Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-10-25
THE NEW STRUGGLE.

Senator JOnese, in speech made before
the Nevada Legislature, January %, 1873
said:
They who saw in the late election nothipe
| 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 capriCious The sur
face of events vibrsted and undulated in
| conformity with the earnest pulsatiOns OF
| the great heart beneath 1t was the first
| low ground-swell of Al approaching pOliti-
| cal tempest whose tumultuOus pillows with
| in the current century shall lash this CON
| tinent 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
upon the footsteps of the old Standing
on the receding skirts of the giant rebel
lion of history, we encounter the front q +
q revolution no 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 snI
treasure. No feud of color is abeut 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 about to resssert in broader
sense, the declaration that governments derive
their Just powers only from the consent of the
governed, and that all men are created equal
and demand fulhllment of the spirit as we'll rs
the letter of the declaration. The one great
irrepressible conflict that has sounded 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 tyrannical
power.
DANGEROUS POWERS OF CORPORATIONS.
And it is a general awakening to the convic-
ton that the spirit If not the letter of g.
tional charter ia being violated, that is arOuSing
the people to the necessity of reasserting their
sovereign authority. The alarming abuses are
not executive usurpatIons, Legislative encrosch-
ments nor judicial servility, affecting the life
and liberty of the citizen. Such outrsges would
find speedy and complete redress at the hands
of forty millions of freemen But the personal |
freedom and security of the citizen may be re- |
spected, and yet his rights be grievOusly ViO- |
lated. Into our Government, wearing the broad |
phylsctery of constitutional Sanctity, and besr-
ing the impenetrable 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 leagned |
and corporate wealth, confedersted under legal |
forms for purposes of plumber and self-aggran-
dizement arrayed itself in autagonism to
the rights and welfare of the people. has gained
a dangerous influence in governmental matters,
and is arbitrarily exercising its control over
nearly all the material interests OF the country.
WHAT HE PROMISED.
AS q Senator of the nation VIII not vote for
the appropriation of dollar out of the public
except for the maintenance of the pub
lie faith and credit, and for purely govern
mental purposes and the attainment of the OBJ
ects for which this Government was created
will not vote for subsidy of land, money,
bonds, or credit TO either individuals or cOrpOr-
atoms. 1 will not vote for any hot-bed scheme
Tor the development of our resources" be-
cause 1 believe their development to be more
lealthful when made solely by private enter
Prise, under the all-sufficient stimulus of pri-
7ate interest and further believe that such
propositions are not generally made for the pub
ic good but in the interest of public punderers.
will vote, if opportunity offer, for extending
Universal amnesty to all engagedin the late re-
,ellion. In the plenitude of it's power, the Gov
rnmsnt can afford to be magnanimous will
'ote for any bill to regulate, equalize, and re-
luce freights and fares on any and all rOad| !
especially those built in whole or
n part by Government subsidy that shall
eem to me just, equitable, and effectual. l !
will vote for reduction of the tariff on all {
rticles now subject to its provisions until it r
hall reach the lowest possible point consistent +
With the public credit and 1 believe that an =
immediate reduction thereof would increase !
ather than diminish the public revenue AL :
hough have not given the subject that atten-
ion its magnitude demands, which debars me
rom expressing decided opinion upon it, yet '
ny impressions that the Government
hould, on equitable terms, acquire possession C
{ the telegraph lines and control the tele- 4
rsphic business of the country, Incorporating i