Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21
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finder this headtng we lind the fol-
lowing earnest article In the New York
Tribune. 1t refers, as our readers Will
perceive, to the President pro tenn OF the
United States Senate. Hon. t?) Matt
Carpenter. OF Wisconsin, one Of the
last apologists Of the salary gHab. Dir.
Carpenter was recently refused admls-
sion at a prominent hotel in New
York city. md aiterward at Long
Branch. By reading the following
the cause o. such refusals will perhaps
be understood:
We are not In the midst Of a hot
campaign. aud as there Is ~ reason
for attacking private character or re.
falling political scandal or seaside
gossip, so there Il no excuse for sup.
pressing the truth when Its publication
Is needed, aud no pretext for attribut-
ing It to ~partlsanship or prejudice.
| Distinguished public men,. Representa-.
| lives and Senators In Congress, have
| had tue effrontery to stand up In Con-
| yress, aud before their constituents.
| and undertake TO defend as Shameless
a breach Of public trrst rs ever was
thrust In the face Of q decen. people,
and Instead Of a hot outburSt Of indiY.
uant dsnunclstlon. there has been only
a sort OF sicS-at-the-ttomaeli turning
away from the low.fiunX ~self-Seeklng
gany-rascalities have been developed
In ali departments Of the Government
that should keep our prisons more
than full were Justice done-legi-ia.
ton has been bought aud sold. aud
corporations have Ia the most deliber-
ate and unblushing manner bought
seats In the Senate for their retained
attorneys-the legislature has becomG
u market.place. aud the polls All arena
for violence or bribery We settle
down to our lower standards Of moral
ity. our deba,ing tendencies aud con
stantly dsteriorating moral sense will
compliment vslmuess ~ 10 tho natural
aud Inevitable.
How far shall we let this numbness
OF perception. this utter deadness TO all
seuss OF shame, carry US? Granted
i kIlNb III kLlu aCtICthCoS W ~ S
getting passion We may put conscience
on. OF court entirely. and sacrifice
everything to the main chance-.lall
we atop at that? Or arc We to have
sitting ut our heartis as household
gods AL shalnss aud crimes? Tho last
great scandal. touched lightly BY The
press but bruited everyM here now, IL
not OF avarice aud greed. but OF intein
perance and lu,t. Open, public. oraze'i,
Haunted In the faces Of decent wives
aid mothers, and Of pure daughters
and sisters. q shame. foul-fronted,
sickenlng. beastly. Between the sen
sual got, OF brilliant intellect but vile
associations and deprayed habits, who
so lately set himself and paramour OH
public exhibition In this city and u,
Long Brsnrh-betwren him and Tie
Presidency OF the United States are
but two live,.snd n OF them OF irallest
tenure. Il the nation druaken TINT l;
sees this large di.grace paradei u"dei
itI very eyes. and takes into Its noStriii
the stencil Of the osense, and makes
no sign o: nausea! lIas dead aud
buried decency no resurrection? Who
and where Is the clear thinking states
man-uo, not statesman. coinlnsii maj
every day min-hard listed, rough
aud hearty. but honest way down. true
to wife and family and his " man
hood. who will roll away the ston.
from ths sepulclier Of public virtue
The tlme calls out for him. III,
country waits his comlng. 4 nation
bowed down with the shame brought
OIL 1t By It's trusted servants. with IT.
face IN the dust, pays In It's anguish
tor some CONFUSION that shall rctt
the heaven. aud purity the air.
Aud tho United States Senate-whai
Is It's duty: Has It any seif-rc-pee; left