The Shasta courier., 1872-09-28
MIR. LUTTRELL,s REPUBLIC,

When the South Carolina convention
passed the ordinance Of secession in 1860,
the newspapers of that State the day fol
lowing, printed all the telegraphic dis
patches received from North Carolina, Geor-
gia, New York and other States under the
head of "Fo.cign News" Mr.. Yancey,
having succeeded in "fring the Southern
heart" until Alabama seeded, immediate
ly wrote letters announcing the particulars
to some kindred spirits, dated from the
"Republic of Alabama" And finally, as
if to complete the farce, the II, 1000 voters
of Florida also set up little Republic Of
their own, and dated their letters and pa
pers therefrom. We believe, however, that
these several little institutions were finally
"crushed" by that despotism known as the
Government Of the United States, and that
one General Grant took very prominent
part in the "crushing" process.
But Freedom, like Truth never dies, and
few years after the people of the republics
we have named had been "subjugated," it
raised its standard in the First Supervisor
District of Trinity county. The gallant
Democracy of that District met in 1870, at
Minersville, to nominate a candidate for
Supervisor Their convention was COM
posed Of six delegates and four proxies,
representing an aggregate of l04 votes, as
was evidenced by the election held the
September following. Mr. Luttrell, the
Sacramento Jnion's "moderate Democrat"
was in the county at the time, it being one
Of his annual pilgrimages thereto, to re-
deem that beuighted section from the
thralldom of iiepublicanism. He carried
with him few copies of TIE Sacramento
Union, to prove to the people that the Re-
publican party were in favor Of Chinese
immigration and suffrage; also, many copies
of the Sacramento Reporter, the cleft hand
railway circular" (uide Sacramento Union
of that time,) of which cleft hand circu-
lar" Mr.. Luttrell was the travelling agent.
Mr.. Luttrell attended the Minersyille Con-
vention of six delegates, and saw there
in chance to acquire cheap glory and po-
litical capital, by pandering to the prejudice
which existed at that time against the
Cnlnese popuiallou'
So he drew up string of buncombe res
olutions, equal in number to the number of
delegates, which were submitted to and
adopted by tie "Convention. The sixth
of the series, pledged the 104 Democrats
of the District when Sheriff Jackson should
"fnally be stopped from the collection of
Foreign Miners License, to rid the coun-
ty of Chinese miners, peaceably if they
could, but forciably if they must" Hav-
ing done which, Mr. Luttrell procured a
few more subscribers to the cleft ha1d cir
cular' and departed happier man.
But, by some strange fatuity, the Gov
ernment either never heard Of Mr.. Lut-
trell's resolutions, or else did not care a con-
tinental for them. Probably, having had
some experience in dealing with republics,
it felt itself able to cope with the Republic
Of MinersyilIe which Mr.. Luttrell had or
ganized At any rate, Sheriff jackson was
''fnally stopped and yet the tread of the
Minersyille patriots in their onslaught on
the "Heathen Chinee" was not heard re-
sounding through the land.
The clang of John Chinaman's rocker
was heard in its stead, and its Celestial
owners sat down to their daily bowl of rice
in sublime unconsciousness of the fact that
General Luttrell was liable to organize his
1O4 Democrats and "move upon their
works" at moments notice. The clang
of that rocker is still heard and the Miners
Vile Republic is zone of the things that
were" Instead of marshal;Dg the Demo
cratic hosts of Minersville for an onslaught
on the Chinese miners of Trinity, General
Luttrell, and General Tinnin marshaled the
Democratic forces in the Legislature, and
made terrific charge on the State Treas
ury Here they were outfanked by Gov
ernor Booth, and have no doubt retired to
renew the charge, when that political mil.
lennium comes in which Democracy will
have both Governor and Legislature.
But everything is created for some pur-
pose, and even this one-horse Supervisor
Convention, with Its six delegates, has its
uses From its proceedings can be gather
ed the animus which will characterize men
of Luttrelps stamp f once placed in sltua-
ton where they can do mischief. a sworn
attorney, and as such supposed to uphold
the laws, lie commits body of men to the
support of mob law as a redress OF griev
auces. H. induces them to pledge them
selves and those they represent, to the COM
mission of lawless and insurrectionary acts,
nullifying one ofthe laws ofthe Federal Gov
ernment. Butitwas stepping stone topop-
ularity, to pander to the prejudice which
some entertain against Chinese miners, but
we fancy it will be only notoriety that will
be gained. People in Trinity county under
stand the Chinese question in all its bear
ings, they know that the Foreign Miners
License Tax was only means BY which