The Nevada journal., 1856-05-23

anu Vi PHouS VI III. Mug, AultUu W HttJ cehIs
each if desired so that all might participate
lor five or twenty-five dollars. if it was feared
the example might not he followed in the resi-
/ of the State. Let us make the family of Mr.
King the family of the people.
One other refection-it was we'll known that
|he was District Attorney for this county, and
las such bound to observe the laws. He did
not undervalue this consideration. In this
community, thanks to the Courts, crime met o
|sure award. But when the criminal was
passed through courts of justice only to be
|whitewashed, and sent out to perpetrate new
|villainies- when the judicial ermine was worn
|by knaves, who used it to encourage crime
when the officers of the the law used their op
|pertnnities to pack juries, when the great end
lot the law was sacrificed, when the living spirit
|of justice fed from the dead form of law. and
took refuge in the people as primary author
|ity, then he believed in the vigorous exercise
|of the reserved rights of the people, and that
|uo form Or precedent should stand in the path
|way of avenging justice. This is now the ca Sc
lat San Francisco, and he therefore cordially
|concurred in the actions of the people of that
|city, and so he desired this meeting to do, not
las the result of hasty enthusiasm, but coclly
and as men who set an example for coming
|time.
The resolutions read were adopted
On motion of Lewis Teal, Esq, committee
|of five were appointed to take up the subscrip-
|tion suggested by Mr.. Sargent. The Chair
appointed Messrs. Teal, Mead, Hagan, Lark
|and Abrahams
On motion of Mr.. DeYoung the subscrip.
Ition was limited to one dollar each, in order
that the offering might not be the result of os.
|tentation, but the contribution of the masses.
James Caurchman, Esq, was then loudly
called for, and in an eloquent address of an half
hour, enchained the audience
He adrerted to the rush first MAJ to this
State upon the discovery of gold, population
of hardy and honest men, sufficient to fofind a
great empire, and make the wilderness blossom
like rose. With these another class had
and knayes, political beggars
and villains of every hue. who had made the
interests OF the public legitimate game, and
plundered impartially the people and individ.
uals. The righteousness of this class of men
had reached height that could no longer be
borne: A man like James King Of William
had been sacrificed because he priced duty
more than personal safety, He had dared call
the felon felon--things by their right names
Has it come to this, that convicts from Sing
Sing prison, or Sydney, could come to this
state, obtrude themselves on the people for
office, stuff ballots into the box by handfuls for
their own election, and then wantonly assassi.
nate the man who exposes their antecedents
and practices San Francisco had beco me
the receptacle of the villains of every part of
the state Gamblers that few years ago made
fortunes out of the follies of those who delved|
with pick and shovel for subsistence in the
mines, now driven out, concentrated in thatI
city, and carried out their iniquities. TheI
miner with his hard earnings on his way to the|
other states, is stopped by the harpies of theI
gambling hell, decoyed to their dens, drugged
and robbed, while enough witnesses are ready
to say that the money was won, though the|I
slung shot and the man trap often covered ALL
trace OF the victim; enquiry is feebly instituted,
and the circumstance soon forgotten.
Nv h.
pie OF the State by his earnest war upon theI
cut throat villains who have ruled the CITY by|
the terror OF their crimes, by election frauds,
and uncounted iniquities. OF the affair that
caused his death the record since showed that
he was right. Casey in court of justice had
sworn that he had been pardoned before the
expiration of his term of Imprisonment, and on
this oath, his testimony had been received. ~
Mr.. King had asserted he had served ont his.
full time, aud the record since published proves
he was right in every word, and that Casey
was not only felon in New York, but . per.
jurer here, an unreclaimed villain of the black
est dye. By such miscreant hands as tbeseI
had the noblest man Of the State fallen.
lie was in the telegraph Office to-day when al
dispatch came through that the gamblers and
knaves had found the Bay city too hot for them
and had arrived in Sacramento, and delega.
ton OF them might be expected at New ada
In this place for several years we had n OF need
ed Vigilance Committee, the laws were
well administered and no necessity existed for
extraordinary measures. But if this iuteli !
genee is true. we may have work to do. He|
saw N the crowd men who had readily or
ganlzed into committee of public safety few|
years ago, our best citizens, and doubted not
an emergency would find them again ready. Iui
view OF the anticipated arrival of the late den
izcns Of San Francisco be had prepared the fol-!
lowing resolution
Resolved That wa lonL pnor a. ,......y.