Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-10
THE ELECTION OF coLoRED MEN
TO OFFICE

THE ELECTION OF CoLoRED MEN
TO OFFICE
The election of two negroes to the Mas
sachusetts House OF Representatives is q
fortunate occurrence. in n respect, for
Nevada-in point Of date. If the Mas'a-
chusetts election had taken place at the
time Pennsylvania voted, or at any day
this season prior to our election. granting
time sufficient to communicate the ndings
to Us, the consequences might have been
very disastrous to the Union party in this
State. The Copperheads would have set
up a howl over the election, which, while
it would not, in all probability, have de-
feated our State ticket, might have Lost US
the Storey county Union Legislators, and
produced . like defeat in Lander and
Washoe. L, is always well to say that
we are not responsible for what Massa-
chuse,ts does, in the way Of accepting
negroes as political equals the potency"
Of a cry against our party, based on such
an election a. il recorded from the most
a~ri.tocrasc ward in Boston, will not be
denied by candid citizens in this neigh
borhood. And as the contest was close,
our many legislative candidasss-the hur-
rah on prejudice, il you please to call itso-
would no, have required to be very iniu-
entail to have defeated q very large num-
Der Of those who have just been succsssful
on the Union Legislative ticket.
Now, while there 10 no election Ringing
in the immediate future, it 10 the eminent
ly fit time to expires, opinions respecting
the subject referred to-so brought to
practical confederation.
The only true ground for refusing ths
ballot to the loyal negro. is that described
by the doctrine Of plurality Of races and
judgment Of inferiority, intrinsic and in.
durable. Believing in the natural SUPERB
orisy Of the Caucasian, and dseming il to
be = movement toward entire, accepted
equality between all races Of mankind to
confer upon the negro the right to vote
and hold Office, . citizen Of Nevada will
read the tidings from the "aristocrstic
Ward" with regret, if not with di'gust.
That the sentiment Of a vast majority o!
our people is hostile to the plan Of con-
ceding to the negro and the Chinaman the
elective franchise, i, well understood, and
is never disputed BY those who inselli.
gently appreciate the opinion Of the State
on the subject. To claim that an advance
on tho road Of genuine progress is to be
certainly made BY adopting . rule fol
enfrsnchising irrespective Of race, is simply
ridiculous. To attempt to foiss upon the
Union party in one State the creed Of an
other State which is under Union admin
is,ration, when the Constitutional Amend
ment expressly allots the decision on the
subject Of enfranchisemsnt to each, sspa-
rats State, is equally absurd.
There 10 more reason to anticipate that
the lately rebsllious States will enfran-
chiss and "liberally'' elect negroes to
office than there is to expect similar pro-
ceedings in many Northern States. II it
10 ever to DO the universal rule in this
country that enfranchisement shall Do Or
dainsd without exception on the score Of
race, the Southern States will prove the
real inaugura,ors Of the rule. When
South Carolina sends . negro to the Ma
,ionsl Legislature, Massachusetts, may,
very likely, sand q companion-in-kind,
whose formal, special ceremony Of . mis-
sion, Arm in arm, will constitute . nota-
Die event in the history Of this nation.
We have heard . large number OF
Southern men declare that they believed
tina, il the Constitutional Amendment 10
adopted. several OF the Southern States
will immediately allow the negro to vote.