Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-02
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SAS FRGNCIsCo, Cal, Aug, 6J6
RHtor Of tIs Richmond Wig An intense desire TO
see public opinion ia the Atlantic States properly resua
ted and Influenced only by truth and right has induced
address you this time. In the midst of com
munity Of mainen feel yself untainted and will
tempt calm and dispassonate statement Of facts
will be consistent with truth IL will be difficult for you
your readers TO believe that portion Of your oNn
counry-a sovereign State-oUo OF the thirtyone
enolded within the glorious stripes OF freedom-shoud
be for months overruled and down-trOdden by civil
and military despotsm unsurpassed in the civilized world
The Vigilance Committee OF San Francisco is monster,
styled by mob but in all its features IL i.
the deiormed and hdsOus progeny Of murder and
aud is worthy Of it, origin. Picture your.
sell three thousand under arns pervaded and in.
spred with bloody sentiment Of Yeugeance-every
Can-and every man glorying 10 bi4 brand. Here
the embodiment Of that genius Of crime which has made
California kissing aud byword for the nations Here
the prompting heart and the uplifed hand which
have already saturated this soil with blood aud which are
nov attempting to legaiLe treason aud to chrstanze
murder Look these dark and you behold the
very dregs and oHscourug Of the earth-these armed
assuming the Of "best sud purest citizens" are
the who in years past have made Of widow.
aud orphans aud desote households in distant lands
Hundreds OF them foreigners dissatisfied with every
thing, longing for change aud eager shed blood And
American must have been less than a 10 see los
French aud Germans and Jews cooperating with the
tofous committee In subverng the laws Of the Stale
The post Of honor IN front Of the jail from which the
prisoners we're taken aWarded 10 the French The
man Who bold enough Offer three cheers for the
Constitution Of the United States and the State OF Cali
committee, aud dragged hand .cuned through the
streets and plunged into the Dungeons Of this modern no.
aOsuon. To enumefate the systematic infringement.
upon the personal rights and ordinary munments Of tie
American citizen, would be to 6 your columns with "a
startling array Of facts that you would almost doubt thu
veracity u your correspondent II is now ax week,
since the Hon. David 5. Terry, Judge Of the suprem,
Court Of California arrested n the streets r stabts
IN selidefeuce, and thrown into cell where he .til
remains. Hc u declared Innocent by hs sefconstues
Judges but the outside m strongly In favor
blood that u will be almost impossible release him. for
fear that be will fall victim TO the violence Of the mob
Bansbmet will perhsps be hs fate a. yet their ~
orefs 10 regard 90 him mpenetrabe. What j. 10 b,
the end Of all thig, conjecture. fee fym
In California, wbo have boldly advocated law az,
order IN opposition lawlessness and insursction Blu
their numbers Insignificant compared wh the over
whelming majority u the mob snd they have been b.
trayed and robbed until their condition il pabe Th
6rst step q the mob get possession Of Ill the arm
aud ammunition IN the city, and subsequently, they hav
practced piracy the high by capturing tho soop
bearing the of the State They have erected fif
IN the heart OF San Ffancscothcir cavalry and IN
fanty parade by day and by nighthcir po
lice enter and search private residences 20 nd victims
subjects foe hanging-their money buys the printing
Prcssesthcir uons intercept private letters aud pub
hsh them gorying IN the successful detection Of "a plot
20 rescue Judgc Terry They have become anoyan
after their triumph the State authorities that thc
lear nothing from the Federal Government Shoui M
President turn deaf the appeal " the aw-ab
ding porton ~ California the consequences will Ice to
tsrrihc 20 be thought o. renlbe 10 reflect npon th
vholcsae executions and the massacre 81 unprotected
human beings, which viii ensae. We live on the hop