The Nevada journal., 1856-05-09


a deal of hue and cry raised by the pha-
lanx press, against an Act passed by
the late Legislature, commonly called the
State Prison Bill. Much has already been
said about the action of what is charac.
terized as Know Nothing Legislature
on this important measure, and doubtless
volumes of gas will be expended before
the next election on the same subject
Good citizens, not politicians by study and
trade, honest themselves and deemine
others the same, are apt to be deceived by
the cry of a partisan sheet about retrench-
nent and reform, and the appropriation
of few hundred thousand dollars for q
necessary purpose.
To an honest tax payer, the voting
away OF half million appears a serious
matter, and so it is The State Prison
Bill, involving nine hundred thousand
dollars, appears like an enormity upon
the face of it. But when the phalanx
press begin to sing cut Justify "stop thief -
we are disposed to let the truth be known
by proving the stolen goods to be in the
possession of the party which is making
all the professions of purity, and doing all
the yelling.
When this "awiul fraud" the State
Prison Bill, was sanctioned by the Assem-
bly, but one single phalanxer, Sharp of
S. F., cast his vote against it. Was it a
robbery of the peoples money, as our op-
ponents tell US Then every so-called
Democrat save one, in the Assembly, was
engaged in the outrage and is a robber.
According to the true Democratic doc
trine, as enunciated long ago by one
whose Democracy will not be questioned
for soundness, the victors are clearly enti-
tied to the spoils. The Democrats in the
late Assembly, doubtless believed in this
received axiom of their party, when they
voted to give to Know Nothing Lessee
of the Prison, the magnificent spoils which
his services in the Gubernatorial canvass
seemed to them to merit.
But judged by Democratic principles
and usage, the Know Nothing members
were fully justified in giving to one of their
own creed and party any amount ofspoils
and patronage to perpetuate the reign of
themselves and give predominence to their
principles. No Democrat can complain
of the State Prison Bill, and croak about
its diabolica. provisions, when with singu-
lar un animity his party in the Assembly
favored its passage, and Democratic
Senate rushed it through with railroad
speed.
Those who are loud mouthed in de-
nouncing the State Prison Bill, as an
American Measure, forget that they are
slaughtering some of the little gods of De-
mocracy by so doing. Tilford, the Jupi-
ter Tonans ofDemocracy in the Senate;
Vaudeville, the Immaculate, whom DEM
ocrats swear by; Flint, whom phalanxers
hug in an extacy of delight; French,
whose sanctifed tones awake singular and
several echos that had else slumbered for
ever; and many other Democratic Sena-
tors, will hold up their hands in agony of
despair and implore for mercy. The par
ty that could SO easily defeat the election
of a U. S. Senator, could have as easily
slaughtered SO monstrous Bill as the
same party represents the State Prison
Bill to be, and therefore is justly charge
able with its passage. Had the Demo-
Gratis in the Legislature been as desirous
OF saving few thousand dollars to the
State, as they were to thwart the wishes of
the people in the Senatorial question, the
party would not now be laboring so assidu-
ously and meanly too, to fasten the odium
Of an act upon party not in the majori-
ty, as they pretend, but merely co-equal
with its opposer. The "Immortal Seven
teen" in the Senate had it in their power
to prevent any iniquitous Know Nothing
measure from becoming law. Why did
they not do it Let every Democrat
overfowing with Buncombe, ask himself
the question, before he blindly assails the
American party without reason.
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