The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-07-03
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
ThurEday Morning. 3nly 3, 1855.

| OTHER SIDE OF THE QuEsTI0S.-A correspon.
dent Of the New York Herald, 4 resident of Cali
fornia. gives that paper sone facts and specula
tions about the present vigiiant Committee and ts
| actions. He says:
II is not unknown In the East that there exists
party in California who aspire to be the heroes OF
revolution which would sever our State from the
Union. Their fs,orite idea il Pacific Republic
and they are continually moaning over the griev-
aDces that afiiict in consequence Of our connec
ton with the Atlantic. Doctrines like these are
unolh shingly put forward now, with the view OF
deterring the federal forees giving assistance to-
wards the re-establishuieut of order. Threats of
more scandalous and malignant nature are promul.
gated, to the effect that it Gen. Wool should take
| part in putting down this band of maicontents,
they would not hesitate to trea. him in the same
| manner AZ Casey.
| Ii Ia only natural that attention will turn TO
wards the men composing the Executive Commit-
tee ho have in their hands the lives liberties and
| property OF the people. The first body number
between thirty ard forty the latter fifty thousand
Tho Herald has published list of their names and
occupations which is believed to be correct. In
! general the mercantile classes spare but 3
small portion of their time TO other objects aside
| from their business; and yet we have the strange
fact staring us in the face that eghts of the
| Executive Committee merchants Most of
| these have their families IN the Atlantic States,
| and only remain here for the purpose If speedily
| acquiring wealth. That end accomplished they
| leave the State and have little interest in its wei
! fare afterwards.
| Il NAV be worth the trouble to see what could
| be a reasonable motive for keeping up this excite
ment and to bring the people to the verge of civil
| war IN a cause in which they cannot really have
| such deep concern. Reports have been current
| for a month or more that many of our first mer-
| camille houses were in a totterng condition. and
that it would be impossible for them to keep aiSat
for any considerable time 1t is usual TO dispatch
! semimonthly remissances to the East and Europe.
and failing in this, they would be at the mercy If
| RI rs nj w
tacbment law, could seize in an hour all their pro.
| perty The suspension of business will furnish
uuauswerable excuse for the absence of the usual
payment.
! 4 singular circumstance is deferring the execu-
| ton of Cora and Casey until after the departure of
| the last steamer, and feeding the excitement by
the perpetraion of that they will yet have TO
| answ er for 10 this day. One of the large clothing
| houses failed Yesterday and to avoid this fate the
| Executive Committee, composed mainly of ner-
| chants still hold to their authority. If these
| surmises prove true, the imprecaons of all honest
men will follow them TO their graves for jeopardi'
King the lives Of thousands of citizens for the
| sordid motives The character of many of the Su-
| p4rior Council is none of the best. The record of
their past lives will not appear untarnished on
animation Some left their country for their coun-
try good others, who resided in China and else
| wncre left behind them unen nviable repHtstions.-
Petitions TO the Governor have been circulated for
signature, requesting him 10 call an extra session
| Of the Legislature, that they may declare vacant
| elections Were Ibis done, all tho revolutoniss
| demand would be gained.
1t cannot be denied that there are among the in
| surrectionary party many men persuaded of the
Justice and necessity of the movement
foot. These ready to go any length in carry
| ing ont the betests of their unknown superiors
If the of this strange conduct is inquired
| into it will be found that party exists i'll this
| State who have labored steadily to create an OPT
uion that the laws deficient iu consequence
| of the venality of its officers and extending the
| inquiry further, it will be discovered these
men who have been invariably disappointed can
| ddatcs for the offices which they now say are un-
worhiy occupied The teaching has born fruit,
and that fruit is The destruction of all constitu
tional and statutory provis ons for the well being
| of society. To persons acquainted with Cali or
mia affairs it will be unnecessary to state that the
| ste Mr. King and his paper, the Blu letin were q
! leading dsseminators OF this doctrine. The pTes-
| ent Executive Committee of Vigilance is the Sc
! quel of q scheme kept in abeya1ce. TIE shoot
ing of King gave tue opportunity long waited for.
Their usurpation is indefensible AT a time when
California WAS steadily emerging from the evil in-
iuences that had injured its reputation they have
caused it to retrogress for years
We are now left the only alternatiye-ciyil war,
with all its attendant horrors, to redeem the char
acter of our city and State. Too late to prevent
bloodshed, the Governor has been reused to sense
IF duty, and we have the county declared in
state of insnrrccton, the different militia divisions
to be held III readiness and all citizens required TO
| enrol themselves in companies for the dispensing
| of the Vigilance forces. Though the friends of
the latter endeavor to throw discredit the char
acter of the persons who organizing in refer.
euce to the call of the Executive, and coltemptu
ousy point at the sparseness of their ranks yet
| can affirm with the utmost confidence, from per-
sonal observation, that at least fifteen hundred
| men have volunteered and enrolled themselves in
| the cause Of law and order. 1t lis really appalling
| to observe the deliberate preparations of each
| party tor the work of death. Last evening hve
hundred suuskets from the United States Arsenal
at Benicia arrived in the city. They were nme-
diately distributed among the different militia
companies, who have expelled their unfsithfui
members aad filed the ranks with Trustworthy re-
cruits The work of recruiting goes to-day
| lively and extensively. From present indications
| the number of men ready to obey the constituted
authorities will not fall far short of five thousand.
tDn the other side, means completing silently
and deliberately to resist attack, if occasion
| quIres, to act ON the offensive.