Year: 1866

ECASlOuS 0S ~ WoS dAASGNA WY w AAAN
ourself reinstated in our ancient edifce,
and armed with a firm resolution to do
all that lies within the power and scope
Of q Just and honorable ambition to
merit that partiality that has acted
upon the thought that We might be Of
some advantage to the business interests
of the county. Having seen Butte
county in its ih-sncy, and watched its
progress and steady advancement du-
ring the few years that transformed the
Pacific slope from wild and neglected
waste, into the abode Of a numerous
and thriving population, it was engraven
upon our memory as home, to which
We gladly accepted the first opportunity
to return. In giving expression to this
feeling We believe We do not misrepre-
sent the great mass of those who after
long residence here, have sought for
themselves homes and contentment
and business prosperity elsewhere. If
there be few who entertain contrary
opinion, they may be safely regarded as
exceptions only to the general rule.
They are not dwellers among those who
live down by the sea, and whose thirst
after the ''fesh pots Of Egypt" causes
the sun to withdraw the light Of its
countenance from them, and the earth
to quake with fear because of their
wickedness.


Having been idle, or worse than idle,
during the period of our absence, we
have learned we'll the fact that it is
easy enough for man to abandon a
good and profitable business, but some
times very difficult to find good and
satisfactory employment elsewhere. To
make a clean breast Of it, our expert
ment was a failure, and we have re
turned like the prodigal son who had
squandered his inheritance. If the
fatted calf has not literally been killed
for US, we still have to acknowledge
cordial and practical welcome back,
that can only be repaid by persistant
efforts to advance the real and mate
rial interests of the people of Butte
county, and to this end shall devote
all the energy of our nature. With
unity of action on the part of the peo-
pie of the county, the important inter-
nal improvements now in contemplation
cannot be legislated away so as to de-
prive the county of any of the advant-
ages to which it may be entitled by its
geographical location and the enterprise
and energy Of its people. Discarding
all local jealousies, We shall feel just
pride in noting the advancement of
every interest of the county, whether
in the valley, that shall be made to re-
ward the efforts of the husbandman, or
in the mountains that may yield their
precious metals to the sturdy blows of
the miner. The railroad must ulti-
mately be extended through the Sacra-
mento valley to our neighboring State
Of Oregon, and wagon roads must ex-
tend into and through the mountains to
the east oft. Should the local interests
ofevery section line require one, so much
the better would it be for the interests of
the county, as increasing our wealth
and tending to our advancement in all
the requisites of a prosperous and
healthful commonwealth.


There are no practical or possible
circumstances within the range of hu-
man thought, that would cause us to
throw aside the result Of the late war,
and favor any measure that would rem
der the great sacrifice made for the
preservation of the Union a useless
one, and to this end We shall give what
ever of political influence We may ex-
ert in aid of the efforts of the author
tiles to support and maintain it. The
enemy of the Union, whoever that may
be, shall be our enemy, and whether in
the Executive Chair, in the Senate, in
the forum, or in the field, the anathemas
and thunders of the sanctum shall be
hurled against him. In the present
instance, We have scarcely a doubt but
the national authorities will arrive at
satisfactory solution of the questions
now dividing them, and with amicable
relations the nation will again resume
its onward march in unity and peace
and prosperity. Should not this just
expectation of the people be realized,
1t will be their privilege and duty when