Year: 1859

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= This Society. which was organized on
9 Wednesday night, in this city, is now in full


md complete operation. The public gener-
= ,uv we believe, are satisfied with what has
' cen done and cordially sustain the organiza-


ion. A few however, are dissatisfied


Their reasons, We think are very poor. They
lllege, we believe, that the ruling majority
in the conventional meeting were city resi-
dents, and that this majority had everything
their own way. Whatever may be the fact
on this point, one thing is certain, and that
is that there was no tyrannical exercise Of
the will of the majority over the minority
The views of the minority were respectfully
listened to and regarded and in some instan-
ces carried out But, as a matter of courses
the majority would necessarily vote for such
officers as they liked. Otherwise the rule Of
allowing majorties to govern in all public
assemblages would amount to nothing. Ma
jorities must rule, and minorities are bound
to aequiesce or disgrace themselves.


Some persons complain that the country
was not fully represented in the meeting. and
assert that the country will therefore hold
aloof from the Society and have nothing to
do with the District Fair Whose fault was
it, if the country was not represented? Why
the fault of the country residents themselves
They were urgently invited to be present
Why did they not come ? But, a good many
persons from the country were actually pres.
ent, and took part in the proceedings, and a
very active part at that We do not believe
that the country is dissatisfied. They have
too much good sense to be so, for they know
very well that whoever staid away from the
meeting did so of his own free will and ac-
cord, and not because of any disability or
compulsion. We know that great regard
was had for the country in that organization.
The meeting was well aware that it was from
the country that the main portion of the pro
ducts to be put on exhibition were to come,
and that without the support from the coun-
try, the Fair would amount to nothing.


Now, We call upon the residents of the
country to do their duty Come forward
and sustain this organization 1t will be for
the benefit of yourselves and your posterity
1t will be an advertisement for your pro-
ducts and inventions 1t will be a means
of mutual instruction between man and man
in reference to the proper modes of cultiva-
tion and Improvement 1t will call the atten-
tion of the State and world at large to the |
fruits and products and mechanical inventions
of this section, and thus tend to build Up |
Yuba county and the surrounding country to |
degree never possible to be obtained other.
wise All the foremost agricultural portions
of the Union have their State and Dis
trict and County Fairs. To have no fairs in
those sections would be tacitly to acknowl
edge that the land was valueless and the peo-
pie thriftless Coming to our own State,
Santa Clara Valley has grown to its present
importance in promologleal and agricultural
character and reputation, from its annual
fairs The Southern counties of the State
have benefited largely, Incidentally in fact
from the holding Of the State Fairs, which
have in every case, except one, been held at
points most readily accessible to those quar-
ters.


The Northern portion being denied as she
will be hereafter the full benefits of the State
Fair, can more than balance the loss by hav-
ing fair of her own. Let there be no mean
and pitiful jealousies, as between country and
city, but let all the business, working, farm.
ing, mechanical community do their duty
under the circumstances, as good citizens and
enterprising, energetic men, anxious to see
the section prosper in which their own lives
and fortunes are cast.