Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1857-09-28
Letter First.


tention through the medium Of your col
umDs on n subject of such vital Importance
as the destiny of Orovlle, my apology must
be, an absolute conviction that the hour has
arrived when our local welfare and the in
terests Of the State. based upon views of our
physical geography, demand the disappear
ance of that lethargy with which, | regret
to say. we seem to be affected Movements
are already on the board toward railway ex
tension, in which the interests Of Orovile
are deeply involved, requiring, if we know
ourselves, prudent and instant action.
| An era in the existence of our State has
arrived when town making is no longer the
easy matter it once was more endurable
material and greater capital are required;
the population is more permanent great
err humber Of families are located in it,
which weakening the force Of kindred ties
| apart from our shores render the social and
| political aspirations of our citizens more ra-
tional and solid the ferment of insane ex-
pectation has gradually yielded to the meas
ured computations of experience. Luck.
chance and fortune, have been exchanged
! for industry, tact and perseverance, and the
visionary calculations Of the earlier advens
turer have dwinded into the sober realtie
of toll. Men are here now who have been
long enough schooled in experimental falla-
cy to feel keenly alive to the advantages Of
exchanging n cheqnered and adventurous
/ life for sedate and tranquil existence. and
old enough to yearn no longer for the >hade
Of their natal fig trees, are disposed to fulfil
their citizen duties-dutes in the new home
where mysterious destiny has thrown
them, and weary with the hazard f adven.
ture, seek to propitiate Fortune through the
more legitimate avenues of trade and com
merce, men Of talent and calib'e who
warning voices. at first undstinguisbed mid
/ the reckless shout and throng Of primary
enterprise, now that the fairy Of its tide has
abated are heard; the voice If wisdom is
ascribed to its rightfu posSessOr, md our
State is slowly but solidly performing her
pro national duties AS n conSequence,lArge
capital cannot now us in former years be de-
tailed with such facility from the more le
gitmate channels of trade, tempted by the
gloss Of ephemeral speculation More solid,
more enduring, mo c permanent considera
tions are required.
The ,midity then with which strangers
cast their lot in new place, cannot be mat
ter Of surprise Without the imcosing in
flueuce of captivating architecture, from
which the public mind too frequently dedu-
ces the idea Of solid progress, becoming un
consciously entrapped by its destinations to
embark their time, capital, and talent in the
venture
Hitherto in most cases, accident has de-
termined the position of California towns,
and the prodigious rapidity with which cities
have been reared and capital wrecked. has
almost paralyzed the reasoning faculties of
the whole civilized world to adjust n solution
of the problem to n scale of rational calcu-
la,ion. 1t serves indeed to illustrate the
unrestrainable power and force Of our en-
ergy when lett 10 lis untrailmelleu scope,
but associates a moral, from our violation Of
the sober guards of reason nature nurtures
her infants in slumber, that tho reign of
manhood mag be more vigorous. lasting and
complete Had some OF orr towns followed
her example; had our sister Mnrysvllle
drank her wisdom ut that snlutatory foun-
tain. they or she would not be, rs they as.
surcdly ave. doomed by the unmistakeable
mutations of time to experience the dIsas-
trous ,evulsion which premature expansion
as,nredly invites. 1t is i'll no vindctlve
spirit that pen the preceding clause, being
convinced that no ordinary business brain,
promising II faithful conception OF the mln-
eral aud agricultural resources of the re-
gions watered by the Y ba and Feather riT-
ers aud their tributaries, can doubt that
Marysvilehas been overbuilt, and possessed
of such information it is not difficult to fore
see that the palm of superiority is about to
be vigorously contested with her 10y the town
of Oroville, and however the capital and
Ia CT of Nlarysviile may be exercised 20 d.