The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-06-29
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Mr.. htchs argument on the new natural
i1ssaes-hiRrS0g Pendins in coaEress, Eas
an eloquent and able effort; but the views
pUseisd .ttn. 90 much is~AliGnee With
thoss which have been vehemently advocated
bGN0 -lSadin9 sped1ers and writer's Of Mr.
Fiteh's party during the past two Jent=. that
il sounds very much like the devil quoting
scripture; We are forced to look for the real
source Of this outpouring in other than the
objections to the Chinese, which have the
most prominent place in hisargument. Those
objections were the '-giittering generaiities';
which usher in the real motive for this extra
ordinary course. These made their ap.
pearance near the close of the speech, fnd-
ing an earnest expression in the following e1-
trsets: q.
tell You. gentlemen, that il you pass this
bill you will strike down the Last hope OF Re
publican representation from the Pacific coast.
Ofthe sixty thousand Republican voters in
the State of Nevada, Oregon. and California,
there are not fifty men In favor Of Chinese
suffrage. and more than thirty thousand of
them would leave the Republican party il it
should enact such . Law as this, because upon
the Republican party must rest the RESPONSE
bility for this bill, as it has the majority upon
this floor
cannot look with com placenc yon the pros
Pect OF Cinnamon In the jury-boI. OF China
men upon the bench. of Cinnamon holding
the county ofhces, and on Cinnamon dictat-
ing to our rulers, who will in many cases be
placed IN their positions by the Chinese votes
which have been purchased. 1 ask my Re
publican friends not to perpetrate this act of
folly. ask them not to perpetrate this out
rage upon the American people. / ask them
not to strike down the last yestige of the Re
publican party on the Pacific coast.
II is the ruin of the Republican party on
the Pacihc coast which las startled Mr.. Fitch
from his seat. It is his own political ruin
which calls out these vigorous e1postulations
No. wonder his tongue waxed warm with
remonstrsnce, and his entreaties for salvation
tremble with earnest warning! That appall-
ing sight Of more than thirty thousand Re-
Publicans leaving their old party, if it should
enact such Law as this" harrows his heart
with agonizing fear and makes his soul leap
10 protesting lips.
has gone by while this struggle has been going
on along these shores, but no word of sympa.
thy has fallen from him to cheer those who
have fought this fight from the beginning.
Onthe contrary. his labors, his speeches, his
synpathies, were interviewer with those who
have endeavored TO crush out this anti Chinese
party. His arm has held high advanced the
banner upon which was emblazoned, THE
fatherhood Of God and the brotherhood Of
man" But Fitch has been contending vain
ly with an instinct Of the Caucasian race-
the instinct OF self-preservation-an instinct
which can never be crushed ont lie now
stands affrighted and aghast before that spiri;
which neither he nor his associates could sub
due. California and Oregon are gone. and
Nevada is left alone. Well may Mr.. Fitch
tremble before the avenging arm of this po-
ltical Azrael. ..-..
Had our representative eIerted some Of his
industrious eloquence toward shaping public
opinion in Con ress and in his own State, when
he could have done some good, possibly he
might have been spared the humiliating atti-
tude Of beggar at tho door Of his own polit-
ical household. We should not have seen the
piteous spectacle Of our representative on his
knees. in Washington, humbly imploring
his own friends mot TO strike down the
last vestige Of the Republican party on the
Pacific coast"
Mr.. Fitch is too late. The new naturaliza-
ton bill, though temporarily beaten. is not
killed. It sleeps in committee. and when the
Fall elections have been tided over, il will
come up the stronger for it's slumbers, and
certain Of ultimate triumph. I
The sudden conversion of Mr.. Fitch NAV
be sincere but he can well afford to pardon
his constituents if they place little conf
dence in it. They have no more reason for
trusting Fitch on tho Chinese question than
they had on negro suffrage. He will even
tunlly go With the party on this question,
ss he did on that. He declares his intention
to adhere to the Radical party-an organize.
ton which has again aud again declared thai
its foundation is fixed in that eternal princi.
pie OF the Declaration of Independence af.
hrming all men to be equal, aud alike entitled
to life, liberty and tho pursuit of happiness
The Chicago Convention authoritatively AN,
nounced this position and General Grant with
equal emphasis declared, in his proclamation
respecting the Fifteenth Amendment, his in,
teation TO bring his administration In com.
plete harmony with the Declaration. Dir.
Fitch cannot maintain his position against
the Chinese without forfeiting his connec,
ton with his party, and with the Administrs.
tion.
Congress and the Administration will moi
go backward. at this late day. The Radical
party is already lost on the Pacific coast be-