| Show california news the western standard nos 18 to 23 inclusive came to hand per last cal mail and were full as they always are of interesting and useful matter greatly to the credit ot of br george Q cannon and his assistants bra brg joseph bull bill and matthew F wilkie all ali of 0 whom are quite young and heretofore measurably inexperienced in the conduct of business so arduous and difficult that they started from here walthou without capital to go to san francisco A where here the expense of living 0 is so high and bior Aror monism to set up tip a press to print the boort of 1 in a the Ha hawaiian wallan wailan language into which it had been previously tra translated asla ted by elder cannon and to edit and publish a weekly newspaper are well known facts that they have printed a lar iare large lare 0 e edition of the hawaiian book of mormon and successfully issued a very excellent paper amid so many anany disadvantages and that too without incurring 0 liabilities to be paid by the church or even by individual brethren and friends beyond what they expect to personally and promptly meet ia Is a str strong ong manifestation of the attendant blessings of our god and that he does and will open an effectual way for the accomplishment of the duties devolving upon those who earnestly strive to fulfill fulfil his purposes as coun selled by those whose right it is to counsel the golden state 1 so late as july 26 was still in a condition which ch did the like exist in utah or among among 0 the mormons cormons Mor mons y would at least be termed anarchy and most probably TREASON but it is not our design des n to bandy words about terms nor even to say that the position of our western beig neighbors 0 h b rs was uncalled for they allege r that san francisco was overrun with shoulder strikers ballot box stuffers gamblers whore masters prostitutes and mid day murderers and assassins and we know of no val vai valid id ground for disputing that allegation they further asbert assert that the above named numerous classes of their society had monopolized a large it if not by far the I 1 largest argest share of offices not only in state county city and town ut hut also a portion of the he california seats in congress and we are hiot riot aware aware of any good reason for disputing this assertion aruin aruid ar arguing 0 uld uin 0 that the laws had become powerless that justice was not and could not be administered ministered ad in the existing 0 state of affairs the people reorganized organized re rc the vigilance committee this committee deeming longer forbearance unendurable wrested cora and casey from the hands bands of the legal officers and tried and huni hung hunt them from day to da day 1 they arrested tried and expelled obnoxious characters and notified others to leave the state within a specified time informing thos those ship shipped p ed and those warned to leave that their cretu return rn would subject them to death without further trial the committee were still prosecuting their labors on ohp of july then having g anin amr terry one of the judges of the supreme court of the state under duress and examination for having resisted and severely wounded a member of the committee while he was endeavoring 0 to arrest another person by order of said committee amid these revolutionary proceedings the governor issued a proclamation df d claring daring san francisco in a state of insurrection and calling upon a portion of state troops and law abiding citizens to aid aia in the restoration of law and order only a few responded to the call and those few were and their stations taken possession of by the VI vigilante 0 lants blants at the time terry was arrested by them the governor dissatisfied with his success in summoning spirits from the vasty deep and unwilling 0 to withdraw his proclamation aid and leave the the restoration of order with the committee forwarded a request for assistance from the president of the united states the president informed senator toombs to together 0 ether with a number of californians that he could take no action at present that the governor must convene the legislature and that if they refused to take action then it would be the duty of the federal government to interfere 5 cor of N Y herald and so the matter rests at latest dates the governor hugging huing 00 the shadow of a powerless proclamation and the vigilante lants having everything thin their own way the present condition of the union may weir wair cause sound reflection and call for the most considerate action of her ablest supporters but is such the case only to a very limited extent except in utah for while vh jie jle revolution is triumphant in california while an expensive indian war is waged in oregon oren and indian anlo aneo fighting disturbs florida and new mexico cor col while civil war rages in kansas while and political rab in are rustin rusting andru and tugging 0 0 to break the chain that should be kept so bright bri 0 ht and strong a few f ew wise in their own conceit and holding a positions requiring C actual wisdom are so far gone 0 one in mental obliquity that they have the ignorance ignorance and audacity to propose interference with the domestic institutions of territories how have the tho mighty fallena how wisdom has been hid and the counsels of of the prudent brought 0 to naught when the magnates 0 of a great nation busy themselves with tithing the mint the anise and the cumin and that too abo in direct opposition to the constitution and laws hile thyr theyo 0 o awfully neglect the legal and weightier matters well sald said an ancient worthy whom the gods will destroy they first make mad fire on the gih of july destroyed buildings i and other prope property arty in placerville erville to the value of and in georgetown on the ath of july all the buildings except about dijt airty y loss loo |
