The Nevada journal., 1854-08-25
Misrale.

The following paragraph is taken from
the Transcript, land evidently speaks the
truh.; Read it:
The people Of this state, like the people
elsewhere, are all right. Their intuition is as
unerring, and their intentions rs correct as in
any other country We of course now have
reference to the masses--the great popular ag-
gregate which alone constitute State Why
is it then, it may be asked, that maladministra-
tion has crept into our public affairs-that
unworthy men have found their way into
positions of public trust--that Office has been
made the means for selfaggrandizement, rather
than the benefit of community? The answer
is plain. Because the people have not with
determined voice asserted their sovereign
rights. They have suffered political traders
men whose sole business has been Office seeking
and spills hunting to seize upon the reigns Of
government. They have gone through the
formula Of elections but to rivet more closely
the cbaus Of their bondage, and afford in
creased strength TO the league of disfranchiEers.
When the evil is upon them when their
interests nre openly betrayed-when corrup-
ton shows its face, and stalks abroad in the
glare OF the MONDAY sun. murmur of lndlg
nation temporarily escapes against a guilty
official incumbent, but the real authors of the
mischief are suffered to pass uncensured. How
long will this state of things remain, and when
will the day of popular vindcaton come?
To all this we say, amen. The people
have now become fairly awakened to
sense of misruIe that has for the last
four years been forced upon them, and be
assured sir, change in the administration
Of the affairs Of State is required. "They
have suffered political traders, to seize
upon the reins OF government" "They
have gone through the form ula of elections
but to rivet more closely the chains of the
bondage - "maladministration has crept
into our public affairs; unworthy men
have found their way into positions of
public trust :" "office has been made the
means of self aggrandizement, rather than
the benefit of community" And all this
has been bourne with the utmost patience
by long-suffering people, who never pro
nounce judgment against their tyranical
rulers rashly; but as they have from time
TO time re-appeared before the people, ask
ing to be re-instated in their fat places,
they made fair promises to reform. They
have not done it. Every successive trial
has found them farther and farther from
their duty, and the claims of oppression
have been tightening around the goaded
necks of the people.
A change has beeu called for, not in
tones loud and boisterous, but in language
unmistakablc and eloquent with simplicity.
allow long will this state ofthings remain,
and when will the day of popular vindi-
cation come ?" The day of its termination
is now here. The 9th day of September
next will seal the doom of those leeches
who have SO long gormandized at the pub
lie expense. They have seen corruption
show its face, and stalk abroad in the
glare Of the MONDAY sum-" and "mur-
mur of indignation" has been heard against
the guilty.
For four years the party in power have
had no interruption, from opposition to
any measure they might devised for
the benefit of the people but the more
they have been favored, the more they
have disregarded their duty and now,
from hill top and the valley-from the
mountain gorge and from the plains, the
sentence has been pronounced, ave can
trust them no longer. Turn them out"