Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-07-19

gain the glittering and dangerous prize
for which all are striving, there never
was a country in the world so ripe for
reform or revolution as Nevada is At this
day. To enumerate existing abuses
wou,d fill volume. The maladminis-
tration of justice, the disregard Of the
rights of the poor and weak. and the
tyranny Of the wealthy aud powerful
have made the name OF Nevada a byword
and reproach among honest men all
over the world; and this not from
the fault but from the supineness
OF her people. Aud IN the
hands OF the psople themselves lies
the remedy; they alone cIn assert
their rights aud remedy the evil under
which they suffer. Aud let them beware
how they permit the present golden OPP
portunity to escape them, for II may be
that never again shall come unto their
hands the chance Of \ rescue.-Is. +.
Chronicle, 10.
II the above statement were true, the
condition of the citizens OF Nevada would
be wretched, indeed. Happily, Of the
assertions that are made in the above ex-
tract, none are true, and vary principal
ly in their lack OF that essential ingredi
ent. Ia the first place the present State
government, as a body, without refer
ence to political leanings, has not, and
We do not believe, can justly be charged
with corruption or malfelsIuce. Further,
Nevada is not ripe for revolution. Again
abuses may exist. but they are entirely
local, il they exist at all. Next, the
rights of the poor and weak are not dis
regarded, and the name of Nevada is not
II bywori and reproach, with any whose
opinion is worth the paper on which it
is written. The loose generalities and
wild assertions Of the Chronicle have no
foundations whatever, in fact, and are
mere tumid word stringing without
sense, meaning or truth. In no State OF
the Union, or on the broad surface Of
this earth, is the mass OF the people SO
well off, or whose rights are SO well res
pected. Let any fair minded observer
pass through the centers OF population
in this State, and he will not find the
people starving, tawnlng or dependent,
but he will see the masses sturdy, honest
and Independent, and earning n higher
rat =. remuneration than is given to the
sar-e grade of labor on any other por-
ton of the globe. Go to Virginia, Car
son, Reno, Austin, Belmont, Eureka or
Phoebe, and happy, contented face
meet you on every side. The iudustri-
Gus and persevering, well conducted la
borer or artisan is well to do, has pros
porous home, and as a class, is surround
ed with more comforts, earns more
money, stands higher in the social scale,
and Yields more influence than men
similarly situated do, either in Califor-
MIA or the E .stern States. Let any man
stand on the street corners Of Nevada
town and tell the working classes that
they are ripe for revolution, taat they
are tyranized over, that their name is {
reproach, and that man will be put il
jan VI iOiNi " tllLNI ulS Wv u
business, and il possible not to make O
fool of himself. Then so to the business
classes. They do not think they are
byword, or come or 60 at the beck
and call OF any man, no matter
who he is. The same with the rest
Of the people of Nevada, who
are seeking the means OF maintaining
themselves honestly True it is, thai
Nevada, like the rest of the United
States, may have been lily represented
and lot OF knavish politicians may
have had more influence in her public
councils than they should have. Tha
may be all 50, and yet not cause her PEG
pie to be slaves or tyranized over, or t.
become reproach. The fact is that the
people have been too busy and too vel
rewarded for their efforts to trouble thei
heads with public affairs in the name
that they should do. Miners and me
chanics earning from 81 to so per da,
have no time tas they think to spar
but for their daily avocations, which ar
80 profitable. The same with merchant
and business men generally. Allowin
all that, yet they are neither surfs G
slaves, or mere hewers of wood an
drawers of water The statute books @
Nevada show no discrimination betwee
rich or poor, and any representative thu
attempted to make any, would simply
digging his political grave. In no Stat
of the Union does labor, skilled or III
skilled, stand in SO exalted a position
The workers know their rights and dar
and do assert them. They know that q
the rewards that capital may earn frol
the mountainous, barren area o
Nevada, must be produced by labor
Without that, the mineral riches tha
nature has secreted in our rocky hill
can never be secured. Those who woi
know this, and manfully assert the
rights, at the same time doing nothing t
injure the rights or profits of capita
which they know is equally an essenti
to enable them to carry on their explor
tons, which, though sometimes prof
able, are so often the reverse. No, NJ
Chronicle, if you knew what you wer
talking about, you would say that With
the confines Of Nevada there is less wan,
less tyranny, and more general prosper
ity, than can be found in any communit
between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
As to independence, you tell Nevad
miner that he is slave and reproacl
and it is highly probable you may hav
occasion to retire to your chamber for
week or two.
REPRESENTATION Eureka Sent
mel seems hard to please on the questo
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