Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-27

While there Is Lie thsrs.GHOpe
In IL issue Of Saturday last the elephantine 4IG
the Sir Oracle Of newspaper stupidity, the blanket
sheet" OF San Francisco, Contained the following
chUce mOrcedu:
the STEAMER PAcbss for Sacramento, yesterday, two
Of the hands Of that bOat got light OceT BOvee
rushed In to arrest the cOnbatAnts and sue
eeeded IN separating then but the by standers instead
OF pTOucrng their assistance crowded around aud viz
tuAy aided the offenders in making their escape. Mr.
BOVcc, dSpe his utmost Efforts found II impossible to
retain his prisoneIU who succeeded in breaking away
from the officer TIE cOnd"ct u TIE oro.cd I" rasing
cann0t Be too seFeFety condemned.
Tho itGic4 uurs. but the sentiment Il express.
ed by the .iRa, and indicates disposition UPWARDS
moral reiurlnatIon On lis part which u highly COM
meudable.
ths RhVssty u tie hiT cds dis2Tde.tHt md cdnmOt be
too ~ vSTeH CVHdemhed." What delicious specimen
is this OF Joseph Surface morality What sublime
Pharisaism What unmitigatcd slush when the
past conduct OF the enuncialOrs vi the thought is
considered Hereafter let NO man say that the OBJ.
durate thief who rallied savior in the hour Of
his crucitixion, saying, "If thou be Christ, save
thyself and US " was altogether vile, when he re.
members that the base panden who cater tn the
columns Of the .4d, have said, THE conduct Of the
crowd 10 refusing to uphold the majesty Of the law,
was dirgracelnl, and cannot b. tuO severely cOn-
demned." What IL the past history Of that suce-
box Of Billingsgate that conduit Of vllniny cxpcc
torAtiOns. Years agO Il Was respectable journal,
and under the control Of Of its earlier propri
eIOrs and editors, Il promised fairly to maintain
high position aiming the journals Of California.
COnnagratOns came. evils AsSAed il, aud it changed
hands many time and on, or at least. nOminally
did so With each change its financial condition
SsG a;lapi6asCd,, ;ss s;sSss seSTSsit,ss
and discharges feebler aud less healthy. After
siekly existence Of many months, just a. the MiRQ
began To experience the thrOes Of approaching dis
solution, In their fullest severity,-the Vigilance
Committee OF 1886 arose. VI that Committee We
have now nothing to say. Many Of its most con-
spicuOus members have dropped iniO the silent
grave where neither the storms IT ISLANDER the
gracious gales Of praise, can reach them. Many,
too many Of them, could not endure the reprtnehen
Of conscience, the bnEts vt obloquy which beat
against them, and BY violent means, sclfexerciscd,
terminated their violent iEes,-AH- tlrurc whu
remain must, later, appear befre the bar
Of GOd's eternal justice, to atOne for the bloody
qualification Of unholy passions. To the decision
Of that high tribunal, on that grand day, We leave
them, and turn 10 the merccnary miacrcants who.
for hood money MiniScrcd 70 the dcpraved taste OF
the masses Of the Committee. The .4hd Californian
newspaper, by its bOisterOuS and interruptions de-
fence Of the conduct IF The crOtcd in rcfuNnQ 10 TIP
hold he mqjasty Of The MT," at that time, became
favorite Of Front street, and derived substantial aid
| trom those members Of the community Of San Fran
cisco who, having violated the law, required Hr-
gan to grind out poor apologies the best could be
| Utfered) for them.
Having grown fat upon the spells reared from
concession Of principle, and Outrnges upon >tit
tiUnal rights having battened into u corrupt Obcs-
ty by shaking their hyenaappeiiics with the corpses
Of their victims, tue hIcngs Of the "mUnSCr .iHd,
ARE endeavNring ~ Tcinstate themselves IN the re-
spectacle estimation O aw-abiding people, by enun-
that conduct IF tie cy0rd ia refusing 10 whoLd the
mjtsty Of tie MT, trLs di:,rdtul and cannot be too
sersrely condemned" The declaration istrae but the
.4Aa ought not to ding doubt about ii BY the utter
Hnce Of it. MOI riOIenc~, whether sudden and tenn
porary, or durable aud systematic, must Scken the
saul and alarm the Judgment Of every lover Of order
and goOd government. but the .idd ought not H.
preach against IT, unless Il remark at the same time,
in the language Uf the parsOn who, in pulling out his
handkerchief in the pulpit, unfortunately pulled ont
Also greasy deck Of cards, my friends, do as
say. not rs dol"
This eloquent advocate Of the doctrine Of UPHOLD
iRy tie MVesty NJ tie tdT now, was wOndrously weak
in the knees on that same proposition, in 1886. BY
lite present zeal hopes, perhaps, 10 hide Its past
shortcomings. By devOtng its editorial columns to
the dcnUnciaiion u an unfortunate but gallant gen.
tleman, who slew his antagonist Ia fair and equal
combat, by mRlignng him as murderer and in
vokng the sevcrrs penalties of the law against him,
this Janus-hced wretch Il journalism seeks to DIS
tract attention frnm its avn record Of iniamy.-
Where Its trumpet notes Of condemnation, ''Of
the conduct of the crowd in refusing to uphold the
majesty Of the law" IL be heard, when fur miSera-
BILE human beings were hurried into eternity, with
"all their mpcriccI0us upon their heads by fellow
beings who had M excuse Of individual injury in
ticed upon them by their victims, to offer in pnllia
tion Of their wanon violation Ot law, and contempt
Tor its mGjests! In the estimation of the sweet
scented .ild kdsging men By Tie nrrk until they arc
dead dead dcad and hrU Of them at a time, 10 no
murder. 40 tina, il is done by crowd of it, pdtrona
Gnd PiitiUi Tritads; but for two men to meet at u
given place, by agreement, equally armed, -Smurt-
iAS uAder tie ssase # real nHgindry injury. and
| engage in contest wherein one Of them loses his
liie-oh this is murder! most foul !-prOrided The
parties arr not ptts Of tie Ahd!
But as We said In the outset "while there IL life
there 10 hope" and the extract from this pcnitent
J journal indicates decided change Of some Of it's
opinions for tho better, aud inclination "tO cast
out the beam out Of its own eye" before meddling
regenerated frame of mind continues. we'll let the
Ala slide In the meanwhile, though, VIC Suggest
that lcss aerMonixing would appear better in that
Sheet until Il learns 10 indulge In less bluckguard
| ism than seems natural 10 Il.