Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-12-16
COLORPHOBrA.

We INV a. many RoitaSou uuninioae
ton journals the assertion constantly re-
pested that it is the dislike Of the black |
race that causes many OF the white PEG.
pie in the Southern States to think of
and act unjustly toward the negroes.
The charge is entirely untrue as regards
the better classes at the South, but in
respect to the others it has just suf-
icient spice of truth to give it slight
and very slight standing in the minds
Of impartial observers of the situation.
This, in some respects, is not to be
wondered at. While SO many utterly in
competent ignorant negroes are placed
in positions of trust and honor for which
they are no more ct then COW is to
dance quadrille. Under these circum-
stances then. 1t is not at all wonderful
that such . prejudice exists. It would
be remarkable If it did not. But let us
take glance on the other side and see
il something like colorphobia does not
exist there. Whenever the telegraph
gives the intelligence Of q struggle be-
tween the whites and blacks involving
bloodshed, we invariably fndlthe admin
istration journals actuated with An in.
tense hatred Of their own race, simply
because they belong to the South. No
matter what they do, il they are antag-
onistic to or come into collision with the
negroes, the whites are sure to be set
down in the wrong, to be base. bloody
and brutal; while the negroes are
always innocent, harmless, suffering
angels done up in black morocco. The
| negroes may ruin States and communi-
I ties, kill, burn and destroy, outrage
, white women, commit the worst crimes,
Z and nothing is said about it. The par.
' tisan press say the poor things do NOT
> know any better, and il few hundred
white women do fall victims to their lust
and they do bankrupt States. paralyzs
commerce and render property valueless,
they will In time get over those little &C.
centricities and be. induced to behave
themselves properly. In the meantime
the partisan administration journals de-
fend their excuses and bitterly denounce
and Willy all those who condemn them.
Now, as we have often said, two wrongs
do not make one right. and we are not
| disnnco1 20 ofToak kha - e -: 4
by the misdeeds Of another. But we do
say this, that the greatest enemies and
obstacles to the pacifcation and return
to prosperity Of the Southern States, are
the men and papers that are continually
bounding on one or the other side to a
renewal of these hostilities. Where the
the sparks of dissension do exist,
they blow them into the flames
OF bitter hatred, hostility and actual
collision. This has been particularly
the mission of those wretched, hateful
beings, the carpet baggers, and the par.
tisan administration press, assisted, we
regret to say, by some of the hot-headed
bourbons on the other side. The action
Of the first is caused by desire to steal
other peoples property; the next, to
secure the political ascendenoy Of their
party, and the last, because they have
allowed their passions to get the better
of their reason. To the two last, We ad-
dress ourselves more particularly; the
only fitting argument to address to the
: first, being the halter and the State
> Prison. We would then say, is it we'll
to sacrifice the happiness Of millions and
the material prosperity of several grea,
, States merely for the perpetustion Of
, any party? Is it we'll to associate with
. such degraded beings as the carpet-bae
, officials Of Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala.
. bams, Arkansas, Florida and South
, Carolina to accomplish any mere politi
cal purpose? You cannot touch pitch
, without being defled, and you car
/ no more enlist in the same ranks
3 with such wretches without being
5 made an involuntary accessory tc
8 their crimes. To the wrongheaded bour
Q bon element we would say, is it not bet
Q ter to-aocspt the situation and try t.
4 make the best Of II, than INDUCING in th,
sulkS with useless, nay, hurtful com
plants and denominations. By so doinl
9 you are assisting the enemies Of orde
10 and good government. At the bottom O
n all the troubles between the whites an,
" blacks is to be found the rascally intrigu
g ing carpet-baggers; the Clsytons, Dor
r seys, Kelloggs, Spencers, Conovers
n Packards, etc.. who are as dangerous q
Il 30 many mad dogs, and from who's
Q Vaccinations the whole mischief arises
o Let all parties and both races combin
= in getting rid of those pests and tn
J, whole problem will be at once solved
9 and we shall hear no more of color
a phobia or possible war Of races from
t either side.