The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-08-20
THE ELKO INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY. IUcIsr 20. 1870.
10. Rsreill. 90 Fiteh., sr.,eh


The Reese River Reveille vaTEly spproves
Mr. Fitch's late speech At Austin on al qaes-
lions OF finance. reconstruction. railrcads, tax.
alton. etc, but sharply criticises the speaker
for the position he has lately taken on the
Chinese matter. The Reveille accuses oGr
representative CT stultiicet0rs of '.Ge-
serting the principles upon which the party
was built. and which have made it what il is -
The Reveille stands by the ancient doctrines
Of the Republican party. II can find no ex-
euse for " trimming and ehoPpiEs. and pro-
eeeds TO denounce the entire theory upon which
Fitch has erected his trembling. coSsrdly ar
gument, by denying that the Chinese interfere
with white labor. and ridiculing the idea OF
erecting wall against the Chinese after - we
have forced them IL contact with us" The
Reyeille says:
Mr.. Fitch treated all OF his subjects, with
the exception OF one, III true Republican style,
and the account Of his stewardship be gave TO
the people was satisfactory. But III this mat
ter of Chinese citizenship Mr.. Fitch il not iH
keeping Nth The principles upon uhicA The Re
publican party has t<sEi bait nor his OrH past
TScord. Many of his audience last night re-
member hearing mis- eloquent voice. d few
short years since, II advocacy of the rights of
all men and the pOlitica! freedom to ali races
he was AS eloquent then IL the defense Of the
weak and oppressed As he was caUStic last nigh
when speaking OF Cinnamon. Mr. Fitch saws
that there Is but small fraction of the Repub-
ican party which clings 10 the abstract prin-
ciples of freedom and equality for all men
This Is a singular statement for him to make
and is tantamOunt TO "A declaration that the
party has deserted the principles upon which it
was built and which have made Il lrtdt Il is
We protest against this. No party can afford
10 do II and HUs. All the talk about the evils
OF Chinese Immigration in which Mr.. Fitch
INDUCED last night Is simply qualification.
No amount of sophistry will make Us believe
that Alr. Fitch has made any late discovery In
this Chinese question which could make him
abandon his party and join the ranks of the
DemocrIts-fOr sueer at Democracy as YOU
will, that portion of Mr.. Fitch's speech could
not have been beaten for orthodox Democratic
doctrine by any Democratic speaker on the
coast. The applause OF the Democratic pOr-
ton OF the audience WAS proof enough OF this
Why this trimming and choDpEga Is not
John Ghinaman the saue individual to-day
that he Was few yeara ago, when AIR. Fitch =
voice waxed eloquent IN his defense:
We have already gwen our views on this
question and therefore will not reiterate them
here. They are the Same We have steadily adj
yOcated since the establishment OF the Rev
ellie, and We have not Yet seen any cause to
change them. The statement that their labor
interferes with white labor is afallacy; China
men follow occupations which white men will
not follow, and If Mr. Fitch wanted to hire a
Chinese cook in Austin to-day he would find
that he would have 10 pay him from $50 10 : "a
per month. which shows that the labor market
is not oyerstOcked with Cinnamon. Besides
all this talk of prohibiting Cinnamon from
coming here is diuuiyus; our treaties with
China, which, in this respect, do not differ
from those Of other civilized countries, give
Chluamen AS good - right TO come here as Ger
mans or Irishmen. and We should make our
selves the lauShing-stoek Of the civilized world
were we TO erect a wall against the Chinese at
the very time when lrs have compelled them
to lower theirs and forced them into contact
loih US.
mo party can afford to do it and live -
The Reveille has caught the real inspiration
Of parties, the political philosophy which I'M
derlies oil partisan warfare. No body Of men
can spend years educating its adhcrcnts into
any particular form Of thought, prejudice OF
belief and then suddenly abandon those prin.
ciples, turn tail on itself. and lead the nasses
into war against their own creed. "No
party can afford TO do il and live" 1t is sui.
eide. The unprincipled office hunters who
are attempting this will run the Republican
party into the ground in trying to IN 1t for
their purely selfish purpose. Strong as prin-
ciple may be there is something stronger still.
1t is the instinct of men which concentrates
them into parties. Weaken that cohesive ele.
ment and the decentralization which follows is
the prelude Of certain and speedy dissolution
California has only antedated Nevada in this
regard. No man Of any seIf.respcc; can long
continue to entertain a lively interest in the
fortunes of party that has no self-respect.
The ties, once so powerful, gradually weaken,
the morale of the organization is DESTROYED,
its backbone broken. The political profit.
gates who arc prostitutinG the Republican par.
ty will soon present us with another exempli.
fcation of the Roveilles warning
The DEDATE.-Dr. Newman and Elder
Pratt have had their set.to about polygamv.