Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-30
COMMUNICATED

"'is "i'cic upon INC I;ice oil the earth,
but more generally speaking, in the
small towns and villages of every
State and Territory i'm this Union.
They are an eNcrcscencc peculiar to
new and thinly-scttlcd countries, and
thrive best in small communities, If
any II should feel DESTROYS of learn
ing the true character of this class of
individuals, they will be found, on in
vestigation, to be scandal
who are ever prying into other peo-
pies business Instead of attending to
thei own, when they have anv; and
i'll nine cases out of ten they are the
main source of all the current scandal
and the chief cause of all feuds arising
among their neighbours. 1t is this class
who will always be found condemning
and denOuncing the few shortcomings
OF others, and constantly endcavoriny
to reform the community in which
they live. They will not be found
VERSE to turning an "oneSt penny,
even though it be by taking just the
least little advantage of their cOntiden-
tial friend and nei2hbor. providing it
may be done in a recognized Legitimate
'a>iittNS iIitIiiItI, SutII, loT lIISiIIlce. Us
selling or trading spawned or lame
horse for II sound one; swapping jack
knives, or anything else, and thus on
TO the end of the chapter. They are
universally of n sycophantic DISPOSE
ton, and consequently are ready to
cringe and humiliate themselves be-
fore official place and the power of
money i'll the most approved Shoddy
style. In the absence of merit this is
their capital, their stock in trade. With
this class of parasites it is dlynified
and honorable, not Il disgrace, to Y
be %defaulter, providing you bave talk
Ell good care to fill your pockets with
the money of the employer YOU have
deceived; and above all to he Il mining
stock Spectator upon California or
Montgomery street; or, in other words,
one who engages in the most danger
Gus and demoraliZing systems of
gambling knCwnto civiliZation-a SyS-
ten that cducateS a man to become Il
liar, II thief and scoundrel, and, above
all, Il betrayer of that confidence which
is only supposed to exist within the
bosoms of the pureSt and best of
friends; Il system that by the trickery
and Vaccinations OF II few designing
bad men, confcderated for the purpose.
iIttDiV wv VIC VI XII Is
and poor waSherwOnIen, and even take
the bread from the mouths of the Wild
ow and orphans. But all this is hon
orable, for is it not legitimate business?
while for dealing the game of faro as
played in the club-roonS in u Fran
cisco, Virginia City and Eureka, where
the chances OF the player and dealer Is
so evenly balanced As only to be lik-
ened to the tossing Of a copper, one
is to be denounced rs II villain. IA
scoundrel and corrupter of morals and
Il tit associate only for thieves. . con
siStcncy what u jewel thou art in the
breasts Of our modern retormers!
This article is based upon the recen.
assaults and TRADES of abuse by the
San Francisco Chronicle, of Chief
C'ockrill and the gamblers of that city,
for his collision, or supposed collu-
sion with the gambling fraternity. in
order to secure his election; and to a
certain extent, by an article which
appeared in the columns of your pa
per Il few mornings since, which was
written by one Citizen" A~sSociatin.
''Citizcn' with that class of indivi-
duals. | have cndeavorcd to picture in
the early part of this cominur ication.
| and scorning to trample upon u fallen
foe, he having been so e1lcctually ami
Inflated by "\on Comla. ant" | will
| dismiss the subject 80 far as he is con-
cerlcd, and direct my attention to
bigger N Aside from the known
fact that fully one-half of our greatest
and best men have played, and now do
play at faro and other games o~fchance,
TO Il greater or less extent, there seems
a growing disposition on the part of Il
ccr.ain class of individuals and the
press to make it appear that II who
engages in the profession of gambling
for IL livelihood must, necessarily, be
wholly devoid of every principle OF
virtue. and consequently the Very en-
bodincnt of every vice known to the
calendar of crime. Were we inclined
to individualize, we could name o
than fifty professional gamblers in the
SAFE of California and nevada, who
will iavorally compare with the
same number of any other profession
in every trait of character that goes
TO make up Il good and true man.
To compare these gentlemen with the
DeIoungS editors OF the thiOnic,rl
of ten wears ago, would be verse than
s%acrilcye; bu. 10Y that they have
grown comparatively wealthy by the
successful publication of the Chronicie,
we suppose they also have become
models of virtue, us money and intlu-
ence will nowadays multi
tude of sins. Can II ole who has
known the editors OF that Journal, and
watched the course of the tHrOnicie
fer the past nine or ten Years, suppose
for il moment that their recent assaults
upon Chief Cockrill, and the gamblers
of san Francisco, were made with q
view to moral reform or in the inter
est of the young mel of that city?
Lay not the sweet junction. to thy soul,
kind reader, for believe me, it was not.
When We take into consideration the
fact that it was mainly through the
united support and influence of the
gamblers of San Francisco that Cock
! rill was elec.cd to the office he now
holds over Pat. Crowley. the thron-
icie's pet, and that this fight on the
part OF that journal, Is against the
gamblers of the Bay City, is Il person.
| al matter dating back to the time when
they were daity and mighty rsitois to,
and patrons of, N4yr reyy g~dmbiing
roomx they nov denounce with such
vchcmence, it will not be difficult to
f,thom the motives which have act,l-