Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-19
PROTECTION Eea THE BALLOT,

uteACLenCy O1 the law, tnat the Dallot-OoA
was not in this Territory, the exponent of
the popular will, as it was intended to be
by the trainers of Republican form of
Government. We said that the precau-
tons exercised in other countries had been
neglected here, and that the honest por-
ton of the community were at the mercy
of and overslaughed by horde of double
and treble voting unnaturalized foreigners,
of citizens of other States and Territories,
of bought and sold mercenaries, devoid of
interest in the welfare of the country, and
that the ballot-box had in at least one in
stance been placed under the control of
professional "stufers." The manner in
which one gang of bought and sold human
cattle, who had no legal right to even a
single vote, were driven about from poll
to poll, is very forcibly and graphically
told by correspondent of the S. F. Flag.
He says:
GA party of Mexicans, about eighty in
number, &" early voted the Copperhead ticket
in the First Ward they then voted singly.
For this vote. was informed BY leading
Copperhead, the Mexicans received through
their commander the sum of three hundred
dollars They were then voted as gang, in
this same First Ward; receiving for their
Copperhead votes this time five hundred dol
lars. They were then taken to commodious
house, where they were duly locked up by
their sagarious and probably sober seller. In
the afternoon they were taken as body to
the Second Ward polls, where they gave their
third ballot for the day for the " Dimocratie
ticket, and, as am informed, in consideration
Of the sum of eight hundred dollars. The
fact that this gang voted the times and places
specified, is testified to BY large number of
witnesses of unimpeachable character. AS
for the sixteen hundred dollars which they
are said to have realized out of the pleasant
transaction, l have, as has been stated, the
word of prominent Copperhead, and no
other authority"
If there is no Iatc to prevent a repetition
of that outrage upon the rights of Amer
lean citizens at the next election, there is
tcay to put stop to it. That way is to
lay the first Mexican out cold on the side
walk that attempts to vote at any poll in
the county, and if such an example does
not deter the balance, to pile them up as
fast as they come, and then make the town
too hot to hold single greaser from that
time henceforth. The Union men of this
county have the polcer to protect them
selves from the outrases of that degraded
caste, and if they have the tciR, it will be
difficult to bring crowd of nonresident
and unnaturalized wretches, such as con-
trolled the last election, to face the indig-
nation of genuine citizens. Let the Union
men determine that none but bona fde cit
i=ets shall rote at the inert election and let
that determination be distinctly made
known, and we shall find that the vote of
Storey county will be less, by several
hundred votes, and of an entirely different
complexion from the last. We have men
toned the only remedy that we know of
iol that evil, and now we will turn to
another.
It is fact too well known, and too
frankly admitted to require any argu-
ment, that large proportion, and those,
too, the leaders of the Copperhead gang in
this Territory, are openly disloyal men.
Some of them are lawyers who have aban-
doned their practice rather than take the
simple oath of allegiance required by law
from all attorneys. They have given up
the practice of the law, and devoted their
entire attention to stirring up sedition
among the people. The rank and file of
the party contains hundreds of men of
the same stripe, regular brawlers and
shouters for JEFF Davis, when the whisky
is in and the wit is out. By some strange
but fortunate circumstance, there IS lac
to stop that crowd from voting, or COM
pei them to take an oath that will nearly
choke them to death. The statutes of
1864, page l47, contain An Act to Pre-
vent Disloyal Persons from Voting"
which reads as follows:
SECTION /. Any person offering to vote at
any poll in this Territory, opened by, or UNI
der the authority Of law, may be challenged
BY any other person entitled to vote at the
same poll, for disloyalty; and il the person
so challenged declare himself loyal; and the
challenge be not withdrawn, one Of the
Judges Of election shall administer to him the
al - ~ - kaf ho hal
be allowed to deposit his vote; Prorided,
the person challenging to swear that the
challenge was made in good faith and for the
public good.
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from and
after its passage
That law IS good enough and strong
enough. All that is required in order to
carry it into full effect is the appointment
of good and substantial men to watch
faithfully every polling place on the day
of election, and COMPEL every rascally
treason-shrieker that comes forward to
vote for JEFF Davis for Emperor Of the
United States, to take the oath required
BY law. That will make it mighty rough
on old Tod Robinson and the traitrous
crew who all open their mouths when his
dog banks. Let the Union Clubs of the
county appoint the right kind of men to
attend to this important duty, and the
ballot box on the night of the Eighth of
November viii tell the story that Union
men will love to hear. There are other
evils to be met and ways to meet them,
and to them in turn we shall refer from
time to time hereafter.
PAPER MoNEY.-The Copperhead ranters