The weekly Butte record., 1863-09-26
Who are he Authors Of Mobs.

/ city, Maut most >eleOn ana lUllTVS-
sive charge to the grand jury as to the
late mobS. He adyerted 10 the causes
of the lawlessness now prevalent in the
following terms:
For some months past crime has been
on the inclea>e-oftenees against per
sons and ofences against property rival
ling each other III frequency. Beyond
all this a general spiut Of lawlessne>s
has been spreading through the commu-
nity. Ine Of the wort signs Of the times
has been the prevalen, disregard of and
want Of re>pec for the laws and the law
fally constituted authorities. Dan ger
ous men-dangerouS because powerful
and infuential-have by exam. le and
receipt taught the people 10 disregard
aud dIsobey constitutional and legal OBJ
legations, and sometimes upon one pre-
text and sometimes upcn another, have
eountenanc d If they have not counsel
ed dIsobedience and resistance. 1 hey
have aimed their shafts not only at leg
lslative enactm5nts and constitutional
provisions, but at the officers of the law
the judges of the land and the decis-
ion Of the courts.
As in times Of wal every man becomes
"a military critic, and sits in judgment
upon the operations Of our army and the
plans Of campaign, so every one has
become expOunder of the constitution
and the laws, and assumes to sitin judg
ment upon the judicial tribunals OF the
State and nation.
The people have become accustomed
to look upon the constitution and laws
and authorities as less sacred than IN
earlier days they had been to believe
they We're. The pulpit and press, the
political platform and Senate Chamber,
the social Gil Gle, and perhaps even some
times the courts themselves. have been
the schools in which these pefmcious
lessons have been taught.
n manifestations of popular violence,
sometimes in one direction and some
times in another, sometimes against men
OF one set Of opinions, ave from time to
time occurred in this city and elsewhere.
When applaudcd they have been ap
plauded loudly; when condemned they
Lave been condemned feebly. Now one
set Of parti>aus and now another have
spoken OF them as Just outbreaks OF
popular indignation,' or patriotic up
rislngs of the people"
Conservative and prudent men have
watched the growth Of this evil alarm.
and foreseen and dreaded the harvest.
They saw that it was in .oiation Of and
in hostility to the fundamental princi-
pies upon which all government and all
society rests. They have sought to re-
mind those in authority, and those hav-
ing influence, that it was their solemn
duty to inspire the people with re, peet
for all law, by never deviating from it
themselves: and to make the people un-
derstand that obedience to law was the
first duty of the citizen. They have
proclaimed that as there was no safety
for the nation except in faithful adhe
renee to the constitution, so there was no
security for the people but in unbending
respect for and obedience to the laws
and authorities Of the land. Warning
the legislative power Of the state and
nation against the enactment Of consh-
tutional laws, they have insisted and
ever viii insist that the courts and not
the people are to sit in judgment upon
the constitutionality of an act, and that
until declared by the courts to be un-
constitutional. resistance to 1t by force
and violence i, criminal.
These warnings have not been heed
ed. The evil teachings of miguided
and wicked men have not been without
their effect. They have taken deep root
in the popular mind. nfdelity to con-
stitutional and legal obligations has pro-
duced its brood Of evils. This irfdel-
ity and the false teachings and exam
pies of partisans of various sects and
parties-aided as they have been by
causes and clements which are always
actively az work in times Of war and
civil convulsions-urged on by the spirit
Of lawlessness which they have created,
have recently produced in this city an
outbreak which resulted in violence and
enormities without parallel in the his
tory Of the country. The immediate
cause Of this was opposition to the en-
forcement of the con-cription law; but
this cause would have been wholly in
adequate to the result if the poison Of
constitutional and loyal infdeGty AMI of
false teaching and pernious example had
not been infused into the popular mind.
ILL1No1s.-Gen. NcClernard is spo-
ken of by the Republicans of Illinois,
as their candidate for Governor. 1t is
sufficient for them that he i an apostate