The Shasta courier., 1871-05-27

en-. 1t advocated repudiation-and was
beaten, 1t opposed equal laws and gen.
eral suffrage-and was beaten. And now
it is marching on to the next Presidential
election at the head of numerous bands of
ku-klux, northern and southern-gangs
who set both law and decency at defiance :;
who rob where they do not kill who
cheat where they cannot rob; men whose
acts threaten the whole land with anarchy ::
and they have amongst them scarcely
single leader with brains or conscience
enough to rebuke violence and lawlessness,
or to condemn public plunder.
Those Democratic leaders who hope to
carry the next Presidential election, and
imagine themselves fit torule the country,
do not even comprehend the duty of
minority. They seem to be mere parti-
zans, not politicians in any higher sense
than in which suttler might call himself
defender of his country. 1t is the duty
OF minority which hopes to become the
majority to show an example of obedience
to the laws and respect for the rights of
others; to make manifest, wherever it has
the opportunity, that it possesses states
manlike ideas, that it comprehends the
principles of free government; that it
knows how to rule, and how to keep in
subordination its bummers
If this country is now threatened with
unconstitutional and dangerous legislation,
this is the fault of the Democratic leaders.
If they chose they could in two weeks
restore order all over the South 1t they
chose, they could put their party in all
the States into decent hands If they
chose they could put stop to unprincipl-
ed and scandalous legislation at albany
where, with the Democrats in power in
every department of the State govern
ment, and in both branches of the legisla-
ture, the whole session has passed without
a single abuse reformed without single
wholesome or necessary law enacted with
out single bad law repealed; with not
even pretence of regard for the welfare
of the people of the State or city.
THE following circular letter, from Hon.
Willis prummond, U. S, Land Commits
sioner, will be found of interest to our
readers.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, d. G., May I'd, 1871. {
j. r HARDENBERGH, ESQ Surveyor
General, San Francisco, California Sir:
Referring to your letter of the 1st
ultimo transmitting affidavits relative to
the mineral character of the + of Sec
tion s. 7. 7. n r. 10 E. Mt. D. Meri-
dian-noted on the official plat of said
Township as agricultural land-I have to
say, that in order to avoid future complca-
tions of this nature as much as possible,
you will, hereafter, in contracting for the
survey Of lands in those regions heretofore
or still known to be of mineral character,
select only those Deputies whose ability
and integrity are well established.
When such surveys are made under the
deposit system, you will, in sending on the
contracts for final approval, state whether
the deposits are made by actual settlers or
by others, and what object the depositors
have in procuring the survey.
You will instruct the Deputies whom
you may select to make these surveys, to
avail themselves of every opportunity of
obtaining reliable information in regard
to the character of the lands in the inter
Tor of sections, and to make full report in
the General Description" attached to the
field notes, so that the agricultural and
mineral lands may be delineated upon the
official plats as accurately as possible.
When an application is made for the
survey of extensive tracts in those regions
known to contain minerals, you will in
struct the Deputies to exercise great care
in discriminating between the clearly agri-
cultural and mineral lands, and where a
doubt exists, the land should be classed as
mineral