Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-03-03

ty as Messrs. Bufum and Rogers. VIII
Transcript" inform US whether Mr.
johnson is, or was, a member OF the
same secret society as the two gen
tlemen whom it reads out of the par
ty. IF he does, "hustle him out" It'll
the others hustle OUT. the independ
ents and wings who are voting for Gwir
and leave the selection of a candidate
to the democratic Representatives alone
We would stand out with one good DEM
ocrat until '-the wreck of matter and
the crush of worlds" before we would
submit to the dictation of faction who
claim triumph by the aid of Wing, In
| dependent and Know Nothing votes
and the great mass Of California democ-
racy will do the same thing. They dc
not desire to see the democratic escutch-
con furnished by coalition with any
such characters They also understand
perfectly, the factional figuring of the
Gwin organs in their arrangement Of the
question, and viii not agree with them
that the mere act Of voting for Gwin
makes good democrats out of wings in.
dependents and Know Nothings.
Mr.. Flint, Senator from San Francis
co, has favor, d US with a copy of his
bill ''for the better preservation of the
mines" 1t excludes all persons not
eligible to citizenship from working the
mines, and provides that upon convic-
ton thereof, fine Of not less than
$50 no more than 5000 for each and
every off nee, and provides for the sale
of defendants property.
Section five provides, if the property
or effects of the person so trespassing,
be not sufficient to satisfy the execu-
ton and costs, the person so convicted
shall be turned over to the road Supcrvi-
sor of the district, and work it out at the
rate Of one dollar per day.
'Tbo AZ. ~
production of the Hon. Senator, we give
in full, as it contains the object and scope
of the bill d:
at shall be lwful for any citizen or
citizens Or such person or persons as
shall be eligible to citizens hip, and who
shall have declared their intention ac-
cordirg to law in ary # the courts OF
the State, Of btcoming citizens by natur-
alization, TO employ under contract or
hire, persons not eligible to citizenship,
to take gold from the mineral lands OF
the State provided, such persons be
employed on bona fde claims which have
been properly made and recorded in the
district where each claim has been loca-
ted: and further provided that such
claim or claims do not interfere with the
regulations of the district where such
claims have been located: and it is fur
thcr provided, that the person or per-
sons so employing persons not eligible to
Citizenship shall have taken out IL
cense for each and every person so en-
ployed. which license shall be paid in the
manner and amount, and into the fund
as already provided for by law.
The fleet of such law would be to
:preserve" the mines to capitalists and
Spectators 1t first excludes all who
are ineligible 10 citizenship from work
ing the mines, and then empowers cap
italists to hold claims, and hire them
worked by foreigners who must work at
such compensation as spectators may
choose to give, or they can wo'k on the
highway for bare subsistence. Under
the provisions of this bill, capitalists
would be enabled to flood the mining
districts with Cinnamon, Kanakas, In
dians, and Negroes, and the dignity of
labor in California would be at al end.
The emigrant on his arrival in our State
destitute of means, would be obliged to
enter the gang of the Spectator, and
and labor for a mere pittance 1t looks
like an attempt to revive the s.Coolev
Bill" an attempt in which the Hon.
Senator will succeed ONLY in consionipo
himself to the lasting contempt of every
man engaged IN the mines. The miners
of California do not ask for such '.pres-
ervation" of the mines, and Mr.. Flint
should endeavor to curb his genius, at
least, until he can introduce something
little more beneficial than his attempts
to turn the mines over TO capitalists and
reduce the dignity of labor in the mines
to the standard of Cinnamon, Kanakas
and Negroes.
NoBLE's PAss-LEUTENANT BECK
wITH's REPoRr-The San Francisco
Herald states that the reports Of tn.