New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-02

many miners opposed 20 the sale; b1. th.y ,r. -,
| svovedly mere sojourners here or course a.
men intending to leave California in few mo,,So
do not wish To b. compelled 10 iuyrst any rn.,,. -
permanent titles to their mining claims. Pa
one intending 70 make this his home is in hvo, J,
ihe sale. As for the opponents Of the sale, 6o5.
'orcible description of them in The Mars,,.r'
National Democrat Of the 9th ult. Mr.. hs,,.
Jacob, writing 10 that Journal from La Por.s
large mining t,wn in Sierra County, ssy..
Jusi rerurred from PR, Wios. plso. ~.
rrch mining has been done ard u'll he done ~,
diggiurs are of two inds bank an tunnel N,,.a
ding well a'd saving their money; Others sn4,, -
tb.y Ga, drinking and gambling.
" Drutk. drupk-go where you nav. every g..
town II Infested with grugger,ss and drunkari.. =
o'i ben are to be seeo. all yonng, nsog frop a.,
>. Twenty-Five years hsuce there will be ms -
- IN y State Of California than m any three S,,
of The Trion, wfel - and i may be ssid ho,,a,.s
II is the dirty of eve,v man to be husb.na al :
ev-rv woman 10 he n ~ife. For every rv-s,ar. ~
j. p uste. and FER every msn ~ respon~bili,y 80
H'd he should find her. Am not right old J.,l, a,
Tue, wives are rot 10 be easily found in Cakf,r.
thy are not here Ia find, spd in couseqn.rcs -
Sands If ,ourg men ave gros log ol-fa., oil - ~.
aid dissipation. Your scribe vouh be nJsr..l "
referring in psrtcGlsr to tie minirg counap,i,v -
agricultural classes are more civilized ana 49,,
There is 10 such thing as society IN ,,a 60 -.
regions; any drunken set of bscseusr3. who Ss S.Sss
money rule th 81 who pretend 10 dec.ucy. IT,,
j. "a RESTRAINT, and M example bu, that al ,,3,s
ard of n i. graded tsndsbcy.f 1es'
That is correct picture of considerable ,,-
ton Of society IN the mines. notwihstandsp IN,
fact that You Will, IN places, find many re.pectsh.
families aud refined sober gentlemen. II REQUIRES
ia eloquence, no long argument 10 conyne. a.,
reasonable man that no amount of money can nav
for the system which leeps society in such eor,
dition rs represented by Mr.. jacob. Better IA
most abject poverty. II is objected {, the sale Al
ile mineral lands that they would fall into the hand.
of spectators, and become monopoly. | do mot
think that would he The result, if the sale were pns
perry managed. But suppose it We're, what /. ,
moropoly of gold compared 10 the universally N
,ocisl disorder and vice No price is too dearSr,
nel.rea ulated society.
In Australia the miners bsye learned that tAs
mere title of occupation is not sufficient, 81 tAe,
have induced the Government 10 grsGt tea.yes,
leases.
am in hopes that majority of the next iesis
lsur. will be in ayor of the sale aud that they viii
fax. some action on the subject But il "a
difficult 10 start the thing. Fne circulation Of
the newspapers in California is small and tbey dsrs
not offend any class. Now there are many miners
opposed 10 the sale because they want u make their
piles" as soon As possible and 60 away; AID the
sale of the land, they think. might exclude them
from some of the best dlggngs The news
papers do not wish TO Offend that class,
and perhaps for other reasons which do not ur-
dersfsnd. say little about the matter. The Ala
California and The Sonora Hrah have spoken in
favor of the sale not very emphaficaly, 1t IL true.
Probably other papers, which have DOT uoslctS,
have done likewise. Not one has said angiAlg
against it since the publication of my lese,
which WAS circulsted in the steamer edition
The TRIBUNE sll through the State, and my stah
menrs were not 80 tlattering M to be lsteoed to
silence. if they had not been true. But waetta
the press or the politicians, or the miners Of Cas
fornis be IN favor of the sale OF the mineral ASi'
ar NOT. the facts are as | have stated them, All
they must carry conviction to the mind d ever
clrar-minded impartial man that the INNING land
must be- sold to secure stable and happy poPaA
ton for California.