Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-17

| enact laws for the public good, they are
| chosen that they may advance their own pri
yato ends, crafty personal pique' and gair
netty personal advantages, though at the ex'
pense and to the damage Of the interests Of
he commonwealth Il 1t ottrue that meu
hold high positions In our State which they
have gained by bribery, unblushing and
direct, and that these men hold their posi-.
lions through the influence and that they
NAV advance the interests Of moneyed corpo
rations and wealthy monopoliesi Is il no,
true that TO possess q good moral character
Ia rather 4 disadvantage than any benefit to
him who would gam Office among Us, and
thnt to have had much TO do with politics is
regarded as evidence Of want OF integrity and
destitution OF high moral p~rinciplei Are
these things so or notf II not, Of course all
that I say With reference to them Is pointless,
wrongly directed, and will fail Of any effect.
II they are true, they ought not to be, and I
hear them charged by men who should know
whereof they speak, and who know the force
and meaning Of words. These things have
not been done in q corner, nor are they spo-
ken Of in q whisper, nor by men destitute Of
character and fond Of scandal. And II they
are true, II such statements are well founded,
il is time that the good men of our State should
rally and should present q united front, and
declare that henceforth, by their vote or inau-
ence, they will contribute to the placing OF no
man in official position, whose integrity Is no.
beyond, not question, but suspicion; and
whose moral character is without spot, No
form Of government Is so dependant as 10 o
republic upon the purity and ability Of its Of
fcials; no government can long stand the
strain Of corruption among its councillors,
~ - s1.--
in Ia eSecntiye officers. Il Ia Of little conse-
nrsn.. M Won and me. law abiding c~;t;zcns.
M inve nnr country and onr State. and de.
.;ra ths nsrneinity and nrosneritv a. both. by
that naIty name he Ia called who makes our
wa 20 synnnnd. and annie. them ar ere
nr,o, thsmi II ia on mucb moment 10 us all
~ an honest man he nlaeed In each Of
,hsso no.it;ons. Opr brother's blood while IL
or;.s n Cod calling mon each OF us TO ace TO
!, that =. f,r a. lies IN our mower. our laws
he csrr;ed ont N tbe last letter, without fear
w f.xor aem,nds ns a means TO that end,
,h,, va deIeoate our mower 10 no weak man,
,.hn w;Il nh ns vben most we need him. and
20 No J;shone.t man Who will sell us. and
S;msoif he can oet his nrice. Sec TO il
H., von bs,r mi. 9o;ce, and AZ Won follow
his mute but mighty witness to The throne
~ ,bs no;esty ofSssyen VOW with me. that
vonr fresman's voice and vote shall never
AGAIN he given for an imbecile or a villain.
PA third duty which this awful event makes
nlain. which our brothers blood cries out to
God Ia:
TnE OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT
AMONG US.
Itnov this n a tremendous task. that It's
d.,,;Is ~ ;nnume,,hIe and that moi merely
reformat;on hnt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
~.oc;e,v i, nece,s,rv Here now. The tome of
nnbiic moral. !, low. nnblio oninion. Common
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Iittle. ia satts6ed with little,
and hence receives little in the way Of right
doing: society calls vice by mild names,
marks ns re:pectable. courts and c~aresses
those whose calling. or character. or conduct
would elsewhere he REGARDED as di.reputable.
and would mn, them under ban. makes a
hero of one who is simply a scoundrel; makes
drinking and gambling, and RIGHTEOUSNESS
mere trfaes, not derogstory to the character
of those who practice them, no ban to social
position, or official station, and BY making
profanity and Sabbath breaking 80 common,
goes far TO destroy reverence Tor God, and
respect for His law and commandment.
l regard this murder not at all rs extraordin-
airy; I believe II is tho direct outgrowth and
legitimate result Of depraved public sentiment
and debauched public morals, and I believe
that unless public sentiment be elevated,
and public morals be improved, we shall have
such yisitations more frequently coming, and
more awful. until we tctH understanS and
seek after God-untl zoe tciR amend our con-
duct and discharge our duty-and we are less
excusable here for the present state Of things
than are most communities. Most Of US have
received Christian culture, are the children Of
pious parents, or at least were brought up in
the midst OF religious influences; we have
seen the peaceful. hallowed power which
the Christian religion exerts, we knowiwhat 1t
is to reverence and worship God, and can we
expect that when we set the example Of vic.
lating Gods law, mans law will be held in
much esteem by our interiors in attainment
and position, that when we show that we do
not reverence God, that we or those about us
will long retain much respect for man? We
know too much for that: know that flaw. human
and divine. are connected: that Il ia a danger
Gus thing to habitually violate any law; that
the Legitimate effect Of such violation is TO
break down all distinctions between right
and wrong. and bear away ali barrier, which
would oppose universal s~elfshncss. and
hence universal crime. We know that he
who sowst bc wind. The mild z.nhy the gentle
hreeze .baiI rean The Shiriri2d' the mad
tornado: which. While he with puny arm NAV
trv m st,v or Control. ,hall hear him off 10
min
Bu. vba. shall We do To effect n chang 40
radical and comnletei We can use our In.
Apence for the oood and right. instead Of
quietly sitting and letting Wrong be done
ri,bo1. remop,,ranee. or rebuke. we can ace
~ I, that M v,rr.nt Nv low moral;ty In feel.
inc or act. ia drawn from our charac,ers. our
language or our practice; and we can further
use the pen. the tongue, the life, for the true
and right, and pure. There II no one stem
wh;ch would ,pise ma fsr- 40 so nunb. tn.
v.rds Tho sl.vat;on NJ nnhIic .en6rssnt IN
This S,,ts az
Tup no1So AWAY NTH srspAy r.
And should our men Of business und31f3nd
the importance. the absolute necessity 6fthis
stem. n mipht be taken In a week. fhlre Is
perhaps no one vice which exerts mod Wide
snread and deleterious nm influence upon
nublie morals here. than gambling. What
ronntless WOES has 1. bSouoht upon, our
Slate, To that crimes has 4 led menf We
reaJ ~ tho %cr,,city ~ The Car ~ Ru,s;a.
vbo s.nds men ey;,tv ~ .honoht tslSs. AZ
%nolitieal o@ffenses. 10 work In nc mini of ST.
beria. How many Of our working mn. does
this vice Of Gambling condemn. month after
month. TO labor with the Dick, sSly that
thcv NAV lose their earnings and oo
hack aoain. Had thew kent ayay from IA
gaming table. they miaht have boon inde.
PENDENT nave reaIized their hone. still fondly
rrbcr;.hsd ~ once mors Isyisit;no IN boms
~ .hn;s .S;lShood. ~. Z, 4. ,hss mnst ali
.h,;. ii... ALL. Ss,s.,h ~ s,Y;h for hare
hneh h'ss As..e