The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

Dear SRI thiak it was Shelley that
said
Unblest by virtue. Government league
Becomes, a ciTchng junta of the great
To rob BY law; Religion mild, yoke
To tame the STOPPING soul, q trick Of state
To mask their rapine and to share the prey
Whethe- the words of the poet apply 10 the
/ General Government may be questioned but
that they apply to the local government Of
this city, Is undoubted. Al first. and OF the
heels Of revolution which violated the laws
and which can be truthfally charged to the
account Of Milton 5. Larbam-we naturally
expected that those entrusted with pablic du-
ties would, for fear OF terrible reiribution.
perform faithfully, duties demanded by the law
But long continuance in office, and the almost
certainty that the committee Of twenty one can,
i by using indirect means, retain power, has
given evidence that the purest and best are
far more malignant than those who were driven
from the couutry. Once it was muskets and
violence. Now it is law and chieanery.-
Kent says When the spirit Of liberty has
fed, and truth and justice are disregarded,
private rights may be easily sacrificed under
the forms Of law" And this is our present
condition. Speak what you think, and imme
diately you are dangerous character to
the clique that rules and trap will be set for
your destruction, unless you possess more te-
nacity than is permitted to common mortaIs
But spirit of inquiry is abroad, among those
who have heretofore been led by the sophistry.
of the Bulletin, which may provoke more than
mere remark. | see that the late State Con-
yenton held an inquest over the bodies known
as Republican and Democrat, and pronounced
both defunct, aledging, as a cause of death
that if the dead did not die of engagement of
the spleen they surely did of congestion Of the
the brain-the latter assumption being induced
by knowledge of CONFESS capacity for spir-
ituous communication. The Union party-so
caled-may be a good move but much de-
pends upon future action, and the mind that
may control such action. Most men may
make good soldiers; but to guide, control and
direct an army reqaires extraordinary ability
in the man who assumes the position. In
politics we had Broderick. Since his death
none have come forward worthy to unlatch
bis shoes. There are many who would like to
be Z. 5. Senator. Latham, of course, desires
to remain where be has not disgraced himself,
and where he IS daily disgracing California.
In this city there is a dirty cabal that will
support him, and that support is to be repre- /
sented by money But there is a rule which
NAV be applied to such transactions. Instances
have occurred, and may again, where man,
judging others by himself has sought to corrupt
his superors and has lost both money and
credit Latham will find the road over Jordan
a hard Que to travel this heat. With the
success of the Republican party, in this State. /
we had large number of aspirants; but, to
the honor of the convention aforesaid political
crucifxion was performed upon them. They /
will be heard of no more till Gabriel blows his 1
horn. OF course this chagrined the Hathaway's, /
ct ID omnes genus but they must grin and bear |
it. One objection may be urged against the
Union party-their political platform is war.
On this question there are diversity of opin-
ions. War is to be deprecated, and, if the /
Union cannot be preserved without, it neeessa-
riy follows that war must destroy. However
this may be, or however much men may differ, /
one good result may come. No nan, observ-
ing the aspect of foreign affairs, can doubt that
we are liable. at any moment to be involved in
war with England, or France, or both hence
an Union sentiment, which may allay the bit
terness of party srtife, may do much towards
producing feeling of brotherhood and unanim-
ity as against what may come,
QUERIsT.