The Placer herald., 1856-08-30
H1y- At the little Republican, rotb..

o"0ilHr
held here in Auburn on the Gath of july los,
much was said by the speakers about tho
miners "waking up and joining that faction
in this State. We commend to the caroe1
perusal of their "wide-awale," BOYS and al
other persons interested, the following artclo
which We extract from the San Franc;s.,
Globe.
1t will be seen that the authorities cons1.
cred, the miners have but little to tbanl
Fremont for.
Fremont and the Miners.
Of the many weak and impotent efforts
now being made to commend Mr.. Fremon,
to the favor and suffrages of Calforpians
there is perhaps no one more gross, fraudu,
lent and brazen than that Of urging him oa
the peculiar friend of the miner las he
shown himself such friend by advocatino
the full and unrestricted liberty of miners t1
90 where they please in California, ard ~,
the sweat of their brows," extract from ,L,.
earth an honest living? He has not. Bpt
he has, on the contrary, sought to abridco
the freedom of the California miner. He b,s
endeavored to throw around the minino of
this State restrictions and conditions which
would not on y operate to its serious deri.
ment, but would also operate TO deter hosts
of useful and hard y emigrants from alling
to our population. During his short service
of twenty days in the United States Senate
he made a record which speaks volumes ad.
verse to the best interests of the State Of
California. Let that record speak in the
case in question.
On the 10th day of September, 1850, Mr.
Fremont was admitted into the United States
Senate, Senator from this State, and the
first thing he did was to give notice that he
would introduce Bill, entitled:
4 Bill to regulate the uorhiag of plqcers
and gold mines IN California, and 10 pre@rre
order By granting temporary permitSto to octuol
operators to Work the same IN Hmitd quonh
ties.
This proceeding will be found on page
1893 Cong. GLOBE, vol. q, Part 2, lst scs-
sion 3lst Congress- On page 1915 of same
record it will be found that he introduced
said Bill on l4th Sept, 1850. On the oath
Of September, this Bill was taken up and a
long discussion ensued, for which refer to Ap-
pendix to Cong. Globe, lst session 3st,
pages 1862 to 1873. This Bill provided
for the appointment Of twelve Agents Of the
United States, and one Superintendent, at an
annual salary Of 50 900, and commission Of
5 per cent. on the amount collected for per.
mits. A portion of the duties of said agent,
will be found laid down in Sec. ofthis Bill
l. ,,.h ell
SECT. 7. And be it further cnocted. That
the respective Agents shall demand and re.
ceive for the use OF the United States for
permit to work placer by manual labor at
the rate ot-doIlars month, for so many
months as the applicant shall demand; and
for a permit to work a mine with machinery
at the rate ot-lolars Il month, for az
many months as the applicant shall demand,
not exceeding twelve month";, in either case;
but new permits may be granted TO the same
person at the expiration of the first with a
right to continue operations i'll any place in
which he WAS working"
Another section provided, THAT a permit
to work placer Shall be for thirty feet
square, and for niue two hundred and ten
feet square,
Thus it will be seen that Mr. Fremont
sought to make the gold regions of our State
the property Of the general government, and
to be worked only by those who should pro-
cure from an Agent of the United States a
permit by paying stipulated sum. The
labor and industry Of the hard working nj,
ner was to be taxed to support useless ca''
Of federal officers and probably to furnish
revenue besides to the general government.
We appeal to the miners Of our State and
ask them if they will eXalt to power a
man who thus stands upon the record as Their
worst enemy? We opine next November
will bring us their response from the canon'
and the gulchcs, from the Sierra Nevada,
and the rich lowlands, that they will not
have such man to rule over them.