Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-02-03
OUGHT TO PASS.

A BIZ las been introduced in the Cali
fornia Senate, by Senator McMurry, ap-
prop,iating s. ZOO toward the payment of
expenses incurred in suppressing Indian
hostilties in this county four years ago.
A more righteous claim was never pre-
sented before our Legislature, and it is to
be regretted that it has not been acted
upon before now. Two years ago, Mr..
MeMurry, then "A member of the Lower
House, introduced a similar Bill into the
Assembly. 1t was then as now referred
to Committee for examination, but un
fortunately, upon its first reference, the
Committee failed to report in regard to it.
Why they did not, has nothing to do with
the matter now, and need not be invcsti
gated. As it stands, the Bill mentioned
is in the hands Of the Committee on
Claims. Knowing the Chairman and
the majority of the Committee well, by
reputation, we are confident that the mat
ter will receive attention and tardy justice
be accorded. The people Of Trinity
county may not establish and maintain n
military organization for any purpose
whatever. The responsibility Of suppress
ing instructions from within and inva
sions from abroad, devolves upon the
State and Federal Governments. The
people of Trinity county pay and have
paid always more than their average
share Of taxes for the support Of both,
and are entitled to have their lives and
property protected by every possible effort
on the part Of the State and Federal
Governments. Yet it has not been done.
For years, marauding Indians, controlled
by no law save the impulses Of their own
savage nature, desperate from want and
belief that the whites had deprived them
Of their rightful heritage, roamed a por-
ton Of this county, at once the terror and
The scourge Of the inhabitants. The Sc
qucl is written in the history of inoffcn-
sive, industrious citizens shot down with
out warning widows and orphans mourn
ing for husbands and parents because
they were not and terrified population
fleeing at the dead hour Of night, leaving
nH their earthly possessions to certain
destruction, only too thankful to escape
with life. l. it matter of special won
der that, failing to receive adequate pro-
lection from any source whatever, for
hoo 70 h, n
people took arms in their own behalf.
Turn to the annals of military cXpcdi-
tions regularly organized and equipped,
in hi, State or elsewhere, and point us
where any one of them was fitted out at
an expenditure of the insignificant sum
OF two thousand dollars or anything like
it. The truth is that the pittance asked
for will not pay board and wages to the
members Of the expedition. Those who
have moved in the matter have not asked
to be reimbursed in full. In this we
think they were wrong ; but that is their
own business. The exploits of Captain
Fleming and his command may not dcs-
ccnd TO postcrity, but they brought peace
and quietncss to harassed, unsafe neigh
borhood. There was no rcd-tapc man
agement Stalwart mountaineers should
cred their rifles and joined together to cx-
terminate band Of out laws whose
hands were against every white man,
with whom argument was useless and
concliation utterly ineffrctual. With Il
leader perfectly versed in wood craft,
they Outiydreicd the Red Devils, sur
prised them in their supposed mprcgnable
place of final retreat, forced the fighting
and made short and complete work Of it.
Since then there has been no trouble.
Life and property has been secure where
before there was no safety for either
This Of itself speaks volumes. The APP
preparation asked for is specially in the
hands Of our Representatives. We have
no doubt they will exert themselves to
the utmost, in behalf of their constitu-
ents, in a matter so obviously just and
proper. 1t would be well, although pc
ttion was forwarded two years ago, for
the people to send petitions forth setting
out the facts in the case. This will strength
en- the hands Of our representatives and
may turn the scale. If understood there
can be no doubt Of the result.
Not long since the lives and property
Of some capitalists in Amador county
were threatened. Great was the uproar.
The Governor travelled to and fro tele-
graphed here and there. The militia was
called out, marched to the scene of hos
tilties and then marched back again, at
an expense to the State running into the
tens of thousands. Yet so far as the actual
military service is concerned, so far as the
actual results attained are to be consid-
cred, the latter fades into insgnificance
when compared with the former. The
question is simply whether plain justice
shall be done the people of this county or
not. The proper authority failing to pro-
tect them, they were compelled to provide
for their own safety. Having dono this
mt great saving in expense-if other
wise brought about-they ask to be re-
imbursed in sum too insignificant to be
questioned.
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NOVEL DANCE.-At b. n. Bugbcy's
says the Folsom Telegrdph, n
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