The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-05
rhe 1.a.de.aen. co.1saer.ey In B-tse.


his possession of this commodity, even By those
whose well regulated sanity condemned his iudg-
ment- For the purpose Of keeping our readers
posted on the political affairs Of the county, We
.gain -efer to the action of uneasy politicians. It
will be remembered that we last week referred to
the e5ullition of Confederate patriotism that bub
bles forth hebdomadally at Chico. and 70 its repudi
alton by the victorious party Of the county at the
late election. But the committee greatly mistook
the spirit that controls the Butte County Press.
It is true that its ostensible editor and proprietor
ascended the stand al Democratic meeting here
in Oroyille, and told the assembled party that be
had started Democratic paper at Chico-that be
he wanted the support of the party-that he was
in the hands of the Democratic Committee for the
benefit of the party-in fact that the County Cen
tral Committee, and nobody else, owned him and
his powerful engine-tbe Butte County Press.
Placed thus squarely and fairly before the public
as the organ of the party in this county it grew
and fourished apace and 'waxei fat and kicked
While things were thus cleverly gliding along, our
readers may imagine the surprise of the staid and
and sober gentlemen composing the Central CON-
mttee, when the organ that they had been assured
they owned, was found filed with stories of rebel
bravery and Federal poltroonery-with perpetual
vivssn for JEFF. Davis Lee and Beauregard-barroom
politicians and corner grocery demagogues, and
military martinets-whose craftsmanship and
proves in the tented field had brought the once
prosperous and happy people of the South as men
dicants to the doors of the people they had
taught them TO despse-beggars tor the bread that
should keep them from starvation until they could
recover from the delusve tolls, thrown around
them by such contemplate and wicked and infa-
nous demagogues as JEFF. Davis Lee and Beaure-
gard. Pause one moment, reader, and ask yourself
if any one entitled to the ability of state sman,
would have urged on gallant people to such mis-
cry and degradation upon the mere prext of a fear
that some of their rights were endangered? They
had one Statesman at the South who possessed the
ability foresee to what point the false statesman
ship of JEFF. Davis and his lying confederates was
urging the South ard he rose in the capitol build
ing of the State of Georgia, and pictured to the
people of that State the result of seceession-felds
laid waste ruin and desolation on every hand, and
mourning in every household-in fact foresaw and
foretold Sherman's march from Atlanta to the
sea-" We mean Alexander H. Stephens. But there
are no perpetual vivas" sent up for him. The
contemplate lunkies of the criminal authors of all
the misery and degradation felt by the South,
must run through Canada, and around the rotten
monarches of Europe, to find their trembling and
cowardly refugees, and for whom they send up
perpetual vivas,n that their insult to the intei-
gence of the American people may be more direct
and poignant. Does not the breast of a genuine
manhood heave with contempt for the abandoned
wretches and ungoyernabe fools, who would agaiu
thrust upon any people JEFF. Davis, Lee and
Beauregard," and revive the false and infamous
teachings, by which the people of the South
lured to their destruction Well the Democratic
County Committee, were not disposed to tolerate
such offensive nonsense and yDdictiveness in pa
per claiming to represent them. and passed an ad
monitory resolution, which we gave last week.
The Press of the LIST instant without previously
having declared its independence, passed an or
dinance of secession, and with true confederate
effrontery, informs the County County Committee,
to whom he had previously proclaimed that he
belonged, that "they 1.-THE Committed are not re-
sponsbe for anything the editor of this paper the
Press ] may say or do" And the same issue has
the further unparalleled rebel impudence and ardi-
hood to ask-"When were these men constituted our
guardians? We are quite sure were never con-
suited on the subject Did anybody ever before
witness such total depravty and facile tergversa-
ton? 1t quite convinces us that those who "send
up perpetual vvas for jeff Davis Lee and Beaure-
gard, y are too insane to remember anything else.
Speaking of the action had by the Committee,
the San Francisco Gail says:
This admontion will not prove effective. The
committee must place the crazv fellow who abuses
the country and the party into Alca-traces, some
other traces. The best plan would be to suppress
the paper by refusing to patronize it,
The San Francisco Examiner, the recognized
and leading organ of the Democratic party of the
State, the editor of which was one of the Press
candidates for United States Senator, has the fol-
lowing on the subject:
PUBLISH IT.-The BuNetin and other disunon
radical sheets, having heralded abroad some, to say
the least very indiscreet and uncalled for articles
from the Butte Coanty Press, intending thereby TO
damage the Democratic cause in the State We hope
now they will publish the following official dissent
the part of the Democracy OF that county to the
sentiments therein expressed. We do not believe
they meet with approval anywhere As for ourself
must confess that We read the articles with pain.
We do not desire our merits orthodoxy as dem
ocrat to be held up in disparaging contrast with
those of other members of the party. The filings
at Messrs. Casserly and Bigler were as unoaed for
as they were in bad taste
But the spirit of the Press was undaunted. 1t
was rebellious TO its rotten core. No man is a
democrat who not rebel, according to its
philosophy and the Committee were urged to take
the back track. They declined. Whereupon the
editor of the Press scratched around over the
Chico Rancheria overturning the refuse and debris
of the rebellion, until the following formidable
document was hurled against the position of the
committee and, of course, completely demolishes
them:
The undersigned democrats disapprove of and
condemn the above resolution and further utterly
rerndiate the sentiments expressed therein:
David C. Gray. R. H. 0'Farrell. John r. Perkins.
Vouey H. White J. G. Boydston n Hall, Levi
Smith. :. q. Bragg, P. Williams J. c. Morgan J .
E. Lowery, r. Lee. David Fezeufedt. j. H. Beau
mont, John 4. B. Benner. A. J. Brophy. J. J. Bar
ham. +. II. Jordan. Thomas Thomson s. T. Rog.
ers. j. c. Gunnell, Alex. Brannen. f. q. Martin R.
r. Fimple, u. Reed. F. Robinson, c. Bates 5. C.
Masters. J. Seman. s B. Cirdee. e. l.. Broadwa-
ter, c. Croissant, A X. Philbrook Thos c. Wilson
John Phillips J. R. Roberts, A. R. Whteside, Hen
ry Bateman, Jr.. W. 5. Cory. J. o. March. A. j.
Nurgrove. J. r. wollen. W. S. Lowery, J. R. Rook.
er, P. W. Van Pelt'
Thus armed, the Press pitched in and annhated
the Democratic platform and the party as follows:
'RAzEEp.-By reference 70 fourth page ii will be
seen thatwe have lifted the two first re solutions
Of the State platform and substituted in their stead
the hTst kentucky resolution. Every democrat in