The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-16
AMIRI0AN DRIo.ANDAo1.

EEKLY MINER.
! AMbRIoAlg BRIoANDA01.
10 Ghe Editor u the Aiser:
In Grrece apd Ital are found gen.
tlesuen VI the road. who levy tribute
upou travellers aud hold wealthy pris-
oner; for ran.om. In free America,
Grrst Britain, Germany, France, and
tier civilise~l countries, suct, cs'n-
di,h.n Of society il insposstbIe, ''es''i'ss'
the people there rise In their might
aud cru.!, out the elements danger"
ous To s"si-ty. We arr IRE only MI
w dare tn BE- fteen,en our r'gl'i- are
rx-lx,.t.d only 20 nr ~ re make
them respected. 6ervility In mankind
/; ,ege,s ol.prs~sors. Communities" may
compromise with VIZ my, hut they
cannot cosnpro,niss with destiny, and
T Il h the inevitable ds-tiny OF any
people that submits to oppression to
lie ruled BY oppre.sors. A"n'ans has
been freer fSUsn the incursiOlss Of TREE
Loa,ters l,xcsuse it Was known tn the
lawiess ev. rywhrre that The temper
Of the people would not tolerate any
such business.
It seems singular that, upon Amer
lean soil, aud especially among the
reeolu,e people who breathe the free
air Of Montana, . public journa!
could I've found t. stand up aud sdvo-
,z>1e cOwsrlice and submission To IN
Invasion of Personal right. TIE Inter
Mountain has placed itself on tI'eside
o: men whose designs are sinister. II
England should set up claim to Amer
icman coil upon one Of King Charles
Old characters, that Journal would
probably advise the people that 1t
would be cheaper to .: rAnge the mat
ter than to fight. The case that now
menaces the peace Of Butte h parallel
t. the Gaze supposed. 1t Is hut nec-
e-sary to examine closely into these
cases to be convinced that the litter
Mountain 10 tool tn further the dir
t. work 1T it, masters. 1t shows =
zeal outrunning wisdom In urging
compromise In matters where 1t takes
the position the issue " In doubt. In
such . case It 10 . civil action outside
Of journalism. II the mineral land
claimants are not ''blackmailers, land
robbers and extortionists, !" ~ the Z"-
ter AouHlsiH alle"es they were de-
muunced at the public meetings, then
i newspaper l,as no right to argue the
case ut the bar Of puOlic"pinion. But
the litter Mountain seems to under
stand fully what IL designed, and
goes to the nausesting task unLlush-
isgly.
In speaking Of these cases 1t IL bu . !
necessary to consider that Of the
S,nOk ehOsse, ~ 1t IL the only one
that cuts any figure in this discussion.
The past and present course ri its
reputxl owners h an evidence Ct the
design to win money from the parties
owning the surface ground. The
mine scver has and never will be
worked f.r any other kind Of ore. II
never ha, had any value except ~
scArerrOw. Its owners never had ANY ,
title 10 tn surface ground except !
with reservation. They can take +;
their bt,nd aud work their mine hut
ii In cutting 1t they do b"t shed e
drop Of Christian ln,d. their lands
and ,;''otls are v the laws at Venice !
couii-cste," and these pound .Of-ilesh |
glab6ers wilt suffer in damages for ev-
cry Christian house they :opp:e down,
aud ornament gailvws for every
Christian child they bury In the
ruins, and they know it. Fr"n
every d.visiO!. an precedent they
must I've convinced that they cal.
never maintain q claim to the sur
face ground. 1t IL well known in
this community that number r
reputable lawyer. they approached
advised then, that they had mostand-
ing in court. No intelligent man in
Montana expects that the plaintiff,
will ever obtain . verdict for the
eviction Of the property holders on
the surface grounnd Of the Smoke
house. but the mining claimants |
were In position to harsss property
holders, to shake the ...tlxity Of ten
ure," to destroy the prosperity Of our
fair city. and p'ssibly to wiring
money from the chicken hearted.
Aud to this end they have found ~
zcalOus auxiliary in the Inter Noun
tain. Any man with an honest
purpose finding mineral within the
limits Of this city would first buy
sufticient surface ground for his
works, and proceed vigor-
Dusly to taking out the mineral,
without ANY nonsense about obscure
rights or II wsuit-; and 70 would the
owners II they Thought !
Tie letlx contained paying mineral. !
But that Is Mt " at they are alter.
THE litter .MOuMtHi., from the l,e-
ginning. las sncer,nyly alluded IL
tie indignation manifested ~ the
defendants ut their public ,.,.vtimg.
It said, last evening: I" There j, ~
'ar', In this popular el.uliit."n nj
wrath. because when man has l,+v,,
n'!ulgett with his sav he generally
cells relieved" M one hut u brui. !
would ~ grxtuit.'usly taunt and in- !;
ult people with ruin staring then, f;
u thu face. While their property j.
q dispute they know they e:,nn,,t
'nfOrce the collection of rents. Tiny I
know they cannot sli-l, Ut their
'rOisrty wliiic the shadow Of u c!.,u.i
4 title rests upon it. They Z rn,M
mortgage their property to obtain I.
l'ess,ss tor its Improvement, or any I
'rivAte enterprises they may wish to =
'ngage in. Lu,uLernien, brickn,ak. 4