The Trinity times., 1855-03-17
The State Journal advocating Mob
Law.

~. HtsHtliik u IlJiQ uilAll al the UDiil was
paid out. 1t is a far surer and speedicr mode
for them to get their own than any other
heretofore praetscd it has been voted by
the people generally, that bankers have no
business with other peoples money in Their
auits, while they refuse 10 fork over on pre-
sent9ion Of certificates. The Sonorans
have said "upen sesame" and put SAT 900
IN circulation. 1t is better in the hands Of
the owners than buried in an iron chest"
"VAULTs BURsrED. bank Of Adams
Il Co having suddenly burstcd, and left the
miners and others minus many Thousands Of
dollars, these injured parties are seeking re-
dress IN the oct summary, and 50 far, Sue
cessiui manner. At Sonora, ON Sunday they
opened the vault Of Adams & Co., which
was in the hands Of the sheriff, appointed
pa, ing tellers, and redeemed the certificates
while the funds lasted. The people Of Au-
burn would not let the branch of Adams d.
Go. located there close until all deposors
were paid, or the fsnds exhausted. The
publc commended them for that act. Are
not the people Of Sonora equally worthy Of
| approbationl The Grass Vaeyans also at
lacked Adams d Co.'s vault in that vicinity,
but did not succeed in bursting it, They in
tend, however, to give it another trial. Who
can blame theml"
We find the above articles in the Demo
cratic State Journal Of the 9Th inst, paper
which is supposed to be the organ Of the
State Executive.
Oh! most sage and sober moraIist.-most
worthy aud discreet journalist! You think
that the people Of Sonora are "worthy Of ap-
probation" for the course they have pursued
in setting the law at defiance and commit
ting an act which in every well regulated
community would be branded as gross out
rage Of the laws, and ", Id ensure to the
perpetrators Of it the punishment awarded to
felonsl You would encourage the people to
resort to Mob Law, and when they fail to ac-
complish their object on the first attempt,
you urge them TO "give it another trial, ," and
ask: "Who can blame themW
We can tell you who can--who viii blame
them. Every right thinking, Jaw abiding citi-
zen in the community, will reprobate such pro-
ceedngs every good citizen will condemn all
such high handed measures--and also con-
denim the course OF any journal that seeks to
gain little temporary popularity by pandering
to the basef passions Of misguided, infur-
ated multitude.
Such articles rs those quoted above have done
more to Keep alive Mob Law in this State
than all other causes combined. The jour
nails that publish them have much to answer
for, for thus giving encouragement TO indi
viduals TO take the law into their own hands
and right their wrongs by unlawful means.
How long would Mob Law have an existence
among US if the Press, throughout the State,
would only do its d1ty and come out boldly,
strongly in condemnation Of every act Of this
knd2 We would soon see different state
things. We would hear no more of murders
Nv tA'lNtu P'Ihi"SN' w "'"'N hN"A VI
no more instances Of the officers Of the law
being resisted in the performance of their
sworn duties There would be less OF actual
crime and greater certainty of its proper
punishment if the Press. with one united
voice, would come to the assistance of the
law, and irown down every attempt to sub
vert IT,
It is humiliating to every Californian 10
think, that the official organ Of the State Ex-
ecutiye, has been frs, and foremost in the
approval Of acts in direct contraventon to
the laws of the State What fearful weight
Of responsibility would rest upon the editor
of that paper if the people Of Grass Valley,
acting upon his advice, had made another at
tempt to commit a crime, and blood had been
shed and lives had been lost in the attempt
to seize a few paltry dollars. We shudder
at the thought, and trust that we shall never
again see in any journal Of our State encour-
agement held on, to wrong doing.