Calaveras chronicle., 1851-12-27

ing that be well knew he came from
| sydney. In Justice 10 HIM, we declare
| that many Of Us have been personally
acquainted With him one or two years,
and he always behaved ao a good ctl-
zen, ana respected our laws he has
produced abundant proof to satisfy us
and the public that he has never been IN
| Sydney or the Australian colonies. 1t
is true that resolutions were passed at
the meeting on Friday, that Morgan
and his associates, by continually har-
RAISING the miners, were considered a
pest and nuisance to the community,
and these measures will undoubtedly
appear very severe; but our apology Tor
their adoption is, that our lives and pro-
pcrty had been endangered, ,and demand-
cd an expulsion Of Morgan, and his
aidcrs and abettors from the camp.
| This resolution was notified to them III
peaceabIe manner, and not IN a taunt-
ing tone, that only three minutes"
were allowed them 10 reach the
''stump," and was unaccompanled by
any threats from Finnegan whatever.
They were permitted quietly to depart
their home without molestatiOn from the
''mob," and their property, surrender
ell to Mr. Comm and others, has been
carefully watched and protected ever
since in their cabin
We cannot close this without care
fully recapitulating and impressing on
your minds few Of the facts of our
recent troubles, aud indulge the hope
that every miner will suspend his judg-
ment till he has candidIy considered
both sides of the question, and not con-
denim us on calumnious and er parte
statements.
The Carson's Creek Consolidated
Mining Company claim and pretend to
hold possession Of 100 feet Of the
richest quartz mines in California.
They have not conforlned, in any one
particular, to the laws regulating the
quartz mines III this district. They
have employed Mexican poems, and al
so Sydney men in their rich mines
have realized large fortunes, and have
now invaded the rights Of American
miners working on the hill. They have
presented shares i'll their company to
colonels and generals, to secure their
names and influence in the hour of sup
posed danger, and have violated their
pledges made to many of their warmest
friends when their property was III pc
ril. They have not enjoyed peaceable
possession of s their rights for nine
months; OH the contrary, other compa-
nies entered the field in the beginning,
and located claims, viz, "The Union
n
their works OH the hill. Many other
companies Joined in the contest, and
have maintained peaceable possession
of their shafts upwards of six months,
after considerable labor and expense.
They have uniformly behaved towards
the miners in the most naughty and
aristocratic manner Their recent fail
ure TO grasp the mountain from creek
to creek, has proved "their readiness
9 to act as land pirates,' by taking
g that which belongs to others, because
it has proved valuable" We re-echo
the sentiment, and ask" whose mines
are secure, if powerful combination
of capitalists usurp an entire mountain,
and employ every stratagem to drive off
a great number of industrious and hard
working men ?"--many of whom will tell
you that that very mountain has sWal-
lowed up all their available means to
explore its riches, and that they still
cherish the fond hope of its retrieving
their bankrupt fortunes. We can point
out the men, resident here, who have
toiled night and day successfully, and
where are they? Neither dispirited or
cast down by their unsuccessful opera
tons, but striving laboriously on the
flats and in the gulches to obtain means
to pay their debts, and provide funds to
carry on their enterprise next spring,
and these arc the men whose claims
have been jeopardized by repeated
threats Of an armed force, and who, for
daring to stand up in defence Of their
honest rights are stigmatized as CLAW
less mob" who love not justice, their
country, or its liberal institutions.
James Finegan, George Haley,
VIM. H. Carlow, John Gorham,
F.. CONN, VIM. Williams,
J. Bonney, Thomas Fullam,
John H. Moss, Henry Meyers,
Bernard Mulligan, Garrett Rooney,
Robert Graham, Gilbert S. Powers,
H. Blanchard, Daniel Duggaw,
VIM. w. Bickel, George McCann,
Edward Gregory, George Mainline,
Y DnUrlaCS Inhn Ouln