Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-09
THE STATE GOVERNMENT CUES
TON AGAIN.

The proposition to change our form OF
government from that Of Territory 10
that of State, which was so overwhelm-
ingly squelched by the popular vote last
january. is again before the people. Con-
gress, entertaining the idea that the voters
at that election were laboring under some
delusion which would probably pass away
in few months of reflection, have passed
an Enabling Act, reviving the old issue;
and in pursuance thereof the Governor
has issued his proclamation, ordering an
election to be held on the first Monday of
June for delegates to another Constitu-
tional Convention. That proclamation
we published last week. the Enabling Act
we did not. 1t is lengthy document,
but may be condensed as follows: The
first section authorizes the people Of this
Territory to form State Government,
and that the name shall be " Nevada"
That blows our light out on the question
of names. We placed on record last fall
our preference for another name, or rather
our dislike to the hactneyed one Of NE
vada." Others had their preferences, but
the Act settles the question. Section
fixes the boundaries of the proposed State.
Section prescribes the qualifications Of
voters, and fixes the time for the election |
of delegates, the first Monday in June;
the number of which delegates shall be /
the same as now constitute both branches |
Of the Legislature. Section 4 provides
that the delegates elected shall assemble
at Carson on the FIRST Monday in July, |
and form a Constitution. The Constitu- |
ton must prohibit slavery, secure perfect
religious liberation, etc. Section pro-
vides that the Constitution shall be sub |
mitted to the people for ratification, at an
election tobe held on the second Tuesday |
in October. If the Constitution is adopted,
the Governor is to transmit statement of
tina. fact, together with copy of the Con-
stitution and Ordinances, to the President,
who shall thereupon issue his Proclama-
ton declaring the State admitted into the
Union, without further action Of Congress.
Section S declares the representation to
which the new State shall be entitled until
the next general census, to-wit: one Re
preventative. 1t also provides that that
Representative, and the Governor and
other State officers, may be elected al the
same election at which the Constitution IS
submitted. The concluding sections refer
to the disposition Of the public lands
within the boundaries.
Upon the question of the ACCESSIBILITY
of adopting State Government, we ex-
pressed our views very fully last winter.
We favored the proposition then, and cir
eunstances have not so materially changed
in the last four months as to seriously
modify our views upon the point. Having
at that time exhausted the arguments
which seemed to US to bear in favor of
the proposition, we are in no humor for
going over the same beaten track. They
would be addressed to the same people
who rejected them then, and if there is
any great amount of consistency in the
people, they would be disregarded now.
With the present lights before US, and cir
eumstances remaining in statw quo, we
shall probably cast an individual vote for
q State Government, if the Constitution
is similar 10 the one framed last winter.
We shall not trouble ourselves, however,
with the attempt to proselyte others to our
way of thinking. We shall try and find
something of more interesting character
wherewith to fill our columns. We should
Ike a good State Government; we could
endure bad one, having been used to
that sort of thing; and We can manage to
exist under the anomalous parody on
government that does nothing. and is
nothing, but exists and is called Terri
torial Government. Whichever way the
sovereign people choose, that way will
suit Us as well as it will them. There are
some points of the Enabling Act which
are slightly Objectionable, but as we have
no idea that the Constitution will be
adopted, it is not worth while to talk
about them.