Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-23
Communicated.


VIRGINIA, June %, 1865.
Ed. GOLD Hull News - Dear SIR
I have read communication, inserted in
the columns Of the Territorial Enterprise
Of June 18th, as an advertisement, signed
Merchant" with prominent heading,
Nevada and the Pacific Railroad" To
call the communication Infamous in its
character, mean in sentiment and base
insinuating SANDER throughout, would "be
drawing it mild" If, Mr.. Editor, the
particular and peculiar friends ofthe Dutch
Flat Railroad find it necessary to resort to
such baseness, it is high time for the peo-
pie of Nevada to exclaim, "Save us from
our friends" ....
What high crime are we, as people,
committings I am in favor of railroads,
one, two, three, if we can get them. Can
Merchant say as much: Every sensi-
BILE man in this State knows full well that
with one railroad constructed to our State
we are at the mercy of a soulless corpora
ton, who care just nothing at all about
developing our resources. We have IN
Vulnerable instances on record of this
class Of corporations and monopolies serv-
ing the dear public. Must everybody and
everything become subservient to the in
terests of the Central Pacific Railroad OF
IL 81 q MANILA nlnh
together to smother and crush down every
interest and enterprise within our borders
and without, because, forsooth, there is
enterprise and intelligence enough in cap
italists outside of the Central Pacific Rail-
road corporations to compete for the trade
of Nevada: Has it come to this, that we
should say to Wells, Fargo & Co., the
Pioneer Stage Company-old pioneer en-
terprises-of which We are justly proud,
transportation companies, in fact, every
conceivable interest that is now or may be
hereafter, however remote, inimicable to
this corporation: we have no further use
for you, by your endeavors TO make this
country pleasant for white people TO reside
in, for years past: We find you are still
determined to continue on in the same
course, therefore be it resolved, that the
course you have pursued and seem bound
to continue, compels us to pronounce you
Tour worst enemies" This fact we arriv-
ed at on learning that tour best friends"
was ga corporation existing under the
laws of California" You have become
powerful combination" 80 powerful that
you seriously threaten, in fact, are now
constructing railroad rapidly toward
this State, and finally your persistency in
keeping a number of miles ahead Of "our
best friends" thereby worrying them seems
to US sufficient cause to withdraw our
entire patronage from you. Such is the
true Interpretation of Merchants" adj
vertisement. As a citizen of 81, of Ne
vada, 1 am thankful that Merchant "
was compelled to pay for the publication
of his libel. ...
MERCHANT" says, "many have been
deluded that we were TO have two rail-
roads built over the mountains, and that
speedily" Gov. Stanford told US year
ago. in speech before the Constitutional
Convention, that it could be built the Pa
cific Railroad) in three years. He also
convinced every member that the compa-
nv had more than enough assets to build
it. Yet the great work, with Its millions
of donations, has only advanced about
thirteen miles since the Governor made
his exhibit. I am inclined to believe,
with the masses of our people, that the
bold stand taken by our Legislature has
had much to do with the completion Of
that thirteen miles. / have been over all
the routes. am not deluded. Is it a
delusion when, with ones own vision. you
see a genuine railroad extending from
Freeport fifty miles east toward our State,
and within a few miles of our neighboring
town of Placervilles Are the hundreds
of men at work to-day pushing the good
work on still nearer, but phantomss And
vet we are deluded. Well, kind o like
to be deluded, if that's what it means. 1t
is difficult to treat Merchants adver-
tisement seriously. The Messrs. McLane
are the head and front Of this delusion.
Backed-well. I will not say anything on
that score. Every intelligent man in this
State knows full well that with letter of
credit yourself and family" can travel
over the civilized world. Aye, and they
can build railroad, too. And we are to
pronounce these men tour worst ene-
mics" Merchant says, "their sue
cess (meaning the Washoe and S. F. R.
r. will delay. the work Pacific r. R.),
and put money in the pockets of its enc
mics, which is the great objects they wish
TO accomplish Erery dollar
zoe pay to them for passage or freight is so
much taken from our best friends and given
to orr toorst enemies" The italics are
Merchants" In plain English, we are
asked not to pay our freight or passage
money to these enemies, because these en-
emies 20 right of and use it to build us a
railroad; and to stop them In this nefari-
Gus transaction, we must enc and all, old
and young, patronize the Pacific Rail-
road" and I" do it promptly and cheer
fully, thoroughly and earnestly that is,
gire it all our business. So urges Mer-
chant" But our people are not so blind
as to follow such mischievous ideas. /
could tell Merchant one good reason,
at least, why they will not. Let US en-
courage any and all railroad enterprises.
As the Central Pacific Company has
enough, let US in every way legitimately
aid the company now pushing a road via
Placerville. 1t is generally conceded that
they are expanding their own money. If
we have aided them, and received our guild
pro quo, let US still continue to do 30.
CITIZEN.