The Placer herald., 1863-08-29
Ths President and the Mines.

W. have before stated and proved by au-
.,.n,;c facts that the seizure Of the mines by
~. faderal government is policy Of the
"su,;n;.,ration decided upon, and only sus
n.nd.d for the time at the earnest request of
1s.dipe politicians Of the administration
"..,v ". lest its immediate execution might ope-
pS rp.,s TO their disadvantage in the coming cleo
,;on. That Mr.. Low and the other federal
ofice holders are pledged to this policy, in
ca,e of their success in the election, there
c.n he no reasonable doubt, and there is not
opa Of them who has or dare disavow it. We
now ask Mr.. Low if he did not recently re-
caive dispatch from Abraham Lincoln, in
.ub,tsnce rs follows-and we dare him to
deuy it over his own signature:
al am extremely distressed at the position Ia
ken by the republican party in California in re-
ference to the writ issued by me for the seizure of
the New Almadcn mines. That writ was issued
upcn my own responsibility, and received the en-
tire sanction and approval of my Cabinet. 1t
simply carries out the decision Of the Supreme
Court and 10 q natural sequence to the opinion Of
that eminent tribunal. At the urgent request of
prominent and influential citizens Of California
have suspended the execution of the writ against
nv own judgment-and only because am inform
cd that the immediate execution will enddnger
II not defeat the republican ticket in your State
election. The execution Of that Writ is not
abandoned; it IS only suspended until ate,
YOU, State election. It ,ciN then be enforced.
Upon this and my Cabinet are a unit.
"Gen. Haleck's dispatch that the order was
surreptitiously obtained is not true, although he
may have thought it was true if il was stated to
him that military order had been issued to
take possession of the New Almaden mines"
When Mr.. Low will deny, over his own
signature, that he received a dispatch of
which the foregoing is correct copy in all
material points, he will hear from US again on
this subject.
The decision of the Supreme Court to
which, according to the President, the sci
zure OF the mine is "a natural sequence" is
simply and solely that the New Almaden
mine ia not embraced in a Mexican grant, and
therefore, it is upon land belonging in fee to
the United States. 1t places that mine in
the same condition of nine tenths of the mines
in this State and all the mines of Nevada
Terri,ory-al which are upon government
lands. The Government does not intend to
seixe upon and appropriate one of these
mines without seizing and appropriating all
upon government land. To this policy is the
"Republican party"-as the President calls
it-pedged by its leaders; to sustain the
President in whatever policy he may adopt
10 every member Of the "Union League"
sworn. The Republican papers tell us that
10 oppose the President in this matter would
involve the state in civil war; Opposition
now is the surest means of avoiding civil war.
The election ofan administ ration pre- pledged
to sustain the President in seizing the mines
would be taken as an endorsement of the
policy, which could never be enforced with.
out such resistance as would certainly involve
this coast in civil war. The election Of an
administration opposed to this policy and
pledged against it, would present such re-
monstrance as the President would hardly at
tempt to overcome by force. Every elector
who desires to maintain the principle that to
the miners belong the mnes will vote the
democratic ticket.-Sacramento Republican,
august 26h.