Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-14
THE NEW STRUGGLE.
Senator Jonese, in speech made before
the Nevada Legislature, January %, 1873,
said

Senator Jonese, in speech made before
the Nevada Legislature, January %, 1873
! said:
| They who saw in the late election nothi in
| but the influence of money or the caprice OF
| public sentiment, misapprehended the moral
! of the campaign. The action of the people
was neither sordid nor cspricious. The sur
face of events vibrsted and undulsted in
conformity with the earnest pulsations of
the great heart beneath. 1t was the first
low ground-swell of sn approaching politi.
cal tempest whose tumultuous pillows with
in the current century shall lash this con-
tiuent to its uttermost confines We live in
the MONDAY of the ages: We are passing
through the torrid zone of time, surrounded by
the whirl and rush of mighty political cyclones.
The new order of things crowds impstiently
noon the footsteps of the old. Standing
on the receding skirts of the giant rebel
lion of history, we encounter the front
a revolution less colossal. Not one, thank
God to be wrought out by the red hand
of slaughter. No embittered sections are
about TO yawn apart and form chasm only
to be closed by the nations best blood and
treasure. No feud of color is about to seek
agreement in one common crimson; no sect IS
about to proclaim the gospel of the can
non no caste to invoke Sir Sword as arbiter.
But the people throughout the length and
breadth of the land, irrespective of race, creed
or condition, are about to reassert, in a broader
sense, the declaration that governments derive
their just powers only from the consent of the
governed, and tn At all men created equal
and demand fulfllment of the spirit as well
the letter # the declaration. The one great
irrepressible conflict that has sounded no truce
during the ages, and which will never beat
retreat until victory Is won, is that of popular
rights against usurped and unjust authority
the cause of the people against tyrsnnical
power.
DANGEROUS POWERS OF CORPORATIONS.
And it is a general awakening TO the convic-
ton that the spirit, If not the letter Of our la
tional CHI after is being violated that is arousing
the people to the sity of ressserting their
sovereign authority The alarming abuses are
not executive usurpst,o ns, Legislative eDcroach
ments nor judicial servility, affecting the life
and liberty of the citizen. such outrages would |
find q spe dy sud complete redress at the hands |
of forty millions of freemen. But the personal !
free Tom and security of the citizen may be re- !
spected, and yet his rights be grievously VIC |
lated. into our Government. wearing the broad |
phylactery of constitutional sanctity, and bear |
ing the impenetr able shield of legality, have |
crept practices which, though constitutional. |
are not right, and though legal, are not just |
The power Of mnney-the power of lesgued |
and corporate wealth, confedersted under legal
forms for purposes of plumber and self sggran-
1izement- arrayed itself In antagnniRm to
the rights and welfare Of the people, has gained
dangerous influence in governmental matters,
snd is arbitrarily exercising its control over
nearly all the material interests of the country.
As a Senator of the nation will not vote for
he appropriation of dollar out of the public
reasury, except for the m aintenance of the pub
ic faith and credit, and for purely govern
mental purposes and the Sttainment of the OBJ
ects for which this Government was created. I
will not vote for subsidy of land, money,
,onds or credit to either individuals or corpor-
tions. will not vote for any hot-bed scheme
or the development of our resources. be-
ause believe their development to be more
ealthfuI when made solely by private enter
rise under the all-suffcient stimulus of pri-
ate interest; and further believe that such |
Propositions are not generally made for the pub
Ic good, but in heinterest of public plunderers.
will VOTE if opportunity offer, for extending {
UNIVERSAL amnesty to all engaged in the late re-
rnment can afford to be magnanimOus. will
ote for any bill to regulate, equalize and re- 8
uce freights and fares on any snd all roads .
especially those built in whole or
4 part by Government subsidy that shall
eem to me just equitable, and effectual. | 7
ill vote for a reduction of the tariff on all .
rticles now subject to its provisions until it E
hall reach the lowest possible point consistent /
18th the public credit and l believe that an e
Immediate reduction thereof would increase d
sther than diminish the public revenue. AL I
rough have not given the subject that atten-
on its magnitude demands, which debars me 1
ON expressing a decided opinion upon it, yet '
" impressions are that the Government b
lould, on. equitable terms, acquire possession C
the telegraph lines and control the tele- u
raphtc business Of the country, incorporating q