Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-11-05

SINCE ignorance, and special ignorance
leads 10 bad government, it is the part OF
wisdom to provide special instruction,
and thus remove that danger. But it is |
not necessary to wait until another gen.
Grafton can be educated, nor would it be
wise for the reason that adult ignorance
is constantly pouring into the country.
What is required is 10 exclude ignorance
| -mischievous ignorancs-from the bal
lot box, and there are suggested two d.
rect methods of securing this end. The
first is by reforming the educational sys-
TEN. The second is by remodeling the
naturalization laws, and making them so |
stringent as TO exclude the Objectionable |
classes. There is no longer any reason |
why we should peddle American citizen
: ship, but on the contrary all the signs
indicate that it has been peddled too
) freely heretofore Assuredly our political
reservoir will never be clarified unless 1t
is afforded an opportunity to settle.
The Sacramento Record, from which
the above record is taken, is paper OF
prominent Republican views, and espe-
. cially of the reconstruction policy pur-
sued in the South. Now, does it not
seem little singular that n journal
! which advised and assisted placing the
franchise in the hands of 100000 ne
groes, few Of whom understood anything
of the nature of the powers with which
they were so suddenly invested, or how
= to use them; is it not singular We say,
: that such journal should advocate the
- restriction of the naturalization laws, OF
the ground that American citizenship
had been peddled too freely" The Sac
' ramento Record must have strang
~ stomach. 1t could bolt without an effor
-" giving the suffrage to 10000 negroes, bu
grows squeamish when the tide OF em
grafton brings n crowd of white workers
Wv and thinks that American ctizenshi
'n'' ought not to be peddled, and turns up il
pa" aristocratic nose with disdain at Il
't''' "licentious proletaires" OF large cite
l'a' Some folks used to say that white ma
ion vas as good as a negro when he behave
ie" himself, but the Sacramento Record wi
~ not go this length. 1t will entrust th
ballot to an ignorant voter il his skin
- only black. sbut if, unfortunately,
happens to be white, then our conten
porary does not want to peddle America
~ citizenship. Ignorance to be accept
sia BILE must be hound in black morocco
the Down in South Carolina, Alabama, Lot
no. isiana, Mississippi or Florida, it is IL
1u correct thing to make negroes Senator
,lIv Governors, legislators and other officer
nd, simply because they are black, witho
OF caring how ignorant, stupid, viscious
,Sos, vile they are; but up North, the incor
no. ing white emigration is not good enoul
for to be endowed with the privilege Of Il
ada suffrage after residing five years in Il
=, 80 country. Filling high and importal
mia offices with men who have no 9th,
ute claim to them than the Swallowed liver
the of the sun is all right; but allowir
nad white emigrants to vote, is "pedlir
tai. American citizenship" In this instant
for 1t is not circumstances, but color tn
TICS alters cases, but what queer position
ia. circumstances some time do force pc
the pie to assume.