The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-29
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

SANS
sence of pending elections, and hor-
rors are daily painted to keepthe minds
of the masses inflamed, it behooves
thinking men to stop and think So
berlv. Honest men, being misled by
the oft-repeated stories of ku kluN
barbarities, will consent and perhaps
tacitly approve the action of the Re
publican party in passing the force
bill; fools will approve it without
Neutrality-suspicious. being able to COM
prehend the consequences. and IN the
bitterness of their malignant hearts
would approve, whatever h ultimate
consequences to themselves, so that
they may laugh for a time at the cal
amity which first overtakes their pO-
litical foes. This calamity-thiS sur
render of all civil government to the
military, to the President, to the
whims of Il single iudividual-must
of necessity overtake us all. True. 1t
may serve to put a few Republican
carpet baggers and negroes lnfo office
in the Southern States, and it may
even be the means of accomplishing
that for which it was intended, the
election of a Republican President IN
1872; but is there a sensible, thought
full man, a true American, in the Re
publican party who would knowingly
and willingly surrender his liberties
for the sake, for the mere pride, OF
seeing his party" succeed? The his
tory of negro suffrage is a familiar
illustration of the subtlety of Repub-
lican leaders. At first it was adopted
as a sspunishment for the rebels and as
a weapon of defense in the hands OF
the loval Blacks and the Republican
party cried '.bravO!' and chucEled
+ with v~en-eful glee over the humiliat-
ING punishment they had inflicted
upon those who were not then enc
, mics in arms, but merely and only
partly political opponents. Who are
..punished and humiliated' by negro
suffrage now? The recklesSness OF
Republican legislation is proverhial,
and has spread decentralization broad
cast among the people. Assert thai
Congress cannot pass a law di.crlnl-
Mating against one State or section and
in favor of another, nor pass any Act
which would be in 1lagrant violation
of the Constitution and common law,
and half a dozen Republican zealo;s
who hare 10 thought or care, or hops
or home. or God or Heaven beyont
their party and its leaders, and Wh'
are utterly blinded alike to their du
= lies and their rights as citizens by {
: baleful partisan bIgotry, will answer
YES: YOU said Congress could not pu
down the rebellion, nor reconStruc
= the South, nor e~nfra1chiSe the regroe
/, but it die doall thesethings, and III
Republican party and Congress can d.
anvthing.r And this is all The though
thew give the matter. AnC this, too
when the Republican party is fas
sappirg the foundations OF all tina
makes Liberty what It's name implies
when the right of trial by jury ha'
lust been swept away or placed at III
discretion OF one man. This force, o
so-called Ku kluN bill, applies Il
every State in the Union alike. sup
n pose a Democratic President shoui'
be elected in ~I872-which is more thai
= Observation-Disclosures, just precedini
an election, any crime above the dig
IS rftv of assault and battery is commit
lie ted in Republican State, he can throw
the State under military rule, without
1t even consulting the State authorities
al and prevent any election being held
u The Car of Russia, the Queen CT Ing
tand nor the King of Spain has II
more arbitrary power than this
And every Republican ballot depoa
: tied in the ballot box for any candi
O. date from a county officer to Presidei
will indorSe the passage of this lay
N for the subverSion of liberty and en-
- courage the Republican party to tax
of another step forward III the sam
lie downward road to despotisr-just a
the Endorsement Of negro suffrage i
u the South encouraged that party I
force equality upon the loyal people {
o. the North.
lIIsING FOR LIRERTY.-A dispatc