Butte record., 1856-06-14
The Issue.

become apparent to The NJ st casual OBJ
ervor. Baked BY th ir powerful arm ID
organization they openly odooeate the Sc
cessicn Of CaiJormia frOm the Fsoler9'
Union That the, now avow the pur-
puse of overiurning TIL State govern
ment snd Of "declarirg our independ'
erce anew" is a matter c,pabl oi
pro f and in o der to satisfy our read
RS, We publish the toll wing aiding ar
t.cle, copied from the organ of the Vigi
lance committee, the True CaLfnrnian
"A few days since. we declared that th'
present movement of the great ula.s of tn,
people was Itself a re-sc ion in favor of ,aw
and order We felt conf lent that the rising
| tide Of the peoples Indignation would n"
ubside III the small circuit of our own com
munity, and we have now the most irretraga
| oie eyidence, that il is rolling with tn,
| strength Of an ocean wave throu shout the on
| tire Safe. God be thanked, our I'll tackles art
falling the dust. The musfy eobir. b. ~ Tau
that tcere held mp before US iriM such p mp
Gus are. haze been srcept etray as Oy @
,chvllrind The hypocriucal cry Of ''oi der
order" could not turn the people aside iron
the great work OF re generation, nor tn,
| empty formula OF still l-boru proclamation
| fright them from their purpose. The goJt
work goes on bravely. San Francisco re-
generate. but there are hangers on al Me c@lp
itoi that ought 10 be and must 9s JoYced tnte
retirement.
The Governor must either r.cede from h
i h
he mu.i refue 5sJose fhr storm, Lei Inn
rtmgn The supreme Court Judges have les
scral, their ,iices, the one by lie OF de-
bauciierv, the n.her by IL. gueipg msr WI
ihe enem!es If good governuie I. morality and
virtue. and thy too must quit the b,neh
they must resign.
Ii cam he any longer concealed-A REV
oLuT1oS Is AT HAND. The renple UNI
irg the power wnich they confirl to unworthy
hands, and he who opposes Their r ght to dt
50 W Il be swallowed up IN the CONFUSION.
Let tie peopie all ou,r the State assemble
iMmedi0teiy. and ergdnizc henlse!oes lntt
rigilGnce 0niHlifte.s >, and take the iniiiat"ry
steps to preserve the lubic peace during til,
struggle, fany shall dare to oppose the marct
Of events
Let every Office they FL be torn from them
aud though some of them may hold Mar
shars baton. aud others be clothed in the er
mine OF Justice, let them all suffer the sGnl
(afe AID be expelled from the country.
In order to accomplish this purpose, th'
governn. mt should be re-organized. We pro
pose. therefore, that a Constitutional Con
rention be at once called, to meet ut the cit.
of Sacramento, on the FOURTH DAY OF July
and there declare anew our independence.
There is the programme of tnc 'ver,
respectable" mobocracy If San Fr ncis
co, as put forth by their own organ
The S:ate government, cur Judiciar.
and constitution are to be over b OWL
and tramp'ed in the dust, and the au
thori,ies, selected by the people less thai
on~ year ago, must violate their ofici
oa'hs, and t.ample upon the laws the.
have sworn 10 support, or III y must b
"d.iven from tn county" Do OIL
citizens now begin to BEE where thi
vigilance NOV ment is !, adiag H. II
A they prepared t. endo. Sc the tr' as
enable course of these insane ag'ia'ors
AS presenting The 9th r SIDE of tn
issue, now to be decided by tn p 'pl
Of Cali orr ia, We copy the FLOWING s
oluti MS, adopted by he ci lzens of NJ,
rysv.lle in mass IN citing on the lot
inst. We C. mmend the resolution t
the attention of ,ur f low ci IL MS:
Resolred That we deeply and sincerely re
gret the existing State OF affairs in tho City ,
San Francisco, and earnestly hope thnt wis
ciunsels may prevail and the public mind
relieved from the impending danger.
Resolved, That ns the issue is now made be
tween the State Government and the Consti
tuition and the laws on the one siie, and Ih
Vlgi ianre C"mmittee-a holy of men c..nfe-
sesily admins erIng government uahout C Il
stitut.on or law-but in violation of both
on the other side, there is but one course f,
the patriotic and loyal citizens to pursue. an
that is to respond promptly the call of III
Governor an save the constitution and law,
Resoired, That n, American citizens. we d
not believe il necessary 10 set At naught til
writ of haJeUs corpus and trial 6y jury-th
great bulwark of evil l.berty-to make boz
leap from free repubiicanism to absolute DIES
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ciety
Reso'pcd. that the time has now arrive
when every true citizen Of this State and tn
Tut d States should come fol ward in the SUP
lort Of the governmentof Of our fathers a.
assist III icaintaug the law in onr sister cit
of San Fr .neisco. now ruled by an aIrogan
and irresponsible military despotism
Rtso'ued That the present attitude of tn
armed men in the city Of San Francisco VIII
are subver,ing the laws-making arrest
| without process-and searching citizen,
houses upon their own suspicious, with no au
hority but that Of force, ana n" warrant bu
the bayonet, is without parallel n any IRE
country. and is n mockei y and disgrace
ins itutious un Ter which we live, AMI VI
stan monument of reIroach TO reiu blica
form Of government
Eesoiced. That whilst We do not approve c
the conduct of either or any of the victim
| who have suf red at the hands of the mil
tary usurpers VIII" now rule Ia 5 IN Tranci.c
vet We cannot BE- blind to the fact, that I'll
| ssu- between the e snment that the peopl
| nav made. and lawle-snes- and anarchy rise
| in con 'eJ Uf nee high above bvih the vic In an
! lis sdsstsoyer-ho'ds In its trrrib grasp th
lite or death Of all covernmenr-an'i il is dt
rided fur evil. the grave Uf ,Oeic order ina
| be closed
Reso vsd. THAI We now call upon those CT
| liens of San Francisco iwhO arc IN rev,
against the government and lawsl rs fe lo'
citizens of the same slqte. to disband thei
organization and peacefully retire to rhei
various civil duties; no longer arrsying clti
I arainSt cit American av,iu,t Auir1