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sition of the people. The outside pressure
they felt, the hoarse [harsh] murmering [murmuring] sound of party spir-
it. the sound in the great street, feeble minds
and weak hearts fear it, and bow to it.
Vox Populi is to such Vox Dei ----

Thank God we have some of the men that
do not worship this image, but who stand
for the right and do their duty. -----

They have seen our wants felt our claims
and claim that justice be done to us -
that our children be not neglected;

Of the 5000 colored people in California, we -
have as citizens of the state, exhibited more than
an average, as an industrious orderly and
Law abiding class -- tax paying, government
supporting -- This cannot be denied --

It is said we pay as a class - 75 percent
more taxes according to our numbers
than any other class -- This statement
was made by Hon Ino Wentworth in a Pub-
lic meeting --- Consult the Records of
crime, and see what relative proportion
of the subjects of criminal prosecution and