The daily Butte record., 1858-06-21
County Convention.


several members OF the Committee,
some little delay occurred in issuing
the call. 1t is thought, however, that
sufficient margin has been allowed for
the different precincts to choose dele
gates to represent the various localities
and interests Of the County in said
Convention.
There arc candidates to be nomina.
ted for various important positions in
the County, and to secure good men
and true, it is necessary that the real
voice of the people should be'heard,
through their delegates. Butte County
has no use for political jackalls, who
follow in the trail of corruption to op-
press our citizens with taxation, and de-
stroy the resources Of the County. We
would not see that Convention CON
trolled by those who would prostitute
the resources Of government to private
speculation. The people should not
remain idle and permit themselves to
be controlled and governed by those
who have been unlaithful to the trusts
reposed in them The action Of the
Convention, whether for good or for
evil, will 90 forth as the action Of the
people Of Butte. Let that action in
reality reflect the sentiments OF the
people.
To do this, it is necessary for the
people to participate in the primary
meetings, and not permit them to be
controlled by unprincipled men who
consider everything fair in politics, and
who seek public place and power, to
secure their own aggrandisemcnt, re-
gardless Of the public interest. Such
men will always be found ready to gov
crn the people, so long as the people
neglect to govern themselves.
Take for instance, Mr.. Hart's pro.
posed monstrous wagon road swindle.
Should the people by their inactivity
permit this vile and oft.attempted swim
die to be fastened upon them, it would
cost every citizen of Butte County,
owning one hundred dollars worth OF
property, one hundred fold more than
the value Of the time necessary to at
tend the primary meetings, and say
that they do not desire to be taxed for
the purpose Of giving insane contract
ors fat jobs, nor for the purpose Of I'M
proving the value of private ranches
and +" Improvements. This act in
creases the annual tax on every one
hundred dollars valuation of property
nearly two dollars, for seven or eight
years, or until 1868, and what benefit
does it propose to confer 7 Why it pro-
poses that the people shall spend some
forty-Gve or fifty thousand dollars. to
build roads on routes already "estab-
lished, +" and to benefit improvements" "
already made TO " accommodate the
travelling public" No sane man doubts
but that this wagon road swindle was
attached to the railroad bill with the
hope that the popularity of the latter
would carry the previously attempted
imposition through. 1T opens no new
avenues of trado-turns no travel hith-
or that does not now pass through the
County. But its passage would enable
Spectators who have long exhibited o
thirty or forty -cents on -thc-dollar love
for Butte County scrip, to indulge their
passion. order the semi-annual interest
to be paid in New York, return to their
homes, and boast of their Butte County
q coolies" Let the voice of the peo-
pie be heard in the Convention on this
subject. Those who expect to be bene-
fitted by thus feecing the taxpayer,
will make an effort to secure its en-
dorsement by the Convention, aud the
changes will be rung on the very small
proportion Of the act relating to rail-
road, which would undoubtedly benefit
tho County, but which can be here.
after secured without submitting to the