Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-21

! think he has done him wrong In This case.
shall not spare hint the Just chagtisemcnt AMI
attorney may adminittcf Within The limits m
Gentlemen, me plaintiff in this case, Mr..
McGarralAnt citizen Of California, In 1851 |
became Che purchaser ola tract Of land In |
ihat State known a. the Panoche Grande
rancho. AZ tho time he became tho purchaser |
Of hat trscs Of Land tlIe party from whom he |
IN, THE under which 10 claimed % hold Il DO |
fore tho lind cominis ioncfp rhnrt, " ] may
10 eau III forget ne toohnical name The I
LAID fnnmlssioners' court OF California Whore \
Il lad hoen duly considered. Tho land vefil
mssioners court Of California, Of that time
,rcgarllng Y as an ESSENTIAL ptere9al.lte 70 the
cnnrnhtion Of any grunt made BY She Mexi..
can government prior 20 our acquisition OF
!. (alHOftila Tint there nlIould haye bcra arfnal.
Eo'eupsneys decided, against y,he tllla- oi VIM
Ccnt demsz. ~ ~ astf g gassll l.atf1
nisslenana CouTt lethe unlied STATS Dlattlti
CduFte " Qalllouijh ronAina that appeal,
ihe case that had. arisen and which fwae
Thought 10 the SuproIno COurt Of the United
states upon the Fremout MaTipaan grant was
adjudlcated by thu Supreme Court and y Yas
dctermiped asa matter pf law that actual
the grant made by tho Maricau 6Dyornfntill.
And the United States Distrlct Court actin9
upon tho adjudication of tio' Land Commie-
,ldners court with this add ltlnnai w tfoVarpsd
tlb decree Of The Lund CoihniA i6nefs, Court,
ard rst 10 ,5 The title Il appeared tigIn e
Vincent P. Gomez that he .hpd horne aNevy
Intimate relation with Ind Maiden auth critics;
had rendered lmpoflalIt etrVlceh 10 Mexico,
and had given 10 Notlco proper cousldera-
tlons in the wayoi blood and setsIecs for sny
record manifested perfect tide Nth ndjhIil
cation eonaunlng wnat The tEsoorl allowed.
Under these "elreahetuhces MclusfNian
/ bought the titlcg ..,55,4s -, L.. - ~
s Let US go,hack httle further, In esSacr thai
you may understand 4 do not know that II
win be, matorial In The cese. but Poeslbly y
i tie fac4 a. state them; n nay 10 nnaerill
as pointing 70 lhls libel.s Uhddr the treaty o.
fiuadalOupc Hldalgo, made butwceu the Uni.
| tod States and Mexico 1t the closo OF the WHr,
tho Unitqi States entered into q stipulation
wlf Mssieo tognssnp ~ snd tgtec, VIC 5IglEs
drNithin that part Of ous country which we had
taken fot ourselves California, being port
Of M--and m the faithful execution Of that
treaty diliealion the Uhiied setns had nataip-
4 lIkhcd tlils .fnnd Cofnmisdoners' Court md
10 the faitllnl execution Of ilak treaty stifli
g'l %eI 5S uils q vincent Z foe C'iHon
q
Aftm hlcGarfahm bocanla Tho posseasor Of
that land there by purchase, a. combination
4 ~ mon nnding some quicksilver upon Il, Of
Something OF the kind, undertook 10 lay cAln
~ a portion Of u, and a controversy arcs
litigation becan4ni eomewhat saaicst and CT.
citing. Much which h'Will not be important
for you to Oanhider, nor proper 70 como 10
fore you, tFansIdrcd In these courts, and 81
tpo Title vogue aRd pnsFfe, and resulted
finally In an khluhlcAl I'm IN the Bnprem,
0ourt Of The Unlted States upon mutilatet
record against the claim .oi Mo0arrahnl
NctiaTIahan tbeIenpoq appealed TO the Con
EntreFs OF The United Slaioa, \, - =. 4. ~ =
l. He went n The Legislative DgpartmenL 7 70
phfding fhe land 10 ducsih0n ", II not bis
certainly not ule Property 81 any other per
SS aud 5a nGl hl iss RI S,yo q the U e
other sidc will not question; for II the til
!, dld not come 10 AegA Abraham tl,roulyA Gomez
the grantee Of Mexicd phcn The ,ti,la MRs Il
the United Btatps A. the proprieaor and Als.
: Tho. soyyrsIgp; Aiil the ytfie Nas IN N
10 che United states, thon tho rcsuend AltGAT
rhhan. uie claimant, wSy 70 the legiiiatly
tJiowsr uf ihe Gpvcfpnspt. that u tniehl reenk
Ttzc Ills equities, and 40 rccnanif hnn a al
opulties, convert them Into ickel ,poasdlslon
Il He went bCfOre the Congress 81 Tie Unite,
states, and ihd his claim before IL when
= I
reports from the Judiciary CoinEnitteo o
tho Fooled Congress connrmed III rlEhi
: lpid gave Hun whatever tlfle was In lha Units
atAtss nod eousumatcd thc untlfo Illegal rpro
iIirietorsldpin him. - ~ !
\ y came beiore the lIonsc 81 Repre- entattyc
n and passed ~ IN overwhelming majority, sbu
III vas host IN TIC Senate BY iapae % time SD
4 McqnnAhan stayed porsovorip gly at tho ddbr
ldfiUonertAR He had Fecoiyedk the ovidono
:. df thc Jtisticeuf THO ldiyslaiitt Department Q
1.-The Government In thB constellation OF NJ
4 l0luitieH, and had only lost tho srvalhatlon o
lhefralts Of,his labor by thu adjouruuHnt q
Congress. With the new Congress again III
comes before them. Again he seeks TO I'm
press them with these oqnities. Again hi
c ,ase Il argued; again he ismet BY these con
cstahts. Gcntlelnen, this Il no ANAL mal,er
, | Millions arc involved In the eontroyoruy al
SIndy q w SaS y dcieat ' liz Ss, W az
unnus VI INC n0figst purrfnrcr OF sut vtsuti
4 " claim thus before Copgress Lpns tough
{ 81 ncans and devices that can DC gotten NJ
SsaIsS St iissss iscS hS SaI jS ajIIsnS
: " the midsl Of the stQlgglc for biz Rights
: b tle phst 4 this c9uf before ~ lcNl
SssSsI ~ bs. - Of ScP ~ aX
: GoIernmenL as between DAD Of lis 'cIiizsn
1 ae,ts add mlana lhlbRaIa beito imm SIicl
MAY he considered legitimate. for their con
: sid0AtiOn, but thepublic pres Sf nc countrl
/ y nbsidlasd 70 aid ihosewb % Assall nc Elgbt
fnl claimant. Among other instrumentRlltic
= Sasthis paper, which regard notwithstand
pe Itah fhany yirtuea, 10 hhyc hheIf nd N
4 Great crime. While tiis controrensy was sOlni
, Ron dis paper came out and aought 10 pener
paGc continent n blafl,gn tn, private char
Barter, TO dams And, destfoy 7the, indlyidua
, II tghL Mcllnfnhan bore II patiently, d .lonl
a, ~, cnuhl a.,lllfs,s, Liza ,,r,at fsht Ms M
lkf0re the legitimate Judges OF the question
. " had SnbniiltsdT Bat vlld be d0Hhd m
b, couldbear ltinOl bngef, that hSfwAs h0lhl
hlrpcd upon Mt every point be determined u
Invoke the law bf the hnd, And see how fal
tho liberty of the press could be restrained
fenlng an honest imam. He, therefore, brought
reldi 7bgtS'|Fi u ~ ~ iTAS '
II Mr.. McrriCk then read The Hbelcus1porIioT
% h iSssIt 4 .SS 8 Sgs RS n ,Issp aGhHl.
\ AID whIla' jiisiiee was aiding there % mod
Ott right with an impartial hand, this paper
WA seeking 70 disturb the cquanfnity n thn1
4 3hitioe by poisoning with Ia malicious SLAM
Il lpp the minds OF the men who administer IL
M relore say the case i not only one "a
4 pr4eet man 10 tho Aanctity Of hb character
\ IRON that defamation which soils DC good
nnific, hut TO protect aman In the prosecution
u his rights from that llcgitlmaiS use Of tho
/ fsoa press Of thg country whom perverted 10
pblson the minds Of judges by false state
i nionts, which, however Unwilling thsy might
be 10 400, tley must sec, because they read
| tho public papers. Not only was Ii In this
solitary instance, but by the way Of aggTaya-
ton, md 10 show you tho intent Of the malice,
w. wal show you, gentleman, that day after
/ day the paper tecned With these articles,
One OF the great objects, ondA and aims To-
bt accomplished, IN awarfaro Of public opln,
idm for months, was Tic destruction Of Nc
| tiRTfahan's character and the destruction OF
hb claim. We shall show you, gontloInar,
4 ulat II dis article had Appeared but once II
| thls dofamatory Language had been plilaiHhed
bot On one occasion, and then they had
ceased, that u might have bom attributed TO
AZ accidental error of judgment Of the gem
uSman publlshlngiL and a willingness 70 sec
jstlce done and.not TO disturb the even adj
naturalization OF the laS. Such IN oyefhgbt
would have been manifested by restraint
frbm similar publication. But will show
you that is was followed up day ~ day by
|, various and long prOtructed assaults, intended
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