The Shasta courier., 1868-10-03
SHASTA COURIER.
Belmont and the Fenians.

The Irish People, a paper published by
ID. O'Sullivan Co., New York, in its issue
of July 18th, has the following article, Civ
ing the Irish view of Belmont's interference
in our politics, and his leadership of the
Democratic" party:
WOLF IL THE FOLD.
1t Is now a well ascertained fact that
citizen Auguste Belmont, banker, money
changer and so forth, is an ayowed partisan
of the established despotisms of Europe,
and more especially of the tyrannous and
grinding oligarchy of England. Now, we do
not question the right of the aforesaid money
changer, citizen Belmont. to be the partisan
of any government or governments he may
please, provided bis actions in their regard
be not IN direct antagonism with his fealty
to these United States. BIT we do protest
most solemnly in the name of the Democrat
ic principle in gene.al, and in the name OF
European Democracy in particular, against
having such man placed in the position
of a leader and guide over the party which
arrogate to itself par excellence the name OF
the American Democracy" With Bel
mont's political opinions as an individual we
have no concern; neither have we any con
Germ with his exercise Of his individual fran
chise but when we find him raised up as a
party in this Republic, and when that party
claims the suffrages ofour fellow-country men
the victim of Belmonts friends the British
oligarches-we deem it duty imperative on
us to sound the alarm and shout aloud, Be
ware there's a wolf in the fold !"
Our readers will recollect that In the Au-
tumn Of 1865, certain drafts upon Roths
child & Co. were purchased of Mr.. Belmont
in the name of IA man named George Hopper,
and that the first of exchange" of these
drafts were destined for revolutionary purpo-
ses At the time there was no remedy for
this outrage. George Hopper was thrown
into jail on suspicion of Fenianism. Releas-
ed from durance at length the "second of
exchange" of these drafts were forwarded to
him for signature. and were by him duly
signed and presented for payment to Messrs.
Rothschld. This having been refused him
in that quarter. he placed the said drafts in
the hands Of his solicitor, Mr.. Lawless, of
Dublin for collection. who, lot being able TO
obtain payment in Great Britain, sent the
documents to a respectable lawyer in this
city, for the purpose Cf claiming their amount
from Belmont, from whom they had been
originally purchased. Belmont in his turn
having refused to pay their amount. legal
proceedings were commenced against him
TO which he has entered defense, on the
grounds that the money was intended for
illegal and revolutionary purposes, and that
he was acting in the interest and under the
direction ofthe English Government These
facts were fully ascertained on the 29th inst,
by a Committee of the = Irish Rights Associ-
alton, ." which was commissioned to make
inquiries on the subject in the proper quar-
ter.
Irishmen-Trish Democrats man who
has thus unblushingly proclaimed himself in
an American Court of Law an agent for Eng,
land-your old enemy-the desolater of your
paternal hearths-is the identical lndivid-
ual who is actual Chairman of the Democrat
ic National Executive Committee.