Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-05-29
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF.

BY statute law in most Of the States |
when person wilfully Injuries. defaces
or damages the property of another, the
offender ia held liable to a criminal pros
ecution for deliberately and causelessly
injuring his neighbor. If this be the
case with material things. ono would
think the principle ought to apply to in
tangible matters. To q certain extent 1t
may be said to do so, as is shown in the
law Of libel, by which untrue. scandalous
and malicious statements uttered for the
purpose OF injury can be punished Bat
independently Of such matters, many
persons and the partizan press constant
ly bring or insinuate charges which they
we'll know to be false, and do so merely
for the purpose OF fomenting public or
political dissensions. No better illustra-
ton OF this base aud vicious practice
could be afforded than is to be found In
an obscure magazine called the kepub-
lie. The lucubrations OF this sereal
which is published for merely partizan.
political purposes, would be probably OF
very small importance but for the fact
that its articles are reprinted in the
journals OF the day, thus giving wider
circulation to the mischievous and mali
cious falsehoods with which its articles
abound. Thus the Republic asserts that
there 10 movement in the South look
ing to the remodeling Of the eonssiiu-
tions Of the Statos OF that region, with q
view Of defeating tho objects Of the late
amendments 10 the constitution. Now
of course such statement is mere clap
trap and only intended to brighten the
weak and ignorant. For of course oil
citizens of the United States who COM
prehend the State and National Consti-
tutions under which they live are aware
that o majority of the cliques of par
ticular State, have the right to alter the
Constitution of that State. so long as
those alterations do not conflict with the
provisions of the national Constitution.
Such alterations ars and for many years
have been within the Legitimate province
OF the discretion Of n majority OF the
qualified voters OF any State in which
those alterations are proposed. While
the exercise OF this power is nothing
new. the dirty partizan press seek to
alarm the public mind by saying as does
the magazine referred to, as follows;
The Democrats are now taking advan-
tags Of this; and are framing new State
Constitutions to suit their own peculiar
views on the race, school, State Soyer-
eighty, and other important questions
The danger to the stability OF our insti'
buttons, growing out Of this movement,
can scarcely be overrated as it indicates
spirit snd the Inauguration OF state
OF affairs that can scarcely fail of result
ing in another rebellion.
Now leaving out the question whether
the Democrats or any other party choose
TO advocate an alteration OF the Consti
tuition in any particular State. and dis
cussing the matter in broader and No
ton point of view, We would say tina
the greatest danger to the stability OF ou
institutions is the very tanatical, narrow
minded, partizan and mercenary spiri
that prompted the writer in the Repub
lie. There lies the danger; there lie
the trouble. 1t may be briefly summed
up in few words. II the $4,000 cor
morants who form the household bread
and butter brigade are dispossessed fron
their feeding places, then pestilence
famine. war and rebellion will be tn
result. This is and is alone the inspira
ton Of the melancholy Cassandrn
like diatribes which now form
the staple OF the administration
press. II these placemen are turned on
then there is no telling what will hap
pen. every plague and i'll that humal
flesh is heir to will then befall the citi
zens of the United States without hop
Of relief. Following this lead the Sal
Francisco variety paper-the Chronicl
in its issue of the Gath expatiates yer
solemnly on the possibility of the Presi
dent being impeached by the next Con
gress. II the President has committe,
any official offense that will warrant sucl
proceeding, it would OF course b
proper for Congress to do SO. II he ha
not it is to be presumed that the Con
gress which meets next December wi
not disgrace itself in the manner that il
predecessor did in Andy Johnson's tim
and impeaca the first Magistrate of Il
Republic for no other reason than par,
spite. It would be i'll following 20 ba
and ignoble an example. Without ju
cause there is no fear Of such procee
ing, one such exhibition of pitiful spi
will do for this century. There is al
no fear that the constitutions Of {
Southern or any other States will be
altered as to render them Antagonist
to the constitution OF the United Stat,
There is. however, fear, terror IL
may well fill the bosoms of the aforesa
household brigade, and that is that th
may be kicked out Of Office. II su
should happen to be the case those 4
lows need not borrow any trouble. T
affairs OF the Nation will go on just
we'll and perhaps better without the
than with them. There is just as go
ash in the sea as ever came out, and 1t
very probable that the aforesaid 800
placeholders do not monopolize all 4
sense and knowledge, and not by lol
shot all the integrity in the country.
they need not disturb their patriot
souls with the thought that the Peep
will not be able to get on without ther