Complex sentence: Towards the end of 1851, McDougall quarreled with the growing vigilante movement in San Francisco, openly condemning the movement's lynching of two criminals that year in a gubernatorial proclamation, citing its complete disregard of the city's municipal authorities.
Split into simpler sentences: Towards the end of 1851, McDougall quarreled with the growing vigilante movement in San Francisco. In a gubernatorial proclamation, he openly condemned the movement's lynching of two criminals that year, citing its complete disregard of the city's municipal authorities.