Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-04-02
NOTICE.
A BAD HABIT.

We notice that tho Virginia Enter
prise. Carson Appeal and other partisan
journals, stigmatize the present House
Of Representatives as Confederate
Congress" If we know anything about
the matter, the House was elected by the
people and must therefore represent the
feelings and desires Of tho people. We
think when the will OF the nation is ex-
pressed by the votes OF its citizens. that
al parties ought to respectfully bow to
that decision. Wo ore not looking at
this matter from partisan point Of view,
but actuated solely by q sincere desire
TO see sectional onmities die out and
become extinguished. When the war
closed, nov eleven years since, the very
best. most farseeing and patriotic citi-
zsns OF the north, who were roady to
make the greatest personal sacrifices and
dare the greatest dangers to support the
government and preserve the unity Of the
nation. were the very first TO extend the
olive branch. They without reservation
Of any character said to the citizens of
the lately rebellions states, Come back
to W, resume your status rs integral
portions OF the Union, accept tho situa-
ton with cando. and with tho determ-
ination TO make prosperous and peacs-
full future and to forget the past" 1t is
foreign TO our present purpose to dis
cuss the events that followed, including
the reconstruction acis, their effects, the
era Of plumber under the carpet-baggers,
their defeat aud the re.assertion OF the
principles OF ordinary honesty and
common decsncy in the governments OF
the formerly rebelions States. In 1874
the masses Of the people, tired OF con.
tinually being made the dupes Of plum
dsring politicians. declared In an un-
mistakeable manner, their wish for
peace. They were wearied with the
oeassless contentious of politicians. who
were then as now, only seeking
to perpetuate tho memory Of past differ.
ences for tho very basess purposes,
simply to enable them to still turtle,
plumber people whom they had robbed
30 often and extensively that fraud and
peculation had become the rule. Thu
nation worn with the wretched squabbles
81 pack Of plunderers quarrsling owe
their booty. said In thunder tones
"Peace be STILL" 1t was time. Suffer
ing from commercial panic, from thu
impoverishment and loss Of purchasing
power Of third Of the Union, from OK
cessive taxation, from gigantic revenue
frauds, from wicked waste and proaiSat'
expenditure Of the public moneys, it wa
full time to take new departure. Tn
result was that by the removal Of dis
qualifications in the Southern States an
avery full popular vote in all sections,
house Of representatives was elected, eac
member Of which might be REASONABLE
supposed TO have been elected by ma
jority OF the voters Of the district whicl
he represented. We suppose that sue
result was that which was contemplate
both by the law Of the land and the wi
Of the people. II that be the case, Is
not unfair, unjust and an insult
the majority of the nation to ca
its representatives so elected
Confederate Congress. By that teri
indicating. IL it indicates anything
that tho Congress now in session WI
not the Congress Of the United States {
that It sought In any manner to lessee
the power. the dignity, the honor Of III
people Of the Great Republic OF th
United States Of America. II that were Ii
case that Congress would not sit for da
longer than would suffice for the poop
to precipitate themselves en- masse upo
the traitors and drive them from Il
capitol they had disgraced. But such
not the case. From all appearance
Congress is lesislahng for the benefit
tho country, for the enforcement of Il
laws. for the punishment Of the gull
and for tightening the frightful burdel
under which tho nation IL reelin
True. from the South where tho carpe
bag fungi have been extripated Southel
men are returned, from the West, fro
the North and the East representa-
men are sent to Washington. What Ell
could be expected? What else shou
be desired? It is the object of repl
sentation that the people Of the sever
States appear in the forum Of the count
in the person Of their Delegates. I'll
ia the purpose which the election Of
House Of Representative Is to fulfill.
complain that such is not the case is
betray ignorance, folly aud nothing b
an exhibition OF partisan malice. 10 viii
any respectable paper ought to
ashamed to plead guilty.