now we have the equal rights expositors. another newspaper supporting the south. and that they were so critical of the north, abraham lincoln and his administration banned the equal rights expositors from the u.s. mail. which basically meant the paper could only be distributed within the town of visalia and could not leave on the stage delivering u.s. mail. they wanted to isolate the problem, so they banned the paper. but it continued to lambaste the union side. one year later in 1863, it was destroyed by an angry mob of visalians. they went to the newspaper, threw the equipment in the streets, and that was the end of equal rights expositors. just prior to that, the town had received such bad press and publicity that loyal union folk decided to tell the u.s. government, "you have to do something about this town. our town is going over to the other side. you better deal with it before it gets even more out of hand." and so in 1862, a couple dozen union troopers from camp independence crossed the sierra and marched into visalia. the union folks supporters celebrated