Butte record., 1856-07-19

OURsELvEs.-In presenting the public OF
Butte County with q daily newspaper, We
deem it appropriate to accompany its inau-
curation with few brief remarks, not so
much for the purpose of showing what our
course will be, because we have had the
conduct of the Record for the past three
years. but to show the necessity for daily
paper in our county. Butte, at the ap-
preaching election, will take rank amongst
the first counties of the State. In mineral
wealth, the extent of her boundaries is un-
surpassed on the Pacific coast, while her ag-
ricultural sections abound with productive
soil, healthy locations, and close proximity
to the best market in the world. These
advantages have called together popula-
| ton equal to some of the incorporated cities
of the State. We have fancied that this state
of things and the large amount of business
concentrated at the capitol of the county,
required daily paper. That it wonld be
of benefit to tie county, and an evidence of
business prosperity that would please all
/ who feel an interest in the onward progress
of the county. The Telegraph, with flashes
of lightning, will soon be extended to this
place, and we shall be enabled to furnish
our readers with the latest news. They will
no longer be obliged to depend upon papers
published out of the county for the current
news of the day.
Our paper is small-but will be found suf-
fciently large if the enterprise is destined to
fail Should it meet with the neceary er-
couragement, the ddition of another col
umn Eil make it rank in point of size with
other and older dailies of the State. We
have no fears of its failure. There is too
great a rush of business and too many brick
buildings in progress.
OF conrse, the Little Butte will be demo-
cratic in politics, but VIC shall endeavor to
make it is local as possible.
1t will also oppose further continuance
of the organization known as the Vigilance
Committee of San Francisco We believed
they were wrong in the start, although we
could and did find extenuating circumstan-
ces for the first popular out break Their
continuance in session now, is subvervise of
all law-of liberties which the giant minds
of centuries have established-and should
only meet with the unqualified disapproba-
tion of constitutional government. We are
aware that there are many here who en-
we do not believe there is q man in Orsville
sufficiently bigoted as to require US to aban-
don our own and advocate his views If
there any such, we can only regret that we
cannot oblige them. Our establishment is
not owned by San Francisco Vigilanters, and
our allegiance is not due to that body-but
to the constitution and laws of our country
The duty of good citizens is to uphold and
maintain the constitution and laws of their
country, end to aid in carrying into effect
their just and equitable provisions When
we thus do our duty there can be no possible
occasion for the formation of Vigilance
Committee, or other unlawful associations
for the preservation of the public peace
Darrell Webster says-sNo one can be n
true and intelligent friend of liberty who
will consent that any man in public station.
whatever he may think of the honesty of his
motives, shall assume to exercise an author
ity above the constitution and the laws,