Butte record., 1856-06-21

tue mUtlVe III lnls siDpular Coiuciueueo
in upholding the cause of conspiracy
and treason, is interest The most rab-
id of the press advocating this new-fan-
gled doctrine Of vigilance committee
law, virtue and morality, have recently
enlarged their dimensions and are still
plethoric with the patronage Of the con-
spirators. That is the cause of their
virtuous league to sustain the armed op-
position to the authorities of the State
that is the power which has suddenly
caused thsm TO ascertain the fact that
the very men they upheld, sustained and
elected few months since, are corrupt,
and unworthy the position they occupy,
The army of traitors now in San Fran
cisco, could not sue ceed in thus revolu-
,ionizing public sentiment aud sabvert-
ing the most sacred principles of law,
and with the moral snasion Of batteries,
bayouets and for,ifcations, succeed in
capturing the public mind, without such
Cnan nous ''aid and comfort, from Cal
ilornia's portion of the "Archimedian
lever that moves the world How mis-
erable the position now occupied by this
reasonable press' And they still have
the impudenee to ask for the admission
Of their unprincipled and prostitute d
sheets to the family circle, where the
sacred principles of law and christianity
are acknowledged.
| 1t is contended by this press TINT the
Vigilrnce Committee of San Francisco
are not a mob. We are not prepared to
assert that they are. They have not
the exc ise which genera ly mi.igates tho
offences Of mobs, in the strict sense OF
the word. Their treason is not the re-
suit of excitement, and has not been
been abadoned upon reflection. They
are more than a mob. They are cool,
calm and deliberate traitors to the con-
stitution and laws Of their country But
It is contended that the committee are
the people acting in their sovereign ca
pacity. The people have no rights,
in their sovereign capacity or otherwise,
not guaranteed them by the constitution
of the Uailed States, and the constitu-
ton of the State in which they reside.
Both point out the manner in which to
remedy the evils complained of by the
committee, and the provisions Of both
have been disregarded by them. The
do:t' inc urged By the advocates of th,
committee, is most dangerous, and one
subvcrsive of all law, at war with cons
stitutional government, and cannot be
too strongly opposed by every man who
is unwilling to resign his life and fortune
to the disposal Of self-constituted and
irresponsible body. Let US uphold our
glorious constitution and faithfully carry
out the provisions of law. If there are
crimes which our laws do not reach, the
constitution provides way to remed,
the evil, but gives to the people no such
sovereign capacity as that now exercised
by the vigilance committee Of San Fran
cisco They have violated tho most sa>
cred provisions of the constitution, and
are justly punishable. Let them re-
member that, "The law will cond
to human in6rmities, but will not indulge
human deprayity."
Let the sentiment of the people of
California 60 forth against this unholy
pation-this disobediencc of the
laws-this hanging, incarceration, mid
night ransacking of houses and suicides,
and when the whirlwind of frenzy and
popular excitement subsidies, and the
principles made sacred by the blood of
our forefathers, and the principles Of the
Christian religion again assume their
benifcent and genial sway, they WI
have the unqualified approval of their
own consciencss and of their maker.
The facts are before the people. The
press in the employ of the insurrection-
lists, plead necessity as an excuse, but
there was no necessity shadow Of it,
however was "created by the press, or
rather that portion of it who call rebels
srevolutionists, and liberty, the con-
stitniion, and trial bv jury, "mere catch
words" and whose daily endeavor is to
add to the morbid thirst for blood which
is now, their influence, affecting the pop
ular mind"
A writer, in the San Francisco Her
aid, addressing the vigilance committee,
says:
"We will tell you who are opposed to you
the People, and you will be made to feel the
majesty of their power. The best men of
every profession and class are opposed to YOU
The intellect Of this city is opposed to you
The best educated men of this citv-those who
know how to think-are oppose 20 you Men
who have wives and little children here are
oppossd 10 you Men who first cmi ora ted IN