mecenary and INSCRIPTIONS spectators who are
seeking 10 swell their illgoten and boaed fortunes by
the sacrifice OF honest industry Such denuRciaons, like
spent ball. fall harmless at my feet Tho authors and
nsgaiors Of these attacks are known 10 and will be
appreciated by my constituents. OF them, personally,
have nothing TO say. O their acts and opinions speak
boldly and earlessy and shall not lal, all proper
casons, 10 expose their efforts TO rob the settlers and
tort from them the rewards of their labor Their per-
soma attacks will not deter me from holding them up 10
the deesiaon OF The people OF California and OF this
Union, that they may be pointed al with the finger OF
and that the public reprosch may follow them for
their nelaous plots againis the rights OF the settlers in
my Stale. But do iold the great of the whIg
acqu them Of any participation IN the denancalion OF
measure 10 protect interests common 10 and nseparabe
from the great body OF people lie, US test the doc
trne Of this whg candidate for Congress- 10 the rights
OF property OF the claimants under incomplete Mexican
titles (and my bill ntereivs with other cass) and
its bearing the future prosperity Of the State Lei il
be tested by single example There spot in Cali
forna known the Sulsun valley, than which nothing
in the wide domain OF Nature is more beautiful Ii pos
sesses climate unsurpassed in saubriy, genial
any the shores OF the Mediterranean and almor, RI
vamg the spot in the land Of flowers which The ancient
cavaliers sought az region OF perpetual youth Its sod
- oil boundess fertility and iis scenery magnificent
the Alps. II is no fancy sketch TO say that lis spring
and summer succeed each other 10 The exclusion
of the regions OF winter, and tha, Nature here holds
out everything in exnberant abundance that can con-
tribute TO the comforts OF man In this valley learn
by late advices from home that near ten thousand acres
million OF bushels Of gram outlod The quantity of the
annual grain product. a. have before sho@n OF the
whole OF Upper California under the Mexican govern.
nent Ths is the result nj the labor OF some three hun
dred emgrsn settlers who travelled there, thousands OF
miles through forests, plains, mountains, pces,
rnd rivers. and here they have settled and located and
bull, cabins, and spread around them the comforts Of
home and OF civilization.
And how is this OF happiness 10 be diesel we'd =
The hte oi this this SOIL and theirs un-
der s denied. and the power oil the United States which
they uphold and strengthen The distant shores of the
Pacific invoked TO crush and destroy them and this
The doctrine which The whg candidate for Congress sane
Irons and susains II tbe tile under the Mexican grant
10 Susun valley IL complete, my bill does not and
nst interfere with H. According to the decisions OF The
Supreme Court have jus. read il cannot be examined
shed to complete udes, not time in perfecilng
what was al saay perfect, III the title perect II ia for.