Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-01-26
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neighbors Of Virginia. We oaseo 'nis
superstition upon the fact that the emo"
spoke favorably to the measure anu 'ha'
the Enterprise had remained perfectly
s;,sr, ,bs,eon. We find, however, that
,hs,a i, a slight opposition to the measure
m a certain quarter, and that opposition
ia TO find its mouth-piece in the columns
of the Enterprise. If that opposition shall
prove no stronger in numerical force of
tax-paying citizens than it is in argument
it will not amount to any given sum in
figures. The Enterprise devotes its leader
of this morning to the subject; and we
find its opposition is based upon the fol-
lowing objections:
Nrst-That "both cities are in the ex-
treme southwest corner Of the county, and
Gold Hill Is within step Of Lyon on the
south and Washoe on the west. Anorth and
south line Of division would be impossible,
while an east and west line crossing the Di-
vide would eon6ne the boundaries of the
proposed new county 10 the limits Of Gold
Hill and American City," -,r.
What force there is in this objection, We
fail to discover. The description of the
location of the portion of the county pro-
posed to be segregated is very correct, and
of itself goes to show that the segregation
is decidedly practical and convenient; in
asmuch as it proposes to take slice of an
extreme corner of the county, and not to
gouse it out of the center-which latter
course might perhaps very properly be
termed "mutilation such as the En-
terpriss deprecates. As to the objection OF
size" that is q matter of no considera-
ton whatever. In an agricultural country,
where the open lands outside of the towns
were destined to be eventually settled and
populated, and converted into taxable
property, the argument about "size "
might amount to something. But in
; county like this, where pis-ant of strong
appetite would starve to death on the
whole agricultural product, and where
there is scarcely an inhabitant outside the
corporate limits of the towns, extensive
"territory" might look well on the map,
but would make little difference with the
revenue. The second objection is, that:
The projectors OF the scheme propose to
quietly secede from county connection and
county Indebtedness, and take with them
one-third of the taxable property required to
meet the general Indebtedness. And this
proposition, the News asserts on the authori-
" Of the Union, will not be objected to BY the
people of Virginia! The people of Virginia
do object most emphatieally, and in their
name we protest against division so utterly
monstrous, unjust and arbitrary.
To say that the writer of the foregoing
paragraph was fool, would perhaps be
endorsed by ninety-nine out of every hun
dred disinterested strangers possessing
common sense. But we know the gentle
man, and can assure the people that he is
not an idiot. What s the matter with
him is that he has the lame side of the
question to maintain, and must needs
mislead his readers by gross misrepresen-
tation. He therefore relies upon popular
ignorance, and attempts to ram absurdities
down the public gullet. That the people
of Gold Hill should desire to eyade the
payment of their Just share of the debt of
the county of Storey, may be according
to the Enterprises standard of business
rectitude," and it may naturally measure
US in its own half bushel but that we
could eyade it if we could is what the En-
terprise knows to be impossible. That We
shall be compelled to pay every dollar of
our portion of that debt is what the citi-
zens of Gold Hill know very well; and
that we may pay it some time during the
lives of the present creditors is one of the
objects of the proposed measure of segre-
cation. 80
The last great gag. absorbing all, is the
following:
The News fayors the scheme, for the rea-
son that its success would compel the mining
companies in Gold Hill District to do their
advertising in its columns; but the bid for
patronage is somewhat too extreme and bare
faced to be seriously entertained even BY the
people Of Gold Hill. ......
THERB's WHERE THE SHOE PINcHEs J!
The first two objections amounted to no.
thing; but this last one IS vital. We
don't believe that il ever struck the people
of Gold Hill before. We don't suppose
that person in the community was aware
that there was provision in the Consti-
ton Of this State prohibiting the establish
ment of any other newspaper in the town
of Gold Hill. and that the monopoly Of
advertising was conferred upon the News
and its heirs and assigns forever. Our
neighbor, however, informs them that such
is the fact. The fundamental law can be
amended on that point, so as to allow the
removal Of the Enterprise establishment to
this place, and we are not certain but that
it would be advisable. That paper APP
pears TO be struggling in the agonies of a
lingering and incurable malady. By re-
moving it to Gold Hill it would speedily
be relieved and die sudden and COM
paratively painless death. The thing has
been tried. Our only answer to the alb
surd charge that this division question is
our measure. is the statement Of fact
well known to every reader of the News.
That truth is, that the proposition to
divide the county was long ago preached
in manifesto by . CosNos," and that
Mr.. Bishop gaye notice of his bill to
create the new county at time when the
News was advocating consolidation. AT
the time the notice Of the bill was gwen,
ve sue1ested its suppression until the