The Nevada journal., 1859-08-26
THE JOURNAL
FRIDAY MORNING, August, 26, 1859.
How STANDS NtyAp.9-Oue week

Eh1DA1 uUtNINt-, August, 20, ISj9.
How STANDS NEvADA2-Ome week
from next Wednesday comes the cleo
ton. On that day some very important
questions are to be decided, and the
most importan: Of all is. whether the
State is to struggle on still longer under
her present cumbrous government. or
whether the Constitution shall be revised
and its evils corrected That is the
great question Of this election. to which
oil others are secondary.
Truly it is important and worthy the
attention of every intelligent citizen TO
see that true principles are observed in
our national politics. But, if we mis-
take not. the severest blow that can be
struck by Californiaus against the evils
of the national government is by means
Of a Constitutional Convention. What
serves to fasten the reign of an odious
party upon us more than the hordes Of
intermeddlipg Office holders that infesl
the country7 Let us have revision of
our Constitution, a simpliicatIon of the
State government. and wiping out of
scores upon scores of these bigh-fed,
importunate and corrupting officials,t
subsidizers of the press; these jugglels
in conventions; these deceivers of the
people. Besides saving the State one
third of her annual expenses-an i'm
portant item with State four millions
in debt-a revision of the Constitution
might snatch that third from the cormo-
rants. who now use it to continue THEN
swindling reign. and apply it to the ex
;inguishment of that debt Is this not
rgument enough with any good citizen
10 induce him to cast his vote for Con-
s.itutional Convention? State credit
and honor in financial sense are in-
yolvcd in the question, while the moral
and political aspects of the measure
should decide every oPposer ofthe party
in power in favor Of it. Nor can the
Administration party offer a s".id argu-
ment against it. A semblance of hon
esty even-an appearance of rctlench-
ment and of devotion to the interests of
the peoples sufficient to determine
n polite party in favor of measure so
plainly in accordance with public infer
est. So pa'pably worthy is the meas
ure that not one single politician has
uttered a syllable against it. The party
in power dare not openly oppose it.
Secretly and under cover will the pam
rercd spoilsmen who have fed, and still
feed, upon the blood of the State, at
tempt to defeat it on the day of election.
Silence is their weapon. which has been
used with consummate policy during the
entire canvass TO cause the measure to
GO by default.
We said that not ore single politician
has uttered a syllable against it. We
must except portion of the Rrpubli-
can party, strange as it. may SEEM
Bat there are some men in the world
who wcre born to be troubled with dis
tempered visions. Our Republican
friends see nothing out divis on of the
State, and slavery introduced into the
southern part of it, growing ont of
Constitutional Conveniion-as if des-
crt, Lower California, a free State and
An ocean for barriers are not an eternal
prohibition if the productions of the
country requiring great intelligence and
the experience Of thousand years to
bring TO perfection. are not sufficient of
themselves to forever inhibit the Afr:-
can slave from the soil of that territory.
The objection to Constitutional Com
rention, on the account of fears for Sla-
very is both idle and cowardly.
we earnestly hope that every citizen
who has the good of the State at heart.
and we believe all have, willsec that his
ballot on election day has upon it "F.r
the Convention, Yes"
DIsAPPoiNTED.-A large humber of
people were in the city on Tuesday