Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-07-04
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the vigilaprseommites held ptitsroWs, in the
City ofssh Et4ncisco, it was resolved to sns=
psnd tbe op~ssadousof the Committee until the
ezizeneiss Il The zines should render necessary
itersmnp;zaden. The Committee was not
dfssS!ysd. 1t merely suspended operations, to
await the results ofS:ate Courts and State laws.
Thelsst meeting Of the Committee, under its
old organization, was heidi in September 1851.
Tbesitizensof San ranciscecausedlo be
fastafed, Eom the vef5 best Chinese siik, 3 SUI
pefbrHag eosfng probably $500, and presented
it4o.th6 President o thc VigiIanceC COMMITTEES,
asamaEk of their esteem and approbatiOn- On
The 4th dsv Of October following, that flag was
uhfn1raedE II The masthead of the steamship In
dependence, moOrednber berth on Long Wharf
c~ommandedtby the President of the Vigilance
C6nlmittee, and about TO sail on q voyage to
San Juan de Sur. About 10000 people were.
eoneresated on Long Wharf and its vicinity, to
see the Gag of tI,eir deH4erance from the rule Of
blaek4egs, shouEler-strikers, and escaped sgd
neyites, and to witness the sailing of the vessel
from the uast of Whichit so CALAMITY Hoated.-
AT about shutdown, on the 4th day Of October,
1851, as the Independence was passing out
through the Golden Gate into the beautiful vat
ers Of the Pacific Ocean, that flag was lowered
from its position, folded, and placed by careful
hands in a suitable receptacle, where it has lain
undisturbed for four and a half years, when the
better portion Of the people Of California were
convinced that State laws could not and would
not protect them; and the assassination of JAS
King of William, acting as the last feather on
the cancels back, stung the people to fury, the
fSgwas. reproduced, and its rich folds foated
upon the breeze from the top Of the Commit
tees rooms-andin tire 1ours from tAot mo-
msat, an army g .frs tAotSahd people 4rsre as
sea6led, d~stsrminez spirits all ssh0 you'd dc
Eendit to the death.
The Committee of Vigilance of the State of
California, is a secret, or rather 'oas in 1851, a
seefet body, organized for the protection of So
ciety; honest and fair in all its dealings, protect
inS,the innocent and Furnishing the guilty, not
to be stayed in its proceedings by the appliances
Of tsoner, or the considerations of the former
standing of its prisoners in society. 1t was
truly the terror Of evil=doera, and was support
cd, encouraged, and participated in only by the
most honorable portions of society. We saw the
flag run up TO its position in 81 when on the
"wide. wide sea- we saw it lowered from the
mast Of the steamship Independence; and would
have gloried in being present, when it was taken
from its long resting place, in 1866. In trying
times that Committee has had our active aid
and support; we have seen the benefits result
ing from its actions; and. were We now a citizen
of that State, it would receive our most hearty
eo-oneSsddnJ Ws fear no Ccyilt to The Republic
growing out 6F the acts Of that Committee ; it
can do no wrong act tending to the permanent
oyefthrow Of government, any more than can
Reorganization Of Odd Fellows or the Masonic
Fraternity. It'll ruled by good men, determined
to do right, and to put down wrong, and when
they have accomplished this, the Committee will
as quietly disperse, asit was brought into exis'
tcnce.