The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-14
MORE RADICAL STEALING.

a thievlng official is nearly always
dead sure to be of the Radical persua-
sion. The philosophy of this singular
phenomenon is explained by a knowl-
edge of the perniciOus and banetul
teachings of the men i'll high places i'll
that party who hold in contempt the
obligations of the written law and
deny the Sanctity of an official oath.
Said the Sainted Stanton, whose nom
ory is enehrined in all loyal hearts,
"whenever You hear Il man prating
about the Constitution, spot him. as he
is a traitor to his country lie who
pretcnd> that we are acting within the
Constitution is either a knaVc or 4
fool" said the immortal Thad Stevens.
whose name is treasured in memory'$
sacred urn by all the loyal hosts Of
this great nation. In cOnte>>ing that
he was acting outside Of the Contistu-
ton. one OF these detunct patriots was
c~onfeSSing that he was a periured viii
lain. as he had sworn to protect and
defend that Instrument; and the other,
in charging that any man who would
invoke the Constitution of his country
as a guide for his action in n given
case, was a traitor, showed his utter
contempt for the obligations imposed
upon the citizen by the fundamental
law of the land. Neither oath>, Con-
S.itutions nor statute laws have any
binding effect on the actions OF the
Radical leaders. as in their political
philosophy there is a higher law above
the written law of the land which
every man is at libertvto interpret for
himself. Not so, however, with the
Democratic party. Whenever You
find a man who cheri>Ees Democratic
principles. there will be found a man
who has a deepreverence torthc forms
of law and a profound appreciation of
the solemn and ~inyiolable obligations
of an oath. This reverence for the law
of the country, both fundamental and
has a powerful influence on
the minds of Democratic officials, and
tends i'll Il large degree to promote in
te2rltN ana honesty o.! purpose among
them. and hence we seldom hear OF a
official becoming an official
robber. We started out, however in
this article TO call attention to a little
case of official yillaiuy in this STATE.
,.L .,I ~ H., an.
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Independent OF last saturday, Ill
which two Radica! county officials,
.r H. , ,L.i x
laiieu 10 pay over t''"'!n i'tp!ic ilIoil-
ey> III their hands. ~ by law they were
required TO do.
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THAI COUNTY, ""i'H ~ inc way l. i'ttii-
ocratic. having suspicious thai all was
not rirhr. in January last aupoiutcd n
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ascertain NileiheF lhclr suspicious
were well founded. After Speaking III
hl"l terms OF praise OF those whose
Were III 4 satisfactory coadl
ton. the independent says:
While we are gratitied 10 find the
"poH oi4i,Id'> were H"t - me u"'i'S
,ha, in tvn thcr mems Of our
county government-the Offices Of As
and ii>tflct Attorney Tor lN'!'
Inv nn tr"."i h.rnnI'"""
to the county. And here we viii saw.
nat an officer WI" VIII ~etilpt>zit puo-
M inI,,oo ,in Lirh tr,N, ,annsnJ in
him. and should not ONLY he punished
As amy other criminal. hut should
"S''h iTctiNG tt'No '" fo"e'
~ ,Iu-a h ,o,tiInnca Of the nuhIir
The report shows that the accounts
OF the Assessor for 1869 and 1870 are
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