Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-07-11
VOTES

the Republic, by certain Radical papers
and speakers, in reference to the ques-
ton Of extending the right Of suffrage.
They will affirm and deny in one breath,
on main points involved. For instance /:
They will say, 10 substance, that they
are 10 favor of Universal suffrage, aud
when the charge is brought: $50 and
so is in favor of comforting the franchise
upon Cinnamon and negroes, by a Fed
eral law, they will exclaim: The Union
party has not yet adopted a platform
Involving any such proposition. Or,
they will turn Oft with saying that the
Chinese are " not citizens" All this
is subterfuge, and is thus accounted for:
These Radicals are themselves in favor
Of giving the vote to the Cinnamon and
negro, BY a Federal law ; but they know
that the people on this coast are, by an
immense majority, opposed to any such
movement; and furthermore, they are
aware, that in the absence Of any Fed
eral law, OF the character described, the
people or this oast will not, by State
Constitutional amendment, admit ne
groes and Celestisls to the ranks Of
voters. They do hope that a Federal
law, e~nfranchisiug irrespective of
race or color" will be passed for they
know that an amendment to the Federal
Constitution directing such enfranchise-
ment could not be advocated in this
State by any politician, with u chance
for his personal success. Now then,
what these Radical demagogues want
Of this negro aud Asiatic franchise is
a large class Of new made voters who
will be easily handled for the aggran-
dizement Of the g-r-r-eat liberalists.
Pass a Federal law enfranchising IRE
spective ofrace and color" and next year
Nevada will be absolutely ruled by the
Dutch Flat Railroad Company, through
their ~bulk-voting employees. Do you sup
pose for one moment, that with a Federal
en~frauchising law Of the irrespective"
reading, passed and ready for enforce
ment, and the Railroad Company here
with ten thousand Mongoliau or negro
employees, the Company will not ''vote
them" to the last individual? They
will drive up the ignorant humans to
the polls like so many dumb cattle.
Has not everything in the history Of that
Company in California given plain and
uumistakable assurance that they will
stop shor. Of no means in inscriptions
ness to compass their m~ouopolizing
ends and aims? Why, then, will they
not take advantage Of a law eufranchis.
ing irrespective Of race and color" to
employ Judge Baldwin's Cour, time for
months before election in making
q" citizens" Of Mongolians? Tha,
would be Legitimate" and far more
honorable in all respects than their
primary mau9uvers in California. This
is speaking to one practical future; it is
setting, in a degree, to one side the
general consideration Of the wrong alb
soluse 10 enfranchising, in this country,
the inferior races who come among US.
We are con6deu, that many people
who have been hurrahed into subscrib-
ing for Radical enfranchising doctrines
will become cery sick Of their advocates,
il ever they witness their etfec, in prac-
tice. Yet we do heartily respect a per-
sou, a, one sincere, who comes out plain
" and says: "Yes, I AN in favor Of
negroes and Cinnamon voting, sitting
on juries, and having al entire political
equality With the Caucasian" But
these ,rumpeters of Radicalism who
blow hot and cold, who even cry Uni
Tersal suffrage, and then deny, when
brought up in their w State, that it
includes the enfranchisement Of
the Mongolian-these creatures are
thoroughly despicable. They have good
reason to expect that intelligent, self
respecting people will never advance
their political interests, and so they
plot for securing places as subservient
tools Of monopolists who are to vote them
through, if possible, BY their herds OF
ignorant employees, belonging to the in
ferior tribes Of humanity.