The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-09-14
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When the vital spark ofimmortality 10 about
to sever its connection with the frail tenemen,
Of clay and wing its way to celestial
worlds beyond the akics. il flames up at in
tervals with an evanescent glow. which. to the
inexperienced watcher. gives promise Of q
speedy return to healthy and vigorous man.
hood, but to the experienced eye these are
the certain signs Of approaching dissolution.
The downfall, dissolution and death Of POI
htical parties, may be judged by the same
unerring signs Of decay when dictated within
the organic body of political organization.
A short time before the adjournment of the
last Congress. both the friends and enemies
of the Republican party in this State con-
cluded that it was PROSTATE upon a dying bed.
with death-rattle in its throat, and that the
most desperate remedies were required to
prolong its life beyond the ides of November
To prolong, il possible, its worthless life be-
yond the chilling winds Of Autumn, it was
determined by those having charge of the
sinking patient, to infuse into its veins n little
invigorating Democratic blood, which, it Was
thought, would accomplish that much desired
result. Tom. Fitch, from his seat in the
House Of Representatives, sounded the key
note, and all the little editorial chickens
throughout the State joined in the chorus, to
swell the popular and happy refrain. This"
said Fitch, lis a white mans country. and
am for the white race against all the dark
skinned pagan races of the East" and Forbes,
and Mighels, and Butler. shouted amen. BY
this infusion of Democratic vitality into the
decayiRg and putrid corpse of Radicalism, it
was thought that its life might be protracted
ut least until after the next election. A tenn
porary and itful flame Of life was kindled, but
it was found to be too late to save the patient:
the virus Of manhood equality had done its
fatal work, and the incubation of white blood
came too late, and a change of base has been
decreed. silence like the stiffness Of death
now broods over the organs of the party in
this State. Whether the Republicans of Ne
vada are for Chinese immigration or against
Chinese immigration; whether they are for
Chinese suffrage or against Chinese suffrage,
no man knoweth and no man can tell. But
q little more than n month ago, the Radical
organs and orators Of this State were claiming
to be neck and neck with the Democracy in
the race to protect the white laboring men of
this coast against the pagan horde that dark
ems the west; but to-day their voices are stilled
in silence, and the Democracy are left to
make the uneven fight alone. That the Re-
publican party believes itself to be in the
throes Of death, there is no doubt. or the
anxious watchers would never have thought
OF resorting to the desperate and forlorn hope
OF perpetuAting its life by such unnatural
means. The intelligent masses of the people,
however, soon detected the hollowness of
their despairing cry, which sounded strangely
to Republican ears, and turned away with
loathing and disgust from leaders who, to
gain temporary lease of power, would aban-
don the cherished principles of lifetime on
which they rose to power, and which lies at
the foundation of their faith.