Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-09
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be brought to bear against the measure
which the people of Gold Hill ask the
Legislature to grant. Divested of the
mass Of superAuites which the Enterprise
was forced to lug in, in order to ell its
columns, the editor admits that the sole
reason why the new county should not be
formed is, that it would "look ridicu-
lousy small upon the map" This isths
solitary bean which gives faint favor to
the many buckets of broth on the division
question. On this one small I" point the
Enterprise rests its case, and submits the
proposition to Legislature whose inselli-
gence it compliments. The case stands
thus: The people Of Gold Hill and
American City are at present subjected to
the onerous burdens consequent upon the
outrageous misrule Of the county of
Storey; misrule the notoriety of which
is as widespread - the knowledge of that
county's existence. They are powerless
to reform the abuses Of the county gov
eminent by reason Of the prepoudsrating
vote of the city of Virginia. The ballot
box, in that city, is not now, never has
been, I'D perhaps never win be, the expo
nent Of the voice Of the tax-paying citi-
zens. In stating this, we state a mortify-
ing fact, but a fact, nevertheless which
viii be admitted by every taxpayer of
that city who is not at the same time, q
dabbler in the "filthy pool Of politics, -
and leader of the mob Of non-tAx-psy-
ing shoulder-ifters, under whose rowdy
rule the people groan. IT'S true, tits
pity. and pity tbs, It's true" Could the
Gold Hill people see brighter future; a
distant hope of release from this iron yoke,
they might, perhaps, with patience bide
their time. The future, however, looks as
gloomy as the present and the past; and
our citizens are aroused to the necessity
of adopting measures Of disenthralment,
The only feasible measure appears to them
to be separation and independent organi'
zation. We are made sharers in an enor,
nous debt, with which we had but small
voice in contracting-yet are legally liable
for the payment of our proportion. Storey
county is bankrupt, and may eventually
prove repudiator. Gold Hill can avoid
that black stigma, and is DESTROYS Of doing
so. We desire to withdraw from the rot.
ten institution, assume our proper share Of
the county Indebtedness, and to pay it.
We desire, henceforth, to govern ourselves
in manner as far as possible removed
from the corruption, extravaganza, brute
force and fraud which have been the rule
in Storey county. We have different
population from that of Virginia; our
ways are not as their ways; our wants
are not their wants. We do not assume
the Pharisee, and exclaim II am more
holy than thou;" but what we do assert,
and that without fear of contradiction, Is
that while the population of Gold Hill
and American City is composed of "pro-
ducers," that of Virginia City is burdened
with horde of "non-produeers" whose
vote constitutes the balance of power
and controls the county govern
ment. This is an evil entailed
upon her by her metropolitan character.
While we sympathize with the tax payers
of Virginia that this is the ease, it can
hardly be expected that we should pa
tiently bear the burthen If we can escape
it. An avenue for such an escape is open
ed to US, and the citizens. of this portion
of the county most naturally seek to avail
themselves of it. The only remonstrance
that the Enterprise (which assumes to be
\ the mouth-piece of the opposition brings
against us, is that we are "too small. "
We have spoken of the absurdity of men
tioning area of territory in country like
this, barren waste, where all outside Of
the towns is howling wilderness, grass
less, tree-less Sahara. In all that goes to
constitute q political community, the
county which is sought to be organized is
greater than Lyon, Ormsby, Douglas, Es-
meralda, or Humboldt nearly equal to
Washoe and Roop combined, and four
times greater than Nye and Churchill to-
gether. So much for "size." xaJ
We have appealed to the Legislature to
come to our rescue, and in doing SO have
appealed not only to the sentiment of JUS
tice, but to the interests of those who
represent other counties than Storey. We
have said to them, that as Virginia pre-
ponderates in vote, and rules Storey coun-
ty, so does Storey county preponderate
and rule the State Of Nevada. If this is
well. if the people Of other counties are
content that Virginia City should be the
State-as Paris is France-and that in the
Legislature and in political conventions,
the voice Of Storey county Ghall be the
Jfat of the Great I Am, then our argument
will avail nothing. The Legislature can,
by making this division, shear this Samson
of his locks Sand make him like any other
man" In making this appeal. the Eater.
prise says we are "ungenerous !" To
whom, in Gods name, do we show un-
generositys None can complain of the
act except Virginia, and Il there il debt
of gratitude due from this community to
that, we confess our inability to see it.
The Enterprise rests its cause on "size;" we
appeal to justice, and "stand on that
hand" IS
GoIxe.-Now that the day of the draw