Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-10
A REe1sFRY Law.

Among the first laws required of the
Legislature under our new State Govern
ment will be the enactment of Registry
Law, whereby each voter will be required
to pay his poll-tax and to have his name
registered with the collector of that tax.
The list ofnames of the persons so regis
tered will constitute the voters in each
precinct; and this will prevent repeti-
ton of the fraud and corruption which
was praetieed last Wednesday upon the
honest voters, the taxpayers, and the
Union men ofStorey county. The hired,
periured, and unprincipled villains who
sold themselves last Wednesday to the
Copperhead party to disgrace the name
of American citizens, will then have
to stand aside, and let honest
men exercise the right of voting of
choosing their county and State officers.
We heard it reported in Virginia this
morning, that petition is in circulation
calling upon Governor Nye to Immediate
" convene the Legislature of our Terri
tory to enact Registry Law before the
next election comes on in November, for
the reason that the honest and we'll
meaning people of Storey county are in
secure against a repetition of the infamous
frauds upon their rights which were per-
petrated upon the elective franchise on
Wednesday last. We have it from good
authority that such petition is being
signed, but what action the Governor will
take upon the question, we of course have
no means of knowing. We hope he will
act promptly in the premises, and that
the Legislature will convene Us soon as
possible-and not only pass Registry
Law, but such amendments of our present
miserable excuse of an Election Law, as
will throw all necessary safeguards around
the ballot-box, and which will protect
honest people from the ruthless and I'M
principled wrongs of the enemies of the
Government.
The outrages which were perpetrated
upon the elective franchise in Storey
county, on Wednesday, land Thursday
when the ballots were counted), were as
much of an injury upon the community
as though an invading army had arrived
direct from the land traitors. Yea, even
worse, for in the latter case, loyal citizens
could have protected themselves and their
rights, at the point of the bayonet; while
at the ballot-box their only weapons were
paper ballots, honestly and conscientiously
used as civilians, and trusting, at least to
a certain extent to the honesty Of those
who sought to exercise similar rights at
the polls. If the Legislature can be con-
vened by the Governor, We hope he will
do it; and when so convened, let that
body act. decisively, let its action strike
quickly at the root of the impending evil
and all will be well. If our political OPP
pouents, who are the insidious enemies of
the Government, can out-vote US honestly
at the ballot-box, we are satisfed-and
shall abide the result, but we tell the peo-
pie of this Territory, that unless We have
a law to prevent repetition of such
frauds as were perpetrated in Storey
county last Wednesday-ths streets of Tr-
gina aud Gold Hill, tciH foSo ,oih blood.
An indignant, but too con6ding commu-
nifty has been grossly wronged, and one
of its dearest rights trampled under foot
and it will not meekly submit to another
such an outrage.