The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-11-13
THE ELKO INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER "a. 1880.
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When the Humboldt Register was launched
underitspresent management, at winnemucca,
we were led to believe, from its opening cho-
rus. that the large and increasing element
among our people. who favor female suffrage,
was 10 have at least one representative organ
in the State to advance their peculiar views;
bat in this pleasing anticipation we find we
are doomed to. grievous disappointment, as
will appear by the following extract from the
Register Of last Saturday:
"OUR PosrrIos.-we are in receipt of sew
eral letters this week asking us how we stand
on the suffrage question. That none may be
mistaken on this point, we state that Judging
from the general result of elections for the last
eight years, we are of opinion that more have
the ballot now than know how to use il well.
We have been, and are now, opposed to the
exclusion OF the elective franchise. But IL the
Fifteenth Amendment becomes part Of the
Constitution of the United States, the columns
ofthe Register will not only he open for the
discussion OF female suffrage, as it snow, but
we will advocate it, go for it, and vote for it,
and aid 1t by every possible means in our
power, in the State of Nevada
We were not alone in the mistaken impress
sion that the Register, with the gtllantry of
knight-errant of the olden time, was to stand
forth as n dauntless champion and defender
Of the down-trodden and defenseless of our
race, as we find that Ct. Washington Fox, q
courtly and chivalrous defender OF the weak,
came speedily forward and donated to the
Register the munifcent sum of $3.50, to aid in
the good work. If the above are the real
sentiments of the Register, and the cause of
female suffrage is to be crowded back and held
in allegiance until all the niggers, China
men, and Piutes are enfranchised with the
sanction of that paper, then we submit that
fair dealing, and honesty of purpose, demands
that the $3.50 contributed by g. Washington
Fox, in aid Of the cause, be speedily returned to
him, that he may have an opportunity to
invest it where it will promote the interests
of the cause he has so much ut heart. Now,
if Mr.. Fox will send that sum of money to
this paper to defend the rights of prosecuted
femininity, We will float ''crinoline and back
hair at our masthead from this time till the
ides of November, 1870, when we may conf
IDENTIFY expect the victory will be won, and fe-
males will be females no longer. Now, Boni-
field, if you have made up Your mind to go
back on female suffrage until niggers and
Cinnamon vote, please send us up that $3.50,
and we will engage to make "Romd howl,
and send double-shotted broadside, a regu-
lar fore-and-after, into the Chinese-nigger-
worshiping organs of Radicalism that whine
piteously over the wrongs of the inferior races
and clamor loudly for the Acknowledgement of
all men, that they may enjoy those natural
rights. As for ourselves, we want female suf-
frage fifty years in advance of Chinese and
niger suffrage. We honestly believe that il il
is postponed until the negroes and Chinese
are enfranchised, il will never come, as the
males of those classes will be its most deter
mined foes. The Chinese are n polygamous
race, who deny to their females even civil
equality; while the African is n barbarous,
MISUNDERSTANDING race, which will never con-
sent to give females equal political power
with themselves. We therefore believe that
the advocates of female suffrage should have
an organ in this State, and we would consent
to espouse their cause provided we were made
the recipients of their substantial bounty, but
will reserve the right of making the fight in
our own way, which will be to insist on female
suffrage before niger and Chinese on
reimbursement. If the ballot is q natural
right, then it belongs to the female as we'll as
the male, and justice should begin in our own
household, by according to those of our own
race and blood the privileges to which they
are justly entitled but if it is not natural
right, and is to be bestowed merely as
boon, then we say, let charity begin at home;
let us provide for our own household before
we invite strangers to partake Of our hospital
ity. If these sentiments suit brother Fox
and the champions of the good cahse, and we
are permitted to assail manhood suffrage
while we aid female suffrage, send us your
coin and we will make your fight in the most
gallant style; but not otherwise.
The Southern Coast.