Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-08-08
The District Judgeship.

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violation of all Democratic usage and Gus.
tom, and false and libelous in fact 1t is
| plain to those who are familiar with the
course parsued by these boiling funkys and
infamous falsifers Of the Democracy of this
county and District. that they regard the
success of their schemes as of vastly more
Importance to themselves than the success of
party they have adhered to only while the
efforts of that party we're directed to their
own elevation. The public journalist who
declines to be controlled by these unprinci-
Piled schemers and advocate their elevation
aud their private interests, in opposition to
the choice Of the public and the public in.
terests, is to be cried down by every means
within the mower of this scheming, corrupt,
unprincipled and lying crew. Verify, the
conductor of q political journal, who refuses
to be governed by the unpriuoiped political
scoundrels scattered throughout the State.
protesting obligations to one party until re-
fused to be recognized as its leaders, they
join with the enemy to destroy the very par
ty to which they are indebted for whatever
of emiuence they may have attained-the
political journalist who scorns the dictation
of these hungry political wolves, must in
deed. be firm in Ms devotion to principle,
And conscious of the ultimate triumph Of
truth and justice, however long that tri-
famph may be removed by the foul misrep-
rresentntion of those whose scheme cannot
withstand its brond light
We have been led into these reflections by
info nation received from Dr. ] L Stock
ton, who recently visited Cousi county, and
was there informed that E. N Levi, had
been on visit to that county, and while
announcing his determination to run as n
candidate for District Judge, assigned as \
reason for his defeat by the Democracy of
Butte, that he had detected the Record 10
attempting to plunder the county. and we
had defrauded him out of the nomination
and persccuted him This man Lewis made
this 'plundering" charge against the Rec
ord in our County Convention. 1t was met
with silent contempt. for it was known
to be false by those who heard 1t would
not now be referred to, but for the fact that
he has made this charge his clectioneering
capital in Colusi, and elsewhere where the
facts are not known.
We have conducted the Butte Record for
nearly four years, and during that time, but
two bills presented by the Record ever met
probation. 'Ohe account was reduced by
Lewis, when the Court Of Sessions had charge
of county affairs. from $133 90 to $3.50 90,
for which reduction Lewis gave the very
simple reason that he did not sec what we
wanted of the So odd change The other
was the bill upon which he predicates the
charge Of ''plundering" and originated in
this wise: The account was for publishing
the notices of removal of the records of the
different courts from Bidwell to 0roville
They were ordered to be published in the
Butte Record for forty days, by Judge Lew
is. us shown by ,Ref records of the courts
over which he prSsdes The notices were
made out by the Opun'y Clerk who furnish
ed them to us. They were published in ac.
cordance with the order of J Judge Lewis, and
charged at the rates advertised at the head
Of our paper fr legal printing Being long
notices FURNISHED by the County Clerk and
published for forty days, (by order of Judge
Lewis) they made u large BILL The fact
that they would make u large bill was called
TO the attention Of Judge Lewis soon aft-r
the notices were published by Capt. Nj. II
Darrach, deputy County Clerk, and instead
of ordering the notices published for less
tine, or reducing them in length. replied 10
the effect that the county was able to pay
its own bills. Gen. Moore, one of the Su
pervisors to whom the account was present
ell. informed us that we were clearly not to
blame for its being large account, but that
it was the fault of Judge Lewis, who at
first endeavored to throw the blame up u
the County Clerk. LIE will doubtless say so
now, if applied 10. As we are now stating
fact, we call upon Miles Chaplin, Cauniy
Clerk NJ H. Darrach, Deputy, aud Mcssrs
II. T. Randall, j. W. Butfum, and Frank
Cannon, Supervisors to say whether we have
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