Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-08-07

This ia now the favorite term with
those who favor manhood suffrage, ire
spective Of race. We have expressed
our belief that the extension Of the
right Of voting to negroes and China
men will result in q rspolting from that
rule, taking form in property qualifca-
tons demanded a s a prerequisite to
registration as q voter. In either case,
rich ~monopolies will rule the country.
But, Impartial suffrage" it will ro-
main for a description, in the occurring
Of the event indicated. An income ola
thousand dollars per year required, or
Eve thousand dollars worth Of property
required as a basis qualifying any per-
son to vote, will be in q law Of "lmpar-
tial Suffrage"
In this connection we quote from an
Eastern journal the following:
eve have not failed to r Jul
countrymen that the real end OF all this
negro equality business wal the enslave-
ment of the whites. The overthrow OF
the natural relations of the races will
and must be followed BY the artificial
distinctions Of class. The men now
pushing negro enfranchisement are, in
fact, the secret enemies Of white suf-
frage. Some Of them have avowed that
they desired the negro vote to oalance
that of our adopted citizens. But as
the experiments upon the popular pa
thence are all received with submission,
one at least, Of the Radical leaders has
spoken u the sentiment of a vast num-
Der of his party. Hon. James Hughes,
of Indiana, is the leading Radical in,
the Legislature Of that State, aud he
declared that he was personally opposed
to e suffrage, but If his party de-
manded it he would 60 it. He then
said
az am opposed to negro suffrage, not
because they are negroes, or are black,
for those are matters Of taste and preju-
dice, but because the right Of suffrage
has already been too much extended and
cheapened in this country. While ! am
opposed to extending the right of suf-
frage to the negroes, I am in favor Of
d~isfrdnehisinS one-hay Of the schite people
in this country. Our fathers committed
a great and fatal mistake in extending
rs they did the right Of suffrage. All
history proves that there is but one in
terest that is conservative and that a
be safely entrusted with the governing
power, and that is the property interest.
When a man is possessed Of property,
be has o stake in the country, and de-
sires a strong and stable government,
and will not endangcr his property by
unwise legislation or by involving the
country in a war. The great object in
our form of government has been the
want of strength and power in the Fed
eral Government.
alt will be impossible to govern this
vast and rapidly increasing country IN
der the operation of unicersdi su6rage.
Our system Of government has been ma
terially changed during the war, and it
| can nep.r be restored to what IL rdS prior
10 the ,cdr. The Constitution is not poTh
the paper upon ohieh it is written. The
FIRST effect of universal suffrage will be
to make the government more nearly APP
proach q pure democracy, but this can
not be long. We will follow the exam
Piles Of other governments. The strife
of factions will go on until ultimately
the Senate or the President will assume
the control, when we shall have a
strong and stable Government. The
British Government is the best govern
ment that ever existed on Gods earth,
and the sooner ours assimilates itself
to that of the British Government, the
bettor it will be for the country. l do
not hesitate to declare, nc matter how
unpopular it may be, that If the negro
race and one-half of the white race had
good masters and mistresses, they
would be much better of, and the gov.
ernment would be safer and stronger"