Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-05-04
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It would seem conclusive to the mind o
the merest tyro in politics VINO ma
watched the progress and workings OF tn'
various governments Of the world that y
is impossible to have One Country, witt
One Destiny, 50 long as we have forty In
dependent Constitutions or quasi SoSer,
eighties. Nationality conveys the ldea Of
unity, political harmony, unvarying UNI
formity of laws and institutions, q same,
ness Of political purpose on the part OF an
the people. Our State machineries, with
their scores of independent CONSTITUTIONS,
convey a directly opposite idea. and breed
and educate sentiments wholy uItAeo-
nistic to the idea of nationality In our
opinion, to have but One Country with
One Destiny, it is absolutely required that
we should have but One Constitution,
The National Constitution can and snouio
be made to embrace all the ideas princi-
Piles, and rules necessary for our govern.
ment, and they should be placed IN thas
instrument in language so simple ana
plain that none could fail to comprehend
their meaning. The National Conshtu-
ton alone should contain all the proVis-
ions necessary for the protection OF the
rights, privileges, and liberties OF the ein-
zen, and there should not be IN all the
land any other Constitution. TO divert
distract, or divide the minds, thoughts,
allegiance, or sympathies of the people.
We would have all State Constitutions
laid away amid the relics of past tollies,
and in their place one National Constitn.
ton, which shall prove monument OF
the wisdom and intelligence OF the
people and of the capacity OF the
Republican system of government.
State Governments and Legislatures,
for the purely local purposes which
now receive their care, might continue
10 exist under charters from the National
I.eyislature-the charters Of all being Of a
uniform character. This would secure a
uniformity of laws and practice in all
things pertaining to the everyday affairs
of life from one end Of the nation to the
other-a thing which does not now and
never has existed in the United States,
and never can exist with the present ma
chinery. Under the system proposed, all
of the principles of State Governments
which are of any real benefit to the people
of the States respectively, or Of the nation
at large. can be maintained, while all the
principles which have been proven TO be
schiSmatic. dangerous, weakening, and de-
in their tendencies, character,
and operation, can be eXterminated or eX-
PEELED from our governmental system. As
to the demoralizing. corrupt, and danger
Gus evils resulting from our prevalent sys'
tenn of appointing officers, they can only
be prevented by political change as radi-
cal as that suggested in relation to the
States. The Constitution should provide
that when a man has been once appointed
TO an Office, he shall not be removed unless
for dishonesty, incapacity, or general con-
duct that would be scandalous in citi-
zen. The adoption of this system would
take from the hands of few leading poll
ticians the immense patronage which they
now corruptly WELD to the injury Of the
people; It would make the official indie
pendent of all extraneous influences, and
naturally render him ambitious to excel
in the qualities required to maintain
his position; besides, it would at all
times give the public service the benefit
Of servants experienced and well versed in
their duties, thus insuring efficiency, as
well as dispatch, in the transaction of the
public business. Of course such reforms
as are here suggested will meet with the
earnest opposition Of all those politicians
whose personal interests are advanced at
the expense of public good under the
present system; but the fact that they
will oppose them is the strongest possible
why all citizens who entertain
an earnest desire for the public welfare
should demand the reforms. Others,
again. will doubtless be startled at the
radical and sweeping changes suggested
but on calm and careful reflection, they
will be compelled to acknowledge the ne
cessity for them, at least TO a considerable
extent. They are necessary to preserve
our country, our liberties, and the princi-
Piles upon which our Government is
founded. Although we know that great
of rejecting people believe in
the necessity of making the changes we
have suggested, we do not anticipate that
our ideas will immediately be generally
in as correct. II, however, we
succeed in arousing some public attention
to and consideration Of the subjects men
toned, our present object will be attained,
for reflection will convince the people that
We must, if we would preserve the nation
and establish Republican principles on
firm foundation, remedy these defects in
our governmental machinery, which, from
the start, have been the causes of almost
continual strife and turmoil, which finally
(af,er many outbreaks) in the
late monstrous Rebellion against the peo-
pie and Republican prineiples.-S.F. Cal.