Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-29

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WHAT HAVE WE GAINEDs
The electoral eonpreuiss bill las
passed bstA Houses Of Congress. and
received he Prssidsnt's signature 81
noon to-day. II u nov. 70 al infants
aud purposes. the law Of the land. until
Il ID declared voia BY The Supreme Court,
which cannot b done unhl zone cause
Of action arising under Il 10 brought to
the attention Of that body. II 10 the
duty Of every gssd sitizsn nov. 70 put
ssids al prejudice which may arise from
his convictions. and Yield . cheerful &C.
q-uissssnes In the rulings and d~seisions
Of The Electoral Commission. Of what
sver nature they may Be-. hs hsdusy
Of every citizen 70 recognize heartily -
Prssidsnt IL the United States. whoever
the eonmission may declare elected.
~hskhsr u Be Rutherford b. Hayes or
Samuel J. Tildsn.
But while this 10 al true. Il ID very
natural hat Ne should inquire What 70
have gained - . nation By this eonPro-
mise which hes been patched up in the
legislative halls In Washington. II IL
NOT purely . partisan measure. this CON-
promise. although at nnt intended 70 -
No. Il 10 . measure which viii have Al
Eject for good or for evil. upon our
ehsrishsd Institutions for all time 10
come. u will either cement this Union
moro firmly together. and add 70 the
security Of the rights Of the people. or
IL viii tsnd to promote . lack Of bar
mony. and 70 the trampling out Of the
right Of suffrage - Il has existed In the
l;epublio for nearly . hundred years.
Which Of thee two sffssts will u have ?
What have vs gained BY is PsssAgsf
We sner = few suggestions on this
subject.
/. BY the passage Of this bill We have
xst aaids the Constitution Of The United
States. which provides. in very plain
terms. for the counting Of the electoral
vote. aud beyond the provisions Of
which We have no legal or moral right
TO go. We have brandsdt the old fathers
aud statesmen Of the country a. idiots.
by assuming that they did not understand
the meaning Of the instrument. Which
thy themselves framed. In other worls
We have said 10 the world that our organic
law 10 Of no binding effect, when partissn
ends are likely to be gained By breaking
Il.
ii. The majority Of the Republican
members Of the Ssusts have presented
To the nations Of The earth the scksning
spectacle OF . bulldozsd party. They
have yielded to the threats Of civil war
10 isds~s.riously circulated by the
Democrats. and given mp the ship With
out . single blow in its defence. and at
the first call for surrender. This 10 no;
q pleasant record for the party which
once saved the Union BY It's courage and
patriotism. But the record IL made and
car o b erased.
III. We have taken from the people
Of the different States the right To say
Who shall b their President. and placed
il in the hands Of enc man. who 10 Prac-
ticsliy 70 b. selected BY the throwing Of
dice. In doing this VI strike at the very
foundation Of our Govsrnmsnt. which
Ia the right Of popular sufirags. II
Presidents are 10 Be elected In this
way. we may just a. we'll . ' money
and time by nominating our candi-
dates and allowing them TO meet on .
certain day and draw lots for the ONCE.
The system Of counting established By
this bill amounts 10 precisely this.
". We have authorised . man TO
no behind the certified returns Of States.
examine witnesses and papsrs oil i6lmm.
and 10. In His Judgment. any frsuds have
been committed. either change the vote
IL the State or throw 10 out altogether.
There are whole libraries Of testimony
ON the late election in the printsr's
hands In Washington already. and Il
will take this Commission, including the
one man. Who 10 really the arbitsr.
months 10 examine u. In the mean
time ths'sams state Of uncertainty will
exist which In now sxsrting 70 disas-
trous an influence on the land. and
who shall say when or where IL will
snd1
v. While all this complicated ma
ehinsry. which Is set up a. . substitute
for the simple device Of the fathers. 10
In motion. the business Of the country
will b. at . stsnd-still. Capitalists will
not invest their money in legitimate
business, until this Presidential quss-
ton In settled. and until that time
money viii BE- hard and work difacult TO
obtain. Instead Of rsviving business.
the operations Of this bill will most as
suredly dsprsss ID still more.
What, then. We ask again. have We
gained BY this unworthy compromised
Simply this. An accumulation Of mis-
cry At Aons. which will eventually eul-
inmate In revolution. and the scorn and
derisiou Of every civilized nation on the
face Of the earth.
A Nrw YoHx letter says: The CO.
partnership long sxistipe between
Messrs. Jarrett & Palmer 10 about 70 b