Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-27

ID. Miller; Sergeant-at.Arms VIM. O'Brien !;
Assistant Sergeant.at-Arms j. J. O,Hsre.
The report YVES adopted, and General Bid.
| well was escorted to the chair amidst an.
| plsuss.
1 General Bidwell addressed the Convention.
saying: Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen of the
Convention There is 90 language that can
select to express the dep.h Of my gratitude
for this honor. but it should have been con.
fer7ed on an older soldier in the csuse one
of those who have tonight from the beginning
In this great battle for right You all know
the object of this Convention /; it is not reces.
sary for me to waste your time in stating it
to you ;you have seen it Tor years you have
seen your place converted into almost a wide
spread desolation. My mind reverts On this
occasion to the time when every stream was
as pure ana clear as crystal. No man can
measure IN dollars and cents, nor with sll the
gold that has been taken out or that NAV be
taken ont, the value of returning these
streams to their pristine purity and Of clear
ing the rivers end the plains. and of return
ing them once more to their original beauty
and susceptibility of cultivation. There is
no man here peThsps that takes greater pride
in whatever may benefit the State Of Cali
fornia than myself. If there ia spot on
earth where prefer to live, it is California
and for one, all my hopes. all my eudeavors.
every thought and purpose of my mind. ara
plause. When ! saw the wide ruin rlready
begun and greater impending ruin, | could
not remain at horne, and 80 l came mere to
consult with you. 1t Is true, my own farm
has not yet been touched, but l see the CAN
ger almost at my door. Let the Sacramento
river above where I live be filed with
the same material as other streams, and one
third, think, to be within the truth, and
perhaps may say one.half of Butte county,
which has once been the banner county, at
least in the production of cereals, Oh e third
or one half will be blotted out of existence.
l believe, gentlemen of the Convention, that
l ought not to waste your time with these
thoughts yet l wish to say this, that what
ever l can do to promote the great objects of
this Convention, to promote peace and har-
mony, and to bring about such results IS this
momentous question row demands, will be
done cheerfully and TO the hest of my abil-
ity. One thought more We should be very
careful to day to do nothing stir up
strife or party feeling. 1t seems to me
that we should stand here to-day upon
a, plane above politics. [Applsuse.l
We ought to endeaVor to do right
ourselves, and TO demand of others
that they, too, shall do right. have no
pre- judice against the niners-no, 40 candi-
date for cfiice should have any pre- judics
against the miner-they have a calling; but
there is O right, even the miner on the stream
~
helow. That is law that is right. Why
shou / it vary as to a cuItivator of the soil
jus5 below that miner? lApplause. That
one principle will festle it aIl-use your prop
erty IN such way as 10 not erdanger others.
Apply the golden rule" Do unto others as
ye would have them do unto you" That
principle ia older than the graIi5e mountains.
l5 will outliye the very hills Of adamant.
Not thirty years, Enr one hundred years, can
repsal that law. You might as well under
tase to repeal this Law Of gravitaticn. II
cannot be done. All that this Convention
asks, | think, is right, and by the right We
should stand firmly until the day Of cleo
ton. Ii the people have not understood
this question, never give it up until it is IN
derstood throughout the length SID breadth
of the State. 1t may be that we have not
time now III this short space that we have
before the people to speak upon this great
public question, but it seems to me that we
ought to try to do all we can, and make our
appeal to tie people of California not only
in the counties represented here, but to all
the people OF the State. [Applause.]
There being no reports from other commit.
tees ready, the Convention, at S25 P. NJ on
motiol of w. S. Green, of Colusa, ad j1urued
until o'clock this Wednesday, morning.
The Committee on Platform had its report
written out last evening, and had it been
called on would have reported, but have asked
re-refsrence for the purpose of revision. 1t
will be ready to report finally this morning.
A general understanding seems to prevail
that the Convention will make no nomil a.
tiOns, but urge upon the county deleg cations
to direct their energies in the line of securing
su IN representation in the Legislature as will
result in legislative aid to the an.i-debris
cauEe,