Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-11-07
Necessities

The peculiar position in which our govern
ment stands TO day, is such as to render it
a duty of every American citizen to take it
into consideration. After wading through
the bloodshed of civi war, that peace which
we hailed with joy, aud which they told us
was to give strength and prosperity to our
land, brings new dangers to the Republic
We dare not, if We desired, escape the con
fronting problems of the LAY neither can we
stand neutral Or inactive in these dark hours
Of danger. But as men and fair thinkers. put
our shoulders to the wheel in a spirit not
unlike that which gave birth and cherished
as a precious jewel this glorious Republic
We see to-day that the party which placed
in power the Chief Magistrate of the ration,
is now charging him with treason, and even
completely in the plot Of striking down the
only obstacle between him and the Executive
Chair. The whole world stands aghast at
hearing the foul accusations and folly thun
dered in our Hall of Legislation, and with
out enough lirmness and true patriotism to
check its disgraceiul career. Unless the
American people Danish from their minds all
sectional and political prejudiccs, and return
to their old views of ruling thi is government,
w NNhA cbhiNthiHE iuhAt llNldtt lHull HIS
yet been witnessed will be the final result.
1t may be asked if we can cure the evils. lift
off the heavy burden of taxation and build
up the credit Of our nation all of which
help to crush our industry and perseverance
In time. "one ounce Of remedy is worth a
pound Of cure" but the remedy has been de-
layed too long, and the consequences now are,
we will have to resort to the best and most
active means to heal the wounds inflicted up-
on our Nation by men drunken with anxiety
to gain public notoriety and personal inter
est. But while we condemn the errors ofthe
past, let us with zeal, seek to make the ru-
ture prosperous by patient, patriotic efforts
/ to bring back again our government to its
former wisdom, honesty and simplicity. To
accomplish this mighty work, we must fol-
low the examples laid down in that nstru-
ment by the old patriots of &c. 1t never
was their intention to disfranchise one third
of the American people and keep standing
armies guarding over them at an enormous
expense to the governments neither was it
their intention to make the negro equal to
the white. But now we see him having a
voice in the government, and his superior
eXcluded-we also discover that the original
| national debt is held in reserve to permit the
present debts that are incurred daily, to be
paid out of the great revenue which is being
wrung from an over burdcned people. 1.-THE
original national debt was the only obstacle
in the minds of the American people, it could
soon be removed; but that is not all we ask; we
desire the government to legislate out of Office
the thousands who are sucking its liles blood
and restore to there mother position those
States which are now oppressed by the I'M
fairness of the party IN power. Allow them
representation-discharge those harrassing
armies and extend equal taxation over ali,
that is all we desire and then, and not un.
til then, will our once happy government
stand again proud spectacle in the eyes Of
J the world