The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-05-18
How the fin.eath Amendment i.,o b. Enforced

| How the Finee.th Amendment isto be Enforced
Some OF our Nevada Radicals will probably
have better comprehension of the real mean
ing Of the fifteenth Amendment which they
we're in such haste to ratIfy, when they read
Senator Summers bill for the enforcement of
that amendment. This measure. now pending
/ in the Senate. calls for the admission of ne
| groes into all the public schools of the coun-
try, into all hotels, restaurants theaters rail-
road cars, steamboats,, and in a word, every
where that a white person is entitled to 60.
How beautifully the dress circles Of our fashion
able theaters will look when adorned With the
sable eolors of kitchen wenches, sandwiched
between our wives and daughters. aud what
keen appetite our fastidious Radicals will have
when a healthy buck negro or two takes
seat opposite him at the table, Ladies' sleep
ing cars on the railroads will be made pleas
ant resorts when the lady closes her ewes and
sinks into repose amidst the balny aroma. ex-
hailed from sheets a few hours before filed
by filthy wench. 1t will be pleasant too. to
see cur children at school seated in affection
ate accord with the young scions Of African
lineage, inhalinS each others loving breath
over the same book, aud acquiring a perfect
social and personal equality among the EARL.
est lessons of life! If these children do not
learn to consider themselves las good as a
Niger it will certainly be no faux of theirs;
and if they continue and consumnIate their
intimacy in later life, it Will be ro fault Of the
Fifteenth Amendment.
This bill is for the enforcement Of the Fiji
ts.7tth amendment. How proud our Radical
friends must be Of their great and crown
ing measure, What "a climax Of Republican
ism is this? What strange blindness is il
tina; leads apparently honest men, to whom
such an act as this Is abhorrent, to follow and
support, year after year, party whose grea,
struggle has been made TO reach such a con-
summation as this: And yet the Republican
party Of the State of Nevada was among the
first in the Union TO rush to the Endorsement,
and defense OF this Fifteenth Amendment
Its representatives in the Legislature could
not even wait for the mail 20 bring a correct.
certified copy of the proposed amendment
The telegraph must lash the copy, and then the
glad and hearty approval. With what sort OF
a face will the Radical party Of Nevada come
before the people this year for further in
Amendment must be their platform. They
ratified tue amendment and they have .. Ia;-
lfy its consequences. There is no lodging:
there Is no going back on that amendment.
1t has passed beyond their jurisdiction; there
is no recall, even II they would
And this Radical party of Elko county
what scene We shall witness when it Comes
forth out Of the Courthouse next Fall to RAIN
white men to the further Endorsement of the
Fifteenth Amendment anil he biz t. eDfyrcs ity
provisions! We are much mistaken, if they
DO not find scores and hundreds Of men who
have hitherto Faithfully followed the fortunes
Of the Republican party, who under the light Of
this new but official reading Of the real intent
anu meaning Of the Fifteenth Amendment. vii
scout any further connection with uar;v
which fathers such m atrociols attack oa .y-
cry nTtura! iU~tur: Di the white race. The Fiji
teentA Amendment VAS . fFUVi UJrl4 az f-iepIs.
u IFtud IN Its passage, outrage upon IN.
nation. Little by little, the hpncst-!nrIuiur
portion OF those who were dcfraulel into u
a silent or an active Endorsement of the meas
urc, VIII learn what it really means and turn
with loathing aid disgust from a party whose
real platform embraces but two ideas-devis-
ing taxes for white men, and social and politi-
cal places for blacks