Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-07
New Almaden QuIcISsIlvcr Mimcs-NIass
Meeting of Citizens.

New AlmNden Quicksilver Mimcs-NIass
Meeting of Citizens.
A meeting Of the citizens of Santa Clara
county, assembled at the City Hall, San Jose,
says the S. f. Herald, on Thursday afternoon,
December I'd, in accordance to a published
call, for the purpose of expressing the popu-
lar feeling with reference to the recent action
of the Government Agent, at San francisco,
in prosecuting a suit against the Almaden
Mining Company, by which the company
have been enjoined from working the said
mine, and to memorialize the Federal Gov
ernment to allow the operations at the mine
to proceed until the final disposition of the
legal proceedings now pending.
The attendance was very large, and con-
sisted principally of the business men of that
city and county. Hon. C. P. Hester, Judge
of the District Court,) was called to the
chair and w. K Davis elected Secretary.
The following resolutions were adopted:
PREAMBLE AND REsoLUr rIoNs.
WHEREAS, The discovery of the New Almaden
QulckS liver Mine was matter of rejoicing to
California, and whereas the company which now
occupy the same and have been in the quiet and
peaceable possession thereof for twelve years. and
which have invested very large amounts for their
Development have invariably exhibited generos-
ity and lIberality in the management of said mine
which have not only given employment to our
labOrlng population, and cheered their homes with
the comforts of life, but has also earned them
hi III position in the esteem of the citizens of San
ia Clara county, as an honorable aud upright as
soclatlOn, and whereas said company have always
met the demands of the tax gatherers for the sup
port of the Government and for the stability of
our lone State upon the shores of the Pacific
now, therefore,
Resolved, That we deeply deplore the recent
action of the General Government, in its extra
ordinary measures to paryze the effort of a min
ing association, so steadfast and parseverng in its
efforts to develop the mineral resources of Cali
fornia, and so flvorably disposed to promote the
best interests of the State of California, and the
personal welfare of the large number of working
men in its employment.
Resolved, That we deem it a strange fatality
which induced the General Government, drought
about from false representations to seize upon
the New Almaden Quicksilver Mines, conducted
as they have been by the oldest, best established
and most liberal mining company in the State Of
California.
Resolved. That if the doctrine lately enuncia-
ted by the Circuit Court of the United States for
tue CbdNS VI OdiillTuid, III e0JOlnln2 tne new Al
MAIDEN Quicksilver Mining Company, and thereby
throwing hundreds of wOrkmen out of employ
ment, and robbing labor of the bread 1t has
earned, and throwing a cloud of darkness over
thresholds lately beamng with the light Of com
fort, that there is safeguard left to the mining
interests of the State of California from the van
dallsm of land spectators, and we as in duty
bound (more in sorrow than in anger proclaim
to the myrIads of hardy miners now Industrious
ly exploring the valleys, the rivers, the gulches
and the mountains OF California, from Ireka to
San Diego "TO your tents truly o! Israel" for
the combination of land spectators has brOu ght
the Government of the United States to bow in
abasement to its nsatiate Moloch.
Resolved, That while we have no partisan feel
ings or selfish interests as TO the merits of the
said claimants Of the New Almaden Quicksilver
Mine, and though we keenly feel the injustice of
the judicial measures which have crippled the in
dustrial energy OF our county, and robbed It of
its resources, to meet the demand of the State
Government we sincerely regret the action of the
General Government in sending a special agent
from Washington to San francisco, armed with
the influence of the Government to crush this
company, which has so long given employment to
large number of our citltizens, and given life to
our industry and reward to our labor, but more
especially do we condemn its acton in selecting
for such agency the hired counsel of a rival claim
ant to the company which has so long had said
mine in their peaceable possession.
Resolved, That copy of the published pro-
ceedings of this meeting be sent to the President
of the United States, the Hon. Secretary of the
Interior, and the Hon. Attorney General of the
United States, and that they be respectfully re-
quested to order that the injunction granted by
the Honorable the United States Circuit Court for
California be removed and dissolved, and that the
company now in possession of, and operating the
said New Almaden Mine, be permitted to pursue
their accustomed operations therein, until the f.
nal determination of the proceedings at law in
veStlgating the he title and right of property.
Resolved, That proceedings of this meeting
be published in the papers of this city, and that
other newspapers Of the State be requested to
publish them.
1t was moved aud seconded that the reolutions
be adopted, which motion was carried with but
one dissenting voice, after which the meeting ad-
journed. C.P HESTER, Chairman
w. r. DAVIS, Secretary