Butte record., 1856-06-14
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aid dellber te lie --Stdte JOaTH0t
We We word to say these soap
locked, fopeared. middle name in-fuli =,
literary asses VIII publish extracts f.om
CO rmon sch.ol books for original ma ter
IS soon as yol gel th ough with then.
| La The m-an:i ne We learn from their
agen, a. Forbestown, that their cnnrse
up n the Vigil. nc. matter, has reduced
the Era's subscription list from 81 down
to 7. and Increased that of the San Frar-
cisco Herald from 10 to % This
shows which way the current sets in
For rbes,own. T. cir agent in 'ocen'ly in
ouired while ordering disron inuanre
of the + a. VII Mr. Lawrence would
re.,rn to take chsrge of e pap !;
Miners who now send the Golden Era
t. their friend. at home. are taking the
proper cou sc to slander and wi ify our
oeorle. They a~e giving their fl nds
70 understand that Calif"rni, i peopled
with lawless men. With men vino pre-
fer mob violence to the proper execution
of the laws. Can ten or fifteen scoun-
drels in San F ancisco, d { at The wishes
of Thousand of her ci IL 'rs and render a
reyo ution nece -ary, The de Is pre-
post. rous. Butte county has n care
Of more rasc l. within the p st year than
b is been disrosed If b, this great revo
luiipu. AMI wi take care of many more
if thev COM within the county, and W.
continue to d" our du'v as citizens, and
no uprising of the p oplc has ben. o.
will b., nee ssary How hon' st, up
right, intelligent men n lay down tiei'
ght. as citizens, and en- .agc in such
&c nes IF violence is mystery, and We
are led to b lieve that n. such arr en-
gag d in the hi veme"t, that it is mad"
up IF men base a. those tn y h ave ban
ishcd, who hope by such course to
screen their own acts ami character.
from investigation Certain it is that
the committee have exhibited disregard
of law as reckless as those whom the.
have punished. The papers enc ur"g
ing these lawless and dissracrful Sc mes,
are such as seek tn e r.t on the tide of
popularity. and by contributing to keep
up the excitement, they hope to clutch
in their unrrinciplrd grasp the cal
mighty dollar" BY retailing such ex-
ci,ing events, they realize market fo'
their o; herwise un>a'eab e, because un
. incipled shrets Such sheets are sent
into the mountains to su the m ner If
hs money, ID hey should be doomed
TO rot on the hands # their unprinciplcd
publishers. In their u"hoI' d's'r for
in, they slander and vi lify the charac
ter If those from whom they expect
!! i, support. Touch not the unclean
ings They destro' our oh 'racter as
, law>ablding citizens abroad. that they
ma. gain few patry dol ars. Those
who se'd the Vigilance J 'urnals to their
friend. ut hom are injuring their own
character. Every resid' nj here as lists
to build up the charact.r If our St tie
Good ciiz.ns ~ill support the VS. and
lend their aid to Their proper execution
The "r,sp c.able" men uow sngag'd q
in this contempt ble revolution, are the
samr men who, in the winter of '53,
formed cai..binatinn and raised the
price of provisions 10 starving pom.
Who OF the miners in This vicinity does
lot remember it. Many who will read
t .his art oe, we're forced to 6nl th ir
Wv out IF the mountains over almost
impass. bl SHOWS. and mary pcrished on
th rurney. Hundreds Of miners who
thus made th ir way from Plu'nas coun
ty to the Sacramento Valley, will re-
member this atr"cions conduct Of these
Most resp ctabl merch OF San
Francesca" And they remember. TOO.
the frozen dead, on the road hetwee 3,
this int AMI the American Wiley,
who have fallen victims f, the so did ra.
pacity oi TIA Sc "Most respectable MR.
ch ,nts Of San Franrisco. They are
F now called upon by a subsidized press 'l
sustain the un awful ac;i n of these meu
who have held the lives a,d fortunes oi
miners as nausht, impaired with gain'
which w..ul.i result iIom succ' IS u
|. monopoly of the ne"' ssaFies of life
Well, these traders have lat ly torn
d.'wn some papers, AMI built up Others
tuat serv, d their interests. Presses
thus eubsid .zed ask the miners, who hav
oern & ec,d and starved by unPri"cipled
raiders in San FraucIsco, to uphold
tn Sc trad rs III their uulawful acts
-. IL. oo,.f;,pt,,d authorities and