Year: 1867

ant service to hi. country before betraying his
my to Austria. Is there Hungarian, peasant or
noble, who remembers their struggle for indePend-
ence. base enough to send up perpetual visas for
him. Davis. Beauegard and Lee. once sustained
the Constitution OF their country and were honored
and advanced; when they raised their arms to rend
that Constitution. they were repudiated and scorn
ed. as we're Arnold and Georgy, aud if they are of
any more account than defunct traitors it is be-
cause they still able to pay board, and count
much as so many John Cinnamon in the detestable
population OF the world


The Chico Cour1nt Of the Goth, hiss the follow
ing upon this subject:


Do Yor ESpoKsE rT7-we ask the Democratic
party of Butte county if they endorse the senti-
ments and principles of their organ If the party
as party, does endorse such und!lated reasonable
sentiments, the party needs reconstructng far more
than any State or community within the bounds OF
the late confederacy; and further, If the party ac-
cepts by even its silence, such sentiments as made
up. mainly the composition of the last Issue of the
Democratic Press, and which has formed a we'll
defined vein, running through the whole series OF
the Press since the first number made its advent IN
loyal community, the honest and loyal portion of
the party will ileaye il they would pest house
How many of the Giders and supporters OF the
Press desire to be elassed rebels, reconstructed.
or unreconstructed! We believe that the number
is very small We hardly believe that any formid-
able number of intelligent men and women aspire
TO any such notoriety. Therefore. We say that the
advocacy of such sentiments al this late day, Is an
outrage upon community, and ought not to be
conDtenanced. Many leading members oil the
Democratic party have condemned the last issue of
the Press in the strongest terms. and utterly repu
diate such sentiments. 1t remains for the party TO
endorse by silence or rebuke, publicly, their ac
credited organ.


The Courant should freely accord to every pa
per- the right it exercises for itself, that of speak
ing its honestly entertained sentiments, whatever
they may be, and then its will depend upon
the popularity of the sentiments it advances. The
mistake is in holding the Democratic party of Cal
ifornia, or of any other State responsible for what
paper may utter concerning its understanding of
partisan principles. For instance, paper may as
sert, and honestly believe that it is talking Democ
racy, that State has the right to secede-that the
allegiance of the citizen is due to State instead of
the General Government; yet glance at the
State Democratic platform will convince any one
that the Democratic party do not endorse such
nonsense. The following is the resolution referr ed
to:


Resoired That the Government of the United
States is the paramount Government of the country
and that the allegiance due from the citizens to
such Government is binding and perpetual obi
cation to be observed with fidelity and coed faith.


1t will thus be seen that, sending cup perpetual
vvas' for JEFF Davis, Lee and Beauregard-or for
Jones and Baney, who oyerhauled General Woods
stage-or for old John Browns only matter of
personal taste, as it was with "the old lady when
she kissed her cow.n


The Democratic County Committee, it seems,
however do not relish the idea of being placed in
false position before the people of the county, and
subecting themselves to the charge of advocating
one set of principles prior to the election, and
claiming something else as having been endorsed
by their victory, called meeting at which the fol-
lowing proceedings were had


ORovILLE, Sept. 26th 1867.


At a meeting of the Democratic Central County
Committee, held on Monday, the 23d instant. to
take into consideration the action of the Butte
County Press, the sefstyled organ of the Demo
cratic party of this county the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:


Resolred, That the Butte County Press. by its
lncendiary articles in its issue of September 18th,
and by its general tone of violence and misrepre-
sentaton bas merited the severest rebuke and con.
demnaton, and is hereby admonished that, unless
it changes its course. and confines itself to the ad
vocacy of the principles of the party laid down
in the State and county platforms it will forfeit all
claim to the support and patronage of the Demo-
cratic party, whose actions and principles dia-
metricaly opposed to those recently advocated by
the Butte County Press.


By order of the Committee.


A. McDERMoTT, Secretary.


We have introduced this string of political non
sense simply that our readers may know what is
transpiring in their midst. We trust, however,
that they will comply with the spirit and intention
of the law, and choose superintendent and their
Judiciary, for honesty, competency and faithful
ness, without damaging regard for partisun pur-
poses.