Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-07-08
B SENTIMENT.

II the American people are the sub
jecss of misrule and oppression to-day,
It Is mainly their own fault, and the
cure Is already being attempted. The
evils which menace the citizens Of this
country will not much longer be found
in the corruptions of municipal or ma
tional rule. The reign Of rings Is fast
being ended; their hold upon the PEG.
pie Is broken; ; their empire Is already
t%ottering to its fall. New organiza-
tons which are attempted to be formed,
II doubts are entertained by the people
Of the honesty Of their leaders, find up
hill work, while those engineered By
and operated in the interests Of the
masses, step forth new born, but with
a full strength and vigorous lite un-
known to the old. This Is particularly
noticeable In the so-cslled farmers
movement Of the great Mississippi Val
ley.
Public sentiment is rapidly becom-
ing healthy. No iniquity is made
known but is swiftly condemned no
wrong done to tho public but there
speedily comes a demand that it shall
be righted. Those who have for years
g,utted themselves and enriched their
friends at the expense Of long suffer-
Ing people, sit now shaking in their
official seats, or are arraigned before
the bar Of an outraged public opinion.
The Credit Mobilier and back salary
frauds have been condemned, as with
one voice, by the whole land. The
guilty agents and tools Of the one, and
the di,honorable supporters and recip-
tents Of the other, are retiring surely
into deserved contempt and oblivion.
The people have sat long enough in
apathy under mlsrule, and all over the
land are aroused to the fact that the
remedy Is In their own hands and
should be used. The recent result
in Illinois, although to be con-
demned IS establishing a most
dangerous precedent, clearly proves
that In the future the people OF that
State have resolved on selfprotection,
and to use the power inherent in the
aggregate citizen population under the
Constitution. We are glad to see this
awakening on the part Of the people.
1t may, in its first stages, leap over the
line Of good government and enact
some things unwiSely, but in the near
future it will return to legitimate chan
nels, and good to the nation be evolved.
The interest of each citizen In the
Government Il the basis Of national ex-
istence, and anything, even license, Is
better than apathy among republican
freemen. For license, there Is a rem
edy but from stolid Indifference, un-
der outrage and abuse, nothing but
slavery for the masses and honors for
their oppressors will be born. The
good elements In society and govern
ment are, just now, full Of we'll
grounded hope and promise. The
moral sense Of the people, everywhere,
seems awakened to the necessity Of a
vigorous revolt against the shackles in
which corrupt, ambitious leaders have
bound the administration Of justice
and its rightful protection Of the clti-
zen. We believe that this evident in.
crease Of interest on the part Of each
elector will continue, ard are firmly
impressed With the conviction that a
day when better men shall occupy the
high places Of the nation. latterly so
wofully detiled by imbeciles and
knaves, Is not far In the future to make
its welcome and most needful appear
ance. There are Websters and Clays
in the nation to-day. There are Madi-
sons and Jeffersons aud Franklins.
There are patriotic Henrys aud sound
minded Adamses, but their protests
have long been unheeded and their
voices of warning drowned by the rab-
bic which has now nearly run Its race
In the political history Of the nation.
Better times seem near at hand and
that better men will soon control
Americas policy and deal justly by
her citizens, Is our strong conviction
u most earnest hope.