New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-22

a So poorH. OF CALIFORNIA, His His
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Z! p Putnams Sons.
r.,. hook is at once biography and inehoria.
,d N. editor bears constant testimony 10 Ms
.onreciation Of the labors and the worth oi one wa"
rad shared In the prosperity ana ao'e'se "
- ST. chosen State from the moment OF his adVen.
,.r tho gold fever was at its height, IN lo'V u"'
nj. death at ripe age two years ago MS s'a.
either had bcen soldier OF the Revolution ->e".o
,,oo,b.s father was a native of Connecticut, MS
mother Hannah Pitts. was daughter Vi Tt
carolina and both were o. Quaker descent
parents were married In Saem, lnd' anu ~
a.. washington County. Newton Booth was oo'"'
.or a, the Middle West. A graduate OF Asoury NOV
%" ,. I,n,versity). he studied law and was al
,.a - the bar Hereditary instinct and the III
nncas commingling IN his birth and educa'oh q"
-, for those attributes of his character "'
era 10 make him a potential factor IN Houiu"s Wv
a.s,nv of California for the Union In 'he '"
49,, nave OF population which marked the oeshinie
- Tho gold excitement OF 1Si9 when men sought '"e
80 co,conda by any one of three troublesome
.,,s~by way Of Cape Horn. across Nicaragua vi
overland in the train OF the immigrant-it Is not -
=. Wondered at II the elements which made up ue
settlements should be of just the character 10
sender dubious the attitude OF the State toward the
.,.at rebellion which fast hurrying on A man
WAS bound to have more than dash OF the al
venturer in his composition to enable him to respond
IN a dream of riches beyond the deep, mysterious
Businesses OF the Rocky Mountains. large proper
,,or NJ those early settlers OF class peculiar
10 the time and the occasion They were men whose
b,h,, NJ life had been determined by misfortune or
crime in the older States. and with many ciouded
past rendered solicude for the future necessity.
Every recorded page Of progress In the history oi
the Western States and Territories during their
formative period bears testimony to the fact that
.h We, ,vas The refuge Of the outlaw and OF the
Fugitive from Justice IN the elder communities TO
the East of the Mississippi River AS many OF
them had fled for cause from the protected centres
where social order the result OF ENFORCED law
co we're they .ocitous that their continued license
.bou,d NOT be restricted. Possibly herein lies one
=, ,ha many reasons for the attempt TO draw Cali
<,rr,a into the Confederacy. The curious admixture
NJ element. continued TO gather during the in'er'e"
ing wears and in fact up to ana curing 'he coii-
tinuance Of the war -
Ru, accommodating this fast growing lump OF un-
,eavened humanity a distinct ana masieriu'
,,orv of men who had gone to California led by
M dreams OF golden conquest. inspired by no VISIONS
Of free-trade supremacy. They had sought the IA
c6c coast to carve out place ana a hoHie anu
were loyal In thought and word and deed 10 .he
heritage which had been gathered from the railing
sd q, Mexico Mr. Crane gives a glimpse or the
,,uo,ion AT the breaking out of the war California
as shining gold from the port at San Francisco oy
The millions and the clipper schooner r. w. O"ap
man was captured only at the moment Oh hei w
parture from the harbor, her hoiu i'eN W
munitions OF war and armed and uniformed men
s- ,n,.rt I, was 70 intercept the gold consign-
,,ar, Tho Knights of the Golden Circle were acuVe'
,ha newlv discovered mines of Nevada we're drawing
mutitudes of adventurers. many OF theii vi ee'e'
sion proclivtes; but. as the editor says Inc si"''
danger lay In the possibility OF the disova eieihei''
creating a public sentiment that would sweep the
pacific States out Of the Union Politically CAN
tornia was Democratic. dominated as 1t was by an
chile minority of men anxious to aid the sunny
South TO establish an empire whose coi'eI''
should be treason whose dover slavery Delio.
cratic LEGISLATURE early as 1853. mad au'hoi'%eu
division OF the State giving TO the southern portion
the right 10 erect itself slavehodng territory
Months before the firing upon Sumter racine
Renublic flag had been raised at Stockton and FOR
time the Palmetto flag Of South Carolina hoated III
San Francisco. In a speech delivered IN 1881 upo"
the candidacy Of General Hancock. Mr. Booth MN
self drew a picture of the early stages OF the re-
bellion as applied the capital and added: III the
Jenoocratic party Of the North had made one au-
thoritative declaration that the laws OF the oh.eu
States must enforced throughout all the Iaho' ha'
the flag should never recede an incn on American
soil, the Union might have been restored WIN
neace" The President stood alone for as MI
rso,ov had said mo Democrat In the Senate and
No organ of Democratic opinion out OF the senate
n-offered an assurance an exhortaton 10 the
President tending to encourage ana support MN III
unfolding the integrity and supporting the laws
Of the Union" Such was the OCCASION such '"e
need Of that steadfast minority OF loyal souls VINO
stood by California in her hour OF need ana OF "hcH
Newton Booth was a stalwart representative MS
steeches as reproduced here are instinct with oyaty
and digniied by an appeal to reason and 10 the la"
Of the Nation which is the handspring OF lis staDihy
II IL significant fact In this record that the voice
~ the sneaker was raised citizen for the sake
of his fellows In the community, for Newton boo'l
does not appear to have been politician in the
ordinary sense OF that term. Once he drew the
paralle between that reputed chapter In the
history of Ireland which consists OF a single sen
tence There are snakes in Ireland" by addin'
that his lecture on morals and politics might well b'
condemned into the single sentence. There Is no con
inection between morals and politics" He had beer
made to feel truth of this as previous deciara
lions show. He was elected 10 the Governorship o
his State In 1871 and to the United states senate ""
wears later taking his seat In March. 1879 II II
here TO be remarked that he was elected as al
independent. for many elements OF opposition were
arrayed against him at home. This book SHOWS ina
he was far from being a silent man in the Senate
Sometimes but rarely and more notably IN MI
lectures and addresses than In his political speeches
Mr. Booth INDUCED in flights peculiar to eloquenct
of the chvalric type but in his discussion OF VITA
questions little Of this Is 10 be gathered from Inc
printed page In lecture trimming over VIII
pungent things and prepared somewhat late IN Ire
on Charles James Fox, Mr.. Booth put into sentence
his ideal OF oratory There are accomplished de
baters brilliant speakers. able party leadership
where Is the orator-the man whose very presence II
magnetic whose soul g so refulgent with MS them
that II CLOVIS in his eyes. beams in his face. trans
figures his person, blends voice. action manner IAN
euaEe thought into supreme harmony; fuses rea
son passion Imagination. into one power-'ha
ethereal fire which makes speech electric?.