Butte record., 1856-07-05

dietary. They have at the poiat of tn
b y0net sisted the execution Of tn,
Arit of sq5cas corpas-for ages justl,
consid' red the bulwark of personal lit
rty. They have assembled around th'
jail Of the ceunly Of San Francisco 'rg
Numbers Of armed men, and painted a
cannon against 'he front, and thus com
pell ID the sur-en. er Faf two person,
taereln detained in the custody of tn,
aw, " hoin they have since put to death
" thout legal trial or the forms Of judi
cial proceedings. They have, without Il
warrant or any hr proc IS, of law,
ore bly, ohed the houses Of honest
aud aceable citizens at the dead hour
of nighs, ouiraging families and terrifying
lefencelrss femal-s. For nearly SIX
weeks they have 'ramped down by an
armed i spotism IN San Francisco every
c Us ilui nj right secused to the citl-
zens by Mgna CAarta and the Bill II
Rights. They have robbed US of the
heritage earned for US by the labors and
suftrl"gs Of the siges and patriots of
1916. Thry have erected in the beart
If he commerc al metropolis forIlic
tlon filled with armed men to over-awe
the citiz ms and The civil Authorities =
b day and night they plraded in III.
streets large b dies of arm d m n, and
San francisco presents continually the
of city in posse slot "f
" 1o.cign foe. And it is so practically.
II l. W Il known that the Vigilance Com
mlitce have arm d and hired "A large
body Of f,reign mcrcenaries TO sh OF
down the oific rs and citizens of the
State IN DISCHARGE of The dlties cast
upon them BY the l,ws and their oaths Of
office.
N Notwithstanding that the French
Consul has ordered all French subjects
10 Withdraw from their present t.cason-
&bls "ttilud', several bundr, d of them,
IN def nee of the laws of tn If own
country, remain with arms in til r hands
IN open rebel on against the government
of this cHIntry. 1t is p'opcr to sly
that tn re are few. ii any, of the rrspec-
table Freneh residents anong them
Many Of them are convicts who have
been trai sported for crime, and most of
them were kept iu order in their ewn
country only by force of arms. Such
are the nm psepar d to be turned
loose upon Ameeean citizens and Amer
lean property.
Men VIII, htvc committed such crimes
as these against the 5 ate, are naturally
hurried by fear and desperation. Be
fore the.n is the ab. 50 IF revolution and
secession; behin thr batter They dare
not return der a government of hon
est ju g S, W tn a p aspect of fair jrics,
who will administ tilc rvs without the
commission Of PERJURY. 1t is a fact
W prlhy o. notice, that during this whole
xcitemen', liernl Gus as the press i,
the District Judges in 5 N Francisco =
hr highest Judicial officers in the city
both as tn evil and criminal iurisdic ION
lave not even be ass snled. Th' II
purity IS not quosti ned To escape
from the cons quenc. Of trial before
these officer-, nienlb.'rs Of the Vigil nee
Committee, throug, their mouth pieces
= the pre.s-haye constantly clamored
for tler +, r,signation. They have de-
manl d al.o the rcsIgnaii Of the May
or, the Sheiif, and all other city and
county officers, on the avow, d ground
that the Vigilance Commiit-.e could no
dlsbanl wi h s.fcty until thee q ffic rs
were filed with ere tutes of their ON n.
Failing in this object, they see no safety
hut in r.voluiion r. Knowing that the
Executive dispatched by the last steamer
re4ustion on the President of the
United States for the Decessary mean
to tut down this instruction, ard per-
f'ctly aware that the Presid at u'.der
the Constitution and the acts of Con
gress has 10 discretion, but is buuud 10
furnish not on'y arms, bnt to employ AL
the land aud naval forces of the United
States for that purpose, they perceive
that tn IT punishment i inevitable; ttat
it Is a re Questi II OF tue, unless they
can throw # the au hority Of the Unio
and tar California from the c+nstel a
ton Of States. They sce that under the
laws OF this State there is no limi atior
Of the time within which they may be
prosecuted f"r murder; that SO Ing as
Caliio MA i, in the Union aud they ex-
lst md remain vi hin IT liliis, ttey are
iable to prosecution and the i.nomini-
Gus penal ' Of the gal!ows. They have
no ,aely therefore. but in drawing al
their fellow citizens after them in anar-
chy and aisuulon. They seek TO pull all
down to common iniamy of er,me
1t is doubll IS true that up 10 the
time of the refusal of Gen. Wool to
grant arms to the State, had be complied
with the requi,iiion they would have
di, banded within four days, and order