The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-07-27
Letter from California.
TURLOCK, Stanislaus Co., Cal,


TURLOCK, Stanislaus Co., Cal,
July H. 1871.
DEAR fRkEMAN-The 4th day of July, 1877.
the first Rnriy ersary of new century of free
dom and indCpendOnce, now past and gone.
which to frame q new "Dccl,ration of Ind
pendencc." and here is the result: | hold these
truths to he self-eVident, that all men are mt
created equal-that all men gre not created AT
all, hut grow up from little babies that when
they grow they are not equal-Ho two men are
equal; some are large, some Sm8ll-some are
long, some short-some are good, some bad
some are black. some white-sone are old, some
yOung-SOme smart. some duit-SOnlc are
educated, some iguorant-some uprCiiui,
some cruel-some sane some insane-some are
shrewd. some green-some are great eaters,
some are dyspeptics-so ne are fat, some lean
some are honest, some dishonest-some are
whole-souIed. some lalf-solcd-and so on from
A lpha to Omega. Men are not equal. Again,
though men have rights, they have no fuHiien
able rights. A man can ALLEVIATE his Hfc his Ii,-
ertU and his buppi1,eS~ MED do alternate their
lives every day. their liberty every hour, and
their ha -,,1iness every minute Ii is therefore,
folly to say that men have inalienahle rights,
So long as our laws fll iails ana Eenitcnuari
and supply scaholds with criminals, 1t VIII be
from this that the old declaration is para-
doxtcal and mythical, The truth Is. there are
leading races of men, and the white race being
the progressive race in the United States ought
of right he the dominant race. One might as
well argue that the nlnnbcy should have the
right TO vote and hold Office as that the unlet-
tered negro, Indian, or Chinanan should vote
and hold office. 1t is wrong to entrust the des-
tiniCs of this great natiOn to saVages and bar
barans. Intelligent people should govern in
tclgent nations, and Ignorance should hide
of Liberty and 10y the aut thority invested In me
do hereby declare the white race, or the intel
ligent portion thereof. together with the intel
iigent portion o. all other races. to Toe the right
ful rulers of this land; ANA as there are one
hundred intelligent whites to one Intelligent
person of any other race, the whites are and of
right ought to be the free, independent aud
dominant race.
Notwithstanding all this, California is in Str'U
quo. No rain, no crops, no feed. no fruit no
honey. and no nothing. The southern half OF
the State is dry and as warm as the hearth of
a cooking stove, and ''thprc ar stacks where
the stacks ought to be-" While the baiaiiCe OF
the country is either delugCd with rains or con-
sumed with fires. are in the happy medium,
having neither fires or floods. Nothing to burn
and no water to put that nothing ont.
We have struck oil in California, which. with
the mines, may save us fTOn bankruptcy. There
are several oil wells on the southern coast and
many more are being put down, so that in Few
years rival even Clarion county, tn your
State. The oil is of the best quality, too. The
internal fires of terra flntd must be getting
pretty well up to the SUI face. to melt 50 much
oil Better look out in time for a suit OF ashes
tDS | dCn't care for myself. as would as soon
he cremated as die any other way. but think
I should hc awfully concerned about the rest
of mankind if the world was to burn mp What
would forfeit for myself would be tr-ifle. but
that others should suffer would wound nae to
the heart, Yours, truly, ROB Roy.