The weekly Butte record., 1866-06-09

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establishing the terminus of the Idaho mai! 25
miles from the terminus of the railroad. he
stretched forth no hand to aid in the construc-
tiou of railroads in the county, aud uses bis of
( fetal Influence to render those already built by
the energy Of our people. nullitg. Let him
divide the county if be can. A man so utterly
selfish is incompetent TO perform anything
except If be swindle upou an uususpectipg
Pest Office Department. and the deception Of
constituency that were foolish enough to
trust him as their representative.
| Again, his venal press says:
| Can style of argument which was no doubt
well adapted 10 the Oroville. in which such men
as LIMERICK, MCGEE, HUNTER and McLouGH-
LIN held sway. be appreciated and understood
T in the Orovie Of which PgRKJys. BLccH,
/ CLARK, HoPKINs, and that style of men are
/ leading and Influential citizens? We speak of
/ these things more in sorrow than in anger, for
we have high respect for CRossETTEs aolil'
( ties as an editor aud if be could only learn to
be decent, and cease TO rake 10 the bottom oil
old pork barrels for bis Attic salt We are sure
be wonld be very useful in helping Us TO head
eff the Truckee route.
The language appropriate TO denounce the
toadies and parasites of unprinciped men, is
| Just as appropriate COW as in the days you
mention If those you mention above were
the tools of upprincipled men, can you, now
that they are gone, enact their role TO Others
who are imposing upon a confding public, and
not expect to have your toadyism and pusii-
lanimity reprimanded in appropriate terms
The respectable gentleman of Oroville you
refer to, were here also in former days. They
understand thoroughly the class of men that
play second fiddle to selfish men who use their
public positions to advance their own interests,
and you but class yourselves with those you
bold up to public scorn, by your sanction of
this selfish scheme of BIDwELL. The grea,
heart of the people makes no distinction in
fawniDg sycophants of selfish and dishonest
men. II they justly condemn LIMERICK and
MCGEE as the apologists Of selfish men, think
you they will allow LoNGNoRE and BISHOP to
occupy the places of those dead heroes. and
not condemn them also? Would your pitiful
appeal to respectable gentlemen of Orovile,
have them condemn the conduct Of LIMERICK
and MCGEE, as criminal, and regard a similar
course on your part, as dignifed and honor
able As there was bat one JOHNSON, so
there can be but one Boswell. The balance
of toades to selfish and unprincipled men, are
bummeIs and parasites-ja jaekalls in the wake
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the nostrils' of the public.
II you wish TO aid in opening an available
overland route to Idaho and California. assist
US in having the imposition that BIDwELL has
practiced upon Idaho and California broken
up, and remodeled so as to be available to all
the advantages that the route possesses. Let
the mail route extend in direct line 10 rail
road communication, where freight and passen-
gers can be landed much cheaper than at Chico.
Give the public, instead of JoHN BIDwELL, the
benefit of the route. Give the route the bene-
fit of the advantages it really possesses, and let
JouN BIDwELI. wait for the benefits it confers.
instead of compelling the public of Idaho aud
California to wait until the railroad is extend
ed to Chico, before they can make the route
available for their use. What has BIDwELL
done for the construction of railroads in Cali.
fornia. even those extending from the CONNER
cial emporium of the State towards his own
magnificent domain? Nothing. If be has
done anything but oppose the construction OF
railroads 10 the Sacramento Valley we should
like to have you show it. If be proposes 20
do anything for their furtherance until Govern
ment shall first provide for their construction,
we should Ike to have you show it. And yet
you uphold him in exac,ing from the Govern
$4,000 per annum, for running mail route
from Susanville to his residence, when the dis
tance was no greater to railroad communica-
tion. Help correct this now, and build up
route that than can compete with that OF the
Truckee aud the Oregon route, aud you shall
find no frmer or moee zealons assistant than the
Butte RECORD. Let BIDwELL assist in the
extension of the railroad to Chico before you
sustain him in demanding that the Government
shall make that the terminus of the Idaho and
California mail route. Do this. Be consist
ent, manly, and act Ike business men; aud
when the railroad shall be completed to Chico,
if that shall be found better point for the
! divergence of the trade and travel TO Idaho
and Montana, so be il. The RECORD will not
be the paper TO say nay. So long. however,
as you continue to uphold the selfish and mon
strous swiDdle that BIDwELL has prac,ised up
on the Government aud the public OF Idaho
and California, it shall go hard with us if we
/ do not find a club fer your despicable beads as
| often as yon thrust them into tie view Of al
outraged public.
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