Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-07
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ave have meetings enough and troubles
enough of our own to attend to, in all con-
science, without interfering in the affairs of
Gold Hill; but the subject discussed at a
gathering Of the citizens Of that town, last
Saturday evening. Sunday is one in which
every taxpayer Of the county must feel an
interest, and the Meas will pardon rs for re-
ferring to the proceedings OF that quiet little
tea-party."
With the first subdivision Of the first
sentence we fully concur. There is fully
enough of rascality and misrule within the
incorporate limits of the city Of Virginia
to demand for its reformation, all the at
tention, all the solicitude and ten times
the brains that the editor of the Enterprise
can bring to the aid Of his oppressed and
misruled fellow-citizens. If that paper
has had influence in its own city common
surate with its arrogant assumptions and
bloated self-conceit, it must be responsible
in a great measure for the conduct in
public affairs in that modern Sodom. If
so, we must confess that we do not admire
its style of governing communities, and
the people Of Gold Hill do well in endea-
voring to cat loose, and form county Of
which the Enterprise shall not be Dictator,
II, on the other hand, all this deviltry has
been carried on despite the efforts and in
fluence of that paper, it goes to establish
the fact that whereit is best known it is but
slightly needed. We care not which side
of that cap the Ent~prise wears in front.
If it has no influence at home, we don't
want to be bothered with its advice down
here; if it has influence in Virginia, the
affairs of that city demand its undivided
attention and energy. So much for the
first subdivision of the first sentence Of
our text. Now for the second, that "the
subject of the gathering last Sunday
afternoon, 9Th inst, is one in which every
taxpayer in Storey county must feel an
interest" That's so, in minute =
A deep, earnest interest ought to be felt in
the matter, by every taxpayer in the
county. But 1t so happens that the in
terest of al the taxpayers does not lie in
the same direction. AL are interested, but
interests are conflicting. What is sauce
for the goose, is not in this instance,
sauce for the gander. The citizens of
Gold Hill are ''interested" to the extent
of from two-and-a-haf to three per cent.
of taxation in having the county divided ;
and those of Virginia are " interested" in
a slightly less degree, in having the county
remain as it is, and compelling this
"Chinese graveyard" to help support the
bummers and thieves of that metropolis.
We admit this universal "interest," and
we openly proclaim that what is the
''meat' of Gold Hill, in this division mat
ter, is the poison" Of those misrulers OF
Virginia who have thus far fattened upon
the spoils of taxation wrung from the in
habitants of this " Chinese graveyard "
under the hill. The people Of Gold Hill
have awakened to sense Of this condi-
ton of things and desire to bring it to an
end as soon as possible; and they rely
upon the spirit Of justice being strong
enough in the breasts Of legislnDrs from
other counties, to lead them to stretch forth
a strong hand to rescue US from this
Egyptian bondage. We think that they
will see no reason why the people of Gold
Hill should be hewers Of wood and draw
ers of water, and payers Of tribute to the
Sodom on the hill. We tell the repre-
sentatives Of other counties, that we are
able and DESTROYS to cut ourselves loose
from this domineering abomination, and
govern ourselves cheaply, economically
and well. We owe and are holden for q
portion of the debts of Storey county.
We want to have that debt apportioned,
and paying our just share thereof, remove
the stigma of repadiGtioa which is the GER
tain result of the misrule Of the county Of
Storey. We fully expect the opposition
of Virginia in this matter, for the pro-
posed division will reduce Storey county
from the position of dictatorial power
which she now holds in Legislatures and
conventions. II outside counties" (as
Storey supercilioualy denominates every
other county in the State) cannot see q
weapon of self-defenSe in this division of
the great county Of Grab-all, they are
binder than bats or cat-owls. Virginia
has these two grounds for opposition: a
desire to maintain the supremacy of Storey
in the State, and the holding Of Gold Hill
as tax-paying colony 10 helppa for the
extrayagances Of Virginia. These seasons
| it would not do to openly ayow, and the
champions Of opposition have to assume
another position. As tina old-tims slayery
propogandists were unable to defend sla-
very as an abstract principle, they fell
back upon the theory that the fres-nigger
couldn't take care Of. himself and that it
was patriarchal duty of the white man
| to hold him in bondage, and thrash hun,
and work him and miscesnate him into a
higher moral and social status. But they
took good care to pocket the niggers earn
ings under their patriArehal system.
Precisely the same theory prevails in vr.:
ginia with regard to Gold Hill. Gold
Hill is small:" it is "only twice the
size of the Chinese graveyard of Viz
ginia !" it is "an abrupt turn in the 0phir
grade;" the people are incapable of self
government. But at the bottom of it all.
it is the niger story all over again. The
niger was wanted in the eotton-feld, snd