Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-07-11
THE DUTY OF REPUBLICANS.


Corporations, that the support Of the compa-
MES they severally represent shall be so
thrown as to beat down any party or citizen
that dares to demand justice for the people,
is direct threat against the Republican party,
as was distinctly shown at the fall election in
1873, and by the arguments and acts of the
favorite manipulation of the '. ~ T. Railroad
Company during the session of the last Legis
lature in this State. The consequence is that
the Republican party in order to succeed at
all, is compelled to meet the opposition of
nearly all who are in any way connected with
railroad employment. Many of the employ
ees are naturally Republicans bat are com
PEELED to act upon the theory that the begin
ming and end of the political rights OF a citi-
zen are unqualified support of the interests
and predictions of the corporations they
serve. Such were the mandates of Mr.. Mills
upon the many good citizens who would other
wise have stood fast by their political prln-
ciples, but were in measure cOmpetted to be
obedient The constant effort is to show that
there are such sacred and mysterious rights
and privileges connected with the employ
nent of capital in railroad enterprises, that
the people must not be so sacreligious as to
make any impairment or blasphemous in
quiries as to that supposed residumn of rights
which inhere in every citizen. The Enter
prise lately related the results of certain
statistics recently compiled by the Railroad
Age which pretend to show that capital en-
ployed in ralroading as a rule is drawn into
the vortex of general ruin. But the Age for
tunately shows at the same time that the sys-
TEN observed in building roads is purely upon
credit an | that no considerable portion of the
nominal capital is really invested in the en-
terprise at all. The numerous roads that are
shown to be under mortgage, or in the hands
of Receivers are of this same class, and of
course in due time, after having returned
enormous profits to the pretended construct
ors, 60 into the hands of their real owners
the creditors who have in fact advanced all
the ready cash needed in the enterprise |
Nothing is more natural or just than that pre- |
cisely such should be the case. But it is the |
fimsiest of arguments to address to the peo-
pie as a reason why they should not question |
the sacred rights and immunities OF railroads.
On the contrary it is just such showings as
this that ought to make every intelligent man |
entertain the inquiry as to whether the sys-
tenn of transportation of freight and persons
now extant is not, after all, repugnant to
sound political economy, and tax which our
must eventually repress or repu-
diate. 1t is certainly true that the people
cannot live for the mere sake of paying enor-
nous tribute to railroads, but that railroads
the welfare and progress of the most advanced
forms of enlightened civilization The fact
that railroad corporations, as such, arrogate
the right to dictate the politics of the people,
or to mold themselves paramount to the will
Of the masses in any respect, involves a her
ssy in human affairs that must be promptly
met and hurled to the ground.
The Republican party is and ever has been
a just and generous friend to all forms of hui
progress, but it must be distinctly I'M
ierstood that the rights of the people and the
)erpetuity of the nation are the factors only
Fhich are involved in the proposition. Repub-
leans understand those rights too thoroughly
o allow the creature to assume the preroga- !
ives of that supreme authority: the People
Who make the laws of this country. The OPP
has arrived for the Republican party
% show pointedly that it is in and of itself
uch an entity as is distinct from any admix-
ure which is foreign to its own purposes,
md that it is true to the principles that gave .
t birth, whether for the time being the recip .
ents of its generosity are able to relegate it
o minority or not. In Nevada as in Cali >,
ornia and in other States, the struggle has
'een precipitated by the corporations. and =
he party which has ever been the friend of .
he rights Of the people does not hesitate to
ceept the issue thus rendered. The duty of :,
republicans is to stand firm, and the day is
urs. Let the people hold to their own rights
7hethsr such hypocritical merchants and
radesmen as we could name, betray them or
ot, and the threatened slavery which is held
efore them will retreat before the march of v
freedom. u
ACCIpENT.-Th Sentinel mentions the fol- III
wing: The Italian who sells oranges, lines Of
tc, through our streets, met with painful cl
ccident yesterday at the Richmond Furnace. re