Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-12-10
A Mon w. the BALLOT BOX.

A mon w. THE BALLOT box.
Speaking Of the not d vicksburg.
Miss, between the whites and negroes,
and the causes which led thereto. the
sspisnt editor Of the Virginia Chronicle
last evening Topped his ears beyond
thar average orbit. The history Of the
affair at vieksbury seems to Be a fol-
lows /: At the recent election several col
orsd officers were elected-smong them
q Sheriff and Chancsry Clerk. This was
Of courss distastsful to the "~chivalry."
and charges were preferred against these
and other negro officials for incomps-
tsncy and c~riminality. This was both
legal and proper enough. But, without
waiting the action Of the proper officers
upon these charges, some Of tina white
citizens Of that dslectabls town held
what they called . mass meeting. at
which resolutions were passed demand
ing the resignation Of the newly elected
o~ficsrs. under pain Of physical punish
mont should they refuse. Sheriff Cros-
by refused to Be oustsa from his Office
by any such illegal method, and called
upon the citizens to aid him in holding
his Office until he should be legally de-
elarsd unfit. or not entitled to hold it.
This was not only his aght, but duty.
Out Of this . conflict grew. which has
resulted in sloodshsd. And upon this
act Of . m~sss-mssting (1) Of vieksburg
citizens the Chronicle thus comments:
1.-THE people OF vicksburg had an un-
doubted right TO demand Of an incomps-
tent snicial that no should resign
While conceding that tho people OF
vicksburg had . right to ask Sheriff
Crosby to resign. we assert hat they
had no right. having elected him, to
demand his resignation. Still loss had
they any legal or moral right to couple
such q demand with threats Of personal
v~iolsncs II he refused compliance. So
far - We are informsd-and our inform
alton on this subject, like that Of the
Chronicle, Is derived from tslsgraPhic
dispsichss-no question as to the legal
ity Of the election Of these negro Of.
hcers, has been raised. They were SIM
ply obnoxious to the white citizens Of
vicksburg. and. therefore. were COM
nandsd to resign or be murdered. And
this the Chronicle styles the "undoubted
right" Of the citizens Of vicks-
burg. Ii II the right Of . mob to
resist lawi tho right OF q minority to
ovsrturn the legally expressed will Of q
m~sjsrityi Suppose a body Of disaffset-
Cd persons should meet tonight at
Piper's Open House and demand.
under pain Of death. the resis-
nation Of our newly elected Sheriff;
would the Chronicis allese that such pro-
cesdings were regular, legal or rishti
And suppose that the Sheriff, having as
Ttmed his duties and taken the oath OF
Office TO fulHll such duties and keep the
pledges OF such oath, should call upon
the citizens Of Storey county to main
tain the law, would the chroaiek call II
usurpation on the part Of the Sheriff
And suppose still further. that the peo-
pie should respond, and that a conflict
should ensus between the members OF
the mass meeting and the sherifs
forces. would tho Chronicle call 1t
Dutch. Irish. or negro riot' Which
side would ii take, that Of the Law or
the mob7
Such talk on the part OF the CAronios
In sheer nonsense. 0Hicsrs-couniy.
STATE and Nationa-ars in these United
States elected by q majority. And when
legally expressed. the will Of the major
ity must rule. A mass meeting Is not q
legal means OF BUSTING IN oncsr, n
threats are not only unwiss, but illegal.
II will not do to apply n set OF rea-
sons to victsburg and another to
Storey county. II Sheriff Crosby
was legally elected. he has al
right to hold his Office and
no nass meeting Be- II ever so large, has
. night TO demand o power to legally
compel his resignation. The Democratic
party has q most miserable exponent in
the Virginia Chronicle. II such doctrines
are TO be enunciated as its creed. They
are Of III sworst sort Of Communism. and
utterly subvsrsivs Of every principle
whereby property a. well as life Is held
securely. When the will Of q mass
meeting takes precedence Of the dseis-
ions Of the ballet box. there will be no
Republican Government in America.