Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-03-21

citizens vi the Uulltd States? Who can in
suit you when you apprnac! the polls to vot
by demanding o. YOU conditions moi requrr,
Of other citizens? Who has the right {,
make invdious Distinctions to place upol
you u mark not borne by others? Som,
years ago, municipal law of San Francisco
required the hacknen Of that city TO wear d
certain badge ON their dress 10 Indicate theil
calling. As body, they Indignantly relus
ed obedience. saying no power cou;d law.
fully put on them IL mark not borne hy all
citizens And they were right. They car
ried their point, and this ilIso ent attempt Of
tyranny was withdrawn. They asserted sim.
I ply the dignity OF citizenship.
Moreover, lDok at the nature IF these re-
quiremrnts. You must produce your papers
! or tr0 tcitaeseS 10 the fact u your huvng
been admitted citizens. How can any man
expect to have two witnesses of this fact
! present with him at The place of an election ?
! How can he expect To have one? Probably
he Received his paIerS IN some distant State,
can he always keep aud carry with him
wherever he goes body guard Of Two wit
nesses. 10 prove he is Il citizen ufihe United
5 ates? TN The other hand he may have
lett them in some distant place for sale keep
ing Is he, while prospecting these rugged
mountains. to carry them in his hrerchcs.
pockets! Is he like II convict at large. to
produce his ticket of leave whenever an in
sprction OF it is demanded By some little
ninion OF Governmental power! Like slave
TO plulucea written pass from his master?
Is this 10 bea American citizen? luuruwn
oath is not sufficient; the oath of Il free
American citizen Some one may surrest
that an lnpOster might iraudulrntly obtain A
vote in thus way; we answer then. let the
Government detect this crime and convict
the offender. AS it is you nre suspected of
an attempt to commit crime, and then re-
CURED, contrary to every rule Of law, reason
ANA Justice, to pr0ce y0Mr OTH itlOceBce,
In ancient times TO he Roman citizen
was indeed station Of great dignity. and
privilege OF great value, it surrounded its
owner with an almost phere OF respect which
defended him from insult and II punnpy Of
defensive armor which secured him from in
jury In the remoirst provinces Of the en-.
pir, should citizen be bound, or scourg.d
Or Threatened with indienity by even the
hautlest satiapS OF Governmental power,
What did he do? Did Reproduce his p',pers!
Did he call for t,ro tcitaeSSeS, or one witness
or any witness? No! with the MAZE ~ of
u Roman. lie said, II an Il Cttizen 4" and al
those words the tyrant lowered his rod. the
slackles fell from his limbs to the ground
made free by the pressure OF his foot step.
No Government official dared run he risk Of
making Il mistake in this respect One Of
the most effective UratiUns ever delivered by
Cicero. WAS that against Vrlres Questor of
Sicily, who had treated Il, man citizen
with unlawful lndi.nity within his urlsdir
ton. The tyant, frightened at tile ihnnders
launched at him from the Forum. and seeing
the upllte,l hand Of Justice, fled from the
country. Remtmhe also. Saint Paul when
81 zed by tue Roman soliiey and ordered
to bt examined by sc0urging, what di,, he
do! lie remarked to the Centuriau; IL, il
awful 10 sc0ulge man that is Il Roman
and uncundemnedy' "Whrn the Centurion
heard that, he went and told the chief can
tain saying Take heed what thou doest.
Tor this MAN is II Roman" Such were the
privileges Of "a Roman Citizen. aud such
should be the privileges OF American citizens. |
but u has been reserved Tor these days Of
Di"eh hcpuollcull lHlSTult, 10 overt brow tho !
constitution Of the C. untry and degrade the
character oi the citizens.
But what further does this Bill nroyilp ? |
Even should you contrary to allprobabllty,
be able ~ produce your papers, or, miracu. |
lously' to bring t,c0 'ritlesses, it IS still in |
the power Of tins Board to reject YOU. In
I his case the bill maguninuusy provides
that il you leel agrievrd you can appeal to
the District Court. Y,s. You may nppral
from the Black Republican Board to Judge
Cu'nnliS. Cod save the mark this would
. II he even app ing from Pailip drank, to
Philip, sober; who has ever known him To
decide anything even remotely bearing upon
his party. except in strict Conformity 10 the
interests thereof? Besides, who has a irht
To make you undergo the yryation and tx
pense OF ii law suit? Even If you submitted
10 all this, the election wuuId he mast b.lOr.
you could get IL decision; and the same thing
Will he renewed at each succeeding election.
No, this is Unconstitutional. and unjust:
It is an act ii gross tyranny Win you then.
lend your appreciation and support to such
II party! 1t may he urged that We do not as
yet h"ow that the Bill has passed Aye!
but We do know that it DM pass. 1t has