, 1869-03-29

vital we1e the settlement uf Ill ttcsc claims upou
some s1sse Of lss that for the p1st twenty Ycar1
tho National Government hsA tAbored to Ad1ntt
them BY sending hocamizkonera 10 Mextco md TO
California Attorney 0enesA Iesemlah BlAck, In
l8ot, and Attorney General Batcz, IN 1856, eate8ed
tto the studJ OF Aextcan dceda With snx1ou1
d1leence In 1&B EdKtn u. Stanton spent year
!nCs,Nornla u tha cast Of tho United ssateA, aad
con1m1ssion was sent TO tna city OF Mexico to LOOK
Into The a.rh.Ycs Of the Land Once tnere The do
ve.opmenis Of these sevesal inquexss show rnaaa
Of tpuzptrastrs aain2t the peaee ot tho Peop1o Of
California The documentary fcARlta wcfe the
collection OF forf h,srdstd yo1umesof EurveyA,
documents, photographs, ac-, throwing mora or
less light upon tho condition Of catuntolA 1ands
under Naxjcan ocrnpaden-
The archives thus collected. saJa J1dgo Black,
furnished irresistible psoot thzt there had been An
oneAutxed sJstem Of f4nrtcztfug iaod rias carried
on tor long tine N California hy Mexican ON
ci11s 1hst forgery and perjury hsd been reduced
10 .egnhz occupation; that the making OF false
Rr1nta with the 'suboEntston Of 1a1ss Eisncxaea
10 prove thtca, had beco1e = tro.le aud bualncs&
pcsola,e iaiands, harEen rocts and protesting pro-
outoatex, useles4t TO indtsIdusls but OF priceless
Yrtue 70 the government, had been seized upon
under these spurious titles Nth view OF cxtort-
Inn In,i5ons from the United 6t1tea ftr sted neces
sasy to defend he national possessions In the
Pacific, and Light Apd guard the commerce Of the
coast. The rtchest part Of San Francisco WIS
found to b roTercd By no leAR than ire d1derEnt
grants, eyel9 one ot them forged atteE tho cob
quest Sacramento, AaryWt1le, Stockton md
Petanuna were claimed on titles no better.
Tho Ra1ne otdclA adds that In his time, 1861
the yal1e Of land ctatmed under forged grants IN
California amounted to one hundred and mn
tnfluopa Of dollars1
Through all these explorations the Gomez and
A1n5 brr ira 1t,S+ IL
rfch quicksilver depo9t, II Eeen to ttaun up 1ka =
ltnAma1k Of fraud For x1xteen ycs.a tho people.
hare watched 1t ~ the people roaAd tho base pt
Te4ay.ns watch the crater above Time and agAln II
haa buERt IN eruption thfcsten!ng to depopulate aud
fRtu al below and around L. And the pat thst It
has paled ID the politics. Of the country Is scarce-
II lesa remarkable. It ls within my knowledge
that gentleman and = lawyer, high il the esteem
Of the people and hla fueuds, Ehn 1ax nuauhnous.
" adtudged p!ace IN the Cabinet Of General
Grant, fafled to b snEtted thereto becansa he
sigued the report Of tho House judiciary Commit
tee tn fsvor Of this McGa,Tahan fraud No maa
who endorsed tals report viii probably ever get
tns suppott Of the pacinc coast for 2uy political
position, fpr tho people there do not dreAd tho
earthquake or the Aat2tc cholera 10 much as these
inkitlous Mexican land claims which undermine
their territory. Bome d2y 4 romxnee will be witt
ten about thia celebrated calm bat 1t present tta
A8SoCaAt1o1a AEe lar more FG4tQcA-
Many Of the towns and cities Of California and
most Of SIN Francisco, art covered by thirty -sf1
rejected claims; and Cougre4a Is 70 readtudleste
Ind seyeEse one case upon er paytt evidence, then
the other 'tnirtJ-tlve will be resurrected aud an
army uf lAndaha1ts, lobbJ>asents and Tying nit
neAsea will invade the Capitol and de1le the hstls
Of Regulation Wt&h tnel1 schemes Of forgery md
perjury,
Considering the progress that thls case has nadc
n Regulation, how ought the farmer and utner Ii
California to tsemble for their homes and landR
covered By some old Mexican claim that haa been
eopdennsd - fraudulent BY the 6aprerne Court,
when Il Ia brought before Congress. and hagfnl
OF the afndastts Of drunken aud venM Mextcans,
who can be hired for i've da1ls1s apiece 70 swear
To anything, Il produced to show the Supreme
Court wss Ulstaken In Its decision.
Dependent upon the rassage Of the b1l before
the Senate, Rays Senator Williams, L. prize Of
more than llalf million Of doilafa Politicians,
lawyers, and edlthsa hare taken large shttes In
the Lottery; hc professional lobby both male and
fe1uale, hsse been marshaled, and behind and
asuond McDarrahan IS 3 crowd impatient Of delay
and hungry for the Hpons Of victory. GATH