New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-28

Mr. Erastus Brooks, who has been repeatedly
nominated for Governor in the columns of his own
paper, The Erpress, and whose chief hobby is the
Pope, which he has ridden to great advantage, is
I" hard down" On all other hobbies. Hear him:
sNot long ago everything, in this State at least de.
pended upOn not paying rent. The TRIBUNE and
Albany Ersning Journal were full, and over full,
about the PATRONS, large estates, &C.; and great
parties il this State were organized on Anti Kent.
Big Thunder was great man. Seward sent mes
cages TO the Legislature about him and it. There was
the Heidelberg war, &c. All that humbug passed over
ard now we have as the candidate of the Anti
party PATRON with thirty square leagues of land
In the Maripoea grant, valued at million of dol
lars and come hundreds or thousands of squatters
upon it, from whom this PATRON claims rent. Put q
pin there and read on.
pay
lied, end it took in everybody sound on anti-rum,
doughface and ngger-driver, as well as nigger.wor-
end il we dIsnk any more rum. We were called to
sacrifice Slavery and Anti Slavery tariff aud anti
tariff, Pope and antelope all for Anti-rum Brother
Greeley told there was Dot an issue on earth he
cared 60 much about this about rum. II made
CLARK Governor, and resent Seward to the United
States s. nate. Stick pin there.
Now this year the hobby is the negro. There is
nothing 70 mr orsnt as the negro Rent and antireu
are forgotten. Even rum is nothing. We may sell
ium by the bogsbead, and vote for ium drinkers just
much as we please, If we are only sound for Ere.
mont and the negro. L:quorlsw' is dead snttrent
IL dead. Only be sound on Manposa"
There was for years trouble in this State
growing out of the great Manors held BY the
PATRONS in the River Counties. Gov Seward was
then at the head Of affairs in this State, and of
course could not help acting on the subject He
upheld and enforced the laws, but urged that the
feudal tenures which had 30 long cursed our State
should be broken up. The constitutional C0nven-
ton Of 1s47 acted on this suggestion, to the great
question kept open as q source Of agitation aud
mischief
Now We believe it is entirely false that Col Ere.
mont claims rent Of the squatters on his Mari
posa estate; but, however this may be, we main
tain and shall act upon the doctrines we have
always maintained with regard to great estates in
land. We hold that they are serious public evil,
ard should be broken up by law. We trust the
People of California will instruct their legislators
y pass such Law in tina. State. Col Fremont
had q perfect right to buy the Mariposa estate;
and the State has 9 right to compel him, or
whoever may buy or inherit it from him. to sell it
ont in iman parcels to actual occupants. Such an
act will subserve the real interest of all concerned
We presume, however, that In Col Frsmont's case
it viii not be needed-that be and the settlers on
Bis tract will settle the matter without need Of
legislative interposition.
Last year, Rum or no Rum" was at issue in
cur State Election-still more, the year previous.
We voted for Cove and Legislature with refer.
erce to this issue, while We supported Members Of
Congress who sound on the Nebraska question.
Erastus, while he voted for Rum" throughout,
made lis apifal mainly on the "No Pcpery' dodge,
which gave him Thousands II Temperance votes.
"Now this year." he Gays, 1.-The hobby IL the
"regro" We beg your pardon, Sir! The Fill
mere sDd Buchanan papers are eternsly crying
ape ero," "Leero." but we rarely see the word
in Frt nont Journal. They stand by Free Kansas
as a country rightfully belonging and admirably
sdspted to Free Labor and Free Msa--,cAits men
% Liquor law" ia dead; for your " American
Ju5ge OF Appeal elected by Temperance voters
mcu,t mari, lsrzled BY tie glare Of asik lanterns