Butte record., 1854-07-01
Northern Sentiments.

be no longer neglected. We ind the following
article in the Marysville Herald, brought ont
by the sentiments advanced Mt the Butte
and Plumas county conventions. We give it
entire, beie7ing that it will have a tendancy to
induce all without distinction of party to sun
port the men who will be able to effect the
most in securing the next [. S. Senator to
the north, The only way to do this, in our
estimation, is 10 elect the democratic nomi-
nees But here is the Heralds article, we
shall say something about the manner best
calculated to secure the rights OF the north,
after giving our readers perusal Of =:
''NoRTH-CALIF0GyIA - oPINIoNs.-ln anOth-
er portion OF this paper are published the res
olutions passed at the Democratic convention
in Plumas county. Like the resolutions pass
ell both wings and democrats of Butte, they
take high ground IN advocacy Of the rights and
interests of northern California, Early last
summer We ende@yored to open the eyes Of the
mountain democracy to the rolitlcal evils OF
which the South aud San Francisco had made
them TIE victims hut the chose TO regard our
honest admontions as mere whig trickery, and
went On their way rejoicing The legislative
movements of last winter opened their eyes,
however, and they now tGlk and act like men
The people of the northern portion Of the
State are rapidly awaking TO their rights and
interests, which have been too long neglected.
When the little riyulet which new indicates
the course and current OF public opinion, snail
swell up 20 the full banks, then look for a
food that VIII wash out and destroy, and at
the same time purify, the corrupt ana polluted
pools which abound in the southern part Of the
State. the tyrauaical rule Of the rammany
ties Of San Francisco Is at an end, whenever
the people shall have aroused themselves to
action and effort. Tke surprise % any rehec-
ting man is excited, when he examines The
condition of the northern portion of the state
that the people have not ere TINS risen up in
the : jesty of their power, and asserted and
maintained their rights, and hurled condeni-
nation upon those who have 50 long fattened
upon and plundered her.
The recent letter Of DR.. Gwin, [. 8 Senator
from San Francisco, contains certificate Of
the Secretary of the Treasury, in which it IS
stated that seventeen millions Of dollars have
been apl ropriatel for California, since 1851
Where has this money been expended The
amoUt appropriated for the arEsory has been
expended at Benicia-a point remote from any
part of the State, where the United States
iUfces cOulu possibly ne Hecueu Inc vi -uOCh
is located in the same vicinity. 1t has cest
hundreds Of thousands, and IS conparat ly
useless
The light houses, temporary structures,
which will not last ten years, swamps few
thousand more.
The one hun red and fifty thousand dollars
appropriated to survey the passes in the Ser-
ra Nevada, has been expended south in order
to benefit San Francisco
The two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
appropriated to remove and settle Indians on
reservations, has all been expended south Of
the Bay of San Francisco, where the Indians
are half civilized and harmless, while at the
north, our citizens are left exposed TO be plum
dered and murdered BY savages.
The three hundred thousand dollars, appro-
priated to survey the public lands, has nearly
all been expended south, where there is not
one settler to ten in the north.
In fine-to draw line cast and west across
the State. between Sacramento and Benica,
and 10 man can find where one dollar of pub
lie money has been expended north of til at
line, except perhaps for our miserable mail
arrangements, which are too contomptible to
have even = notice. There are many other
appropriations which might be mentioned
OF the "Seyenteen miHi0nS," at least eight
have been thrown away upon the army, which
is not, and has not been, and never will be, of
any use to US in California.
Such is the condition of things now How
long they are to remain SO. depends upon the
peop:c We 10 no. think San Francisco can
longer lead and control the people of this state;
and the people should mark well' every
man who opposes any movement, tending to
asser, anl demand the rights of the north"
We trust there will be found no difference
opin ion in this portion of the State about what
is justly our due. The only difference exist
ing at the north is in the best manner of OBJ
tanning our too long neglected ri lights. Should
the wings succeed in carrying the State, wod
they choose Senator from the north : Most
certainly not The Senatorship would still
90 south of the line indicated in the above
article Is the Herald prepared to sag ether
wise' Are not the whig aspirants for that
Office located and interested III the southern
/ portion Of the state What would the north
| gain, then, by the election Of wings to tne
Eext legislature Positively nothing, except
sending Senator to Washington to oppose the
National administration, and we have very
much mistaken the democracy Of the north, if
( there is single man amongst them whc de-
/ sires to see such a Senator elected But who
among wings or democrats believes that the
next Legislature Will he whig No one, unless
it be the purchased gang Of terrified rascals
who occupied seats to the disgrace of the State