Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-05-26
The Act to Suppress Gaming

Extract from Speech delivered by
the individual Ned on learning of the
Act to Suppress Gaming.
individuals and Fellow Sufferers, Our
rights have been inv d. d-and unjust
punishment inficted-our Banks crush
ed our Tables cripple dive are liter.
ally and ,eeto'ally detunct. The "dear
peeps" have stolen the cards u ON us
we have lost the rubber; we can no lon
ger inyeisle the verdant the edIct has
gone foeth no more games of chance
no chanc- for game, not even for a
quarter no quarter is left Us what's
to be did Who among US is prepa red
10 meet the inp'ndiug dam that awaits
us as per Record; to join the Know.
Notbings Now then, reI eat to you
in tie name of II the Kaaves in and
out of the pack, what's to be did shall
we calml, submit to the great Change
which has overtaken us. but brings no
change to Us, without a struggle, all eff
fort, to establish our position among
mankind rs men:
NJ thi Ks | hear you yclp in tones of
dreadful note, star ling to the Cayote
md rev"rbernting along the opp sic
shore. eel oed and re-echoed amid the
far off Table us; no Slr-ee bose fly
but bow fellow sufferers and Cardcrs,
how to accomplish our holy intent, shall
we with shovel and pick delve into the
hill sides of this gold producing valley
and by the proceeds thereof add to the
coffe Of atoher Adams & Cv'-.-no
slrs, emphatica II and al pp,cntly NO
sirs; better by FIR il turnin. over new
Page save our Burn await sir's thu
n xt steam which must b ing tidings
Of "War with Cuba as our President
ere THIS has been ~utfi len " well Pierce' d
and p evoked to declare it Then "aru
and o,t" aid, in the glorious and ever
memorable Ia guage of Alexander No. 2
when cxborting the Mormons on the
Plaza ''go il lemons" and let il not BE-
IN tn blood now coursrng rampant
through your su len veins to be the first
to yield or to cry ont, hold sufficient
not though the Heavens crash, the Earth
tottle or the seats Of your brooches be
torn asunder but instead be found erect,
standing forth in the might and majesty
of your natural bearing apparrrlled in
all the magnifcence Of your pc s)nal
grandeur pr pared to battle till he
East armed foe expires" with Bologna
sausage in IN hand and a Pike Co nty
Testament in the other. Come pc
pare fellow sufferers, prepare FURNISH
your arms, Intricate the stiffened hing IS
of your iron frames, let your knives
drawn and tn eir sheaths broken, rush for
the ray, what is the world t. us or we
to the void without an honorable name.
Com Frankly, proclaim war, let the
as oundei mass 10 k on and applaud our
d eds, come proclaim it "war TO the
knife :" let's on with our ha IS, me
links [ already hear the snort of the
war horse and snuff the odorated gun
cotton. Conn borrow jack-knives and
let US carve oar names on the tQpmost
hill Of the golden pinnacle of Fame !;
names which shall shed a bright halo |
over the pages of our country future
istory, names the offulg mt rays of
which, hall light ia ion on to glory
Come f How sufferers, pitch in step
togeth brave army, let the wclk n ring
with The cl NJ IF arms, the earth trem-
K with the tramp of war steeds the |
Flag f our Country YOU standard, and
your war cry "the ever orious and
universal yankee nation; Cuba ard G o.
ry." Lets drink.