The Magnolia gazette., 1884-04-03
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA, ON
THE POLITICAL OUT LOOK.
coscoRD, CONTRA cOsrA Co. Cal,


standard bearer upon that occasion. Prior
TO that was a republican, though an indie
pendent one aud as have not given up my
Independence, do not at this early date pro
pose committing myself TO the democracy
Politically speaking this is my heartily
endorsed doctrine; "Nothing can bind frccmcn
10 obey a,y Government sare their o,cn agree
mc,a Political pomer isa b7,si and 5Icach of
NE trust aissoires he obigition 10 aliegi NICE
The party that will adopt that as its tunda
mental principle and place men in tho field
who can Dc relied npon win fluid a hearty
support among the voters Of this country.
1t certainly seems to me that Il is about
j time some respect were displayed hy public
servants for the wishes oi the people Of this
1 country
4 This very general gnoring the peop,e and
/ their requirements by officials, is becoming
1 somewhat moaotouous. ana il Is ratherJoubt
ful that it will be much longer tolerated
/ lftLc state Of affairs alluded 10 continue,
il should be matter Of no surprise If the
people revolt and conimi; acts II very forci.
bic aud disagIecable nature to q certain class
Of individuals, whose carly demise the soun-
try would not mourn.
The people AZ this time are eeincins
a discontent occasioned by the unbalanced
nature Of conditions tia, Is ia DO manner
assuring Of a long continued period Of perfect
peace Ia our land
Tht breach Of trust roposed III those whom
the people have from time TO time elected has
assumed such gigantic proportions, that il Is a
matter Of great snrprse TO me at least thar
the people haze submitted so long, They
hayebcen too tolerant entirely. There are laws
70 day upon our statutes that should reyer
have been recognized as binding or Of any
effect whatcycr And IT Is not too late vet
for tie people to remedy the evils that have
been heapod upon them by heir servants
Wha: right has any legislative body in tlis
country to pass laws oppressive or injurious
TO the people, whom such legislative bodies
are supposed 10 represents
What right can be shown for the congress
Of the United States TO give away with
lavish hand to a few individuals millions
upon millions o acres of the public domainsi
By what authority or warrant OF right eau
the congress OF the United States give the
money or credit Of this nation to a few men to
enslavo thousands Of that class who are less
favored, but who are the main-staY and bull
wark Of the nation when an emergency arisesi
Is there not ample cause for the people to
revolt eu-mass and undo what vena officials
have been doing during the past decade
We're ever n people more oppressed than tho
people Of this country A peoy lc more de-
ceived and BETRAYED than ours does not exiat
to-day on earth And yet they tolerate it1
Such federation is arraut cowardice! Did it
ever occur to your mind that there ia an evi.
dent scheme in this country to reduce our
people to condition of defenselessness on a
par with that Of oppressed Irelandi II is
being done in manner that allays suspicion
Under the guise Of necessary police regula
tions, to prevent the criminal element dong
iiJury' The original trainers of our Federal
Constitution were wise enough to know that
the best means Of maintaining free Govern
ment was to trust and depend upon the peo
pie TO do It, In order for the people to main
tain such they necessnually require means of
detense and oHense, Hence this Constitution
al provision that "1he right 10 bear arms
shall not be denied" Can any clause be
plainer' 1t would bs well for our country
and the people ital our laws were as plain
and as easily understood Common sense, it
would seem would teach any person the i'm
propricty of undertaking to pass a law prohibi
ting the carrying of concealed weapons. Such
laws always fail in the objects stated to the
people. The oStenSJtc object Is to prevent
crime which. of course. sounds well and mis-
leads many; but my humble opinion is that
the real object is to reduce the masses to that
detonseless condition as will assure more
security to the infamous criminals who are
plundcring and seeking to enslave the people.
The minor criminals OF the country who nos
sess sufficient nerve to risk their lives in the
pursuit of their crimes will pay no attention
TO these prohibitory laws, while the better
citizens will, thus placing the good citizen
entirely at the mercy Of the crimiaal class. Il
there any sense in such a law. and is l. not
con trnrv "a thp lnttcp nud en;r;f or ~, ,,,,a.t