Year: 1859

Last week we had little article touching
Gov Weller's desire to have the miners of this
county shot down with I" them one hundred and
thirteen guns for removing the Chinese from
certain mining districts-for, as he thought
violating the lar. We therein stated that Gov.
Weller had himself violated tie lac in taking for
chile possession of the State Prison, and con-
tended that, if the miners deserved death for
their act, then Gov. Weller, according TO the
same argument, was worthy of a like punish
ment Any man but fool will admit thas this
is fair and legitimate logic. The Beacon editor
being blessed with n plentiful lack of brains,
and an abundant scarcity of the qualities of the
courteous gentleman, thereupon saw fit to eschew
argument, to descend to personalities, and in
reply to our argument make a mean and men
dacious assault upon the political status of the
editor of this paper. He calls US " that Broder-
ick organ" says we are loud in our "professons
of Democracy but when the truth is known, it
will be found that there lays concealed the dar-
ling principle of the editors heart-liis motto
and watch -word-Broderick and Black Repub-
licanism" In response to this part of the editors
article, we have this simple reply to make: that
we own negro slave blood that pulsates in no.
bier hearts than that which beats in the breast
of him who can be guilty of the inetfable mean
ness and falsehood of applying the epithet of
I" Black Republican" to the editor of this paper
The man who asserts that we are a Black Re-
publican, speaks thoughtlessly and of that which
he knows nought, or is felonious falsifier and
libeler.


" He did not wait for the law to place the in
stitution in his hands" So we stated last week.
Hear the Beacon's idea on this point:


"Did'nt he wait for the law to place the in
sttution in his hands :? Who has the right to
make laws? From what other source could the
people of the State obtain authority to have this
institution placed in their own hands"


1t is really absurd to argue with such an
ignoramus. But notwithstanding his uncour-
teous assault upon us we will enlighten him.
Suppose the editor of the Beacon should COM
NIT murder. The law declares that Sheriff
Dunn shall hang him therefor. But we imagine
Sheriff Dunn would not be justified in doing so,
notwithstanding the law, until the Court had

ordered him to do it. Just so in the case of
Gov. Weller. The law said he should take pos
session of the State Prison, but in legal man
ner, of course,-not VI et Grmis. McCauey had
rights there, as the Supreme Court has since
determined, and when he refused to give Gov.
Weller peaceable possession of the Prison, Gov
Weller should not have broken in and taken
possession, but gone into the Courts and asked
to be placed in possession He did not do So
| he violated the law. For this we do not ask
that he be punished, although the State will be,
to the tune of perhaps hundred thousand dol
lars. But we do say that it is just as proper to
murder him for violating the law, as it is to
murder the miners Of Shasta county for doing
the same thing.


In conclusion, we have no objection to the
Bsacon's setting itself up as the peculiar de-
fender of the Governor, but in doing so it must
be very careful not to set US down as an enemy
of that worthy Executive and Democrat