New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-17

.,;-,.,o f,po The wonderful resources OF ,t'
so;, from H. advantageous commercial posilon Ine
sAle would convert temporary =. ~ :, -; - :, J,
nent citizens bring back tne c;vs nesrv every
- =; 49, ro;nes n comfortable, permanent nome
Lrinp his wife from the East, OF DrlnE Won!
woman TO be a wife for him cover ,l0 IN nm "a y,
aaa .Sans orchards and vineyards; put an emu 10
Sa"' 6"o ,unober of seductlOns, divorces and
IIooS, sgravs: axe reputation as valuable mere a.
s.i.euhete. give tone TO pubHc Opunon, au1 Vnaoe
IN. state 10 become as renowned lor us social haPP
a.s 4, ia mineral wealth and agricultural wonders.
9h.o attempted 10 trace the present evils to the
- 10 nS sscure land titles as their cause. II am
,bt The removal Of the cause should put an end to
re evils; if am wrong where Il the error lhat
.,n M entirely wrong appears from thls-that pre-
olv thofe mining districts have the heathiest social
moral and industrial tone where the claims are most
Jssting The permanence Of the population and the
GOOD order Of society in exact ratio TO the aura
bily Of the mining claims The quartz VEINS OF trass
Valley and the hydraulic claims of North San Juan
promise 10 furnish profitable occupation to their pos
sessorr for many years, and the consequence Is tha
there the social condition s more healthy ana business
more REGULAR than in anv town when depends ON the
more varying surface diggiDgs or river claims even
though the latter often much richer, ana sustain
much larger population within small district OF
country. In proportion as the people are permanent
80 are they happy, society Is good the houses are
comfort able and families are numerous. Immigra-
tion Societies and Pacific Railroads will do little good
for the country until the people now here are tied
down to the soil they are on
know that there are causes, not heretofore men,
toned which have contributed TO develop the evils
which have stated. Among these causes may be
meptoDed the original purpose OF most persons com
ing to the State OF remaining but short time, with
tho expectation Of being able 10 collect pile Of
money in few years Many of these were married
who could not afford to bring their wives and
families with them. Another OF these causes is that
considerable portion Of the CaOrnians are wild sd-
venturous scnemers, who woud not have made
steady, successful business men IN any place An
other is that neary every man IN the country Is
thrown into occupations entirely new 10 MN, ana I!
could not be expected that he should go on as ludi-
cously and regularly as he would IN the land where
be had grown to manhood But these influences are
very weak as compared with that Of the insecure
titles and they would BE- entirely swallowed up IN the
food Of prosperity which would pour over the State
with the sale of the mineral lands.
know that the miners generally are Opp0sed TO the
sae of the mineral lands at the present time, and
believe the sale would result in the transfer OF the best
mining ground 10 wealthy spectators who would
exclude the poor from their possessions and convert
the State into an sristocracy; but am sashed thst
the result would be very different 1t Is not at aIl
likely that the result for the State would be worse than
the present condition of affairs. 1t 10 the general
opinion of Csnornisns that the immediate and uncon,
dltional confirmation Of all claims to land held ana
occupied in 1913, under show OF Mexican title, would
have been far better for the country than the long
uncertainty and costly tgntion which have been the
consequence of the present policy OF the Government
And BO too If the Government persist IN Its present
management OF tne mineral Mnu5, Tue llIe VIII COint
before many years when the people will regret that the
Government had not given them away or sold them IN
the beginning.
The system which now prevails not only drives
away many good citizens and prevents others from
coming here, but does q great injury to those who
are here, and gradually units them for regular
Cial or business habits The nature of nOmadlsm Is
such thst gains increased power for evil with every
year. and if a few generations be reared under Its
influence they will fail below the present condition OF
the population.
| have finished my remarks upon the cause and
cure of the social evils Of California, but the question
now arises, Should i publish such letter - II
NOT untrue And even if true, would not its pubca-
tOn tend to throw dscredt upon the State and lnure
it After some hesitstiOn decide TO publish. as
set that there great evils here that they have
their cause, 10 which they be traced and that
this cause can be and should be removed. could not
do Justice to the subject without collecting the evils In
a lump, and depicting them all together; but the
blackeT the picture, provided 1t be true the more
urgent every reader will see, must be the motives
for reform. That the picture is fair one, am led
10 believe by my observation as well as by the assur-
Of Others who have Travelled extensively IN the
State.
hope by this letter TO assist in correcting the evils
of wi;ch have spoken, and this hope Is my main mo-
tive in writing 1 have written. Ii what have
said should attract any notice, 1t may be said that
4 ann an enemy to California and soured by disap-
poinment, have sought to crafty my malice by vie
abuse l shall reply in advance to such possible
charges | have been q Californian since 1879 and
hope to make my home here forever; and taking the
country all in all prefer it TO any other. nave sui
fered little from the evils OF which have complained
i might say not at all. The wOud-be reformer must
make black picture OF the evils he desires to reform,
a the greater his zeal the more likely he Is to do n-
Justice to the other side but still he should be heard
II ain wrong, lot me be corrected J.. II.
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