Calaveras chronicle., 1851-12-27
[San Francisco Correspondence ]
SAN FRANc1sco, Dec. "a, 1851


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "a, 1851.
Considerable alarm was felt here during
the first part Of the present week, in rela-
ton to the difficulty among the miners at
Carson'S Hill These affairs are the moro
to be regretted, when we reflect that their
results are disastrous to the miners only.
Since the discovery of gold in California,
there have been extracted from her noun
tains between one and two hundred mil
lions of dollars, and yel of this sum how
little do you find among the honest hearts
and hard hands of the miners. Where you
meet one with thousand dollars, you will
find thousand without dollar. If it had
gone to enrich the country it would be
some consolation; but people in the cities
complain of hard fortune as much as the
miner While the "two-year old" miner
still roams over the hills in search of q
good prospect, the banker, and the mer-
chant, and the tapster, and the gambler, of
the cities, fleece each other Of their heecings
from the miners. And while nearly all de-
clare, that they are as poor as when they
commenced, nearly two hundred millions
have gone into the pockets of the juggle-
headed aristocracy of Wall street. Why
reasonable, Christian men will submit to
doctrine that allows the man of greater
intellect to feed on the toll of the weaker,
is to me inexplicable. Granting that under
this system the human race have advanced
in art, in science, and in manufactures, al
most to perfection, yet is that any reason
why it should exist forever Let us wind
it up by the greatest improvement of all
its complete overthrow. Let every work
ing man and every honest Christian form
themselves into Mass Committee of Vigil
ance, acknowledge no law but the great
principles of Justice, implanted by Nature
in every human breast, and the Ten Com
mandments of Almighty God-make indis-
criminate war against every species Of vice
not against the petty thief, or the gam
bier. or the prostitute alone, but from the
magnificent swindler in real estate down to
the lowest cheat in the clothing business.
They are all naturally the results one of
the other, and any attempt to eradicate one
alone, makes earth hell, and her best
meaning men its greatest tormentors.
was led into this train of thought by q
toast, delivered at the New England Fes-
tiYal few days since:
Religion and La,o' The Pilgrims best
legacy to their children. May this part of
the patrimony never go out of the family
Religion and Law !" regard them now
as the DEVILS right and left bowers-the
one furnishes the victim, whilst the other
! protects and tempts the shark. Every man
| who has spent any time in California, can
see the utter impotency Of the principles
taught to him in his youth and as he grew
to manhood he found, if he has been the
least observant, that one third Of the world
mourn, (hoWever well some of them may
disguise it), while the rest do groan. What
recourse had he? Either to be fiat, and
receive the SCOTS and kicks of every whips
ter above him, or to strike out, according
! to his abilities-a thief, o gambler, q
rough one," politician, lawyer, . par.
son-or, worse than all, mean, sycophan-
tic, drivelling beggar and liar, ready and
anxious at all times to praise his masters
faults or vilify and abuse his opponents
anything, rather than do that which the
Almighty God commands all men to do
WORK The earth is the only hell, and
mankind will never see heaven until these
things are accomplished-untile every devil
who believes in the doctrine that the weak
are the legitimate prey of the strong, be
hung upon the highest tree as enemies to
God and man.
The maGteriel to start this reform are
here in Califor mia, and if we devote sea-
son to its accomplishment, the whole uni
verse will catch the blaze; and as sure as
there is just God reigning over all, its
results will be attended with happiness.
NooKLYS