The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1867-02-23
Politician. ON the Rampage.

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Southern States may be regained, By dismmissing
their politicians those yultures upon society, who
intend to live upon the industry of others, by
one means or another or, if already wealthy, then
honor power of place, and pride must be gratiied
The means are seldom scrupled at We publish
hnmbug advertisement today, put forth By the
good people of San Francisco, who would Ike
to have the people believe that they have cal led
forth candidate for Governor of this State whose
attention to business would not have attracted pub
lie attention but for their patriotism in bringing just
exactly the right man at the proper moment be-
fore the public. Now, not being politician, We
are not going to approve or condemn this move
ment- We simply don't care, who is Governor, so
that he is a firm unfinching Union man, who finds
cause in partisan action for the destruction of
the nation, and who will maintain aud support the
national constitution and laws, under which Cali
| for MIA exists as a State, and without which she
would be at the mercy of the tempest. That much
we consider patriotism. Beyond that comes the
"scurvy politician chcanery, fraud, consumption
| Probably the worst class of politicians that the
public have to fear, those who profess to be in
/ dependent and patriotic and who, yet insist on act
! ing the role of the political hummer and luncheat
er, by presenting their candidates, al lampooning
all who do not agree with them, or who, perchance
may not wish to descend into "the filthy pool of
politics. to say who shall be nominated for official
position. The Downeville Messenger, :" An indie
pendent Union journal" as saith its advertisement,
seems TO be of this class, and scolds the BUTTE
RECORD as follows, because it does not go with
it into the strife and filth and nastiness of politics
that precedes the purifying action of a State Con
venton:
OPPOSES BIpwELL.-The BUTTE RECORD, of
Orove is the only one of our professed Union
exchanges that opposes the nomination of Bidwell.
for Governor. 1t does not deny that he is every
way well qualified for the position, but permits its
jealousy of Chico, Marysville Sacramento, and in
fact every place within day ride of Oroviile, to
warp its Judgment and influence it in opposition to
everything that other people want. 1t can be said
however that it has been consistent. 1t protested
to be Union journal, but found fault with the
management of the war from the beginning. If
! the Union arms were victorious it grumbled be-
cause more was not gained. 1t has Il standard OF
excellence in everything, and no one by any posi-
| bilisy ever comes up to that standard. 1t even
I quotes the Examiner to disparage Bidwell, which
it ought 10 know is compliment to that gentle
man. The RECORD seems to have settled upon the
idea that by opposing everything at all popular it
gains for itself reputation for independence of
thought and sagacity. The fact is the RECORD Is
species of political and social dyspeptc; one OF the
kind that can always lind an Offset for any good
others may see in man or measure; always ready
to slur over good action and attribute 1t to some
/ base motive.
We have tried hard to discover what the RECORD
wants, but have failed, and have come to the con
ciusion that it wants nothing, and Is jealous OF
anybody that does want anything. AS far as 1t Is
able it is remarkable prototype of the dog in the
manger-will neither eat nor let any one else. We
are grieved that the irrascible temperament OF the
RECORD will not allow it TO look at anything thro
other than jaundced eyes, which give a bilious
tnge to everything within range of its vision. We
do not expect reform the RECORD. but hope, by
giving it an opportunity to see itself as others see
1t, to at least perform our duty IN the premises
We are under great obligations. Our gratitude
to our mountain contemporary quite overpowers us.
As slight recompense for the able discharge of its
duty in the premises" we propose to mention
some things that the RECORD wants. In the first
place, we want man competent to be Governor of
1 the State, and not selfish to be unable to
beyond his own premises. He should be selected
/ by the people and not by the politicians. We want
a man for Governor who will assist to remove
the capitol of the State from the mudhole where it
is now located, to some point capable of sustaining
a builling worthy of California; and who will not
be content with the miserable adobes, to be daubed
with stucco, that is being built, in mudhole,
at a cost of millions to tumble down in less than
ten years. This may not seem sense to our cotem-
porary; but the RECORD will never give its assent
to the erection of make-shift State capitol that
/ must cost millions of dollars, and be nothing more
/ than monument of the folly OF people who suf-
fer themselves TO be led by political jackasses who
care only for place and power to advance their own
private interests. 1t may take years TO win this
battle, but the people, who really desire building
that shall be credit instead of disgrace to them,
will ultimately sustain At all events the RECORD
will assent to the outrageous folly politicians
are praeticising upon the generous people of
/ California. We will slaughter the selfish political
hounds if We can, and if we cannot will sink be,
meath the mud ard sush of the politicians capitol
with fingers elevated above the filthy pool initiating
scissors" II is disgrace TO the good sense and
intelligence of the age, and the people will abolish
it.
We want 4 man for Governor who will do the
State and Nation a service by refusing further tax
for the worthless railroad being built by the
Central Pacific Company. The people of the State
must not be taxed to build shed over that nui
sanee, to protect it from when natural passes
into the State lie nvitingly open. Surprising eve
~ one JOINS III the the nurran iof some particular
aspirant for Governor. They assemble at Sacra-
mento, and the slate builders require his sanction
of the brick and daub for capitol building. and to
the worthless route for national railroad. His
great ambition to be Governor induces him TO YIELD
and the people are sold to swindlers and schemers
and burdened with taxes for the erection of worth
less capitol and the advancement of private inter
ests The RECORD is not the tool of scurvy politi-
clans for the preparation of such wrongs upon the
people.
The quotation from the Examiner of which the
Messenger complains, we found tn the Sacramento
Union. If, as the Messenger argues. its appear
ance in the Examiner was compliment TO Bid.
well, by parity of reasoning. its reproduction in
the Sacramento Union is fatal to him, Yet such
is the powerful reasoning of the political fungi
who would force the selfish, rotten and corrupt on
the generous masses as their officials.
Our contemporary has candidate for Congress.
Ii appears to be anxious 10 join teams with some
sspirant for Governor the mutual tickle prnci-
PIES political game to deceive the people with
pinehbeck officials as old as any confidence game
ever praetced by city sharps upon country fats.
Mr. Pratt was the Senator from Sierra, and allowed
PiumaS TO appropriate a large portion of Sierra
County without his know,edgei What beautiful
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