New-York tribune., 1872-03-08

the United States and Treasury and the o;cia ef
IN resisting tho grsnt This resistance was Of con,
unscrnpnous and reckless resistance reaiyta non I'm
vate parties ssncs that had no, n II fi{ te isG ssn p
OF sense OF official duty such a public officer cn
in making II should have had and It rs nsged
reckless INSCRIPTIONS and succ.ssfn berac nnto io
Helrn ny q respect for official respOnsibiity H..
mUtlstiOD, cOacealmeDt and disappearance ~ h mo
pers and records in court in the ~
once, and the Interior Department, 10 which We bsv
natural Result Of the official baratry which Inspired ,h
resistance and which made the prOcecdinr rs-,es"ss
meant shall show ~ be = legal contr"yee
like law sult with the Devil in his own jnrl.ctoa
PLENTY Tor ATTORNEY -CRsERALs AsD ,DBrgIcr.,rro.
EEYs.
Other special counsel. who also IN tho pay NJ Tia
New dria Company, retained ~ aid Cood and -.
under his direction by the Attorney General call "a,
tcnar attention now 10 OF them, lawyer namao
Hartman, who the attorney for Gomez on his anne.
from the decision Of the Land Commission 10 the Disf
Court. and who conducted the proceeding, for nim
attorney of record la that Court. This Harfmas
bought from his allegiance by the retanerS of s
New idrIa Company and the United states, under The
direction or an Attorney General and turned sganst o
title that he had stoutly maintained in the IA x,,s
Court. though his professional obligations followed h.
title with GOmez's covenants OF warranty TO the meua
rialist After mr. Black ceased 10 be Attorn~S
General, GOOld rather Gooid and Ssn
ator Casserly, A. we have seen, retained him a
permitted ~ appear special counsel for the oyen
men and he managed the ease In the AttOrneyG eneFA.
Office where he was onnPotent, so isr IA hi. wa
all except in and official integrity. But no. on,
Black but another Attorney General shortly after III
| the NewIdria Company. Numerous Assistant Attot
ney Generals and DistrictAttorneys did the thing
of the latter not waiting until they left Odes
before accepting the New-ldria employment In fact q
universal and general has been this employment BY IN
New-Idria Company, Of the special council Of w
Government and officials Of the AttOnsy.
Generals Office that ! was led 70 remas
gument there that that Office seems to have been b
little more, for some years past tan seminary 10
that Company seems b. have reached the cmar
of s power the Attorney Generals Office until s
appointment Of the present incumbent, who was ataf
"a counsel and agent here IN this very case at tho tim.
Of his appointment They seem tO have adj aLced by
| Their employ ment from the Attorney Gcncrars ohe
| but now. under the nyserous power which iLs Coa
pany can exercise they graduate their counsel mo ik
AuOmcy-Grnerars Office.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA BEHIND
70 ~ not my purpose at this moment 10 pursue ttsh
wilderng maze Of official coliusion and fraud. sh.
return to 1t at more appropriate time. Ny OBJECT mo
ferTing il, said at the outset to make y9
acquainted with the NewIdra Company. Is ~ays. ans
its workings, and the mysterious influences that hs
employed effect tine most startling results. The nrR
ence Of this Company, manifested IN this ease.
the public officers the press and every souIce Of powe
and the wonderful success OF its agents and
attorneys has been too uniform and conspicuous 70 -
cane observation what the secret of n will tel
YOU. There has been growing up for some eight or tn
years past institution Of oyershadOwing power and
influence on the Pacific coast. do but speak pubeyr.
cognZed In saying that this institution Bank
among its assets not only the New
Idria mines as successor 10 the intercs Of Gibb ao
all the great material and political interests Of the States
and Territories Of the Pacific slope In ts edgers "
Tether with such available assets as the NewIdriA
mines the Central Pacific Railroad and that
wonderful Nevada mountain rifted with rian
vgr tnct oI T,'a "a nrcticsI asset in their char
acer OF political organizations, the states Of Nevada
Calfornia and Oregon and the territories lying about
and contiguous to them. That bank is 20 those states
and territories what the East India Company, undes
| the Presidency of Hastings, was TO the Royal
dpppnlgugIcs
tons has for oe years past controlled their elections
and dictated their legislation. The representatives ia
Congress and United states Senators from those stairs
forced 10 accept their positions at the hands 0f that
corporati0u What public men on that coast 1t would
advance 1t has advanced and lis dispeasurc IS political
| blight tn the victim OF ia frogn or Indifference
The institution has politics. e. it does not pro,ess
| in the convention Of the dominant parry.
whichever mas he. and determines the cahalnass
that party whether the United ntate- senate OF
whatever Office II may deem important to secure ot
seryiCedble uses.
THE MIGHT OF SUCH AN ADVERSARY.
The secret of the power OF this corporation "a. d
COURSE ito enormous moneyod and material resource
which il employs with Lavish hand in conurng ~ b
aid every species OF available influence. Its agent
freely distribute passes for the attractive railway JoT
ney the continent to the Pacific to our plbl
editors and other persons OF tnuenc" VINO may
attracted there by business The seductOns Of the mar
yeOus climate and scenery OF that coast or Tor ra1too
and ecreatOn aud when arrived there its Other scnn
greet them with sumptu0lis welcome such a. aye1y
entertainment fund Ot $4,000, which Is said 70 allow
created by these attentions Lot miscacuated ana
although there Is papaDy an lns!dious POLICY ~ o @
hospitality the entertained are battered WIN the OF
magn!hcence OF their banquets. so tha 1t usy "
said OF them ~ was those 3t Venice;
Monsrcbs p.rioot sad deemed ther dignity iporasai"
such this bank cannot De dlsresarded =,
political actOran tWpeytunI ia fDibTfO Oi it, char1cvf
within the Republic. controlling 80 many voices. as
does, in the National Legislature and the Nail0n! Con
ycnti0ns. with many subservent States and Trrri1
snrrendering tn the control OF their local govern
ments, caunot fail to BE- potent IN national politics and
therefore surprising that when. some months ago ths
newspapers told that the states OF the Pacific slope
nancd IN the Cahnet that place should
have made for its attorney in this the present
t gigantic corporation raises the wand ot ~ power and
posS courts cabinets and CONGRESSES that they
should, unless warned against the nsliious influence
be- disturbed from their propety anu wa'er III the per
torrance OF plain duty.
lsts powerful antagonist shall IN any considerable de
gree have the effect to secure consideration oi ms
es@5- nnnIased by The insidious influences which
that antagonist has been able hitherto 10 bring
against him. shall not regret she time oonsulncd.
FIRST GENERAL POINT.
I shall now ask your attention to my hrst general
point
l. The decree OF the Supreme Court OF Jan. 81 1882 dis
missing the appeal from the decree OF confirmation By
the District Court. the result or regular Judicial pro
cecdings justified by the merits of the memoral,sgt
clam m AMI wa. and should have been held aad re-
sDrctad ~ final adjudication and establishment oi M
tiglo.
The TREATY PROVISION.
This claim il based upon stipulation OF the Treiy
Guadaloupe Hidalso ratified with Mexico May 20. lsp
principle event im portant to be remembered Ia tsG
cussion preceding the execution OF The treaty, was
conguest of California and the capture Of It's capital Gig
Monterey in 1876 by United States troops under deH
Fremont rtcle OF the Treaty provides rs follows:
the sad territories property OF hind now ~ " es
,,us not there shall be insoho rssl-cJ tLe l
owner these and an MeVcsns who uar 1eiea'r sot
M nronrrty by cntract ha eaioy respect " aEao ege
ample # beloDsei cEea Of tie Uutoi s'A's t
Statutes At Large vol. 9. o. 5e9l ..-,.
There arises from the peculiar c0llOcaJn oi INV "oI
of the first clause of THIS article OF the Treay >on
doubt AS to what the words not established theN
refer TO- whether to the d0mcIl Of the Mexican ~
She situation of his property. OF whatever Nha uEs
be-real personal xed that Is, whether tho Dry
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