Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-16
AWAKE TO THE SITUATION.

ALE. DOTEN, : , Edissr aad Proprietor.
AWAKE TO THE SITUATION.
The Boston Advertiser, from which
we quoted a day or two since, again
speaks out the sentiments Of the bet
ter class Of Republicans and tells the
truth In plain language, at tho same
time giving some sound advice. 10
the d~isgraceful trucking and coward
ly partisan press Of this country.
should much Of the hateful truths
stated By the Advertiser DO attributed.
BY the partisan press we do not mean
those papers, Republican or DEM
ocratic, which affiliate with and sup
port the doctrines OF these organiza-
lions because they sincerely believe
them correct and just. It Is the duty
Of q public journal to first form its
opinions on matters Of moment to the
people and then give all the aid In Its
power to the organization that In It's
opinion most nearly represents and
nj be most safely trusted to carry out
those principles. But the partisan
press to which we alluds Is that which
sets party above principle; men above
measures ; party issues above present
needs; which ignores the demands Of
to-day and relies entirely on the pres
tlge Of the party resultant from pre-
vious honest deeds. We mean those
papers which either refuse to believe
In the existence OF corruption In the
party to which they cling, or being
forced to acknowledge Its existence en-
deavor to cover up the evil doers,, OF
p~alliate the crime. Those journals
which affect to see In the immeasur-
able cheek and sublime audaclty Of
Butlerism nothing but loyalty to Re-
publicanism and u laudable ambition,
which cannot perceive any moral tur-
pitudo in the sale Of a Congressman's.
vote or influence for Credit Mobilier
stock, or In the man who defends both
the vendor OF the stock and the recip-
lent Of the stolen gains; which fall to
sec any wrong in the betrayal Of pop
lar trust by a selfish and ~disgraceiul
robbery Of the Government Treasury.
like the "salary grab" and whose
constant aim Is to defend vlllainy and
asperse virtue and decency. Those
papers which stlgmatize As pharisees
all who favor reform, and object
to corruption ; which say that loyalty
to party aud partisan leaders Is above
fidelity to principle and Reputation
Of misdeeds, and whose supreme cf-
forts are and have ever been to pro-
long the rule Of plunderers, rather
than to benefit the people and perpet-
uate the existence Of Republlcanism
by condeming those OF its leaders who
misrepresent its principles and dis
grace its professions. Since the "last
straw" was placed on the back of the
people by the "Salary Grab Act" last
March, a wonderful change In this re-
spect has been developed which must
crafty any man who. anxious for
honest government, has witnessed
fraud and crime flourish so rankly
during the past few years. The Bos-
ton Adrertiser ian extract from which
we publish in another columnl Is an
example Of the change which Is COM
ing everywhere. Republican In In
stinct and history, strongly partisan
Us It has w been, the interference Of
Federal office-holders and the use Of
Government money, the danger to
Massachusetts and the disgrace I'M
pending over her In Buffers candid
acy and success, have awakened that
Journal to the situation, and 1t has ex-
hibited a latent independence and fear
l~essness which has surprised many Of
Its contemporaries, startled It's enemies
a%ndgratifled all honest and earnest Re-
publicans. The attitude Of the 4Adrer-
tiser Is not n Of hostility to the Re-
publican party, nor Of doubt In Its prln-
ciples or mission. 1t stands squarely
upon the principles which called that
party into being, which have made Its
history glorious, and which are guar
antees Of Its pcrpetuity II carried out.
What 1t wars against Is corruption,
treaclery, control Of local elections
and committees BY Federal influence
and patronage and the management Of
the Republican party BY men unwor-
thy their trust. Not until brought
home to Its very door did the Advertiser
fully comprehend what it means to be
governed by All Influence distinct and
remote from Massachusetts. Twelve
Southern States have for years been
chewing the cud which was offered to
Massachusetts, and which has aroused
the Adrertiser. The governments Of
those States have been made In Wash
inston and their taxes pocketed by
carpet baggers. In Mississippi there Is
to-day but one single State or Federal
official who was born in or belongs to
the State save In his official capacity.
Local self-government has been and Is
to-day a farce in the South, and the
danger which alarmed the Adeertiser
has for years existed In many States Of
this Union. 1t Is time this was
changed, time that the brood Of denia-
gouses Matched by the frauds attend
ing and vices following n protracted
war should be ostracised from Repub-
iican communion and their places
filled with decent representatives OF
Its principles and the desires Of the
people; time that State and Federal
politics were separated, and that local
elections should express the popular