Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-06
THE Mot ROT.

is seriously apprehended in New YorS
C;tv A call was circulated among the
laboring classes to meet at Cooper's In
stitute last night, to inquire into the
causes that led to the bloody insurrection
in the metropolis of Ohio last week. The
citv authorities were warned OF the
threatened riot, and took precautions to
suppress any disturbance at once. The
entire reserve force Of police were called
ont. and last night the city was to be
under strong patrol surveillance at every
suspected point, while a sufficient body
of notice was detailed to preserve order
at the proposed place of meeting.
We presume that no outbreak oc-
Cured, owing to the warning received
and to the vigorous precautionary meas
ures taken against it.
But it is not Of supreme Importance
whether one popular riot more or one less
occurs. The resultant death or wound
ing of two or three hundred persons IN
the melee, or the destruction OF two or
three million dollars worth Of property,
is q blow from which a city readily
RECEIVERS.
1t is, however, of supreme n n
versal import that such a spirit exists as
may lead to a REPETITION of riotous dis
orders generally throughout the United
States. The existence of such a feeling
would indicate something radically bad.
IT would point to the existence OF an
epidemic which awaits only conditions
favorable to be developed. Nature
sloughed off the disease only partially at
Cincinnati, and an unhealed sore is left
behind. The symptoms occur again, and
it threatens to break out afresh in an
other place. Perhaps, to eradicate the
poison generally affecting the body poll
tic throughout the country, a riot, ugly
and distressing as it would doubtless be,
might result BEAUTIFULLY in cleansing the
system in New York City.
To come right out squarely with the
fact, which is not pleasant for any
c ountry.loving man to acknowledge,
and not to 60 into an expanded
analysis of the trouble, we can
not avoid seeing that rottenness
is everywhere. 1t is not the rash speech
of a pessimist, it is the Judgment OF all
who view nationally the condition OF
affairs in this Republic, that our institu'
tions are polluted at the source. Cor
ruption reigns in politics and purity IL
public life has become so nearly incredi
BILE that the mention of it is received
with suspicion Of a purpose or is accepted
as an intentional Jest. In the courthouse
Justice metes out the remedy for wronI
with both eyes wide open and Otter
while she holds the scales in n hand
the other is held open behind her bacl
to receive that which breaks the equi
poise and determines without other con
ditions on which side the beam shall rise
or fall. This was the immediate cause
of the popular frenzy in Cincinnati.
It is needless to go further and poin
out the sources from which health alon
should come. but which, from under
sham, put forth the very germs of dis
ease that attack the nations vitals.
Prostitution has SO usurped c~leannes
in all the representative and leadershi.
places of private as we'll as public life
that the self-respectful mas ses of the pee
pie hold aloof and shun those whom the,
put above them or tolerate as superiors
as the chaste woman fees from contac
with the harlot. The yet healthy ''bon
and sinew" Of the land must eithe
assert themselves and reverse the pres
ent order of things, infusing new bloc
into the nation, or, ultimately, expect t
see themselves degraded and fall dow
in the filth with the minority whom the.
either help to place, or, by acquiescence
allow to rule.
To suffer general Generalization at tn
hands of these, rather than by revolu
tion in a lawful manner assume the con
troll of affairs, is a fatal, kid-glove'
policy that will ultimately cause thi
nation to topple of it's own weight a
Others have done when, as history shows
they were corroded by disease at tn
base.
Every n who feels a proper interes
in his country, which is the property o
all citizens, at least to the extent of lib
erty and the pursuit Of happiness, should
take an active interest in affairs o
whatever public character, even if i
does soil his hands. If this be don,
heartily and generally, at intervals wher
the ~exigency occurs, riots will cease anG
the gloomiest pessimist will be forced to
embrace optimism as the only logica
view Of the situation in the United
States.
RENO GAZETTE.
The Pano Ca1atta has clooad iks civ.