The Sierra citizen., 1860-02-18

Random Paragraphs and Franco-AAgAc War.
Every day the ocean of Journalism tosses upsu our
shores paragraph-wheqce Aoeted none know orearsto
enquiret is seized With haste and reproduced with in
ustry perhaps it is aced BY no particle Of either h
or probability yet it quoted, read commented on, and
seldom If ever does any one take the trouble to coats
dict it, or if he does he but exctes smile at the
nestness with which be attempts to chase down passing
shadow But occasionally an item OF this character is
not only untruhful in ITSELF but exhibits such impu
dent obvousness Of any possible appreciation Of the
readers Intelligence that we hope to find Justification
for noting one out of the thousand of its class and who
could have penued paragraph more absurd than the
following? It has found place in almost every
paper from the Orient waters Of the Passamaquoddy to
where the waves of the Occdent lave the prov Of Neno
cno and the scissors every and them Of careless
contemporary clip it out again for renewed exultation
over the hoped for downfall Of surly old uncle John
The Emperor Napoleon has made dispositions round
and about every colony which England possesses, to
make dash in Of In six weeks observes Mr..
Justice Halliburton, he could sweep the commerce OF
England from the seas"
We will not moralize over thswant Of grace we'll
as gratitude exhibited by the migrate knsman Of Mr.
like the above siezed with such avdity and paraded
with such ostent of Importance
The Emperor Of France might invade England with
overwhelming army, but the dash y which he would
be able to make with oil his naual power "upoa every
colony which England possesses in of war; would
be like the skipping Of monkey into den of lions
certainly the dash could be easily enough made but
the ships of Monsieur Crapeau would be dashed into
pieces We to forget the nglorious conclusion of
the combined attack Of the English and French ships
sent from the Crimea few years ago to capture the in
significant forts of Russian Petropolowsk and utterly
ignore all possible thought of the extent to say nothing
of the innate power, Of Euglands possessions Were all
the gunboats and merchant vessels of the French EN-
pre to be suddenly metamorphosed into ships Of the
lne armed and manned and added to the present feet
we doubt the ability Of Napoleon to accomplish that
which it ia confidently predicted he is to do with
Navy which p every way of acknowledged nferiorty
to the English and to his sweeping the
Of England from the seas in six weeks it were like
ly that he could do it, that old high-tory Halibur
ton, the recently knghted "Sam Slick" of Nova Scotia
even. if he thought so, should say it.
The English Nation has thousand wrongs and afro.
cous crimes to answer for it has scouged the innocent
the helpless and unoending with remorseless cruelty
forced upon the world and established in it, evils that
fostering in the vitals of society and its insura
BILE pride and arrogance have merted and received the
contempt and of the world. We would gladly
the whole fabric of the English Government pulled
down, better to be built up in its place but
in the present condition of Europe would regard the
which would reduce England state ofsubservency
to France the most disastrous to the of human
liberty of any event, except the loss Of freedom
and nationality, which could affect mankind England
subverted by France, would leave the Despotisms of
Europe but enemy in all the world to cope with.
and God forbid that should look forward with any
degree of pleasure to the arrival of the day which
such event could be anticipated.
1t is true that France may have long of hate
to settle with her neghbor, and that the ndgnities
heaped upon the llustrous being of whom the English
became the alor the rock of ST. Helena, prompt
to terrible vengeance but upon whom will fall
not upon the titled aud high born lordngs who occa-
stoned it, but upon the impoverished the wretcbed and
hepless-upon whose heads visited the hdeous
horrors of all wars
For these do deprecate the possible, nay,
probable invasion of England by France view with
regret the spirit which perhaps is indicated by the pas
sage through the whole press without word Of com.
ment contradiction of paragraph which to person
of ordinary intelligence of affairs absurd as untrue
That VOTE AGA1N-The Mountain Messenger Of last
Saturday. abors very hard to make it appear that
have forfeited all claims to confidence" in Consequence
of having declared that did not vote for the Aturas
bill in 1858 thai have said there no vote taken
on the question that year. True, said and hav-
ing reference to the passage of the b correct
for from Byrne's showing the Legislature refused
to pass the bill even to engrossment We may have
voted to reconsider the vote by which the Assembly
fused to pass to engrosameut6rs perhaps, in order to
vote down, and have the question disposed of and
again may have done purely to accommodate Mr..
Hin, then member from northern Sierra,
very friendly terms with him. At all events did not
take any active interest in the NATTER the Messengr
plainly shows to those who at all acquainted with Leg
islative proceedings We would recommend that friend
Byrne acquant himself with the difference Of voting
reconsider and that to engross and the difference be-
tween engrossment and the final passage of BILL Also
what actuates members frequently voting to reconsd
| er vote. As more frequently than otherwise this
is adopted that direct vote may be taken and
measure thereby killed Of In the instance Of Altu
ras, however, in the winter '5S, still claim that
had interest whatevern the question, and do not
remember what actuated in vote, of which the
JNessenger makes mention, to reconsider. -
The UNION AND ALruRAs-In our last issue, part Of