Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-20
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Carson, January 10, 1sl

CARSON, January 10, 1873.
EDITOR NEWS: The Jefferson Bricks
who preside over the columns Of the
Appeal and Enterprise retort that the
opponents o their master patron, Jones,
have nothing but abuse for that most
cleanly OF modern patriots and would
be statesman. l am reminded Of a
somewhat similar case Of election
scandal, as treated Of by the celebrated
letter writer. "Junius." I will quote
three texts from that highly respecta-
BILE authority, and add o few comments
for the entertainment of your readers
on the eve of the Senatorial election
announced for next Tuesday:
"The minister who, by 3 secret corruption,
invades the freedom Of elections, and the rut1an
who, BY open violence, destroys that freedom,
are embarked In the same bottom; they have
the same interests, and mutually FEEL Tor eacn
other. Have not the nrst right, OF the people,
| openly invaded. and tho very namc OF an election
made ridiculous
Are not these ancient questions and
| statement of the great "Junius" most
applicable and unanswerable as to the
condition Of j. P. Jones with respect
to his canvass for U. s. Senator, hrst
and last?
The author also refers to the Messrs.
Brick of that day, in these words:
"TheD Duke OF Grsfton's friends not finding 1t
convenient to enter Into a contest with Junius,
are now reduced to the last melancholy resource
Of defeated argument, the nat, general charge
thall leave II to the critics. The truth OF MS
facts 10 Of more importance to the public"
Does the yeriest hoodlum In Nevada
deny that corruption Of all sorts has
been the secret OF success so FAR OF
the Senatorial campaign by Jones q
Co.? Has this not been openly re-
marked by some OF his Legislative sup
porters, since the assemblage ut Car
son {; and particularly with reference
to the caucus? They are astonished
and aggrieved that It Is so, and yet
they feel instructed by "the people"
TO vote for this man for the next high
est office In the land an office Of six
years tenure-two years longer than
that of the President. They feel now
that the caucus was a gag and forced
arrangement ; rushed to q hasty con-
clusiou by whisky and the overwhelIn-
ming pressure of numbers of the sort
known rs "strikers," many Of whom
were foreign to the State, and all more
or less armed with deadly weapons for
any emergency. There Is not the
shadow of a doubt Of this, and al
together, this Jones canvass Is the
great scandal of the age in Its way.
There was no more use Of conducting
the campaign as he did, than for his
editorial strikers to insist that 1t Is q
"victory before the people," After
Sharon withdrew. the contest was no
longer of necessity q monied one.
The field was open to Jones to make
the rifle us decently rs the best OF
modern campaigns are conducted. But
no ; our would-be English.born-Amer-
lean Duke of Grafton must lead his
Barbary coast crowd up into the Legis-
latiye halls and give them a seat along
side the respective speakers. Irish
Charley" IL the bottle.holder and chief
manager at Carson. aud we must natu-
rally look for him as j. P.'s First
man" at the National Capital.
1t is most amusing to read the full.
some "~personals" OF "the coming
man." by his several editorial Bricks.
but the tawdry rhetoric Of the j. 3. Of
the appeal, Is enough to cause the
bones of the author Of American
Notes" aud Martin Chuzzlewit' to
turn over In their graves. don't
think we live in an age Of miracles,
when the casting out Of devils by the
wholesale IL possible; and hence I
don't expect much of "the coming
man." but let US watch, and pray that
he may turn a new leaf aud never
again n~eedlessly put himself under the
ban of q "bilI to prevent bribery"
etc., as now pending in the Legislature
assembled chiefly to elect him Senator.
This Is the sincere wish of your most
charitable FERGUSON.